’Tis Great Folly to Fly for Protection to People that Naturally Delight
in Mischief. The _Fox_ blames the _Bramble_ here, but he may Thank
Himself. They that make themselves the Common Enemies of Mankind, by
Breaking All the Measures of Good Faith, Truth, and Peace, and by lying
in Wait for Innocent Blood, let them Turn their Heads which way they
will, they shall be sure of an Enemy in the Face of them: Nay they meet
with their Punishment, where they look for Safety, and which way soever
they go, Divine Justice either Meets them, or Pursues them. The _Foxes_
Charging his Misfortune here upon the _Bramble_, is the very Case and
Practice of Wicked Men, that Snarl at the Instrument, without so much as
Thinking of the Providence. But the _Bramble_ did only according to its
Nature, and Consequently was not to Blame.