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           London
           Printed
           for
           Iohn
           Kidgell
           at
           ye.
           Golden
           Ball
           〈…〉
           Gate
           in
           ●●rn
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           VANITY
           OF
           THE
           CREATURE
           .
           By
           the
           AUTHOR
           OF
           THE
           Whole
           Duty
           of
           Man
           ,
           &c.
           
           Together
           with
           a
           LETTER
           Prefix'd
           ,
           sent
           to
           the
           Bookseller
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           AUTHOR
           .
        
         
           
             ECCLES
             .
             1.2
             .
          
           
             Vanity
             of
             Vanities
             ,
             all
             is
             Vanity
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Kidgell
          
           at
           the
           Golden-Ball
           near
           Grays-Inn-Gate
           in
           Holborn
           1684.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Bookseller
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Kidgell
             ,
          
        
         
           YOu
           having
           Printed
           that
           most
           Excellent
           piece
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Whole
             Duty
             of
             Man
             ,
             Part
             II.
          
           Wherein
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Book
           hath
           discovered
           much
           Iudgment
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           composure
           of
           Elegancy
           of
           Style
           and
           Expression
           ,
           I
           having
           a
           good
           opinion
           of
           your
           Conversation
           by
           a
           little
           acquaintance
           with
           you
           ,
           at
           the
           request
           of
           my
           Kinsman
           Mr.
           
             G.
             L.
             I.
          
           send
           you
           an
           account
           of
           the
           little
           Tract
           you
           are
           Printing
           ,
           called
           
             The
             Vanity
             of
             the
             Creature
          
           ;
           which
           was
           ,
           (
           if
           my
           word
           may
           pass
           for
           it
           )
           written
           by
           the
           first
           Author
           of
           
             The
             Whole
             Duty
             of
             Man.
          
           That
           he
           
           was
           a
           person
           of
           great
           Learning
           and
           Piety
           ,
           I
           think
           no
           man
           will
           gain-say
           ;
           which
           if
           he
           did
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           sufficiently
           confuted
           by
           that
           his
           most
           Excellent
           and
           Divine
           Treatise
           .
           He
           was
           also
           of
           that
           Christian-like
           temper
           of
           meekness
           and
           modesty
           ,
           rarely
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           best
           of
           men
           of
           these
           flagitious
           times
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           a
           perfect
           enmity
           and
           aversion
           to
           vain-glory
           ,
           he
           purposely
           concealed
           his
           name
           ;
           which
           hath
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           as
           many
           conjectures
           (
           almost
           )
           to
           know
           who
           he
           was
           ,
           as
           there
           have
           been
           scrutinies
           to
           find
           out
           the
           head-spring
           and
           original
           source
           of
           the
           River
           Nile
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           (
           though
           I
           could
           )
           break
           the
           rules
           of
           Decency
           and
           good
           Manners
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           the
           itching
           desire
           of
           the
           over-curious
           ,
           in
           divulging
           that
           which
           the
           Author
           himself
           was
           so
           careful
           to
           conceal
           .
           —
           
             Cum
             vides
             velatam
             ,
             quid
             inquiris
             in
             rem
             absconditam
             ?
          
           This
           is
           certain
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           adventure
           at
           the
           boldness
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           several
           Discourses
           which
           have
           appeared
           abroad
           in
           the
           World
           under
           
           our
           Authors
           name
           ,
           were
           not
           written
           by
           him
           ;
           but
           whoever
           were
           the
           Authors
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           have
           written
           them
           with
           the
           greatest
           Iudgment
           ,
           Learning
           ,
           and
           Piety
           imaginable
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           only
           worthy
           of
           imitating
           so
           great
           a
           Divine
           as
           our
           Author
           .
        
         
           
             Yours
             in
             all
             Civil
             Offices
             ,
             J.
             L.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Vanity
           of
           the
           Creature
           .
        
         
           THE
           Creatures
           Vanity
           and
           Mutability
           is
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           the
           greatest
           incentive
           to
           us
           to
           look
           to
           the
           Supream
           good
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           Center
           of
           our
           Happiness
           and
           Felicity
           .
           Since
           the
           
             Summum
             bonum
          
           of
           Man
           lies
           in
           something
           more
           sublime
           and
           excellent
           than
           any
           Created
           Being
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           in
           vain
           for
           him
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           attaining
           the
           true
           object
           of
           his
           real
           Happiness
           ,
           to
           take
           a
           Contemplative
           view
           of
           the
           Creatures
           vanity
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           perspicuously
           demonstrable
           even
           in
           Monarchies
           ,
           which
           Bodin
           tells
           us
           ,
           are
           more
           durable
           than
           Popular
           States
           ,
           because
           less
           subject
           to
           be
           divided
           ,
           (
           Unity
           being
           the
           great
           Preserver
           of
           all
           things
           :
           )
           and
           yet
           have
           these
           had
           ,
           as
           the
           Moon
           ,
           not
           only
           their
           
           increase
           and
           full
           light
           ,
           but
           also
           their
           wain
           and
           changes
           ,
           and
           this
           sometimes
           in
           a
           moment
           .
           That
           as
           in
           Musick
           you
           shall
           hear
           sometimes
           a
           string
           tun'd
           up
           to
           its
           
             ultimum
             potentiae
          
           ,
           as
           high
           as
           it
           will
           bear
           ,
           and
           presently
           depressed
           again
           to
           the
           lowest
           Key
           ,
           and
           another
           elevated
           ,
           yet
           both
           of
           them
           breathing
           but
           light
           Airs
           ,
           and
           of
           short
           continuance
           :
           So
           may
           you
           see
           a
           Monarchy
           now
           wound
           up
           to
           the
           highest
           pitch
           of
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           by
           let
           down
           again
           into
           the
           lowest
           depths
           of
           misery
           .
           This
           is
           Gods
           doing
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           marvellous
           in
           our
           eyes
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           those
           Empires
           and
           Monarchies
           that
           were
           most
           famous
           among
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           For
           how
           soon
           was
           the
           Assyrian
           or
           Babylonian
           Monarchy
           swallow'd
           up
           by
           the
           Persian
           ,
           the
           Persian
           by
           the
           Greek
           or
           Macedonian
           Empire
           ,
           and
           the
           Greek
           by
           the
           Roman
           ?
           which
           the
           Prophet
           Daniel
           presents
           unto
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           Gold
           ,
           Silver
           ,
           Brass
           ,
           and
           Iron
           ,
           whereof
           Nebuchadnezzars
           Image
           consisted
           ,
           Dan.
           2.32
           .
           The
           
           dissolution
           of
           one
           ,
           as
           in
           natural
           things
           ,
           so
           here
           ,
           being
           still
           the
           generation
           of
           another
           ;
           and
           again
           ,
           the
           erection
           of
           the
           later
           being
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Roman
           Monarchy
           ,
           their
           own
           Historian
           can
           tell
           us
           of
           that
           ,
           how
           it
           had
           both
           its
           Infancy
           ,
           Youth
           ,
           Manhood
           ,
           and
           Old
           age
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           by
           turns
           :
           As
           its
           Infancy
           under
           Kings
           ,
           its
           Youth
           under
           Consuls
           ,
           its
           Manhood
           from
           the
           first
           Punick
           War
           unto
           the
           time
           of
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           ,
           and
           from
           that
           time
           its
           Old
           age
           under
           the
           succeeding
           Emperours
           ;
           until
           at
           length
           that
           solid
           Body
           was
           torn
           asunder
           by
           the
           struglings
           of
           her
           own
           Children
           ,
           into
           the
           Eastern
           and
           Western
           Empires
           ,
           whereof
           the
           former
           was
           soon
           eaten
           out
           by
           the
           Turks
           and
           Saracens
           ,
           and
           the
           later
           also
           fell
           away
           much
           ,
           after
           a
           little
           revolution
           of
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           falling
           off
           of
           divers
           Nations
           from
           her
           ,
           each
           of
           which
           after
           they
           had
           pluck'd
           off
           their
           own
           feathers
           from
           the
           Roman
           Eagle
           ,
           left
           her
           almost
           naked
           ;
           As
           the
           Franks
           and
           Burgundians
           
           in
           France
           ,
           the
           Goths
           in
           Spain
           ,
           the
           Normans
           and
           Lombards
           in
           Italy
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           English
           and
           Scots
           in
           Britain
           :
           until
           at
           the
           last
           cast
           the
           Roman
           Monarchy
           began
           a
           little
           to
           recal
           her self
           into
           Germany
           ,
           where
           she
           hath
           held
           up
           since
           little
           more
           than
           the
           bare
           name
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
           So
           that
           Vicissitude
           you
           see
           is
           the
           great
           Empress
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           unto
           whose
           unstay'd
           Dominion
           all
           earthly
           Powers
           and
           Principalities
           must
           be
           subject
           ,
           even
           those
           that
           are
           of
           the
           first
           Magnitude
           ,
           much
           more
           others
           that
           move
           in
           a
           lower
           Orb.
           
        
         
           And
           of
           these
           I
           shall
           single
           out
           only
           three
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           most
           eminent
           ,
           to
           be
           instanced
           in
           for
           this
           point
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           Judea
           ,
           whose
           Government
           was
           Monarchically
           setled
           by
           God
           himself
           ;
           yet
           how
           oft
           did
           she
           change
           her
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           ,
           yielding
           her self
           as
           it
           were
           successively
           first
           to
           the
           Babylonian
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             ,
             Persian
             ,
             Saracen
             ,
             Christian
             ,
             Aegyptian
             ,
          
           and
           now
           to
           the
           Turkish
           power
           ?
           That
           as
           
           the
           Poet
           spake
           of
           
             Troy
             ,
             Fuit
             Ilium
          
           ;
           so
           may
           we
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           her
           
             Metropolis
             ,
             Fuit
             Hierosolyma
          
           ,
           that
           Jerusalem
           was
           ;
           She
           
             was
             great
             among
             the
             Nations
          
           ,
           or
           
             Domina
             Gentium
             ,
             the
             Lady
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
          
           but
           now
           ,
           
             Non
             sic
             ut
             olim
          
           ,
           it
           hath
           not
           been
           with
           her
           for
           these
           many
           Generations
           past
           ,
           
             as
             in
             former
             days
          
           ,
           (
           to
           use
           Job's
           words
           in
           his
           twenty
           ninth
           Chapter
           ,
           second
           and
           third
           verses
           )
           
             when
             God
             preserved
             her
             ,
             when
             his
             Candle
             shined
             upon
             her
             head
             ,
             and
             when
             by
             that
             light
             she
             walked
             through
             darkness
          
           ;
           but
           
             Servants
             have
             ruled
             over
             her
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             none
             to
             deliver
             her
             out
             of
             their
             hands
             .
          
           Which
           is
           a
           good
           Lecture
           of
           Mutability
           to
           other
           Kingdoms
           and
           their
           Mother-cities
           .
           For
           Jerusalem
           was
           once
           a
           holy
           and
           happy
           City
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           happy
           still
           ,
           and
           she
           but
           continued
           holy
           ;
           but
           that
           failing
           ,
           
             How
             is
             her
             Gold
             become
             dim
             ,
             how
             is
             her
             fine
             Gold
             chang'd
             into
             Dross
             !
          
           as
           she
           complains
           her self
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Example
           I
           produce
           here
           is
           Naples
           ,
           which
           we
           many
           well
           call
           the
           
           Ball
           of
           Providence
           :
           And
           indeed
           so
           it
           was
           ,
           being
           bandied
           from
           one
           Lord
           to
           another
           ten
           several
           times
           ,
           before
           it
           came
           to
           lie
           (
           as
           now
           it
           doth
           )
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           Spain
           .
           For
           being
           a
           Countrey
           at
           first
           diversly
           peopled
           ,
           it
           was
           upon
           the
           division
           allotted
           to
           the
           Eastern
           Emperours
           ,
           but
           from
           them
           forc'd
           by
           the
           Almains
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           the
           Greeks
           and
           Saracens
           ,
           and
           then
           successively
           hurried
           about
           to
           the
           
             Normans
             ,
             Germans
             ,
             French
             ,
             Hungarians
             ,
             Arragonoys
             ,
          
           and
           from
           them
           to
           the
           French
           again
           ;
           till
           in
           the
           end
           the
           Spaniard
           seized
           upon
           it
           :
           and
           whether
           it
           will
           continue
           long
           with
           him
           or
           no
           ,
           is
           very
           uncertain
           ;
           especially
           if
           we
           remember
           how
           of
           late
           years
           a
           poor
           Fisherman
           
             (
             Massinello
          
           by
           name
           )
           snatch'd
           up
           the
           Reins
           of
           Government
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           (
           had
           not
           God
           otherwise
           determined
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           infatuating
           that
           Mushrome-King
           )
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           run
           quite
           away
           with
           them
           ;
           so
           slippery
           are
           all
           earthly
           Kingdoms
           ▪
        
         
         
           3.
           
           But
           not
           to
           look
           out
           any
           longer
           to
           other
           Nations
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           (
           methinks
           )
           we
           may
           instance
           this
           best
           by
           reflecting
           upon
           our selves
           .
           For
           you
           all
           know
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           how
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
             Saxons
             ,
             Danes
          
           ,
           and
           Normans
           ,
           had
           each
           of
           them
           their
           several
           and
           alternate
           days
           of
           Lordship
           over
           this
           Nation
           ;
           but
           yet
           because
           they
           did
           not
           know
           in
           those
           their
           days
           the
           things
           that
           belonged
           unto
           their
           Peace
           ,
           how
           do
           we
           see
           the
           shadows
           of
           the
           night
           stretched
           out
           upon
           them
           ,
           their
           Suns
           set
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           their
           days
           shut
           in
           !
        
         
           The
           longest
           day
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           was
           that
           in
           Joshuah's
           time
           ,
           wherein
           though
           the
           Sun
           stood
           still
           in
           Gibeon
           for
           the
           space
           of
           a
           whole
           day
           ,
           yet
           set
           it
           did
           at
           last
           .
        
         
           The
           day
           of
           the
           Romans
           was
           long
           upon
           our
           Horizon
           ,
           for
           the
           Sun
           of
           their
           prosperity
           shone
           here
           for
           the
           space
           of
           four
           hundred
           years
           and
           more
           ;
           yet
           did
           it
           then
           go
           down
           as
           to
           us
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           Darkness
           here
           now
           doth
           lie
           upon
        
         
         
           Again
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Saxons
           continued
           five
           hundred
           years
           and
           upwards
           ;
           That
           of
           the
           Danes
           two
           hundred
           fifty
           five
           years
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           .
        
         
           And
           how
           long
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Normans
           hath
           lasted
           ,
           every
           petty
           Almanack
           can
           tell
           us
           .
           I
           ,
           and
           if
           none
           of
           those
           Suns
           come
           to
           rise
           again
           within
           our
           Hemisphere
           ,
           (
           when
           the
           sins
           of
           this
           Nation
           are
           ripe
           ,
           and
           call
           for
           Gods
           sickle
           to
           cut
           them
           down
           )
           it
           's
           beside
           his
           ordinary
           rule
           ,
           which
           usually
           runs
           out
           all
           Humane
           things
           by
           a
           changeable
           circumference
           ;
           for
           so
           Solomon
           tells
           us
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           
             Ecclesiastes
             ,
             That
             the
             Sun
             rises
             ,
             and
             the
             Sun
             goes
             down
             ,
             and
             hasteth
             to
             the
             place
             where
             he
             arose
             .
          
        
         
           Neither
           is
           this
           all
           ,
           that
           the
           Powers
           and
           Principalities
           on
           earth
           are
           upon
           a
           daily
           turn
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           
             Primum
             Mobile
          
           (
           you
           know
           )
           carries
           about
           the
           other
           Spheres
           ;
           so
           do
           these
           carry
           about
           many
           other
           changes
           and
           alterations
           with
           them
           :
           As
           that
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Sciences
           ,
           Customs
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           .
           
           Nay
           ,
           even
           the
           Houses
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           before
           to
           violate
           ,
           was
           held
           a
           Crime
           inexpiable
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           now
           upon
           such
           removes
           broken
           down
           without
           scruple
           ;
           and
           the
           very
           Urns
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           always
           look'd
           upon
           as
           Sacred
           Cabinets
           to
           preserve
           the
           Bodies
           of
           Gods
           Saints
           in
           for
           Eternity
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           now
           broken
           up
           ,
           and
           their
           Ashes
           thrown
           about
           ,
           (
           such
           is
           the
           unsetledness
           of
           all
           things
           here
           below
           )
           even
           as
           the
           vilest
           Dust
           upon
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           .
        
         
           Beloved
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           ever
           thus
           upon
           the
           conversion
           of
           such
           great
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           so
           still
           :
           for
           never
           was
           there
           any
           conversion
           in
           this
           Land
           like
           to
           that
           our
           eyes
           have
           seen
           of
           late
           ;
           That
           if
           any
           one
           should
           have
           slept
           but
           some
           few
           years
           last
           past
           (
           as
           the
           Ancients
           fain
           of
           Epimenides
           )
           and
           should
           have
           awaked
           again
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           how
           would
           he
           wonder
           at
           those
           strange
           Metamorphoses
           that
           are
           now
           among
           us
           ,
           there
           being
           
             Nova
             rerum
             facies
          
           ,
           A
           new
           face
           of
           things
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           !
           Insomuch
           ,
           
           (
           as
           Mr.
           Harding
           spake
           sometimes
           of
           Rome
           ,
           That
           he
           did
           
             quaerere
             Romam
             in
             Roma
          
           ,
           That
           he
           did
           seek
           Rome
           in
           Rome
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           find
           it
           ,
           )
           so
           may
           we
           say
           now
           ,
           That
           we
           may
           
             quaerere
             Angliam
             in
             Anglia
          
           ,
           That
           we
           may
           now
           seek
           for
           old
           England
           in
           our
           new
           England
           ,
           and
           yet
           go
           without
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           much
           changed
           from
           what
           it
           was
           before
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           have
           seen
           much
           of
           this
           already
           ,
           so
           who
           knows
           but
           we
           may
           come
           to
           see
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           hereafter
           ?
           Since
           we
           know
           not
           what
           a
           Day
           may
           bring
           forth
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Neither
           is
           this
           true
           only
           in
           Empires
           and
           Monarchies
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           Cities
           and
           their
           popular
           Governments
           .
           
             Etiam
             summis
             negatum
             est
             urbibus
             stare
             din
             ,
          
           says
           the
           Moralist
           .
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           tends
           that
           of
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           Heb.
           13.14
           .
           
             We
             have
             here
             no
             abiding
             City
             ,
             but
             we
             look
             for
             one
             to
             come
             ,
             whose
             foundation
             is
             in
             the
             heavens
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           then
           no
           City
           on
           earth
           ,
           nor
           any
           kind
           of
           Government
           in
           it
           that
           ever
           
           stood
           up
           long
           in
           one
           posture
           ,
           none
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           or
           shall
           be
           abiding
           .
           
             Pass
             ye
             up
             to
          
           Calneh
           
             and
             see
          
           ,
           says
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           Annos
           6.2
           .
           
             and
             from
             hence
             go
             to
          
           Hemath
           
             the
             Great
             ,
             and
             so
             to
          
           Gath
           
             of
             the
          
           Philistins
           .
           So
           ,
           pass
           ye
           up
           to
           Athens
           the
           eye
           of
           Greece
           for
           Knowledge
           and
           humane
           Literature
           ,
           and
           see
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           go
           to
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Western
           Empire
           ,
           and
           so
           come
           to
           Florence
           ,
           the
           Beauty
           of
           Italy
           ;
           (
           for
           I
           forbear
           to
           name
           more
           ,
           Examples
           in
           this
           kind
           being
           almost
           infinite
           )
           in
           all
           which
           you
           may
           read
           this
           truth
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           for
           Athens
           :
           How
           many
           changes
           of
           Governours
           and
           Governments
           did
           she
           endure
           ?
           putting
           her self
           off
           from
           Hereditary
           Kings
           to
           Archons
           ,
           or
           Aristocratical
           Lords
           ,
           who
           govern'd
           first
           for
           term
           of
           life
           ,
           then
           decennially
           ;
           and
           after
           these
           ,
           to
           Democratical
           Rulers
           .
        
         
           Next
           for
           Rome
           ;
           how
           oft
           hath
           that
           City
           been
           alter'd
           by
           
             Gauls
             ,
             Hunnes
             ,
             Goths
          
           and
           Vandals
           ?
        
         
         
           Yea
           ,
           how
           oft
           hath
           the
           Government
           of
           it
           been
           pass'd
           away
           from
           one
           hand
           to
           another
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           mystically
           represented
           to
           us
           ,
           Rev.
           17.3
           .
           by
           the
           beast
           of
           seven
           heads
           ,
           which
           is
           there
           interpreted
           by
           the
           seven
           Hills
           it
           is
           built
           upon
           ,
           to
           be
           Rome
           :
           And
           according
           to
           the
           number
           of
           those
           Hills
           ,
           to
           so
           many
           Masters
           did
           it
           submit
           it self
           ,
           who
           had
           their
           several
           turns
           of
           supreme
           power
           and
           regiment
           over
           her
           ,
           as
           
             Kings
             ,
             Consuls
             ,
             Dictators
             ,
             Decemviri
             ,
             Tribunes
             ,
             Emperours
             ,
          
           and
           Popes
           :
           under
           the
           last
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           find
           that
           it
           was
           ever
           Besieged
           by
           any
           that
           took
           it
           not
           :
           such
           strange
           ebbings
           hath
           that
           Sea
           had
           experience
           of
           !
        
         
           Last
           of
           all
           for
           Florence
           .
           It
           is
           strange
           to
           tell
           what
           various
           whirlings
           about
           that
           hath
           had
           in
           point
           of
           Supreme
           Rule
           and
           power
           .
           For
           at
           first
           the
           Nobility
           ruled
           it
           in
           an
           Aristocratical
           way
           .
           But
           a
           little
           after
           ,
           some
           Grandees
           among
           the
           people
           wrested
           it
           to
           themselves
           ;
           who
           being
           tired
           out
           with
           continual
           quarrellings
           
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           people
           were
           divided
           into
           three
           ranks
           )
           the
           middle
           sort
           of
           them
           took
           upon
           them
           the
           management
           of
           the
           State.
           And
           these
           also
           falling
           quickly
           together
           by
           the
           ears
           ,
           the
           third
           and
           lowest
           sort
           became
           Masters
           of
           it
           .
           Which
           holding
           not
           long
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           mutual
           discords
           ,
           they
           yield
           themselves
           and
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           City
           unto
           Charles
           of
           France
           ,
           Brother
           to
           Lewis
           the
           Ninth
           ;
           who
           within
           a
           short
           time
           being
           invited
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Naples
           ,
           and
           leaving
           only
           Deputies
           at
           Florence
           ,
           the
           Florentines
           return
           to
           their
           Popular
           Government
           ,
           and
           renew
           their
           Civil
           Wars
           among
           themselves
           For
           redress
           whereof
           ,
           they
           send
           for
           the
           Duke
           of
           Athens
           ,
           and
           give
           up
           all
           to
           him
           .
           But
           shortly
           they
           supposing
           themselves
           to
           be
           brought
           in
           bondage
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           despoiled
           of
           their
           Liberty
           by
           the
           fear
           of
           his
           Guard
           ,
           banish
           him
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           within
           less
           than
           one
           years
           space
           shake
           off
           his
           Government
           over
           them
           .
           After
           which
           
           they
           come
           to
           an
           Aristocracie
           again
           ,
           devising
           new
           Names
           and
           Officers
           for
           their
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           changing
           and
           rechanging
           them
           so
           oft
           ,
           that
           sometimes
           their
           State
           was
           no
           better
           order'd
           ,
           than
           if
           it
           had
           been
           committed
           to
           Mad
           men
           ,
           or
           Children
           without
           discretion
           ,
           the
           City
           scarce
           twenty
           years
           together
           keeping
           the
           same
           form
           of
           State
           :
           but
           as
           sick
           men
           in
           Feavers
           (
           says
           Bodinus
           )
           desire
           to
           be
           removed
           now
           hither
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           by
           thither
           ,
           or
           from
           one
           bed
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Disease
           were
           in
           the
           places
           where
           they
           lay
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           intrals
           of
           their
           own
           Bodies
           ;
           so
           were
           the
           Florentines
           still
           turning
           their
           State
           ,
           till
           they
           turn'd
           it
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Medices
           ,
           who
           now
           hold
           it
           .
           A
           thing
           almost
           incredible
           ,
           (
           says
           he
           )
           did
           not
           their
           own
           Recorder
           leave
           it
           recorded
           to
           posterity
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           second
           place
           let
           us
           descend
           to
           Families
           or
           Races
           of
           men
           that
           are
           lineally
           successive
           for
           Name
           and
           Greatness
           .
        
         
         
           And
           here
           let
           me
           ask
           ,
           where
           are
           those
           Illustrious
           Families
           cried
           up
           so
           much
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           and
           famous
           in
           their
           Generations
           ?
        
         
           As
           the
           Couragious
           Family
           of
           the
           Maccabees
           in
           Jewry
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Ptolemies
           in
           Aegypt
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           Zelzuccian
           Family
           in
           the
           less
           Asia
           ,
           and
           the
           Imperial
           Family
           of
           the
           Palaeologi
           in
           Greece
           ?
        
         
           That
           of
           the
           Merovignians
           in
           France
           ?
        
         
           Of
           the
           Plantagenets
           in
           England
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           of
           this
           rank
           I
           might
           name
           ,
           did
           not
           the
           narrow
           compass
           of
           so
           small
           a
           Treatise
           bound
           me
           ?
        
         
           Tell
           me
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           Name
           and
           Greatness
           of
           these
           Families
           long
           since
           expired
           ,
           the
           Roots
           and
           Branches
           of
           them
           quite
           remov'd
           ,
           and
           others
           planted
           in
           their
           rooms
           ?
           Examples
           of
           this
           sort
           are
           innumerable
           ,
           as
           Elihu
           says
           in
           
             Job
             :
             He
             breaks
             in
             pieces
             mighty
             men
             without
             number
          
           ;
           (
           so
           mighty
           Families
           without
           number
           )
           
             and
             sets
             up
             others
             in
             their
             stead
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           as
           for
           such
           Families
           as
           are
           of
           a
           lower
           form
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           go
           far
           ,
           since
           our
           own
           knowledge
           here
           will
           lead
           us
           to
           continual
           changes
           and
           alterations
           .
        
         
           For
           thou
           hast
           seen
           it
           may
           be
           many
           Families
           heretofore
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           brim-full
           of
           earthly
           happiness
           ,
           and
           running
           over
           ;
           and
           now
           upon
           thy
           second
           view
           of
           them
           ,
           behold
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           much
           alter'd
           ,
           and
           running
           very
           low
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           if
           not
           clean
           run
           out
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           prosperity
           (
           you
           see
           )
           was
           never
           yet
           so
           entail'd
           upon
           any
           Family
           ,
           and
           the
           Heirs
           thereof
           ,
           but
           within
           a
           little
           time
           some
           one
           or
           other
           hath
           cut
           it
           off
           .
        
         
           But
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           upon
           particular
           persons
           ,
           this
           will
           appear
           most
           evident
           ;
           but
           especially
           if
           we
           consider
           them
           three
           ways
           .
           In
           respect
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           Minds
           ,
           and
           Estates
           .
        
         
           
             Gregory
             Nazianzen
          
           hath
           an
           excellent
           saying
           of
           the
           two
           former
           joyntly
           consider'd
           ,
           
           which
           is
           this
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           
             i.
             e.
          
           We
           are
           not
           mixt
           Creatures
           only
           ,
           but
           also
           contrary
           both
           to
           others
           and
           our selves
           :
           not
           continuing
           truly
           the
           same
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           day
           ;
           but
           both
           in
           regard
           of
           our
           Bodies
           and
           Minds
           ,
           perpetually
           flowing
           and
           perpetually
           changing
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           can
           instance
           this
           in
           all
           the
           stages
           of
           our
           life
           ,
           wherein
           by
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Nature
           ,
           we
           are
           first
           weak
           ,
           and
           then
           strong
           ,
           and
           after
           weak
           again
           .
           As
           in
           our
           Childhood
           ,
           we
           are
           then
           weak
           both
           in
           Body
           and
           Mind
           :
           in
           our
           Youth
           ,
           strong
           in
           Body
           and
           weak
           in
           Mind
           ;
           and
           in
           our
           Manhood
           ,
           strong
           in
           both
           ;
           but
           in
           our
           Old
           age
           ,
           strong
           in
           Mind
           and
           weak
           in
           Body
           ;
           and
           in
           our
           Decrepit
           ,
           weak
           again
           in
           both
           ,
           as
           we
           were
           in
           our
           Childhood
           at
           the
           first
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           leave
           this
           general
           consideration
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           upon
           them
           now
           more
           distinctly
           and
           severally
           by
           
           themselves
           .
           And
           first
           for
           the
           change
           of
           particular
           Persons
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           it
           is
           true
           of
           them
           ,
           what
           Seneca
           affirms
           ,
           viz.
           That
           
             no
             man
             is
             the
             same
             to
             day
             ,
             he
             was
             yesterday
             :
             Ego
             ipse
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             dum
             haec
             loquor
             mutari
             ,
             mutatus
             sum
             .
          
           Our
           Bodies
           (
           says
           he
           )
           are
           like
           a
           River
           ,
           which
           keeps
           nothing
           but
           the
           bare
           name
           that
           was
           first
           given
           it
           ;
           for
           as
           touching
           the
           present
           individual
           matter
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           watry
           substance
           of
           it
           ,
           this
           is
           always
           transient
           ,
           and
           other
           comes
           into
           its
           room
           :
           And
           so
           it
           is
           with
           the
           Body
           of
           Man
           ,
           which
           is
           always
           receiving
           in
           new
           Air
           and
           Life
           ,
           and
           venting
           the
           former
           .
           Which
           makes
           David
           profess
           of
           himself
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           toss'd
           up
           and
           down
           like
           the
           Locust
           ;
           and
           Job
           compares
           Man
           for
           his
           bodily
           substance
           to
           a
           flower
           that
           never
           continues
           in
           one
           stay
           ,
           Job
           14.2
           .
           For
           now
           we
           are
           strong
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           by
           weak
           ;
           now
           beautiful
           ,
           and
           presently
           deformed
           .
           A
           little
           Fit
           of
           the
           Feaver
           ,
           Small
           Pox
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           
           alters
           us
           so
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           not
           the
           same
           men
           we
           were
           before
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           we
           hear
           some
           speaking
           thus
           unto
           us
           ,
           —
           
             Hen
             quantum
             mutatus
             ab
             illo
          
           !
           Alas
           ,
           how
           hath
           this
           fit
           alter'd
           you
           from
           what
           you
           were
           in
           your
           health
           !
           for
           how
           are
           your
           lips
           grown
           pallid
           ,
           your
           cheeks
           discolour'd
           ,
           your
           eyes
           sunk
           into
           their
           holes
           ,
           and
           your
           face
           quite
           disfigur'd
           !
           And
           others
           there
           be
           of
           our
           acquaintance
           that
           like
           Jobs
           three
           friends
           do
           lift
           up
           their
           eyes
           afar
           off
           ,
           and
           know
           us
           not
           ;
           so
           much
           are
           we
           chang'd
           in
           respect
           of
           our
           Bodies
           !
        
         
           But
           Secondly
           ,
           Let
           us
           consider
           it
           also
           in
           respect
           of
           mens
           Minds
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           (
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           a
           moral
           change
           ,
           which
           is
           obvious
           every
           where
           )
           as
           on
           the
           one
           side
           we
           find
           nothing
           more
           notable
           
             Quinquennio
             Neronis
          
           ,
           than
           the
           first
           five
           years
           of
           Nero's
           ,
           Reign
           ,
           and
           more
           excellent
           than
           his
           Youth
           :
           Yet
           afterwards
           ,
           having
           well
           tasted
           the
           sweet
           morsel
           of
           Soveraignty
           ,
           he
           became
           (
           says
           one
           )
           the
           most
           detestable
           Tyrant
           that
           
           ever
           was
           :
           And
           so
           also
           of
           Herod
           the
           Great
           ,
           Philo
           says
           ,
           that
           he
           Reign'd
           six
           years
           as
           a
           good
           and
           just
           Prince
           ,
           presenting
           the
           Protasis
           of
           his
           Reign
           with
           a
           large
           Fringe
           of
           Goodness
           about
           it
           ;
           (
           as
           
             Joaz
             ,
             Amazias
          
           ,
           and
           Ozias
           did
           )
           but
           as
           for
           the
           Catastrophe
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           was
           very
           sad
           and
           fearful
           .
           So
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           we
           find
           Manasseh
           and
           Paul
           soaking
           the
           forepart
           of
           their
           Lives
           in
           Blood
           ,
           being
           no
           better
           at
           first
           then
           Nero
           was
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           even
           a
           piece
           of
           clay
           temper'd
           with
           blood
           ;
           yet
           was
           their
           end
           like
           the
           end
           of
           Davids
           good
           man
           ,
           
             The
             end
             of
             that
             man
             is
             peace
             ,
          
           Psal.
           37.37
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           wave
           these
           ,
           (
           whereof
           much
           might
           be
           said
           ,
           did
           it
           not
           quite
           lie
           out
           of
           my
           road
           I
           am
           now
           in
           )
           and
           to
           insist
           only
           upon
           the
           changeableness
           that
           doth
           naturally
           adhere
           to
           the
           mind
           of
           man.
           
        
         
           Now
           tell
           me
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           more
           moveable
           than
           the
           mind
           of
           man.
           
        
         
         
           It
           is
           a
           Spiritual
           substance
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           always
           moving
           ,
           (
           though
           insensibly
           )
           from
           one
           thing
           unto
           another
           ;
           never
           resting
           ,
           until
           at
           last
           like
           Noah's
           dove
           it
           be
           taken
           into
           the
           Heavenly
           Ark.
           S.
           Chrysostome
           therefore
           compares
           it
           to
           a
           Bird
           ,
           which
           flies
           in
           a
           moment
           of
           time
           over
           Mountains
           and
           Hills
           ,
           over
           Seas
           and
           Rocks
           ,
           without
           any
           hinderance
           :
           for
           now
           it
           is
           upon
           the
           lowest
           Shrub
           ,
           and
           presently
           upon
           the
           highest
           branch
           of
           the
           tallest
           Cedar
           ;
           now
           upon
           heavenly
           ,
           and
           within
           the
           twinkling
           of
           an
           eye
           upon
           earthly
           things
           ;
           now
           at
           Dan
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           trice
           at
           Beersheba
           ;
           now
           at
           one
           part
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           then
           at
           another
           :
           for
           sometimes
           it
           is
           soaring
           after
           
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             and
             spiritual
             Wickednesses
             in
             high
             places
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           ;
           then
           after
           Riches
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           by
           after
           pleasures
           ;
           now
           rejoycing
           ,
           and
           then
           sorrowing
           ;
           now
           quieted
           ,
           and
           immediately
           troubled
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           pacified
           again
           ;
           now
           hoping
           ,
           and
           straightway
           fearing
           those
           hopes
           ;
           now
           loving
           ,
           
           and
           then
           hating
           what
           it
           loved
           before
           .
           
             Sic
             omnia
             mutabilitati
             subjacent
          
           (
           says
           St.
           Augustine
           )
           Thus
           do
           all
           things
           lie
           down
           under
           mutability
           !
           And
           it
           amaz'd
           Saint
           Bernard
           much
           ,
           to
           consider
           how
           in
           the
           same
           moment
           of
           time
           his
           mind
           was
           not
           only
           diversly
           ,
           but
           likewise
           contrarily
           affected
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           pull'd
           a
           pieces
           betwixt
           love
           and
           hatred
           ,
           joy
           and
           sorrow
           ,
           fear
           and
           hope
           ;
           having
           as
           many
           varieties
           of
           affections
           within
           him
           ,
           as
           there
           were
           diversities
           of
           things
           in
           the
           world
           for
           them
           to
           light
           upon
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           you
           see
           how
           the
           several
           Passions
           of
           our
           Minds
           do
           in
           a
           breath
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           turning
           of
           a
           hand
           ,
           steer
           divers
           ways
           ,
           first
           looking
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           then
           another
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           are
           wheeled
           about
           with
           the
           motions
           of
           outward
           Contingencies
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           we
           shall
           add
           unto
           the
           former
           ,
           the
           great
           changes
           that
           particular
           men
           are
           subject
           to
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           outward
           Estates
           and
           Fortunes
           .
           For
           the
           condition
           of
           Mortals
           (
           says
           a
           
           Heathen
           man
           )
           hath
           its
           turns
           and
           returns
           ,
           both
           of
           Prosperity
           and
           Adversity
           .
        
         
           That
           as
           in
           a
           Military
           skirmish
           there
           be
           some
           come
           up
           to
           discharge
           ,
           while
           others
           fall
           of
           :
           So
           is
           it
           in
           the
           World's
           Militia
           .
        
         
           One
           there
           is
           that
           is
           rais'd
           out
           of
           the
           Dust
           to
           sit
           among
           Princes
           :
           whereas
           there
           is
           another
           that
           is
           flung
           down
           from
           the
           pinnacle
           of
           worldly
           joy
           and
           prosperity
           ,
           and
           stated
           ,
           as
           Job
           was
           ,
           upon
           the
           Dunghil
           .
           And
           this
           doth
           the
           Preacher
           tell
           us
           ,
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           those
           changes
           that
           fell
           under
           his
           observation
           ,
           
             That
             one
             comes
             out
             of
             Prison
             to
             Reign
             ,
          
           (
           as
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           did
           out
           of
           the
           Tower
           to
           the
           Throne
           )
           
             whereas
             also
          
           there
           is
           
             he
             that
             is
             born
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           and
           becomes
           ver
           poor
           ;
           (
           as
           our
           Henry
           the
           Third
           was
           ,
           while
           he
           lived
           sometimes
           on
           the
           Churches
           Alms.
           )
        
         
           God
           hath
           appointed
           us
           (
           saith
           one
           well
           )
           all
           our
           parts
           to
           play
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           in
           their
           distribution
           been
           either
           spare-handed
           to
           the
           meanest
           ,
           nor
           yet
           partial
           to
           the
           greatest
           .
        
         
         
           He
           gave
           
             Caius
             Marius
          
           at
           first
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Carpenters
           Son
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           the
           part
           of
           one
           that
           was
           seven
           times
           Consul
           .
           So
           also
           Agathocles
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Potters
           Son
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Sicily
           .
        
         
           So
           also
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           Darius
           play'd
           the
           part
           one
           while
           of
           the
           greatest
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           another
           time
           of
           the
           most
           miserable
           Beggar
           ,
           begging
           but
           a
           little
           water
           to
           quench
           the
           drought
           of
           Death
           .
           And
           Bajazet
           play'd
           the
           Grand
           Signior
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           evening
           stood
           for
           Tamerlains
           footstool
           .
        
         
           And
           
             Jane
             Shore
             ,
             Edward
          
           the
           Fourths
           Minion
           ,
           acts
           now
           as
           Mistress
           of
           a
           stately
           Palace
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           after
           dies
           in
           a
           Ditch
           for
           want
           of
           a
           House
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           he
           said
           of
           Icarus
           )
           so
           may
           we
           of
           her
           ,
           That
           —
           
             Nomina
             fecit
             aquis
          
           ,
           she
           gave
           Name
           to
           the
           place
           where
           she
           died
           ,
           it
           being
           call'd
           from
           her
           Shore-ditch
           to
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           forbear
           ,
           since
           there
           is
           enough
           recorded
           for
           our
           use
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           where
           we
           find
           
           an
           example
           of
           the
           one
           in
           David
           ,
           who
           says
           ,
           that
           God
           
             took
             him
             from
             following
             the
             Ewes
             with
             young
             ,
          
           and
           set
           him
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ;
           there
           
             to
             feed
          
           (
           as
           he
           says
           )
           Jacob
           
             his
             people
             ,
             and
          
           Israel
           
             his
             Inheritance
          
           .
           And
           to
           go
           lower
           yet
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           the
           sheepfold
           ,
           so
           he
           says
           ,
           Psal.
           113.7
           .
           and
           8
           verses
           ;
           
             God
             takes
             the
             poor
             out
             of
             the
             Dust
             ,
             and
             the
             needy
             out
             of
             the
             Dunghill
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             set
             him
             among
             Princes
             ,
             even
             with
             the
             Princes
             of
             his
             people
             .
          
           Now
           more
           vile
           and
           contemptible
           than
           the
           Dust
           we
           tread
           upon
           ,
           which
           the
           least
           breath
           of
           wind
           commands
           any
           way
           ;
           or
           than
           the
           worst
           of
           dust
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Dunghil
           ,
           we
           cannot
           be
           ;
           yet
           these
           are
           they
           (
           says
           the
           Psalmist
           )
           whom
           he
           sets
           among
           Princes
           ,
           even
           with
           the
           Princes
           of
           his
           people
           .
        
         
           An
           example
           of
           the
           other
           we
           have
           in
           Antiochus
           ,
           2
           Mac.
           9.9
           .
           who
           was
           so
           fill'd
           with
           Pride
           through
           the
           rankness
           of
           his
           Prosperity
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           he
           might
           command
           the
           Sea
           ,
           (
           so
           proud
           was
           he
           ,
           says
           the
           Text
           ,
           beyond
           the
           condition
           of
           
           man
           )
           and
           further
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           weigh
           the
           Mountains
           in
           a
           ballance
           ,
           and
           reach
           up
           to
           the
           Stars
           of
           Heaven
           :
           yet
           by
           and
           by
           is
           his
           Comb
           cut
           ,
           all
           his
           Glory
           worm-eaten
           ,
           and
           none
           able
           to
           endure
           him
           for
           the
           filthiness
           of
           his
           smell
           .
        
         
           Adde
           to
           this
           the
           example
           of
           
             Balthazar
             ,
             Dan.
          
           5.5
           .
           who
           was
           now
           carousing
           in
           the
           Consecrated
           Vessels
           that
           Nebuchadnezzar
           his
           Grandfather
           had
           plundred
           the
           Temple
           of
           ,
           and
           House
           of
           God
           at
           Jerusalem
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           2
           
             Kings
             chap.
          
           last
           .
           But
           in
           the
           same
           hour
           (
           says
           the
           Text
           )
           came
           out
           the
           hand-writing
           of
           the
           wall
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           was
           the
           Kings
           countenance
           chang'd
           ,
           his
           thoughts
           troubled
           ,
           the
           joynts
           of
           his
           Loyns
           loosed
           ,
           and
           his
           Kingdom
           given
           away
           to
           the
           Medes
           and
           Persians
           .
        
         
           Thus
           are
           we
           for
           outward
           things
           like
           so
           many
           Counters
           ,
           which
           stand
           one
           while
           for
           a
           pound
           ,
           and
           another
           for
           a
           penny
           .
        
         
           That
           was
           we
           see
           commonly
           in
           High-ways
           ,
           where
           one
           man
           hath
           seth
           his
           foot
           ,
           
           another
           presently
           follows
           him
           and
           treads
           it
           out
           again
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           usually
           ,
           That
           if
           one
           man
           beat
           out
           an
           Honour
           or
           Estate
           to
           himself
           ,
           another
           comes
           after
           and
           treads
           out
           that
           impression
           ;
           and
           whose
           it
           shall
           be
           next
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           man
           knows
           .
           Nay
           ,
           
             Lucan
             ,
             Ipsa
             vices
             natura
             subit
          
           —
           Even
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           Nature
           runs
           about
           in
           a
           circular
           motion
           Our
           Bodies
           ,
           Minds
           ,
           and
           outward
           felicities
           ,
           whatsoever
           we
           are
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           we
           have
           ,
           are
           all
           subject
           to
           change
           in
           such
           wise
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           have
           no
           assurance
           of
           them
           ,
           no
           not
           for
           a
           day
           .
           We
           know
           not
           what
           a
           day
           may
           bring
           forth
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           demonstration
           of
           this
           truth
           ,
           viz.
           That
           there
           is
           such
           a
           Vicissitude
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           is
           the
           Efficient
           Causes
           of
           it
           .
           For
           we
           never
           know
           any
           thing
           throughly
           ,
           (
           says
           the
           Philosopher
           )
           until
           we
           know
           the
           Causes
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           speaking
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           shall
           proceed
           ,
           1.
           
           Negatively
           ,
           2.
           
           Affirmatively
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           Negatively
           ,
           in
           shewing
           what
           have
           been
           thought
           to
           be
           the
           causes
           of
           all
           Changes
           and
           Alterations
           ,
           yet
           are
           not
           so
           indeed
           .
           And
           here
           the
           Epicures
           and
           vulgar
           Heathen
           have
           thought
           Fortune
           to
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           them
           :
           And
           they
           define
           it
           thus
           to
           be
           ,
           
             An
             Event
             of
             things
             without
             Reason
             .
          
        
         
           But
           how
           unreasonable
           it
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           an
           Event
           of
           Things
           without
           a
           Cause
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           Cause
           of
           all
           Events
           ,
           judge
           ye
           .
        
         
           For
           it
           was
           only
           the
           ignorance
           of
           the
           true
           Causes
           ,
           that
           made
           the
           name
           of
           Fortune
           ;
           there
           being
           nothing
           fortuitous
           in
           it self
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           us
           and
           our
           ignorance
           ;
           since
           the
           power
           and
           providence
           of
           God
           hath
           the
           ordering
           and
           disposing
           of
           all
           things
           here
           below
           .
           And
           this
           did
           the
           wiser
           sort
           among
           them
           confess
           ,
           as
           the
           Satyrist
           tells
           us
           .
        
         
           
             Nullum
             ,
             numen
             abest
             si
             sit
             prudentia
             ,
             sed
             te
          
           
             Nos
             facimus
             Fortuna
             Deam
             —
          
        
         
         
           Others
           again
           ,
           as
           the
           Stoicks
           ,
           make
           Fate
           or
           Destiny
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           Alterations
           ,
           which
           they
           say
           is
           an
           Event
           that
           necessarily
           falls
           out
           ,
           from
           a
           certain
           inevitable
           order
           and
           connection
           of
           Natural
           Causes
           ,
           working
           without
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Supreme
           Orderer
           and
           Disposer
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           being
           subjected
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           they
           to
           him
           :
           whereby
           they
           take
           away
           the
           very
           Nature
           of
           the
           Godhead
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           a
           most
           powerful
           and
           free
           Agent
           ,
           that
           works
           what
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           means
           it
           pleases
           ;
           all
           secondary
           causes
           depending
           upon
           that
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           none
           .
        
         
           But
           enough
           of
           these
           :
           For
           I
           must
           remember
           my self
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           now
           speaking
           to
           Christians
           ,
           who
           acknowledge
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           in
           all
           things
           ;
           and
           therefore
           shall
           speak
           no
           more
           of
           these
           Negative
           and
           supposed
           Causes
           ,
           but
           shall
           now
           give
           you
           the
           true
           Efficicent
           Causes
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Affirmation
           .
        
         
         
           And
           here
           know
           ,
           that
           Logicians
           tell
           us
           of
           two
           Efficient
           Causes
           ;
           Principal
           ,
           and
           less
           Principal
           :
           And
           this
           is
           twofold
           ,
           Impulsive
           ,
           and
           Instrumental
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           the
           Principal
           Cause
           of
           all
           Changes
           and
           Alterations
           is
           God
           :
           for
           so
           said
           the
           Heathen
           man
           ,
           
             
               —
               Valet
               ima
               summit
            
             
               Mutare
               ,
               &
               insignem
               attenuat
               Deus
               ,
            
             
               Obscura
               promens
               —
            
          
        
         
           But
           why
           borrow
           I
           weapons
           from
           the
           Philistins
           forge
           ,
           when
           as
           there
           is
           enough
           for
           this
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           drawn
           out
           of
           Gods
           Armory
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ?
           as
           Psal.
           75.6
           ,
           7.
           
           Promotion
           ,
           says
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             comes
             neither
             from
             the
             East
             ,
             nor
             from
             the
             West
             ,
             nor
             from
             the
             South
             ;
             but
             God
             is
             the
             Iudge
             ,
             he
             puts
             down
             one
             ,
             and
             sets
             up
             another
             .
          
           So
           also
           Job
           34.29
           .
           
             When
             he
             gives
             Quietness
             ,
             who
             can
             make
             Trouble
             ?
          
           and
           
             when
             he
             hides
             his
             face
             ,
             who
             can
             behold
             him
             ;
             whether
             it
             be
             done
          
           (
           says
           
             Elihu
             )
             against
             a
             Nation
             ,
             or
             against
             
             a
             particular
             man
             only
             ?
          
           Again
           ,
           Amos
           5.8
           .
           
             He
             makes
             the
             Seven
             Stars
             and
          
           Orion
           ,
           
             and
             turns
             the
             shadow
             of
             Death
             into
             the
             morning
             :
             The
             Lord
             is
             his
             Name
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Oratour
           expresseth
           this
           well
           ,
           by
           comparing
           Gods
           Omnipotency
           to
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Soul
           over
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           which
           upon
           the
           least
           intimation
           of
           the
           Mind
           do
           turn
           and
           move
           about
           with
           all
           facility
           .
           Now
           God
           (
           says
           he
           )
           is
           the
           sole
           Mind
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           and
           hath
           all
           parts
           and
           parcels
           thereof
           at
           his
           beck
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           to
           be
           turn'd
           into
           any
           shape
           or
           form
           at
           his
           disposal
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           dishonour
           for
           God
           to
           cast
           the
           eye
           of
           his
           Providence
           upon
           the
           alteration
           even
           of
           the
           meanest
           things
           :
           for
           
             who
             is
             like
          
           ,
           says
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             to
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             his
             dwelling
             on
             high
             ,
             and
             yet
             humbles
             himself
             to
             behold
             the
             things
             in
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ?
          
           Not
           only
           to
           behold
           the
           things
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           great
           condescention
           to
           him
           ,
           
             whom
             the
             Heaven
             and
             the
             Heaven
             
             of
             Heavens
             cannot
             contain
          
           ;
           but
           also
           the
           things
           in
           Earth
           .
           Now
           how
           unworthy
           these
           are
           of
           his
           taking
           notice
           of
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           by
           those
           diminutive
           expressions
           of
           them
           ,
           compared
           with
           Gods
           greatness
           ,
           Isa.
           40.15
           .
           where
           the
           Prophet
           says
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             the
             Nations
             are
             but
             as
             the
             drop
             of
             a
             Bucket
             ,
             and
             are
             counted
             as
             the
             small
             dust
             of
             the
             Ballance
             ;
             Behold
             ,
             he
             takes
             up
             the
             Isles
             as
             a
             very
             little
             thing
             .
          
           And
           if
           this
           be
           not
           low
           enough
           for
           them
           ,
           he
           says
           further
           ,
           v.
           17.
           
           That
           
             all
             Nations
             before
             him
             are
             as
             nothing
             ,
             and
             are
             counted
             to
             him
             as
             less
             than
             nothing
             .
          
           Now
           look
           what
           a
           wide
           difference
           there
           is
           betwixt
           the
           Sea
           and
           a
           Bucket
           of
           water
           ,
           yea
           the
           drop
           of
           a
           Bucket
           ;
           or
           betwixt
           a
           heap
           of
           dust
           ,
           and
           the
           small
           dust
           of
           the
           ballance
           ;
           betwixt
           very
           great
           and
           very
           little
           ;
           betwixt
           all
           things
           and
           nothing
           at
           all
           ,
           yea
           less
           then
           nothing
           ,
           (
           if
           less
           could
           be
           :
           )
           so
           vast
           is
           the
           disproportion
           betwixt
           God
           and
           all
           Nations
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           greatest
           among
           all
           earthly
           things
           .
           And
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           is
           
           God
           pleased
           so
           far
           to
           extenuate
           his
           own
           greatness
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           off
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           look
           after
           them
           ,
           and
           run
           them
           about
           in
           their
           several
           stages
           from
           one
           point
           unto
           another
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           you
           would
           have
           this
           truth
           to
           be
           made
           out
           further
           unto
           you
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           doth
           it
           ,
           Mat.
           10.29
           .
           by
           two
           several
           instances
           .
        
         
           The
           one
           is
           of
           two
           Sparrows
           ,
           which
           are
           little
           birds
           and
           of
           small
           value
           ;
           but
           the
           Greek
           yet
           runs
           it
           more
           diminutively
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           two
           little
           sparrows
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           sold
           both
           even
           for
           a
           farthing
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           price
           little
           enough
           .
           Yet
           the
           Arabick
           makes
           it
           less
           ,
           and
           hath
           for
           it
           Phals
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           least
           piece
           of
           money
           that
           can
           be
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           expresses
           the
           two
           Mites
           spoken
           of
           ,
           Mark
           12.42
           .
           (
           which
           makes
           but
           one
           Farthing
           )
           by
           Phalsain
           in
           the
           dual
           number
           ,
           as
           a
           late
           and
           learned
           Expositor
           notes
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           is
           of
           the
           Hairs
           upon
           our
           Heads
           ,
           being
           a
           kind
           of
           Excrement
           belonging
           
           to
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           no
           integral
           or
           necessitous
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Heart
           ,
           Hands
           ,
           and
           Feet
           are
           ;
           )
           and
           yet
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           God
           numbers
           these
           ,
           and
           takes
           such
           a
           particular
           account
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           not
           one
           of
           them
           falls
           to
           the
           ground
           without
           his
           disposal
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           vision
           of
           the
           Wheels
           we
           read
           of
           a
           wheel
           within
           a
           wheel
           .
           Now
           the
           wheel
           within
           is
           the
           wheel
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           ,
           that
           turns
           about
           the
           wheels
           of
           all
           outward
           things
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           so
           low
           and
           mean.
           For
           as
           God
           doth
           not
           labour
           in
           doing
           the
           greatest
           things
           ,
           so
           neither
           doth
           he
           disdain
           ,
           either
           to
           do
           or
           undo
           the
           least
           ;
           but
           as
           he
           
             made
             the
             small
             and
             great
          
           ,
           (
           says
           the
           book
           of
           Wisdom
           )
           so
           also
           doth
           he
           
             care
             for
             both
             alike
          
           .
           The
           Potter
           having
           power
           over
           his
           Clay
           ,
           either
           to
           make
           of
           it
           a
           vessel
           of
           honour
           or
           dishonour
           ,
           and
           being
           made
           ,
           either
           to
           preserve
           it
           in
           that
           form
           and
           being
           he
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           it
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           deform
           and
           destroy
           it
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           equitable
           that
           every
           one
           should
           do
           with
           his
           
           own
           as
           he
           pleases
           .
           Nay
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           of
           the
           gnat
           ,
           that
           
             Nusquam
             potentior
             natura
             quam
             in
             minimis
          
           ;
           So
           may
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           God
           doth
           no
           ways
           advance
           his
           Power
           and
           Wisdom
           more
           ,
           than
           in
           ordering
           of
           the
           least
           accidents
           to
           be
           disposed
           of
           to
           his
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Children
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           Principal
           Efficient
           cause
           .
        
         
           The
           
             less
             Principal
          
           follows
           ;
           which
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           is
           either
           Impulsive
           or
           Instrumental
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Impulsive
           cause
           of
           all
           Changes
           and
           Alterations
           is
           the
           sin
           of
           man.
           This
           usher'd
           them
           in
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           doth
           still
           .
           For
           before
           Adam
           sinned
           ,
           he
           enjoyed
           a
           Paradise
           of
           constant
           and
           uninterrupted
           happiness
           :
           but
           so
           soon
           as
           he
           sins
           against
           God
           ,
           then
           follows
           a
           great
           change
           presently
           :
           For
           the
           Earth
           all
           fruitful
           before
           ,
           now
           becomes
           barren
           ,
           himself
           subject
           to
           labour
           ,
           his
           Wife
           to
           Travail
           and
           Sorrow
           ,
           and
           both
           to
           cares
           and
           troubles
           ,
           to
           weakness
           and
           dissolution
           .
           And
           so
           it
           is
           also
           with
           Nations
           
           and
           Kingdoms
           .
           If
           they
           be
           chang'd
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           sin
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           greater
           their
           sin
           is
           ,
           the
           greater
           ususually
           is
           their
           change
           .
           Great
           sinnings
           are
           the
           floud-gates
           to
           let
           in
           great
           Alterations
           upon
           them
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           a
           bare
           sinning
           in
           a
           Nation
           ,
           (
           from
           which
           there
           is
           none
           that
           could
           ever
           plead
           exemption
           )
           but
           a
           sinning
           in
           some
           high
           measure
           ,
           that
           is
           an
           in-let
           to
           Changes
           in
           the
           highest
           kind
           .
           Which
           made
           David
           say
           ,
           Psal.
           107.34
           .
           That
           
             a
             fruitful
             land
             is
             turn'd
             into
             barrenness
             for
             the
             wickedness
             of
             those
             that
             dwell
             therein
          
           ;
           which
           the
           vulgar
           Latine
           reads
           ,
           
             Propter
             malitiam
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           for
           the
           
             malicious
             wickedness
          
           of
           those
           that
           dwell
           therein
           ;
           which
           notes
           a
           sin
           of
           a
           high
           nature
           ,
           viz.
           such
           a
           one
           as
           is
           persisted
           in
           both
           against
           Knowledge
           and
           Conscience
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           a
           good
           observation
           which
           Musculus
           hath
           upon
           the
           words
           :
           
             These
             strange
             Alterations
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             of
             Nations
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             are
             not
             for
             the
             sinning
             of
             them
             ,
             (
             from
             which
             no
             Nation
             can
             be
             free
             )
             but
             
             for
             their
             malicious
             sinning
             .
          
           And
           this
           you
           may
           see
           farther
           in
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Ezek.
          
           21.
           where
           we
           read
           of
           a
           very
           great
           Judgment
           that
           should
           befal
           her
           from
           the
           
             Babylonian
             ,
             viz.
          
           Utter
           Destruction
           ,
           expressed
           by
           the
           threefold
           Overturn
           wherewith
           God
           threatens
           her
           ,
           v.
           27.
           
           And
           v.
           24.
           he
           laies
           down
           the
           Impulsive
           cause
           that
           mov'd
           him
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           an
           impudent
           and
           shameless
           sinning
           against
           God
           :
           for
           they
           did
           not
           commit
           their
           sin
           in
           a
           corner
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           were
           asham'd
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           (
           brazen-faced
           Wretches
           as
           they
           were
           )
           they
           declar'd
           their
           sin
           as
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           discover'd
           it
           openly
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Sun
           :
           and
           this
           they
           did
           too
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           one
           or
           two
           particular
           acts
           ,
           but
           generally
           ,
           says
           the
           Text
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           doings
           .
        
         
           Now
           there
           is
           some
           hope
           of
           a
           modest
           and
           bashful
           ,
           but
           none
           at
           all
           of
           a
           shameless
           and
           obdurate
           sinner
           .
           Thus
           the
           Father
           ,
           when
           his
           Son
           hath
           done
           amiss
           ,
           yet
           is
           he
           well
           perswaded
           of
           his
           amendment
           ,
           if
           he
           but
           see
           him
           blush
           upon
           his
           
           reproving
           of
           him
           .
           But
           when
           like
           Judah
           ,
           he
           hath
           once
           a
           Whores
           forehead
           ,
           and
           refuses
           to
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           then
           doth
           he
           give
           him
           over
           as
           a
           lost
           Child
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           recover'd
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           from
           hence
           we
           see
           ,
           that
           in
           what
           place
           soever
           we
           find
           such
           a
           Turn
           ,
           such
           an
           Eversion
           as
           this
           ,
           where
           all
           is
           turn'd
           upside
           down
           )
           there
           hath
           been
           without
           question
           some
           great
           
             Aversio
             a
             Creatore
             ad
             Creaturam
          
           ,
           some
           great
           sinning
           against
           God
           (
           as
           the
           Schoolmen
           call
           it
           .
           )
           Which
           was
           the
           reason
           that
           when
           the
           English
           were
           (
           now
           upon
           their
           quitting
           of
           France
           ,
           in
           Henry
           the
           Sixth's
           days
           )
           demanded
           of
           the
           French
           by
           way
           of
           derision
           ,
           when
           they
           would
           make
           their
           return
           thither
           ;
           it
           was
           feelingly
           answered
           by
           one
           of
           our
           Nation
           thus
           ,
           
             When
             your
             sins
             are
             greater
             than
             ours
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           sin
           then
           that
           ruines
           particular
           persons
           ,
           that
           subverts
           Families
           ,
           that
           periods
           Kingdoms
           ,
           that
           wheels
           about
           Governments
           ,
           that
           overturns
           States
           ,
           that
           disjoynts
           Common-weals
           ,
           and
           says
           unto
           
           them
           as
           to
           the
           proud
           waves
           ,
           
             Thus
             far
             ye
             shall
             go
             ,
             and
             no
             farther
             .
          
        
         
           And
           so
           I
           have
           done
           with
           the
           Impulsive
           Cause
           ,
           and
           come
           next
           to
           the
           Instrumental
           causes
           or
           means
           which
           God
           uses
           in
           effecting
           his
           Changes
           here
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           two
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           the
           Motion
           and
           Influences
           of
           the
           Celestial
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           will
           the
           better
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           their
           forcible
           workings
           upon
           the
           Mind
           of
           man.
           For
           though
           they
           cannot
           work
           immediately
           upon
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           immaterail
           ;
           yet
           may
           they
           ,
           and
           do
           work
           mediately
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           Body
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Instrument
           of
           the
           Soul
           to
           work
           by
           ,
           and
           the
           Case
           wherein
           it
           is
           put
           up
           here
           for
           a
           time
           ;
           and
           so
           make
           it
           either
           well
           or
           ill
           affected
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Bodies
           present
           temper
           .
           By
           which
           means
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           many
           times
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           dispositions
           of
           particular
           men
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           whole
           multitudes
           collected
           together
           in
           a
           Politick
           Body
           ,
           are
           much
           alter'd
           and
           
           chang'd
           ,
           either
           to
           labour
           or
           Sloth
           ,
           to
           Peace
           or
           Disquiet
           ,
           to
           good
           or
           evil
           actings
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           are
           inclin'd
           by
           the
           Motions
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           these
           Celestial
           Bodies
           have
           their
           energy
           upon
           all
           Sublunary
           things
           ,
           is
           plain
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           by
           Scripture
           ;
           as
           Job
           38.33
           .
           where
           the
           Lord
           speaks
           thus
           to
           
             Job
             ,
             Know'st
             thou
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             Heaven
             ?
             and
             canst
             thou
             set
             the
             dominion
             thereof
             in
             the
             Earth
             ?
          
           which
           implies
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Heavens
           have
           power
           and
           dominion
           in
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           this
           power
           of
           theirs
           is
           set
           them
           from
           Gods
           ordinance
           and
           appointment
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           the
           constant
           Observation
           and
           Experience
           of
           all
           Ages
           .
           Bodinus
           the
           French
           Lawyer
           speaks
           well
           to
           this
           point
           ;
           
             Many
             erre
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             greatly
             ,
             who
             think
             the
             influence
             of
             the
             Celestial
             Spheres
             to
             be
             nothing
             ,
             when
             as
             their
             strength
             hath
             ever
             been
             most
             effectual
             ,
             as
             in
             
             Sacred
             Writ
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             :
          
           and
           he
           cites
           the
           38.
           chap.
           of
           Job
           before-mentioned
           to
           prove
           the
           same
           .
           Adding
           further
           ,
           
             That
             many
             ancient
             Writers
             have
             noted
             the
             great
             Changes
             in
             Cities
             and
             Kingdoms
             upon
             the
             conjunction
             of
             the
             Superior
             Planets
             ,
             but
             to
             them
             only
             where
             they
             have
             been
             deputed
             of
             God
             to
             that
             end
             and
             purpose
             .
          
           And
           that
           they
           have
           been
           instrumental
           towards
           the
           working
           of
           such
           effects
           ,
           he
           shews
           by
           an
           induction
           of
           some
           particular
           instances
           :
           As
           ,
           that
           before
           the
           translation
           of
           the
           Roman
           Soveraignty
           unto
           Caesar
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           great
           Conjunction
           of
           the
           Superior
           Planets
           met
           together
           in
           Scorpio
           :
           which
           fell
           out
           again
           seven
           hundred
           years
           after
           ,
           when
           the
           Arabian
           Legions
           received
           the
           Law
           of
           Mahomet
           ,
           rebell'd
           against
           the
           Greek
           Emperours
           ,
           and
           subdued
           the
           Eastern
           Asia
           from
           the
           Christians
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           also
           came
           about
           again
           ,
           
             Anno
             Christi
          
           1464.
           after
           which
           Ladamachus
           ,
           King
           of
           the
           Tartars
           ,
           was
           by
           his
           Subjects
           thrust
           out
           of
           the
           Chair
           of
           
           Soveraignty
           ;
           and
           Frederick
           the
           Third
           driven
           out
           of
           Hungary
           by
           
             Matthias
             Corvinus
          
           ,
           who
           from
           a
           Prisoner
           stept
           up
           to
           the
           Royal
           Throne
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           Alstedius
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Conjunction
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Jupiter
           in
           February
           ,
           1642.
           did
           foretell
           and
           portend
           the
           revolution
           of
           some
           new
           Empire
           and
           Government
           to
           fall
           out
           after
           it
           in
           Europe
           .
           The
           effect
           whereof
           in
           part
           (
           it's
           like
           )
           we
           have
           seen
           in
           this
           Nation
           already
           ,
           and
           may
           live
           (
           if
           God
           so
           dispose
           of
           us
           )
           to
           see
           further
           of
           it
           yet
           in
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           pass
           this
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           to
           that
           daily
           and
           usual
           course
           of
           Gods
           proceedings
           with
           us
           in
           the
           world
           .
           Here
           methinks
           there
           should
           be
           few
           ,
           (
           though
           of
           ordinary
           capacities
           among
           us
           )
           but
           (
           if
           we
           be
           a
           little
           observing
           )
           may
           see
           this
           truth
           made
           good
           by
           the
           eye
           of
           our
           own
           experience
           ,
           which
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Earth
           is
           either
           Fruitful
           or
           Barren
           ,
           and
           the
           Air
           either
           Wholsome
           or
           Infectious
           ,
           sutably
           to
           that
           measure
           and
           manner
           of
           influence
           they
           receive
           from
           them
           .
        
         
         
           And
           therefore
           when
           God
           will
           at
           any
           time
           bring
           about
           some
           great
           change
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           it
           is
           then
           easie
           to
           see
           how
           usually
           he
           fits
           his
           inferiour
           means
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           several
           natures
           ,
           for
           the
           orderly
           transacting
           of
           it
           in
           those
           stations
           wherein
           he
           hath
           set
           them
           .
           As
           ,
           when
           he
           will
           turn
           a
           fruitful
           Land
           into
           barrenness
           ,
           and
           again
           ,
           a
           barren
           Land
           into
           fruitfulness
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           promis'd
           his
           own
           people
           ,
           Hos.
           2.21
           .
           )
           there
           he
           tells
           them
           in
           what
           order
           he
           will
           work
           it
           :
           
             I
             will
             hear
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             hear
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             hear
          
           Jezreel
           .
           For
           this
           is
           a
           sure
           rule
           ,
           That
           the
           Supreme
           Cause
           of
           all
           doth
           not
           take
           away
           the
           natures
           and
           workings
           of
           Secondary
           Causes
           ,
           but
           rather
           establish
           them
           :
           which
           is
           the
           reason
           of
           that
           Speech
           of
           God
           to
           Job
           ,
           in
           the
           ordinary
           revolution
           of
           the
           times
           and
           seasons
           of
           the
           year
           ,
           Job
           38.31
           .
           
             Canst
             thou
             bind
             the
             sweet
             influences
             of
             the
          
           Pleiades
           ,
           
             and
             loose
             the
             bonds
             of
          
           Orion
           ?
        
         
         
           Now
           the
           Pleiades
           are
           those
           we
           commonly
           call
           the
           Seven
           Stars
           ,
           that
           have
           their
           influence
           on
           the
           earth
           ,
           by
           producing
           sweet
           showres
           to
           the
           opening
           and
           refreshing
           of
           it
           ,
           about
           the
           Spring
           of
           the
           year
           ;
           and
           Orion
           is
           a
           Constellation
           most
           conspicuous
           in
           the
           Winter-season
           ,
           as
           having
           a
           commissionary
           power
           to
           bind
           up
           the
           earth
           with
           Frosts
           .
           Again
           ,
           
             canst
             thou
             bring
             forth
          
           Mazzaroth
           
             in
             his
             season
             ,
             (
             i.e.
          
           the
           twelve
           Signes
           successively
           after
           one
           another
           )
           
             or
             guide
          
           Arcturus
           
             with
             his
             Sons
             ?
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           Polar
           Star
           ,
           as
           some
           will
           have
           it
           ,
           with
           those
           
             ignes
             minores
          
           that
           wait
           upon
           him
           ;
           or
           Bootes
           ,
           as
           others
           .
           )
           It
           is
           not
           then
           so
           much
           the
           Earth
           ,
           as
           the
           Heavens
           that
           give
           us
           either
           fruit
           ,
           or
           withhold
           it
           ;
           they
           being
           the
           first
           ordinary
           means
           ,
           whereby
           God
           uses
           to
           work
           out
           alterations
           in
           sublunary
           things
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Instrumental
           cause
           of
           these
           strange
           Vicissitudes
           here
           below
           ,
           is
           the
           Will
           of
           Man
           :
           for
           though
           it
           have
           not
           a
           liberty
           to
           Spiritual
           ,
           yet
           all
           grant
           
           it
           a
           liberty
           to
           external
           acts
           ,
           and
           moral
           goodness
           .
           And
           this
           Liberty
           of
           Mans
           Will
           ,
           doth
           God
           use
           as
           an
           under-wheel
           to
           turn
           about
           most
           of
           those
           Alterations
           that
           are
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           Health
           and
           Sickness
           ,
           Peace
           and
           War
           ,
           Plenty
           and
           Scarcity
           ,
           Riches
           and
           Poverty
           ,
           proceed
           from
           God
           as
           the
           principal
           Efficient
           cause
           ;
           but
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           we
           deny
           not
           but
           that
           God
           makes
           use
           both
           of
           our selves
           and
           others
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           means
           of
           bringing
           them
           about
           .
           The
           life
           of
           Joseph
           was
           checquer'd
           with
           variety
           of
           accidents
           :
           for
           he
           is
           now
           a
           Slave
           to
           the
           Ismaelites
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           by
           a
           Prince
           in
           Aegypt
           .
           Now
           these
           although
           they
           proceeded
           from
           God
           as
           the
           Author
           ,
           yet
           was
           the
           will
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           as
           the
           will
           of
           Reuben
           and
           Judah
           ,
           the
           instruments
           of
           preserving
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           the
           wills
           of
           his
           other
           Brethren
           the
           means
           of
           selling
           him
           into
           Aegypt
           .
        
         
           Now
           because
           it
           is
           the
           Nature
           of
           Instruments
           to
           be
           subservient
           to
           the
           principal
           Agent
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           determin'd
           by
           
           it
           ;
           therefore
           give
           me
           leave
           here
           by
           the
           way
           to
           fasten
           this
           exhortation
           upon
           you
           ,
           That
           in
           all
           Changes
           whatsoever
           you
           will
           look
           beyond
           the
           Instruments
           of
           them
           ,
           unto
           God
           the
           Principal
           Agent
           .
           For
           so
           did
           Job
           in
           his
           losses
           ,
           beyond
           the
           plundring
           Chaldeans
           and
           Sabeans
           ,
           unto
           
             Dominus
             abstulit
             ,
             The
             Lord
             hath
             given
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             taken
             away
          
           ;
           looking
           upon
           them
           as
           we
           use
           to
           do
           upon
           an
           
             Index
             ,
             tantum
             in
             ordine
             ad
             Librum
             ,
          
           only
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Book
           it self
           ,
           
             Et
             in
             transitu
             ad
             Deum
          
           ,
           in
           his
           passage
           unto
           God
           ,
           who
           sets
           them
           a
           work
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           natural
           powers
           and
           faculties
           ,
           though
           to
           the
           evil
           of
           them
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           than
           by
           ordering
           and
           over-ruling
           it
           to
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Children
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           wicked
           are
           called
           Gods
           Sword
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           17
           
             Psalm
             ,
             v.
          
           13.
           
           
             Deliver
             my
             Soul
          
           (
           says
           
             David
             )
             from
             the
             wicked
             which
             is
             thy
             sword
             .
          
           And
           so
           must
           we
           in
           all
           those
           Losses
           that
           befal
           us
           here
           ,
           have
           in
           our
           eye
           not
           so
           much
           the
           Sword
           ,
           as
           the
           Hand
           that
           holds
           it
           :
           which
           will
           be
           one
           means
           ,
           
           and
           a
           good
           one
           too
           ,
           to
           bring
           us
           to
           Davids
           calm
           temper
           in
           the
           39
           Psal.
           19.
           who
           says
           in
           the
           like
           condition
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             dumb
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             open
             his
             mouth
             ,
          
           nor
           let
           fall
           an
           impatient
           word
           in
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           Gods
           doing
           :
           And
           therefore
           when
           Abishai
           would
           have
           taken
           away
           Shimei's
           life
           for
           cursing
           of
           David
           ,
           No
           ,
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             Let
             him
             alone
             ,
             Iussit
             enim
             Dominus
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             hath
             bidden
             him
             curse
             ;
             who
             then
             shall
             say
             ,
             Wherefore
             hast
             thou
             done
             so
             ?
             q.
             d.
          
           Who
           then
           dare
           expostulate
           with
           God
           ,
           or
           call
           him
           to
           account
           about
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           unrighteous
           in
           it
           ;
           since
           evil
           men
           are
           but
           Swords
           in
           Gods
           hand
           ,
           who
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           once
           done
           his
           work
           by
           them
           ,
           will
           either
           put
           them
           up
           again
           into
           his
           Scabbard
           ,
           and
           lay
           them
           by
           ,
           or
           else
           so
           blunt
           the
           edge
           of
           their
           power
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           not
           cut
           ,
           or
           else
           break
           them
           a
           pieces
           ,
           and
           throw
           them
           quite
           away
           ?
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           Efficient
           Causes
           of
           Vicissitudes
           .
        
         
         
           Next
           I
           shall
           speak
           to
           the
           Ends
           ,
           or
           Final
           Causes
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           are
           either
           
             Ex
             parte
             Dei
          
           ,
           or
           Nostri
           ;
           in
           respect
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           our selves
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Principal
           End
           why
           God
           rings
           such
           Changes
           upon
           all
           earthly
           things
           ,
           and
           will
           have
           them
           disposed
           of
           after
           so
           various
           a
           manner
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           them
           by
           it
           the
           more
           tunable
           to
           his
           own
           Glory
           ,
           which
           by
           this
           means
           is
           exceedingly
           magnifyed
           and
           advanced
           :
           but
           especially
           in
           the
           Attributes
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           his
           Power
           and
           Omnipotency
           :
           that
           so
           he
           may
           let
           the
           world
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           Finger
           of
           his
           Power
           is
           in
           all
           Transactions
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           can
           do
           whatsoever
           he
           will
           ,
           both
           in
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           and
           yet
           changes
           not
           .
        
         
           For
           why
           else
           did
           God
           work
           so
           many
           miraculous
           Changes
           in
           Aegypt
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Moses
           ?
        
         
         
           Why
           turned
           he
           Moses
           Rod
           into
           aSerpent
           ,
           and
           the
           Aegyptian
           waters
           into
           Blood
           ?
        
         
           Why
           their
           Dust
           into
           Lice
           and
           Flies
           ,
           and
           their
           Light
           into
           Darkness
           for
           the
           space
           of
           three
           days
           together
           ?
        
         
           Why
           else
           Created
           he
           a
           new
           generation
           of
           Frogs
           and
           Locusts
           among
           them
           ?
        
         
           Why
           unheard-of
           Diseases
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           and
           upon
           their
           Cattel
           ?
        
         
           Why
           destroyed
           he
           their
           Herbs
           and
           Fruit-trees
           with
           Hail
           ,
           and
           their
           first-born
           with
           untimely
           death
           ?
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           Why
           caused
           he
           the
           Red-sea
           to
           go
           out
           of
           its
           natural
           course
           and
           chanel
           ,
           whereby
           it
           became
           a
           wall
           to
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           and
           a
           grave
           to
           the
           Aegyptians
           ?
        
         
           Did
           not
           God
           all
           this
           to
           make
           known
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           in
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           one
           and
           destruction
           of
           the
           other
           ?
           Yes
           ;
           
             For
             this
             cause
          
           (
           says
           God
           to
           
             Moses
             )
             I
             have
             raised
             thee
             up
             ,
             to
             shew
             in
             thee
             my
             power
             ,
             and
             that
             my
             Name
             may
             be
             declared
             in
             all
             the
             earth
             .
          
        
         
         
           2.
           
           He
           advances
           also
           his
           Glory
           this
           way
           ,
           by
           manifesting
           his
           Truth
           and
           Faithfulness
           :
           in
           that
           those
           things
           which
           are
           accidental
           in
           regard
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           seem
           as
           impossible
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           exactly
           brought
           to
           pass
           in
           their
           due
           times
           and
           seasons
           .
           As
           in
           the
           bringing
           of
           the
           Israelites
           out
           of
           Aegypt
           ,
           wherein
           God
           was
           full
           as
           good
           as
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           kept
           touch
           with
           them
           to
           a
           day
           in
           their
           Deliverance
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           Exod.
           12.41
           .
           where
           we
           read
           ,
           
             That
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             in
             the
             end
             of
             four
             hundred
             and
             thirty
             years
             ,
             even
             the
             self-same
             day
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             hosts
             of
             the
             Lord
             went
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
          
           Aegypt
           .
           All
           Pharaoh's
           oppositions
           and
           tergiversations
           could
           not
           prorogue
           their
           Bondage
           so
           much
           as
           one
           day
           beyond
           the
           time
           prefixed
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           serv'd
           only
           to
           fill
           up
           that
           Interim
           ,
           or
           void
           space
           of
           time
           betwixt
           Gods
           Promise
           made
           to
           Abraham
           and
           his
           performance
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           you
           ask
           by
           what
           intervals
           of
           time
           the
           truth
           of
           his
           promise
           came
           about
           
           so
           punctually
           ,
           Divines
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           from
           Abraham's
           receiving
           of
           the
           promise
           ,
           unto
           the
           birth
           of
           Isaac
           ,
           were
           five
           and
           twenty
           years
           ;
           sixty
           from
           thence
           to
           Jacobs
           birth
           ;
           and
           to
           his
           death
           (
           which
           fell
           out
           presently
           upon
           their
           entrance
           into
           Aegypt
           )
           a
           hundred
           and
           thirty
           years
           .
           After
           which
           unto
           the
           death
           of
           Levi
           ,
           who
           was
           
             Vltimus
             Patriarcharum
          
           ,
           the
           last
           of
           the
           Patriarchs
           that
           survived
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           space
           the
           Israelites
           were
           kindly
           entreated
           for
           Joseph's
           sake
           ,
           were
           ninety
           four
           years
           ;
           and
           a
           hundred
           and
           one
           and
           twenty
           more
           of
           cruel
           Bondage
           ,
           until
           Moses
           came
           to
           deliver
           them
           from
           it
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           
             Pharaoh
             Cencres
          
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           particulars
           being
           gathered
           up
           together
           ,
           do
           make
           up
           the
           compleat
           sum
           of
           four
           hundred
           and
           thirty
           years
           ,
           and
           may
           serve
           to
           justifie
           God
           in
           all
           his
           sayings
           ,
           and
           to
           clear
           his
           Truth
           in
           the
           least
           circumstance
           and
           punctilio
           of
           time
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           come
           to
           be
           judged
           .
        
         
         
           For
           when
           once
           Gods
           appointed
           time
           is
           come
           to
           introduce
           a
           change
           ,
           either
           for
           better
           or
           worse
           ,
           among
           any
           people
           ,
           then
           shall
           every
           breath
           of
           wind
           ,
           how
           cross
           soever
           it
           seems
           to
           blow
           at
           the
           present
           ,
           yet
           be
           so
           far
           from
           hindring
           Gods
           work
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           one
           way
           or
           other
           you
           shall
           find
           it
           in
           the
           sequel
           ,
           to
           contribute
           its
           help
           and
           assistance
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           God
           advances
           also
           his
           Glory
           this
           way
           ,
           in
           the
           manifestation
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           in
           that
           he
           makes
           a
           sweet
           harmony
           of
           so
           many
           different
           cords
           and
           changes
           ,
           and
           frames
           a
           most
           admirable
           Order
           out
           of
           a
           seeming
           Disorder
           and
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           Many
           and
           divers
           are
           the
           qualities
           of
           Herbs
           ,
           yet
           if
           a
           skilful
           Simpler
           hath
           the
           mixing
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           knows
           how
           to
           make
           of
           them
           a
           well-relish'd
           and
           wholsome
           Sallade
           :
           So
           ,
           many
           were
           the
           interchangeable
           passages
           that
           happen'd
           to
           Joseph
           ;
           and
           had
           we
           the
           same
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           we
           should
           think
           them
           very
           confused
           ones
           ;
           but
           yet
           let
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           
           Goodness
           of
           God
           but
           lay
           them
           together
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           presently
           find
           ,
           as
           Joseph
           did
           ,
           the
           close
           of
           them
           all
           in
           a
           sweet
           Diapason
           .
        
         
           For
           though
           all
           things
           ,
           as
           to
           us
           ,
           are
           floating
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           to
           and
           again
           ,
           by
           chance
           as
           it
           were
           and
           accident
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           says
           
             Gregory
             Nazianzen
          
           ;
           yet
           if
           we
           look
           to
           the
           order
           and
           appointment
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           ,
           (
           which
           doth
           always
           most
           wisely
           contrive
           all
           events
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Children
           )
           they
           are
           fixt
           and
           stable
           ,
           howbeit
           they
           may
           seem
           to
           go
           contrary
           at
           the
           present
           .
        
         
           And
           of
           Gods
           dealing
           in
           this
           kind
           we
           have
           Job
           an
           aminent
           example
           ;
           who
           is
           to
           day
           the
           greatest
           man
           for
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           in
           all
           the
           East
           ,
           (
           and
           a
           Tablet
           of
           this
           is
           Greatness
           you
           may
           see
           in
           his
           29
           Chapter
           ,
           which
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           read
           over
           at
           your
           leisure
           )
           wherein
           you
           shall
           find
           a
           whole
           series
           of
           worldly
           prosperity
           to
           wait
           upon
           him
           ;
           )
           yet
           tomorrow
           he
           is
           poor
           ,
           even
           to
           a
           by-word
           
           and
           proverb
           ,
           
             As
             poor
             as
          
           Job
           :
           insomuch
           as
           he
           spends
           all
           the
           next
           Chapter
           in
           bemoaning
           his
           suddain
           change
           ,
           beginning
           it
           with
           a
           But
           ;
           which
           though
           a
           small
           Monosyllable
           ,
           yet
           as
           the
           Helm
           of
           a
           Ship
           turns
           about
           the
           Vessel
           any
           way
           ,
           so
           doth
           this
           But
           turn
           about
           Job
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           former
           Honour
           and
           Prosperity
           ,
           into
           the
           extremest
           contempt
           and
           adversity
           .
           
             But
             now
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             they
             that
             are
             younger
             than
             I
             have
             me
             in
             derision
             ,
             whose
             fathers
             I
             would
             have
             disdained
             to
             have
             set
             with
             the
             dogs
             of
             my
             Flock
          
           ;
           and
           ending
           it
           with
           this
           doleful
           accent
           ,
           verse
           last
           ,
           
             versa
             est
             cithara
             mea
             in
             luctum
             ,
             &
             organum
             in
             vocem
             flentium
             ;
             My
             harp
             is
             turned
             into
             mourning
             ,
             and
             my
             organ
             into
             the
             voice
             of
             those
             that
             weep
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           all
           is
           well
           (
           we
           say
           )
           that
           ends
           well
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           was
           with
           Job
           ,
           which
           makes
           Saint
           James
           say
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           support
           unto
           Gods
           people
           in
           their
           afflictions
           ,
           
             Ye
             have
             heard
             of
             the
             patience
             of
          
           Job
           ,
           
             and
             have
             seen
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           
           what
           good
           end
           God
           gave
           him
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           next
           day
           God
           brings
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Light
           out
           of
           this
           Darkness
           ,
           by
           a
           wise
           and
           gracious
           disposing
           of
           all
           that
           evil
           to
           him
           for
           the
           best
           ,
           in
           giving
           him
           twice
           as
           much
           as
           he
           had
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           blessing
           his
           later
           end
           more
           than
           his
           beginning
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           although
           for
           a
           time
           all
           those
           sad
           Changes
           that
           befell
           Job
           ,
           seem'd
           even
           to
           cross
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Gods
           care
           and
           Providence
           to
           him
           ;
           yet
           in
           the
           conclusion
           you
           see
           how
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           cut
           them
           all
           out
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           serve
           to
           his
           greater
           Honour
           and
           Abundance
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           Ends
           or
           Final
           Causes
           in
           respect
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           They
           follow
           now
           in
           respect
           of
           our selves
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           are
           two
           :
           first
           to
           confirm
           our
           Faith
           ;
           secondly
           to
           reform
           our
           Lives
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           out
           by
           them
           good
           to
           his
           servants
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           to
           confirm
           our
           Faith.
           
        
         
           And
           so
           God
           brings
           many
           times
           great
           Changes
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           try
           ,
           if
           amidst
           those
           shakings
           of
           outward
           things
           among
           us
           ,
           we
           will
           be
           shaken
           in
           our
           Faith
           ,
           or
           not
           .
           That
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           of
           Heresies
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           11.19
           .
           
             Oportet
             esse
             Haereses
             ,
             There
             must
             be
             Heresies
             among
             you
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             are
             approved
             may
             be
             made
             manifest
          
           ;
           so
           say
           I
           ,
           
             Opertat
             esse
             mutationes
          
           ,
           There
           must
           be
           Changes
           :
           and
           these
           not
           so
           much
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           things
           themselves
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           their
           own
           natures
           liable
           to
           alteration
           and
           dissolution
           ;
           as
           in
           respect
           of
           Gods
           end
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           which
           are
           approved
           and
           sincere
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           may
           be
           manifested
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           by
           their
           constancy
           and
           perseverance
           in
           it
           .
           That
           as
           there
           is
           a
           necessity
           of
           Fire
           to
           try
           Gold
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           true
           or
           else
           counterfeit
           ;
           so
           also
           is
           there
           a
           necessity
           of
           Changes
           :
           for
           by
           these
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           whether
           we
           will
           measure
           our
           Religion
           by
           outward
           things
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           loss
           or
           enjoyment
           of
           them
           
           be
           lost
           in
           our
           Protestant
           Faith
           ,
           yea
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           ,
           Beloved
           ,
           more
           discovers
           the
           Hypocrite
           than
           his
           
             Ingenium
             versatile
          
           ,
           (
           as
           Livy
           said
           of
           Cato
           )
           than
           his
           turning
           humour
           in
           Religion
           :
           for
           which
           I
           do
           not
           say
           he
           shall
           be
           plagued
           in
           Hell
           ,
           by
           being
           wheel'd
           about
           there
           continually
           without
           any
           relaxation
           ,
           (
           though
           that
           may
           seem
           a
           punishment
           somewhat
           suitable
           to
           his
           Weathercock-disposition
           here
           upon
           earth
           ;
           )
           no
           ,
           
             Hoc
             nimis
             Ethnicum
          
           ,
           This
           is
           too
           heathenish
           :
           but
           rather
           with
           the
           Prophet
           David
           ,
           That
           
             he
             shall
             turn
             into
             Hell
             with
             all
             those
             that
             forget
             God
             ,
          
           which
           is
           that
           portion
           of
           Hypocrites
           mentioned
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           Matth.
           24.
           last
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           an
           Apple
           be
           rotten
           at
           the
           coare
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           hold
           long
           upon
           the
           Tree
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           least
           Wind
           will
           fall
           from
           it
           .
           And
           so
           it
           is
           with
           the
           rotten-hearted
           Hypocrite
           ;
           if
           a
           little
           cross
           wind
           do
           but
           blow
           upon
           him
           ,
           oh
           how
           soon
           doth
           he
           fall
           off
           from
           the
           Tree
           of
           
           Life
           ,
           and
           become
           a
           wind-fall
           in
           his
           Religion
           ,
           for
           the
           Devil
           that
           old
           Serpent
           to
           prey
           upon
           !
        
         
           Every
           Cock-boat
           (
           you
           know
           )
           will
           bear
           up
           well
           enough
           in
           a
           calm
           sea
           :
           but
           that
           is
           a
           stout
           Vessel
           that
           can
           live
           in
           the
           most
           troubled
           water
           .
           And
           too
           too
           many
           there
           were
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           that
           like
           
             Dr.
             Pendleton
          
           in
           Queen
           Maries
           days
           ,
           boasted
           much
           of
           their
           Constancy
           in
           the
           Orthodox
           Faith
           during
           Constantines
           days
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           God
           hedg'd
           about
           his
           Vineyard
           with
           Peace
           and
           Prosperity
           ;
           but
           so
           soon
           as
           that
           Hedge
           was
           broken
           down
           ,
           and
           erroneous
           ,
           yea
           Heretical
           Doctrines
           were
           let
           in
           like
           so
           many
           Beasts
           of
           prey
           to
           devour
           ,
           then
           how
           quickly
           did
           these
           prove
           Turncoats
           ,
           and
           Apostates
           from
           the
           Faith
           !
        
         
           But
           as
           for
           the
           true
           Christian
           ,
           he
           is
           like
           a
           Rock
           ,
           —
           
             Mediis
             immotus
             in
             undis
          
           ;
           That
           although
           the
           waves
           are
           always
           swelling
           against
           him
           ,
           yet
           is
           he
           the
           same
           man
           still
           in
           his
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           wavers
           not
           :
           or
           else
           like
           that
           House
           
           built
           upon
           the
           Rock
           ,
           against
           which
           the
           Floods
           came
           ,
           and
           the
           Winds
           blew
           ,
           but
           it
           fell
           not
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           built
           upon
           a
           Rock
           .
        
         
           And
           such
           a
           well-built
           house
           was
           St.
           Basil
           ,
           who
           being
           threatned
           with
           death
           by
           Valens
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           not
           advise
           further
           and
           turn
           Arrian
           ,
           answer'd
           with
           this
           brave
           resolution
           ,
           
             I
             need
             not
             any
             further
             advice
             than
             I
             have
             taken
             already
             about
             this
             matter
             ;
             for
             to
             morrow
             I
             shall
             be
             the
             same
             man
             that
             I
             am
             to
             day
             therein
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           know
           that
           some
           things
           are
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           wherein
           we
           cannot
           but
           change
           ,
           as
           in
           natural
           ,
           civil
           ,
           and
           moral
           things
           ;
           and
           to
           change
           in
           there
           is
           only
           humane
           .
        
         
           Others
           again
           are
           of
           Duty
           :
           and
           these
           either
           prohibited
           ,
           or
           enjoyn'd
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Prohibited
           ,
           as
           in
           evil
           and
           erroneous
           things
           :
           and
           to
           change
           here
           is
           pious
           and
           divine
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           change
           ,
           either
           Weakness
           or
           Obstinacy
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Enjoyn'd
           ,
           as
           in
           sacred
           and
           religious
           :
           and
           to
           change
           here
           is
           impious
           and
           Diabolical
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           change
           ,
           true
           Christian
           Fortitude
           and
           Constancy
           .
        
         
           Whatsoever
           things
           we
           see
           then
           wheeling
           about
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           Governments
           ,
           Families
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           nay
           ,
           howsoever
           we
           may
           change
           our selves
           or
           be
           chang'd
           in
           some
           things
           of
           an
           indifferent
           nature
           ,
           by
           those
           that
           have
           dominion
           over
           our
           Bodies
           and
           Estates
           ;
           yet
           is
           there
           no
           man
           that
           hath
           dominion
           over
           our
           Faith
           :
           But
           this
           is
           Gods
           peculiar
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           this
           we
           must
           not
           change
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           with
           saving
           Truths
           as
           it
           is
           with
           Clothes
           ,
           which
           alter
           every
           year
           as
           the
           fashion
           doth
           :
           for
           
             the
             fashion
             of
             the
             world
             passes
             away
          
           (
           says
           St.
           John
           ;
           )
           but
           true
           Religion
           is
           ever
           in
           fashion
           with
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           alters
           not
           .
        
         
           And
           herein
           we
           may
           justly
           take
           occasion
           to
           bewail
           the
           unsteadiness
           of
           some
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           who
           are
           mere
           Scepticks
           in
           Religion
           ,
           always
           conceiving
           some
           
           new
           Opinions
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           always
           in
           pain
           till
           they
           be
           deliver'd
           of
           their
           new
           conceptions
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           monstrous
           and
           deformed
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           was
           truth
           with
           them
           yesterday
           ,
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           to
           day
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           so
           to
           day
           ,
           is
           otherwise
           to
           morrow
           ;
           such
           Changelings
           there
           be
           in
           this
           last
           Age
           ,
           who
           like
           the
           Moon
           do
           never
           appear
           the
           same
           two
           days
           together
           !
           
             And
             I
             would
             to
             God
          
           ,
           (
           says
           St.
           
             Ambrose
             ,
             )
             that
             their
             change
             were
             no
             worse
             than
             that
             of
             the
             Moon
             ;
             for
             she
             returns
             again
             within
             a
             little
             time
             to
             her
             full
             light
             ,
             but
             these
             never
             .
          
        
         
           And
           he
           is
           blind
           that
           sees
           not
           this
           among
           us
           ,
           (
           namely
           )
           how
           some
           turn
           every
           day
           to
           Popish
           Superstition
           ,
           but
           more
           to
           Anabaptistical
           Fancies
           ;
           some
           unto
           Socinian
           Blasphemies
           ,
           but
           most
           unto
           Atheistical
           Notions
           ,
           and
           all
           into
           Sensuality
           ;
           this
           being
           the
           common
           Sewer
           into
           which
           all
           the
           former
           run
           ,
           and
           are
           ultimately
           resolved
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           St.
           Paul
           said
           to
           his
           Galathians
           ,
           
           so
           do
           I
           to
           such
           ,
           
             O
             foolish
          
           Galathians
           ,
           
             who
             hath
             bewithc'd
             you
             that
             you
             should
             not
             obey
             the
             Gospel
             ?
          
           And
           it
           is
           a
           metaphor
           ,
           says
           one
           ,
           from
           Sorcerers
           ,
           who
           use
           to
           cast
           a
           mist
           before
           the
           peoples
           eyes
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           not
           take
           a
           right
           view
           of
           what
           is
           presented
           to
           them
           :
           As
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           Who
           hath
           cast
           a
           mist
           before
           the
           eyes
           of
           your
           understandings
           ,
           to
           make
           that
           appear
           unto
           you
           for
           truth
           which
           indeed
           is
           not
           ?
           What
           ?
           
             Are
             ye
             so
             foolish
             ,
             that
             having
             begun
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             ye
             will
             be
             perfected
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ?
          
           So
           ,
           Are
           ye
           so
           foolish
           ,
           that
           having
           begun
           in
           truth
           ,
           ye
           will
           end
           in
           falshood
           ?
           or
           can
           ye
           be
           so
           simple
           ,
           as
           to
           exchange
           Gold
           for
           Dirt
           ,
           Wheat
           for
           Chaff
           ,
           and
           your
           pretious
           Faith
           ,
           as
           St.
           Peter
           calls
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           substance
           of
           things
           hoped
           for
           ,
           for
           Errours
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           mere
           shadows
           of
           Truth
           ?
           I
           trow
           not
           .
           For
           if
           Errour
           (
           as
           our
           
             Kingly
             Divine
          
           said
           well
           )
           have
           any
           advantage
           ,
           it
           consists
           in
           Novelty
           :
           or
           if
           Truth
           any
           ,
           it
           consists
           in
           Constancy
           .
        
         
         
           Was
           the
           Doctrine
           then
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ,
           and
           the
           Harmony
           of
           our
           Confessions
           grounded
           upon
           evident
           and
           pregnant
           Scriptures
           ,
           maintain'd
           by
           the
           Orthodox
           and
           Primitive
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           conveyed
           to
           us
           by
           the
           constant
           tradition
           of
           the
           Universal
           Church
           ,
           the
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           once
           deliver'd
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           Truth
           of
           God
           yesterday
           ?
           why
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           to
           morrow
           also
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           day
           in
           our
           profession
           of
           it
           we
           must
           be
           as
           yesterday
           ,
           and
           to
           morrow
           as
           this
           day
           :
           because
           as
           God
           is
           the
           same
           yesterday
           ,
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           ;
           so
           also
           is
           the
           Truth
           of
           God
           ,
           That
           which
           was
           once
           so
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           always
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           Oh
           that
           we
           would
           then
           be
           exhorted
           in
           the
           Apostles
           words
           ,
           To
           
             stand
             fast
             in
             the
             Faith
             ,
             to
             quit
             our selves
             like
             men
             ,
             and
             be
             strong
             :
             and
             not
             to
             be
             as
             children
             ,
             toss'd
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             and
             carried
             about
             with
             every
             wind
             of
             Doctrine
             ;
             but
             to
             be
             as
             men
             in
             understanding
             ,
             stedfast
             and
             immoveable
          
           ;
           
           that
           so
           God
           may
           have
           cause
           to
           glory
           on
           our
           behalf
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           on
           
             Jobs
             ,
             Hast
             thou
             consider'd
          
           (
           says
           God
           to
           Satan
           )
           
             my
             servant
          
           Job
           ?
           So
           ,
           hast
           thou
           consider'd
           such
           a
           servant
           of
           mine
           ?
           Seest
           thou
           to
           how
           many
           changes
           I
           have
           subjected
           him
           ?
           to
           changes
           in
           his
           Children
           ,
           to
           changes
           in
           his
           Estate
           ,
           to
           changes
           in
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           to
           changes
           in
           his
           Friends
           and
           Acquaintance
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           seest
           thou
           how
           many
           of
           his
           Brethren
           are
           chang'd
           of
           late
           ,
           from
           a
           febrish
           distemper
           before
           ,
           now
           into
           a
           sleepy
           Lethargy
           ?
           Seest
           thou
           how
           indifferent
           they
           are
           for
           their
           Religion
           round
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           shaken
           reeds
           there
           are
           on
           every
           side
           of
           him
           ?
           And
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           as
           my
           servant
           Job
           did
           ,
           so
           doth
           he
           still
           hold
           his
           integrity
           .
           But
           enough
           of
           this
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Gods
           end
           also
           in
           it
           is
           ,
           To
           reform
           our
           Lives
           ,
           and
           do
           us
           good
           by
           his
           so
           various
           dispensations
           towards
           us
           Hence
           we
           read
           ,
           Isa.
           30.28
           .
           of
           a
           sieve
           of
           vanity
           ,
           wherein
           God
           says
           ,
           he
           will
           
           sift
           the
           Nations
           ,
           and
           shake
           them
           to
           and
           fro
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           may
           winnow
           them
           from
           that
           chaff
           of
           sin
           that
           is
           within
           them
           .
           For
           why
           was
           
             Moab
             at
             ease
             from
             his
             youth
             ?
          
           why
           
             setled
             he
             upon
             his
             lees
          
           ,
           and
           held
           still
           his
           
             corrupt
             tast
          
           ?
           but
           because
           he
           was
           never
           disquieted
           ,
           nor
           
             emptied
             from
             vessel
             to
             vessel
             ,
             Ier.
          
           48.11
           .
           Thus
           a
           sedentary
           life
           we
           find
           very
           subject
           to
           Diseases
           ;
           and
           a
           long
           standing
           Prosperity
           to
           a
           Nation
           ,
           is
           like
           a
           standing
           Pool
           ,
           whose
           water
           doth
           soon
           puddle
           and
           putrifie
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           reason
           of
           that
           speech
           of
           
             David
             ,
             Psal.
          
           55.19
           .
           
             Because
             they
             have
             no
             Changes
             therefore
             they
             feare
             not
             God
          
           ;
           making
           by
           it
           the
           uncheckt
           prosperity
           of
           worldly
           men
           ,
           a
           great
           occasion
           of
           their
           continuance
           in
           sin
           ,
           and
           so
           an
           Index
           of
           Gods
           Wrath
           upon
           them
           ,
           rather
           than
           of
           his
           special
           Favour
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           now
           we
           have
           seen
           the
           Angel
           of
           God
           moving
           the
           waters
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           by
           Intestine
           War
           ,
           new
           Opinions
           in
           Religion
           ,
           by
           Sects
           ,
           divisions
           ,
           
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           good
           for
           us
           to
           meditate
           ,
           how
           God
           hereby
           intends
           to
           purge
           us
           from
           that
           sinful
           filth
           that
           adheres
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           our
           disrespect
           to
           Gods
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           contempt
           of
           his
           Word
           ,
           our
           Cruelty
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           our
           Pride
           and
           Security
           ,
           our
           Worldly-mindedness
           ,
           and
           Hypocrisie
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           instruments
           of
           them
           ,
           may
           have
           other
           ends
           in
           such
           Alterations
           ,
           as
           to
           wreak
           their
           own
           spleen
           upon
           their
           Adversaries
           ,
           to
           unhorse
           others
           ,
           and
           get
           themselves
           into
           the
           Saddle
           either
           of
           Profit
           or
           Preferment
           ;
           (
           That
           as
           Demitrius
           the
           Silver-smith
           said
           ,
           
             We
             get
             our
             gains
             by
             this
             means
          
           ;
           so
           say
           they
           ,
           We
           get
           our
           Honours
           and
           Estates
           by
           these
           means
           ,
           for
           if
           the
           waters
           had
           not
           been
           troubled
           ,
           we
           had
           catch'd
           nothing
           :
           )
           or
           else
           to
           satisfie
           their
           own
           corrupt
           wills
           and
           pleasures
           ;
           as
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           says
           of
           earthly
           parents
           ,
           That
           they
           chasten
           their
           children
           after
           their
           own
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           God
           who
           is
           the
           Supreme
           Agent
           ,
           he
           doth
           it
           
           for
           our
           profit
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           own
           ;
           there
           being
           no
           ends
           of
           gold
           and
           silver
           ,
           no
           mere
           will
           or
           revenge
           in
           his
           end
           ,
           but
           only
           our
           profit
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           away
           the
           dross
           from
           the
           silver
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           may
           bring
           forth
           (
           to
           use
           Solomon's
           expression
           )
           a
           
             Vas
             electum
          
           a
           chosen
           Vessel
           ,
           as
           St.
           Paul
           was
           ,
           and
           fit
           for
           the
           Finer
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           of
           Joseph
           ,
           how
           he
           was
           pass'd
           over
           from
           his
           brethren
           to
           the
           Ismaelites
           ,
           and
           from
           them
           to
           Potiphar
           ;
           and
           his
           Brethren
           had
           one
           end
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           God
           another
           :
           for
           they
           did
           it
           for
           evil
           against
           him
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           tells
           them
           himself
           )
           and
           to
           get
           twenty
           Pieces
           by
           the
           sale
           of
           him
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           God
           ,
           he
           meant
           it
           to
           him
           for
           good
           ,
           and
           to
           save
           much
           people
           alive
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           also
           was
           Christ
           the
           Antitype
           of
           Joseph
           ,
           thrust
           (
           as
           we
           say
           )
           from
           post
           to
           pillar
           ,
           viz.
           from
           Judas
           to
           Caiaphas
           ,
           from
           him
           to
           Pilate
           ,
           from
           Pilate
           to
           Herod
           ,
           from
           Herod
           back
           again
           to
           Pilate
           ,
           and
           then
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           clamorous
           and
           unreasonable
           multitude
           to
           be
           
           crucified
           ;
           and
           Judas
           had
           one
           end
           in
           Christs
           death
           ,
           but
           God
           another
           .
           The
           end
           of
           Judas
           in
           it
           was
           to
           silver
           his
           bag
           with
           thirty
           pieces
           ,
           but
           Gods
           end
           was
           to
           satisfie
           his
           own
           Justice
           ,
           and
           to
           save
           Mankind
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           let
           mens
           sinful
           ends
           in
           these
           Changes
           and
           Alterations
           be
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           yet
           is
           Gods
           end
           in
           it
           the
           gaining
           of
           glory
           to
           himself
           ,
           by
           his
           taking
           away
           that
           sin
           and
           corruption
           which
           he
           sees
           contracted
           in
           us
           by
           a
           long
           standing
           security
           .
           And
           if
           these
           changes
           of
           his
           be
           not
           as
           a
           gentle
           fire
           to
           purifie
           us
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           as
           a
           consuming
           fire
           to
           destroy
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           Efficient
           and
           Final
           causes
           of
           Vicissitudes
           .
        
         
           The
           Vses
           follow
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           three
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           To
           take
           us
           off
           from
           our
           greedy
           desire
           of
           worldly
           things
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           unpride
           us
           in
           a
           prosperus
           condition
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           comfort
           and
           support
           us
           in
           an
           afflicted
           one
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           there
           is
           a
           good
           saying
           of
           
             Marcus
             Aurelius
             Antoninus
          
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           all
           the
           Heathen
           Emperours
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           :
        
         
           Meditate
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             with
             thy self
             how
             swiftly
             all
             things
             that
             subsist
             are
             carried
             away
             :
             for
             both
             the
             substances
             themselves
             are
             in
             a
             continual
             flux
             ,
             and
             all
             actions
             in
             a
             perpetual
             change
             ;
             yea
             the
             causes
             of
             them
             also
             ,
             subject
             to
             a
             thousand
             alterations
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             any
             thing
             that
             can
             be
             said
             to
             be
             setled
             or
             at
             a
             stand
             .
          
        
         
           And
           from
           hence
           he
           draws
           this
           inference
           :
           
             Art
             thou
             not
             then
             unwise
             ,
             who
             for
             these
             things
             art
             either
             distracted
             with
             cares
             ,
             puffed
             up
             too
             much
             with
             pride
             ,
             or
             dejected
             with
             troubles
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           it
           may
           put
           many
           of
           us
           Christians
           to
           the
           blush
           ,
           who
           seldom
           make
           so
           good
           use
           of
           it
           as
           this
           Heathen
           did
           ,
           though
           we
           have
           a
           far
           clearer
           light
           than
           he
           had
           to
           guide
           us
           to
           it
           .
        
         
         
           First
           then
           ,
           the
           consideration
           of
           this
           point
           ,
           viz.
           The
           great
           Vicissitude
           and
           Inconstancy
           of
           all
           earthly
           things
           ,
           may
           serve
           to
           wean
           our
           hearts
           from
           the
           pleasing
           teat
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           them
           up
           to
           that
           place
           where
           only
           fixed
           good
           is
           found
           .
        
         
           Here
           we
           are
           all
           too
           apt
           with
           the
           rich
           fool
           to
           set
           down
           our
           rests
           ,
           when
           (
           God
           knows
           )
           we
           have
           little
           or
           no
           cause
           so
           to
           do
           .
           
             Nescis
             enim
             ,
             ah
             nescis
             serus
             quid
             vesper
             ferat
          
           ;
           Since
           we
           do
           not
           know
           what
           the
           midwifery
           of
           this
           evening
           ,
           nay
           less
           ,
           of
           this
           hour
           or
           moment
           may
           help
           to
           bring
           forth
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           a
           change
           of
           our
           Estates
           into
           Beggery
           ,
           by
           Fire
           ,
           Thieves
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           or
           else
           of
           our
           Liberty
           into
           Thraldome
           ,
           or
           of
           our
           Health
           into
           Sickness
           ;
           all
           these
           successively
           wheeling
           about
           ,
           until
           at
           last
           our
           great
           change
           come
           from
           Life
           to
           Death
           ,
           and
           swallow
           up
           the
           rest
           ,
           as
           the
           sea
           doth
           the
           waters
           that
           fall
           into
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Alas
           !
           here
           we
           are
           subject
           to
           a
           thousand
           casualties
           ;
           but
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           there
           ,
           there
           we
           shall
           meet
           with
           no
           such
           alterations
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           a
           Kingdom
           that
           cannot
           be
           shaken
           as
           earthly
           Kingdoms
           are
           ,
           either
           by
           War
           ,
           Factions
           ,
           all-eating
           time
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           .
           No
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           Peace
           without
           War
           ,
           Quiet
           without
           Trouble
           ,
           Freedom
           without
           Thraldome
           ,
           Day
           without
           Night
           ,
           Health
           without
           Sickness
           ,
           and
           Life
           without
           Death
           :
           whereas
           here
           it
           is
           far
           otherwise
           ;
           for
           God
           takes
           away
           one
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           with
           a
           Feaver
           ,
           another
           with
           the
           Sword
           ,
           as
           Saint
           Augustine
           reckons
           them
           up
           .
           Nay
           ,
           
             he
             cuts
             off
             the
             spirits
             of
             Princes
          
           (
           says
           the
           
             Psalmist
             :
          
           )
           which
           Junius
           and
           Tremelius
           Translate
           by
           
             Vindemiat
             ,
             i.e.
          
           he
           slips
           them
           off
           as
           a
           Vintager
           doth
           a
           Bunch
           of
           Grapes
           from
           a
           Tree
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           quickly
           done
           .
           Even
           the
           highest
           enterpizes
           that
           the
           greatest
           Magnifico's
           of
           the
           earth
           undertake
           ,
           God
           doth
           but
           blow
           upon
           them
           a
           little
           with
           the
           breath
           of
           his
           displeasure
           ,
           and
           how
           soon
           are
           they
           blasted
           and
           shrink
           away
           to
           nothing
           !
        
         
         
           An
           example
           of
           this
           we
           have
           in
           Xerxes
           ,
           who
           went
           against
           Greece
           with
           a
           Million
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           Ships
           as
           covered
           the
           Hellespont
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           would
           have
           subdued
           the
           Sea
           ,
           have
           put
           a
           hook
           into
           her
           jaws
           ,
           and
           have
           led
           her
           away
           in
           triumph
           :
           yet
           how
           soon
           was
           his
           over-bold
           pride
           dashed
           in
           pieces
           by
           a
           handful
           of
           Greeks
           !
           One
           and
           the
           same
           day
           saw
           him
           both
           happy
           and
           miserable
           ;
           using
           him
           as
           a
           tender
           and
           indulgent
           Mother
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           evening
           as
           a
           cruel
           and
           hard
           Stepdame
           .
        
         
           Oh
           the
           folly
           then
           of
           those
           that
           lye
           always
           sucking
           at
           these
           earthly
           flowers
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           various
           in
           their
           shapes
           ,
           as
           ever
           Proteus
           was
           ,
           and
           constant
           in
           nothing
           save
           in
           their
           inconstancy
           !
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           saying
           of
           Maximilian
           the
           Second
           ,
           That
           every
           year
           of
           our
           life
           was
           a
           Climacterical
           year
           ,
           and
           brought
           with
           it
           some
           great
           change
           or
           other
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           every
           year
           be
           so
           changeable
           ,
           what
           fools
           then
           are
           they
           that
           joyn
           land
           to
           land
           ,
           and
           house
           to
           house
           ,
           that
           they
           
           may
           dwell
           alone
           in
           the
           earth
           !
           yea
           what
           mean
           great
           men
           to
           pride
           it
           so
           much
           in
           their
           Babels
           here
           below
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           a
           greedy
           desire
           of
           gain
           to
           run
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Chanels
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           their
           Lands
           by
           their
           own
           names
           ?
           For
           they
           that
           do
           thus
           ,
           declare
           plainly
           that
           they
           think
           themselves
           to
           enjoy
           a
           setled
           estate
           here
           on
           earth
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           should
           never
           see
           a
           change
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           did
           not
           for
           the
           present
           look
           for
           in
           Heaven
           a
           better
           and
           more
           enduring
           substance
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           speaks
           ,
           Heb.
           12.34
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           complains
           ,
           so
           may
           we
           ,
           
             Quis
             credidit
             auditui
             nostro
             ?
             who
             hath
             believed
             our
             report
             ?
          
           or
           to
           whom
           is
           this
           truth
           of
           God
           revealed
           ?
           For
           it
           is
           strange
           to
           see
           how
           few
           among
           us
           do
           believe
           this
           ,
           that
           both
           in
           our
           persons
           and
           estates
           we
           are
           so
           changeable
           .
        
         
           But
           
             this
             is
             their
             way
          
           ,
           says
           
             David
             ,
             this
             is
             their
             foolishness
             .
          
        
         
           For
           how
           soon
           did
           Galba
           start
           aside
           from
           the
           Empire
           .
           
             Degustans
             Imperium
          
           ,
           
           tasting
           it
           only
           as
           Jonathan
           did
           the
           Honey
           with
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Spear
           !
           How
           soon
           was
           Haman
           chang'd
           from
           the
           Minion
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           hang-by
           of
           the
           world
           !
        
         
           Again
           ,
           how
           soon
           was
           Nebuchadnezzar
           chang'd
           ,
           even
           from
           a
           Man
           to
           a
           Beast
           :
           and
           Herod
           from
           the
           highest
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           be
           Meat
           even
           for
           the
           lowest
           of
           Reptiles
           ?
        
         
           And
           the
           prosperity
           of
           Richard
           the
           Third
           was
           so
           short
           (
           says
           our
           incomparable
           Historian
           )
           that
           it
           took
           end
           ere
           himself
           could
           well
           look
           over
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           then
           that
           we
           can
           call
           constant
           here
           on
           earth
           ;
           which
           makes
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           speaking
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           say
           ,
           That
           
             he
             looked
             for
             a
             City
             having
             foundations
             :
          
           Upon
           which
           one
           gives
           us
           this
           Note
           ;
           That
           the
           Heavenly
           City
           can
           only
           be
           said
           to
           have
           properly
           a
           Foundation
           ,
           whereas
           those
           Cities
           that
           are
           on
           earth
           ,
           do
           shew
           plainly
           by
           their
           daily
           ruines
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           no
           sure
           foundation
           to
           rest
           upon
           .
        
         
         
           Oh
           let
           this
           be
           a
           means
           to
           take
           off
           the
           wheels
           of
           our
           Affections
           from
           their
           eager
           pursuit
           after
           earthly
           things
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           upon
           things
           above
           ,
           
             where
             the
             moth
             cannot
             come
             at
             them
             ,
             nor
             thieves
             break
             through
             to
             steal
             .
          
           And
           let
           us
           look
           to
           that
           charge
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           6.17
           .
           
             Charge
             those
             that
             are
             rich
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             they
             trust
             not
             in
             uncertain
             Riches
          
           ;
           or
           rather
           in
           Riches
           which
           are
           Uncertainty
           it self
           in
           the
           abstract
           ;
           (
           for
           so
           the
           Greek
           runs
           it
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           i.e.
           in
           the
           uncertainty
           of
           Riches
           .
           )
           And
           that
           we
           may
           in
           no
           wise
           doubt
           of
           this
           their
           uncertainty
           ,
           the
           Wise
           man
           prefixes
           a
           note
           of
           certainty
           before
           this
           uncertainty
           ,
           Certainly
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             Riches
             make
             themselves
             wings
             ,
             and
             fly
             away
             as
             an
             Eagle
             towards
             Heaven
             :
          
           as
           if
           he
           should
           have
           said
           ,
           Certainly
           Riches
           and
           all
           worldly
           things
           are
           as
           uncertain
           as
           a
           Bird
           that
           is
           upon
           the
           wing
           :
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           not
           
             set
             our
             hearts
             upon
             them
          
           ;
           but
           our
           daily
           prayer
           and
           practice
           must
           be
           ,
           
             So
             to
             pass
             through
             things
             temporal
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             
             do
             not
             loose
             those
             things
             that
             are
             eternal
          
           :
           or
           else
           with
           David
           ,
           let
           us
           beseech
           God
           to
           
             incline
             our
             hearts
             unto
             his
             Testimonies
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             Covetousness
             .
          
           Now
           this
           inclining
           our
           hearts
           unto
           Gods
           Testimonies
           ,
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           that
           holy
           and
           penitential
           change
           of
           Heart
           and
           Life
           ,
           or
           else
           that
           turning
           unto
           God
           with
           all
           our
           hearts
           ,
           which
           God
           calls
           for
           at
           our
           hands
           ,
           and
           expects
           from
           us
           in
           all
           his
           changes
           ,
           whether
           personal
           or
           else
           National
           ;
           which
           if
           he
           find
           in
           us
           ,
           then
           let
           what
           changes
           soever
           fall
           ,
           they
           shall
           all
           work
           together
           for
           our
           good
           :
           but
           if
           not
           ,
           we
           must
           then
           look
           to
           be
           as
           a
           rowling
           stone
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           our
           daily
           turns
           and
           changes
           in
           this
           life
           from
           one
           degree
           of
           misery
           to
           another
           ,
           until
           at
           last
           we
           turn
           into
           Hell
           ,
           as
           David
           speaks
           ,
           
             with
             all
             those
             that
             forget
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           consideration
           of
           this
           point
           may
           be
           a
           good
           antidote
           against
           Pride
           in
           a
           prosperous
           Condition
           ,
           since
           God
           hath
           so
           ordered
           the
           Web
           of
           our
           
           Lives
           ,
           as
           that
           Adversity
           as
           well
           as
           Prosperity
           is
           interwoven
           in
           it
           :
           For
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           swells
           us
           up
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           prospering
           here
           in
           worldly
           things
           ;
           and
           nothing
           again
           that
           is
           more
           effectual
           to
           asswage
           this
           swelling
           in
           us
           ,
           than
           to
           consider
           the
           brevity
           and
           mutability
           it
           is
           subject
           to
           .
        
         
           Now
           it
           swells
           us
           up
           with
           a
           high
           opinion
           either
           of
           our
           own
           Goodness
           above
           others
           ,
           or
           else
           of
           our
           own
           Greatness
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Our
           prospering
           in
           worldly
           things
           swells
           us
           up
           with
           a
           high
           opinion
           of
           our
           own
           Goodness
           above
           others
           ;
           as
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           makes
           us
           think
           our selves
           the
           only
           good
           men
           in
           Gods
           eye
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           prosperous
           in
           the
           worlds
           ;
           whereas
           indeed
           ,
           this
           can
           be
           no
           certain
           rule
           to
           measure
           out
           any
           such
           thing
           by
           ,
           since
           the
           world
           and
           the
           prosperity
           of
           it
           is
           so
           variable
           and
           uncertain
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           when
           at
           any
           time
           God
           shall
           water
           us
           more
           than
           others
           with
           the
           lower
           springs
           of
           his
           earthly
           
           Blessings
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           therefore
           to
           have
           an
           overweening
           conceit
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           causes
           ,
           above
           others
           ,
           (
           as
           if
           God
           upon
           this
           ground
           had
           tyed
           his
           special
           love
           either
           to
           us
           or
           them
           :
           )
           For
           you
           know
           that
           when
           God
           would
           chuse
           a
           King
           for
           Israel
           ,
           he
           chose
           him
           not
           by
           outward
           and
           perishing
           excellencies
           ,
           for
           then
           he
           would
           have
           chosen
           in
           the
           room
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
             Eliab
             ,
             Aminadab
          
           ,
           or
           Shammah
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           three
           elder
           brothers
           of
           David
           ,
           and
           men
           of
           goodly
           personages
           to
           look
           upon
           ;
           yet
           God
           chose
           none
           of
           these
           ,
           (
           says
           the
           Text
           )
           but
           David
           the
           youngest
           of
           them
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           outwardly
           ,
           yet
           inwardly
           glorious
           ,
           being
           a
           man
           after
           his
           own
           heart
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           chief
           Argument
           the
           Turks
           use
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           prove
           themselves
           the
           only
           Musselmen
           ,
           or
           true
           believers
           ;
           We
           thrive
           (
           say
           they
           )
           and
           prosper
           in
           the
           world
           :
           for
           how
           hath
           our
           Mahometanism
           over-run
           all
           
             Asia
             ,
             Africk
          
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           Europe
           too
           !
           And
           do
           
           not
           they
           among
           us
           then
           reason
           more
           like
           Turks
           than
           Christians
           ,
           who
           speak
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           Come
           ,
           see
           how
           we
           bear
           down
           all
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           ride
           upon
           the
           backs
           of
           the
           poor
           in
           triumph
           !
           Thus
           and
           thus
           do
           we
           prosper
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           do
           even
           what
           we
           list
           ;
           and
           is
           not
           this
           an
           evident
           sign
           we
           are
           Gods
           Children
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           right
           end
           of
           the
           staff
           is
           ours
           ?
           Sure
           ,
           if
           we
           were
           other
           than
           Gods
           peculiar
           people
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           bless
           us
           so
           much
           as
           he
           doth
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           these
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           these
           and
           such
           like
           are
           only
           
             Bona
             Scabelli
          
           ,
           (
           as
           Divines
           distinguish
           well
           out
           of
           that
           place
           of
           Isaiah
           )
           and
           not
           
             Bona
             Throni
          
           ,
           the
           Goods
           of
           Gods
           Footstool
           ,
           (
           but
           earthen
           ware
           )
           and
           not
           the
           good
           things
           of
           his
           Throne
           ,
           which
           are
           Grace
           and
           Glory
           ;
           &
           therefore
           can
           set
           upon
           us
           only
           an
           earthly
           mark
           for
           men
           here
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           us
           ,
           but
           not
           any
           heavenly
           cognizance
           for
           God
           to
           look
           upon
           us
           ,
           as
           upon
           his
           dear
           and
           elect
           Children
           .
           For
           else
           it
           would
           easily
           follow
           ,
           That
           the
           Alchoran
           were
           
           better
           than
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           the
           Turks
           fancie
           better
           than
           our
           Faith
           of
           Christianity
           .
        
         
           And
           were
           there
           no
           other
           signal
           place
           of
           Scripture
           for
           this
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Prophet
           David
           in
           his
           73.
           
           Psalm
           ,
           (
           as
           indeed
           there
           are
           very
           many
           )
           this
           alone
           (
           methinks
           )
           were
           enough
           to
           impress
           this
           as
           a
           truth
           upon
           us
           ,
           where
           he
           speaks
           of
           some
           that
           are
           not
           in
           trouble
           like
           other
           men
           ,
           but
           pride
           compasseth
           them
           about
           as
           a
           chain
           ,
           violence
           covers
           them
           as
           a
           garment
           ,
           their
           eyes
           stand
           out
           with
           fatness
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           more
           than
           their
           heart
           can
           wish
           ;
           yet
           these
           (
           says
           he
           )
           v.
           12.
           are
           the
           ungodly
           who
           prosper
           in
           the
           world
           .
           And
           the
           Prophet
           Jeremy
           makes
           bold
           to
           question
           with
           God
           about
           it
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           Jer.
           12.1
           ,
           2.
           
           Wherefore
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             doth
             the
             wicked
             prosper
             ?
             and
             why
             are
             all
             they
             in
             wealth
             that
             rebelliously
             transgress
             ?
          
           and
           he
           rests
           satisfied
           with
           this
           ,
           verse
           3.
           
           That
           God
           did
           by
           that
           prosperity
           of
           theirs
           fatten
           them
           as
           sheep
           to
           the
           slaughter
           ,
           and
           prepare
           them
           for
           
           the
           day
           of
           destruction
           .
           And
           this
           is
           that
           prosperity
           of
           fools
           that
           the
           Wise
           man
           speaks
           of
           ,
           which
           will
           destroy
           them
           ,
           Prov.
           1.32
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           then
           our
           thriving
           in
           Temporals
           ,
           but
           in
           Spirituals
           ,
           that
           speaks
           us
           and
           our
           Faith
           to
           be
           accepted
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           For
           the
           truth
           of
           Grace
           or
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           goodness
           of
           a
           mans
           Cause
           ,
           is
           not
           measured
           by
           the
           Souldiers
           Sword
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           God
           Saints
           no
           man
           for
           his
           goodly
           Personage
           ,
           for
           his
           Riches
           ,
           for
           his
           politick
           head-piece
           of
           contriving
           ,
           and
           bringing
           about
           his
           own
           worldly
           and
           sinister
           ends
           ,
           or
           for
           his
           Arms
           and
           Conquests
           ;
           for
           then
           Saul
           and
           
             Croesus
             Ahitophel
          
           and
           Alexander
           the
           Great
           had
           been
           high
           in
           Gods
           book
           :
           but
           he
           values
           Men
           only
           by
           their
           Spirituals
           ,
           as
           their
           graces
           of
           Faith
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           Patience
           ,
           Meekness
           ,
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           :
           and
           where
           he
           finds
           these
           ,
           (
           how
           unfurnished
           soever
           they
           are
           otherwise
           )
           yet
           
             these
             are
             mine
             ,
             
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             in
             that
             day
             when
             I
             shall
             make
             up
             my
             Iewels
             ,
             I
             will
             spare
             them
             ,
             even
             as
             a
             Father
             doth
             his
             Son
             ;
             and
             then
             shall
             ye
             discern
             between
             the
             righteous
             and
             the
             wicked
             ,
             betwixt
             him
             that
             feareth
             God
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             feareth
             him
             not
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           God
           may
           sometimes
           permit
           evil
           to
           prosper
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           never
           approve
           of
           it
           :
           for
           so
           acknowledges
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           Lament
           .
           3.35
           .
           
             To
             turn
             aside
             the
             right
             of
             a
             man
             before
             the
             face
             of
             the
             most
             High
             ,
          
           or
           
             to
             subvert
             a
             man
             in
             his
             cause
             ,
             the
             Lord
             approves
             it
             not
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           to
           argue
           from
           Gods
           permission
           to
           his
           approbation
           ,
           is
           a
           gross
           
             Non
             sequitur
          
           ,
           nay
           more
           ,
           a
           laying
           our
           iniquity
           on
           Gods
           back
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           would
           take
           it
           well
           at
           our
           hands
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Pack-horse
           at
           every
           turn
           to
           bear
           all
           our
           execrable
           burdens
           ,
           and
           were
           (
           as
           David
           speaks
           )
           such
           a
           one
           as
           our selves
           ,
           to
           favour
           evil
           courses
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           own
           them
           as
           his
           off-spring
           .
        
         
         
           Which
           made
           Dionysius
           the
           elder
           conclude
           Sacriledge
           to
           be
           no
           sin
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           rob'd
           the
           Temple
           at
           Locri
           ,
           because
           the
           Gods
           seem'd
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           to
           smile
           upon
           the
           action
           ,
           in
           giving
           them
           fair
           Winds
           and
           Weather
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           voyage
           thither
           and
           return
           back
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           a
           great
           Blasphemy
           (
           says
           one
           )
           for
           the
           Devil
           to
           personate
           God
           ,
           when
           he
           would
           be
           
             similis
             Altissimo
          
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           greater
           to
           make
           God
           personate
           the
           Devil
           .
           And
           yet
           this
           he
           doth
           ,
           that
           makes
           God
           patronize
           his
           evil
           ,
           because
           he
           prospers
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           this
           brings
           in
           God
           saying
           ,
           That
           he
           will
           be
           like
           the
           Prince
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           leave
           his
           Dove-like
           shape
           ,
           and
           come
           only
           to
           us
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           greedy
           Raven
           or
           Vultur
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           our
           prospering
           in
           worldly
           things
           swells
           us
           up
           too
           high
           with
           an
           opinion
           of
           our
           own
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           makes
           us
           think
           better
           of
           our selves
           than
           is
           meet
           ;
           so
           also
           doth
           it
           on
           the
           other
           
           side
           lift
           us
           up
           too
           far
           with
           thoughts
           of
           evil
           towards
           our
           brethren
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           think
           worse
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           ways
           of
           God
           they
           walk
           in
           ,
           than
           we
           should
           ,
           by
           charging
           them
           as
           utterly
           deserted
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           we
           see
           not
           now
           the
           same
           hedge
           of
           Gods
           favour
           about
           them
           as
           heretofore
           we
           did
           ,
           but
           the
           stakes
           that
           then
           prop'd
           them
           up
           ,
           are
           now
           thrown
           away
           as
           useless
           and
           unserviceable
           .
           Whereas
           Afflictions
           on
           this
           hand
           are
           every
           way
           as
           temporary
           and
           transient
           ,
           as
           Prosperity
           was
           on
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           being
           so
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           as
           a
           broken
           reed
           ,
           or
           a
           reed
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           wherewith
           we
           cannot
           exactly
           measure
           Gods
           Temple
           ,
           nor
           the
           Spiritual
           estate
           of
           his
           Children
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           hard
           stumbling-block
           to
           the
           Prophet
           David
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           that
           his
           
             feet
             were
             almost
             gone
             ,
             and
             his
             footsteps
             had
             well-nigh
             slipt
             ,
          
           upon
           his
           sight
           of
           the
           wickeds
           prosperity
           ;
           until
           he
           went
           into
           the
           Sanctuary
           of
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           where
           he
           learnt
           to
           settle
           his
           wavering
           and
           distrustful
           thoughts
           :
           for
           
           there
           he
           saw
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           his
           outward
           afflictions
           ,
           that
           God
           held
           him
           up
           under
           that
           sore
           temptation
           with
           his
           right
           hand
           ,
           and
           would
           (
           in
           opposition
           to
           transitory
           goods
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           proper
           blessings
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           no
           others
           but
           these
           to
           trust
           unto
           )
           guide
           him
           with
           that
           which
           should
           infinitely
           exceed
           them
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           his
           Counsel
           here
           ,
           and
           his
           Glory
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           was
           the
           great
           question
           so
           much
           agitated
           betwixt
           Job
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           Whether
           those
           doleful
           changes
           that
           befel
           him
           were
           the
           cognizance
           of
           his
           insincerity
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           Gods
           disfavour
           to
           him
           upon
           it
           ,
           yea
           or
           no.
           His
           Friends
           taking
           advantage
           upon
           his
           present
           weakness
           and
           distemper
           ,
           maintain
           it
           strongly
           against
           him
           in
           the
           affirmative
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           :
           until
           at
           length
           God
           himself
           steps
           in
           to
           the
           rescue
           of
           the
           weaker
           side
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           conclusion
           (
           as
           all
           Logical
           conclusions
           do
           )
           to
           follow
           the
           weaker
           part
           ,
           determining
           it
           for
           Job
           against
           his
           Opponents
           in
           the
           
           Negative
           ,
           and
           telling
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           spake
           not
           of
           Job
           ,
           nor
           of
           his
           proceedings
           towards
           him
           that
           which
           was
           right
           ,
           Job
           last
           ,
           verse
           7.
           
        
         
           Seneca
           a
           Stoick
           Philosopher
           ,
           hath
           a
           set
           discourse
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             Cur
             bonis
             viris
             mala
             eveniant
          
           ,
           why
           the
           evils
           of
           this
           life
           most
           commonly
           fall
           out
           to
           good
           men
           :
           and
           he
           concludes
           it
           thus
           ,
           That
           temporal
           evils
           are
           no
           sign
           of
           Gods
           hatred
           to
           them
           .
           For
           ,
           dost
           thou
           think
           (
           says
           he
           )
           that
           the
           Lacedemonians
           hated
           their
           Children
           ,
           when
           as
           they
           experimented
           their
           disposition
           to
           virtue
           by
           stripes
           in
           publick
           ?
           No.
           So
           ,
           do
           we
           think
           Gods
           Children
           in
           disfavour
           with
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           lays
           here
           sore
           blows
           upon
           their
           Bodies
           and
           Estates
           by
           evil
           men
           ,
           as
           his
           rods
           and
           scourges
           in
           it
           ?
           No
           ;
           for
           we
           see
           and
           feel
           many
           times
           (
           says
           an
           experimental
           patient
           of
           our
           own
           well
           )
           the
           deep
           lines
           and
           strokes
           of
           Gods
           hand
           upon
           us
           ,
           when
           as
           we
           cannot
           by
           our
           skill
           in
           Palmestry
           decipher
           his
           meaning
           in
           it
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           the
           
           Malteses
           could
           by
           the
           viper
           upon
           Saint
           Pauls
           hand
           judge
           of
           his
           condition
           to
           God-ward
           .
        
         
           For
           God
           sometimes
           (
           that
           we
           may
           not
           thus
           judge
           )
           inverts
           humane
           order
           ,
           and
           runs
           out
           his
           dealings
           towards
           us
           in
           the
           ordinary
           chanel
           of
           his
           universal
           Providence
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           waters
           here
           all
           alike
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           they
           may
           seem
           (
           I
           grant
           )
           to
           go
           counter
           to
           our
           apprehended
           rules
           of
           common
           right
           :
           yet
           are
           they
           always
           agreeing
           both
           with
           Gods
           secret
           and
           revealed
           will
           ,
           though
           (
           like
           the
           Sun
           in
           its
           sphere
           )
           not
           perceptible
           to
           us
           ,
           because
           too
           mysterious
           and
           dazzling
           :
           however
           ,
           many
           pretend
           to
           interpret
           them
           by
           a
           blaze
           of
           fire
           lighted
           at
           the
           natural
           pride
           of
           their
           own
           private
           spirits
           ,
           and
           that
           dimme
           twilight
           of
           knowledge
           which
           is
           in
           them
           ;
           when
           as
           they
           are
           altogether
           in
           the
           dark
           to
           the
           true
           light
           of
           Gods
           word
           and
           works
           herein
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           take
           in
           the
           opinion
           also
           of
           Epictetus
           another
           Stoick
           and
           Heathen
           
           man
           ,
           which
           speaks
           most
           Christianly
           to
           this
           point
           ,
           namely
           ,
           That
           all
           are
           not
           hated
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           do
           wrastle
           here
           with
           variety
           of
           Miseries
           :
           but
           that
           there
           are
           with
           God
           good
           causes
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           so
           secret
           that
           few
           can
           reach
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           albeit
           we
           cannot
           see
           how
           these
           actings
           of
           God
           may
           stand
           with
           his
           tender
           love
           to
           his
           children
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           conceive
           an
           ill
           opinion
           of
           them
           ;
           yet
           when
           we
           shall
           think
           seriously
           ,
           that
           Gods
           thoughts
           and
           ways
           are
           not
           as
           ours
           ,
           it
           will
           teach
           us
           to
           give
           them
           a
           more
           favourable
           interpretation
           .
        
         
           For
           how
           dare
           humane
           rashness
           (
           says
           Saint
           Bernard
           )
           reprehend
           that
           which
           it
           cannot
           comprehend
           ;
           in
           giving
           demonstrative
           reason
           why
           wordly
           prosperity
           should
           be
           Virtues
           stepdame
           ,
           and
           not
           her
           natural
           mother
           !
        
         
           But
           (
           to
           close
           up
           this
           Discourse
           )
           you
           see
           here
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           great
           errour
           (
           howbeit
           now
           grown
           more
           than
           popular
           )
           to
           judge
           of
           persons
           
           and
           causes
           by
           the
           events
           ,
           whenas
           all
           outward
           things
           (
           says
           
             Solomon
             )
             fall
             alike
             to
             all
             ,
             neither
             can
             any
             judge
             of
             love
             or
             hatred
             by
             what
             is
             before
             him
             :
          
           Prosperity
           and
           Adversity
           being
           but
           separable
           accidents
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           no
           essential
           properties
           of
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           grounded
           upon
           worldly
           things
           ,
           that
           have
           so
           loose
           and
           mouldring
           a
           foundation
           ,
           as
           that
           a
           man
           cannot
           tell
           concerning
           them
           what
           a
           day
           may
           bring
           forth
           .
           Again
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           worldly
           prosperity
           swells
           us
           up
           with
           a
           high
           opinion
           of
           our
           own
           Goodness
           above
           others
           ,
           so
           likewise
           of
           our
           own
           Greatness
           .
           And
           this
           makes
           us
           slight
           those
           that
           are
           under
           us
           ,
           and
           deal
           hardly
           with
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           to
           temporal
           things
           )
           which
           we
           would
           not
           do
           ,
           if
           we
           once
           consider'd
           the
           mutability
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           if
           at
           any
           time
           God
           shall
           give
           up
           unto
           us
           those
           we
           conceit
           our
           enemies
           ,
           to
           be
           dealt
           with
           (
           if
           we
           will
           )
           by
           all
           harshness
           and
           extremity
           ;
           yet
           are
           not
           we
           then
           to
           trample
           upon
           
           them
           in
           the
           pride
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           nor
           to
           adde
           more
           load
           to
           that
           which
           God
           hath
           already
           laid
           upon
           them
           ;
           but
           rather
           to
           take
           off
           from
           it
           what
           we
           can
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           them
           with
           all
           gentleness
           and
           compassion
           ,
           with
           all
           mildness
           and
           moderation
           ,
           as
           considering
           our selves
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           here
           to
           live
           always
           as
           Gods
           upon
           earth
           ,
           the
           same
           yesterday
           ,
           to
           day
           and
           for
           ever
           :
           but
           what
           is
           the
           bitter
           cup
           of
           their
           portion
           to
           day
           ,
           may
           be
           ours
           to
           morrow
           .
        
         
           It
           speaks
           out
           but
           a
           coarse
           and
           ignoble
           spirit
           ,
           to
           crow
           and
           insult
           over
           those
           that
           are
           down
           .
           The
           very
           Heathen
           thought
           it
           so
           ,
           who
           had
           only
           the
           glimmering
           of
           Nature
           to
           guide
           them
           ;
           much
           more
           ought
           we
           Christians
           ,
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           ,
           that
           our
           
             moderation
             may
             be
             known
             to
             all
             men
             .
          
           That
           as
           the
           Apostle
           will
           have
           his
           Corinthians
           to
           
             use
             the
             world
             with
             a
          
           tanquam
           ,
           
             as
             if
             they
             used
             it
             not
          
           ;
           so
           must
           they
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           have
           wealth
           ,
           power
           and
           authority
           ,
           so
           use
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           used
           them
           not
           :
           
           that
           so
           when
           they
           shall
           fail
           us
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           will
           ere
           long
           ,
           since
           the
           wind
           blows
           not
           always
           out
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           favourable
           quarter
           )
           we
           may
           then
           be
           able
           to
           say
           with
           comfort
           ,
           That
           we
           never
           misemployed
           those
           talents
           of
           Gods
           outward
           favour
           to
           us
           unto
           the
           pressure
           and
           destruction
           of
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           their
           relief
           and
           preservation
           .
        
         
           The
           Prophet
           David
           in
           his
           Tenth
           Psalm
           ,
           speaks
           of
           some
           ,
           who
           
             through
             the
             pride
             of
             their
             countenance
             do
             not
             seek
             after
             God
             ,
             neither
             is
             God
             in
             all
             their
             thoughts
             .
          
           But
           
             their
             ways
             are
             always
             grievous
             ;
             they
             puff
             at
             their
             enemies
             ,
             and
             say
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             they
             shall
             never
             be
             moved
             ,
             nor
             be
             in
             adversity
             .
          
        
         
           And
           such
           were
           the
           Babylonians
           ,
           who
           (
           besides
           their
           barbarous
           cruelty
           to
           the
           Israelites
           under
           captivity
           )
           added
           this
           above
           all
           ,
           that
           they
           scoffed
           and
           jeered
           at
           them
           in
           their
           miseries
           ,
           with
           
             Sing
             us
             now
             one
             of
             the
             Songs
             of
          
           Sion
           .
           So
           also
           were
           the
           
             Edomites
             ,
             v.
          
           7.
           who
           cryed
           over
           Jerusalem
           in
           the
           day
           of
           her
           visitation
           ,
           
           
             Rase
             it
             ,
             rase
             it
             even
             to
             the
             foundations
             .
          
        
         
           And
           were
           we
           sure
           that
           the
           sun
           of
           our
           earthly
           Happiness
           would
           always
           stand
           will
           in
           this
           our
           Gibeon
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           we
           might
           take
           liberty
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           think
           we
           did
           well
           in
           it
           too
           .
           But
           when
           as
           we
           come
           to
           consider
           seriously
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Solstice
           here
           upon
           earth
           ,
           but
           so
           soon
           as
           the
           Sun
           is
           come
           to
           his
           furthest
           Summer-point
           in
           our
           Horizon
           ,
           it
           is
           then
           presently
           vertical
           ,
           and
           turning
           again
           to
           make
           winter-weather
           with
           us
           ,
           how
           will
           this
           asswage
           that
           swelling
           of
           pride
           that
           is
           within
           us
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           humble
           ?
        
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           there
           is
           a
           memorable
           History
           of
           Caganus
           King
           of
           the
           Huns
           ,
           unto
           whom
           
             Theodorus
             Medicus
          
           being
           sent
           in
           an
           Embassy
           from
           Mauritius
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           to
           divert
           those
           swarms
           of
           people
           wherewith
           Caganus
           at
           that
           time
           threatned
           to
           storm
           the
           Empire
           ,
           he
           apply'd
           himself
           to
           him
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           Audi
           Cagane
           ,
           
             utilem
             narrationem
          
           Sesostris
           ,
           
           &c.
           
           Hear
           ,
           says
           he
           to
           Caganus
           ,
           a
           profitable
           Narrative
           of
           Sesostris
           King
           of
           Aegypt
           ,
           who
           being
           lifted
           up
           too
           high
           with
           his
           great
           successes
           against
           his
           enemies
           ,
           caused
           four
           Kings
           taken
           prisoners
           to
           draw
           his
           Triumphal
           Chariot
           ,
           wherein
           one
           of
           them
           looked
           back
           with
           smiles
           to
           the
           wheel
           of
           the
           Chariot
           ,
           and
           being
           demanded
           his
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             he
             smiled
             to
             see
             the
             spoak
             of
             the
             wheel
             now
             at
             the
             top
             ,
             to
             be
             presently
             at
             the
             bottom
             ;
             and
             again
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             now
             at
             the
             bottom
             ,
             to
             be
             by
             and
             by
             at
             the
             top
             .
          
           The
           very
           hearing
           whereof
           did
           so
           mollifie
           ,
           and
           keep
           down
           the
           haughty
           Princes
           spirit
           ,
           that
           it
           drew
           him
           a
           little
           to
           forbear
           his
           acts
           of
           hostility
           against
           the
           Emperour
           .
        
         
           And
           from
           this
           Topick
           also
           of
           volubility
           ,
           did
           Croesus
           draw
           an
           argument
           to
           disswade
           Cyrus
           from
           his
           intended
           inrode
           into
           Scythia
           :
           for
           if
           thou
           didst
           lead
           (
           says
           he
           )
           an
           immortal
           Army
           ,
           then
           is
           there
           no
           need
           for
           thee
           to
           ask
           my
           advice
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           if
           thou
           dost
           acknowledge
           
           thy self
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           a
           leader
           of
           mortals
           ,
           then
           think
           that
           there
           is
           a
           wheel
           of
           humane
           affairs
           that
           turns
           about
           continually
           ,
           and
           suffers
           nothing
           here
           below
           to
           stand
           long
           upon
           the
           same
           bottom
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           advice
           of
           Croesus
           took
           no
           place
           with
           Cyrus
           ;
           If
           it
           had
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           kept
           himself
           (
           as
           the
           Tortoise
           doth
           )
           
             intra
             testudinem
          
           ,
           within
           his
           own
           shell
           ,
           within
           his
           own
           dominions
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           causelesly
           usurped
           upon
           the
           rightful
           possessions
           of
           others
           to
           his
           own
           destruction
           :
           for
           see
           the
           issue
           and
           event
           of
           it
           !
        
         
           Even
           that
           God
           who
           is
           infinite
           in
           his
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           terrible
           in
           his
           Power
           and
           Justice
           ,
           he
           that
           resists
           the
           proud
           ,
           and
           looks
           upon
           them
           afar
           off
           ,
           He
           (
           I
           say
           )
           made
           the
           pride
           of
           Cyrus
           serve
           as
           a
           snare
           to
           take
           himself
           in
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           his
           ruine
           :
           for
           he
           was
           no
           sooner
           entred
           Scythia
           ,
           but
           he
           found
           by
           sad
           experience
           how
           unconstant
           the
           World
           wa●
           not
           looking
           now
           upon
           him
           with
           〈◊〉
           
           smiling
           aspect
           it
           did
           before
           ;
           but
           the
           wind
           was
           now
           in
           another
           quarter
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           the
           Wise
           man
           says
           or
           Riches
           ,
           that
           
             they
             make
             themselves
             wings
             and
             fly
             away
             )
          
           so
           did
           his
           former
           prosperity
           betake
           her self
           now
           to
           her
           wings
           ,
           and
           flew
           away
           ,
           his
           whole
           Army
           being
           quite
           defeated
           ,
           and
           himself
           slain
           by
           Tomyris
           Queen
           of
           Scythia
           .
        
         
           A
           good
           example
           to
           make
           the
           secure
           wretch
           look
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           pull
           down
           the
           high
           looks
           of
           the
           proud
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           when
           ever
           any
           flushing
           of
           pride
           begins
           to
           rise
           within
           thee
           ,
           and
           to
           bud
           forth
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Ezekiel
           ,
           into
           violence
           ,
           and
           oppression
           of
           others
           ,
           then
           think
           thou
           hearest
           some
           Monitor
           calling
           unto
           thee
           ,
           as
           King
           Philips
           Page
           did
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Memento
             te
             esse
             mortalem
          
           ,
           remember
           that
           thou
           art
           Mortal
           :
           so
           ,
           remember
           that
           thou
           art
           changeable
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           be
           an
           excellent
           means
           to
           keep
           it
           in
           .
        
         
           For
           tell
           me
           ,
           would
           Cyrus
           ,
           think
           you
           ,
           have
           invaded
           Scythia
           ,
           had
           he
           thought
           
           so
           sad
           a
           fate
           would
           have
           attended
           him
           in
           it
           ?
        
         
           Or
           would
           Pharaoh
           have
           oppress'd
           the
           Israelites
           so
           much
           ,
           had
           he
           thought
           that
           God
           would
           have
           tumbled
           him
           up
           and
           down
           so
           much
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           from
           one
           plague
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           made
           the
           sea
           his
           champion
           to
           revenge
           their
           injuries
           upon
           him
           ?
        
         
           Or
           would
           Joseph's
           brethren
           have
           persecuted
           him
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           thought
           he
           should
           afterwards
           have
           been
           lord
           over
           them
           ?
        
         
           Or
           the
           Gileadites
           have
           expelled
           Jephtha
           ,
           had
           they
           known
           he
           would
           have
           been
           such
           a
           shelter
           against
           a
           storm
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           use
           unto
           them
           against
           the
           Ammonites
           ?
        
         
           Or
           (
           to
           say
           no
           more
           )
           would
           Darius
           have
           call'd
           Philip's
           boy
           in
           derision
           of
           him
           ,
           had
           he
           known
           that
           he
           should
           have
           been
           conquered
           by
           him
           ?
        
         
           No
           ,
           little
           do
           proud
           men
           think
           that
           the
           water
           which
           is
           now
           in
           the
           float
           ,
           will
           presently
           be
           in
           the
           ebbe
           ;
           and
           that
           
           the
           spoak
           of
           the
           wheel
           which
           is
           now
           at
           the
           top
           ,
           may
           quickly
           be
           at
           the
           bottome
           :
           and
           then
           he
           that
           is
           the
           greatest
           now
           among
           us
           ,
           may
           come
           (
           how
           soon
           he
           knows
           not
           )
           to
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           the
           meanest
           creature
           whom
           he
           now
           despises
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           wisdome
           then
           for
           every
           Christian
           ,
           when
           as
           he
           is
           at
           the
           top
           of
           the
           wheel
           ,
           and
           may
           lord
           it
           over
           those
           that
           are
           beneath
           ,
           yet
           not
           to
           overlook
           them
           with
           a
           scornful
           eye
           ,
           but
           to
           let
           down
           his
           spirit
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           us
           )
           to
           condescend
           to
           men
           of
           low
           degree
           :
           For
           one
           scale
           is
           not
           always
           in
           depression
           .
           No
           ,
           This
           were
           
             dura
             infoelicitas
          
           ,
           a
           very
           hard
           and
           high
           measure
           of
           infelicity
           .
           Neither
           is
           the
           other
           always
           in
           elevation
           :
           This
           were
           
             foelicitas
             miseranda
          
           ,
           a
           happiness
           to
           be
           pitied
           .
           But
           the
           alternate
           wave
           of
           the
           beam
           keeps
           them
           both
           in
           awe
           ,
           and
           especially
           the
           proud
           person
           ,
           who
           seems
           unto
           me
           as
           a
           bird
           tied
           to
           a
           string
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           fly
           too
           high
           ,
           the
           hand
           draws
           in
           the
           string
           and
           pulls
           it
           
           down
           again
           .
           And
           so
           if
           we
           shall
           let
           out
           our
           spirits
           too
           high
           with
           pride
           ,
           God
           hath
           then
           a
           line
           of
           vicissitude
           in
           his
           hand
           to
           pull
           us
           in
           at
           his
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           The
           Prophet
           David
           said
           in
           his
           prosperity
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           never
           be
           moved
           ,
           his
           mountain
           was
           made
           so
           strong
           ;
           yet
           God
           did
           but
           hide
           his
           face
           from
           him
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           troubled
           .
        
         
           Naturally
           then
           we
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           know
           no
           measure
           in
           a
           high
           fortune
           ;
           but
           (
           as
           a
           person
           of
           Honour
           and
           Piety
           in
           this
           Nation
           said
           )
           although
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           summer
           we
           easily
           believe
           there
           will
           come
           after
           it
           a
           cold
           season
           of
           frost
           and
           snow
           ,
           yet
           are
           we
           so
           stupid
           as
           in
           Prosperity
           not
           to
           consider
           of
           Adversity
           ,
           though
           the
           one
           be
           as
           successive
           as
           the
           other
           .
           And
           this
           makes
           us
           to
           exalt
           our selves
           so
           much
           above
           all
           that
           is
           called
           God.
           That
           as
           it
           is
           observable
           touching
           the
           Book
           of
           Esther
           (
           which
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           Declaration
           of
           acts
           done
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Greatness
           ,
           Power
           and
           Glory
           of
           Ahasuerus
           the
           Persian
           Monarch
           ,
           
           as
           to
           the
           principal
           instrument
           of
           them
           )
           that
           in
           that
           whole
           Book
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           mentioned
           at
           all
           :
           So
           doth
           it
           also
           commonly
           fall
           out
           ,
           that
           while
           we
           are
           here
           in
           the
           ruff
           of
           our
           worldly
           Glory
           and
           Prosperity
           ,
           we
           seldom
           or
           never
           speak
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           as
           seldome
           think
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           set
           our selves
           up
           in
           his
           room
           ,
           as
           Nebuchadnezzar
           did
           ,
           who
           spake
           too
           big
           ,
           and
           too
           much
           of
           himself
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Is
             not
             this
             great
             Babel
             that
             I
             have
             built
             for
             the
             house
             of
             my
             Kingdom
             ,
             by
             the
             might
             of
             my
             power
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             my
             majesty
             ?
          
           As
           the
           fly
           said
           in
           the
           Apologue
           when
           it
           was
           got
           up
           to
           the
           top
           of
           the
           wheel
           ,
           See
           what
           a
           dust
           I
           make
           !
           So
           ,
           see
           what
           a
           dust
           makes
           this
           poor
           Worm
           ,
           what
           a
           Mying
           there
           is
           with
           him
           in
           the
           height
           of
           his
           pride
           !
           nothing
           but
           my
           Kingdom
           ,
           my
           Power
           ,
           and
           my
           Majesty
           :
           but
           as
           for
           God
           ,
           
             Ne
             gry
             quidem
          
           ,
           There
           is
           not
           a
           word
           of
           him
           ;
           He
           is
           not
           in
           all
           his
           thoughts
           .
        
         
         
           And
           therefore
           how
           soon
           the
           house
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           fell
           upon
           his
           head
           ,
           yea
           how
           short-liv'd
           the
           might
           of
           his
           power
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           by
           the
           next
           verse
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           while
           the
           word
           was
           in
           the
           Kings
           mouth
           ,
           there
           fell
           a
           voice
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           saying
           ,
           O
           Nebuchadnezzar
           ,
           
             to
             thee
             be
             it
             spoken
             ,
             Thy
             Kingdom
             is
             departed
             from
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           The
           world
           then
           may
           well
           be
           compared
           to
           the
           Sea
           of
           glass
           which
           Saint
           John
           saw
           in
           his
           vision
           ,
           Revelat.
           4.6
           .
           and
           there
           be
           also
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           resemblance
           of
           the
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           interpret
           it
           thus
           .
           For
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           resembles
           the
           Sea
           either
           for
           its
           ebbing
           and
           flowing
           ;
           or
           else
           for
           the
           suddain
           change
           of
           it
           :
           for
           how
           soon
           is
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Sea
           alter'd
           ?
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           hour
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           thou
           mayst
           see
           her
           smiling
           upon
           thy
           vessel
           ,
           and
           frowning
           too
           ;
           playing
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           swallowing
           it
           up
           .
           
             Noli
             igitur
          
           (
           says
           the
           Moralist
           )
           
             tranquillitati
             ejus
             credere
             ,
             i.e.
          
           
           Do
           not
           therefore
           trust
           too
           much
           to
           her
           smooth
           and
           calm
           looks
           ;
           
             in
             hoc
             enim
             momento
             mare
             evertitur
             ,
          
           for
           in
           one
           moment
           doth
           she
           appear
           wrinkled
           vvith
           billovvs
           ,
           and
           turns
           about
           from
           a
           calm
           unto
           a
           storm
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           resembles
           also
           glass
           ,
           and
           that
           either
           for
           its
           brittleness
           ,
           because
           nothing
           is
           sooner
           broken
           :
           or
           else
           for
           its
           slipperiness
           ,
           because
           he
           that
           walks
           upon
           glass
           can
           have
           no
           sure
           footing
           ;
           and
           therefore
           for
           any
           man
           to
           presume
           upon
           the
           steadiness
           of
           it
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           That
           as
           the
           ancient
           Romans
           used
           to
           distinguish
           their
           days
           into
           
             Dies
             albi
          
           ,
           and
           
             Dies
             atri
          
           ,
           white
           and
           black
           days
           :
           so
           doth
           God
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           man
           but
           hath
           the
           later
           of
           these
           as
           well
           as
           the
           former
           ,
           his
           black
           as
           well
           as
           his
           white
           days
           .
        
         
           Oh
           the
           madness
           then
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           vvho
           are
           alvvays
           plotting
           against
           the
           righteous
           ,
           and
           gnashing
           upon
           them
           vvith
           their
           teeth
           !
           
             At
             ridebit
             Deus
          
           ,
           says
           
             David
             ,
             But
             God
             shall
             laugh
             at
             them
          
           for
           it
           :
           
           and
           he
           gives
           this
           reason
           ,
           v.
           13.
           
             because
             he
             sees
             that
             their
             day
             is
             coming
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           he
           sees
           clearly
           that
           their
           black
           and
           dismal
           day
           is
           coming
           upon
           them
           ,
           though
           themselves
           will
           not
           see
           it
           through
           the
           pride
           and
           security
           of
           their
           spirits
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           he
           knows
           also
           punctually
           when
           it
           will
           be
           ,
           though
           we
           know
           it
           not
           :
           for
           though
           to
           day
           may
           be
           fair
           and
           shining
           ,
           yet
           may
           to
           morrow
           be
           dark
           and
           tempestuous
           with
           them
           ;
           since
           we
           know
           not
           what
           a
           day
           may
           bring
           forth
           .
        
         
           Last
           of
           all
           ,
           (
           because
           I
           am
           loath
           that
           my
           Sun
           should
           set
           in
           a
           cloud
           )
           The
           consideration
           of
           this
           point
           may
           serve
           as
           a
           good
           antidote
           against
           despair
           in
           an
           afflicted
           condition
           ;
           or
           as
           a
           cordial
           to
           stay
           up
           our
           spirits
           in
           the
           saddest
           and
           most
           distressed
           times
           ,
           and
           to
           teach
           us
           patience
           and
           contentedness
           in
           them
           :
           that
           so
           as
           in
           prosperity
           we
           should
           not
           say
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           moved
           ,
           so
           neither
           in
           adversity
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           delivered
           ;
           when
           we
           shall
           consider
           ,
           that
           what
           weight
           of
           affliction
           soever
           we
           lye
           
           under
           ,
           is
           not
           of
           a
           continuant
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           changeable
           nature
           .
           And
           to
           this
           end
           we
           have
           the
           sure
           staff
           of
           Gods
           promise
           unto
           his
           children
           to
           lean
           upon
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           tenth
           Chapter
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           where
           he
           says
           thus
           ,
           
             Yet
             a
             little
             while
          
           ,
           or
           rather
           as
           it
           runs
           in
           the
           Greek
           ,
           yet
           how
           very
           very
           little
           while
           ,
           (
           with
           a
           double
           diminutive
           )
           
             and
             he
             that
             shall
             come
             ,
             will
             come
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             tarry
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           precedent
           verse
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           need
           of
           patience
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           receive
           this
           promise
           .
           And
           in
           the
           twelfth
           Chapter
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           takes
           up
           an
           exhortation
           to
           it
           from
           the
           Wise
           man
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           consolatory
           use
           of
           it
           to
           his
           Hebrews
           ,
           withal
           taking
           them
           to
           task
           for
           their
           forgetfulness
           of
           it
           ;
           
             And
             ye
             have
             forgotten
             the
             exhortation
             which
             speaks
             unto
             you
             ,
             as
             unto
             children
             :
             My
             Son
             ,
             despise
             not
             thou
             the
             chastning
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             nor
             faint
             ,
          
           or
           be
           not
           broken
           in
           mind
           (
           as
           others
           translate
           it
           )
           
             when
             thou
             art
             rebuked
             of
             him
             .
          
           For
           
             we
             had
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             the
             fathers
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             who
             verily
             
             chastened
             us
             a
             few
             days
             after
             their
             own
             pleasure
             ,
          
           and
           we
           were
           patient
           under
           their
           rod
           ,
           and
           
             gave
             them
             reverence
             ,
             but
             God
          
           a
           few
           days
           only
           ,
           
             for
             our
             profit
             .
             Shall
             we
             not
             then
             be
             much
             rather
             in
             subjection
             to
             him
             who
             is
             the
             father
             of
             spirits
             ,
             and
             live
             ?
          
        
         
           Thus
           when
           Boetius
           ,
           that
           Christian
           Consul
           and
           Martyr
           at
           Rome
           ,
           was
           wrongfully
           deprived
           by
           Theodoricus
           of
           his
           Honours
           ,
           Estate
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           Philosophy
           brings
           in
           what
           we
           call
           Gods
           Providence
           ,
           comforting
           him
           in
           these
           words
           :
        
         
           I
           turn
           about
           my
           wheel
           continually
           ,
           and
           delight
           to
           tumble
           things
           upside
           down
           ;
           why
           then
           doth
           thy
           heart
           shrink
           within
           thee
           ,
           when
           as
           this
           changeableness
           of
           mine
           is
           cause
           enough
           for
           thee
           to
           hope
           for
           better
           things
           ?
        
         
           And
           so
           also
           ,
           when
           many
           of
           our
           Brethren
           were
           heretofore
           in
           Exile
           for
           their
           Religion
           in
           Queen
           Maries
           days
           ,
           what
           (
           I
           pray
           )
           did
           that
           Jewel
           of
           our
           Church
           comfort
           them
           with
           ,
           but
           onely
           this
           ,
           
             Haec
             non
             durabunt
             ,
             aetatem
          
           ;
           These
           will
           not
           
           endure
           an
           Age
           ?
           as
           indeed
           you
           know
           they
           did
           not
           ,
           her
           Reign
           being
           not
           full
           out
           six
           years
           time
           .
        
         
           And
           with
           the
           same
           consideration
           also
           should
           we
           chear
           up
           our selves
           now
           under
           that
           black
           cloud
           that
           hangs
           over
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           not
           endure
           an
           Age
           ,
           but
           be
           as
           Ephraim's
           righteousness
           was
           ,
           even
           as
           the
           morning
           cloud
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           early
           dew
           that
           passes
           away
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           note
           ,
           how
           the
           afflictions
           of
           Gods
           people
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           are
           run
           out
           not
           by
           any
           long
           tract
           of
           time
           ,
           as
           by
           an
           Age
           ,
           Year
           ,
           Month
           ,
           Week
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           shortest
           measures
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           Day
           :
           now
           a
           Day
           (
           you
           know
           )
           holds
           not
           long
           ,
           but
           is
           quickly
           gone
           ,
           even
           as
           a
           flying
           Bird
           ,
           or
           a
           Poast
           that
           runneth
           by
           .
           And
           thus
           good
           Hezekiah
           calls
           the
           time
           of
           Sennacheribs
           rage
           against
           Judah
           ,
           a
           Day
           of
           trouble
           ,
           Isa.
           37.
           v.
           3.
           
        
         
           Or
           if
           this
           be
           not
           enough
           ,
           you
           have
           them
           then
           contracted
           within
           a
           lesser
           room
           ,
           and
           measur'd
           onely
           by
           a
           Night
           ,
           
           which
           is
           no
           more
           but
           the
           dark
           side
           of
           a
           natural
           Day
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           shorter
           .
           And
           this
           made
           the
           Prophet
           David
           say
           ,
           Psal.
           30.
           v.
           5.
           
           That
           
             heaviness
             may
             endure
             for
             a
             Night
             ,
             but
             joy
             cometh
             in
             the
             Morning
             .
          
           The
           time
           then
           that
           heaviness
           shall
           endure
           to
           the
           Godly
           can
           be
           but
           a
           Night
           at
           the
           longest
           ,
           but
           whether
           it
           shall
           be
           so
           long
           or
           no
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           is
           very
           uncertain
           and
           unsatisfied
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           he
           expresses
           it
           here
           with
           a
           
             May
             be
             ,
             Heaviness
             may
             endure
             for
             a
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           expression
           be
           not
           full
           enough
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           brevity
           of
           them
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           doth
           it
           then
           by
           an
           Hour
           ,
           which
           is
           shorter
           yet
           ,
           and
           but
           the
           four
           and
           twentieth
           part
           of
           a
           natural
           Day
           ;
           for
           so
           he
           calls
           the
           time
           of
           his
           persecution
           by
           the
           High
           Priests
           and
           Elders
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           Their
           
             hour
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             Luke
          
           22.53
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           yet
           too
           long
           a
           space
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           brevity
           of
           their
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           a
           through
           Comfort
           to
           Gods
           
           people
           ,
           their
           little
           continuance
           is
           then
           express'd
           by
           a
           Moment
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           is
           short
           enough
           ;
           so
           you
           have
           it
           Isa.
           54.
           v.
           7.
           
           
             For
             a
             small
             moment
          
           (
           says
           God
           to
           his
           Church
           )
           
             have
             I
             forsaken
             thee
             ,
             but
             with
             great
             mercy
             will
             I
             gather
             thee
             :
          
           And
           again
           ,
           v.
           8.
           
           
             In
             a
             little
             wrath
             I
             hid
             my
             Face
             from
             thee
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             but
             with
             everlasting
             kindness
             will
             I
             have
             mercy
             upon
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           Or
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           if
           any
           time
           can
           be
           shorter
           than
           this
           ,
           it
           must
           then
           be
           the
           present
           time
           ;
           yet
           such
           are
           the
           sufferings
           of
           Gods
           children
           ,
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           account
           ,
           but
           
             the
             sufferings
             of
             the
             present
             time
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.18
           .
           and
           a
           shorter
           time
           than
           this
           there
           cannot
           be
           .
           For
           as
           the
           French
           our
           Neighbours
           are
           said
           to
           be
           for
           their
           inconsiderateness
           ,
           
             Animalia
             sine
             praeterito
             &
             futuro
          
           ,
           Creatures
           that
           have
           respect
           neither
           to
           time
           past
           nor
           time
           to
           come
           :
           so
           may
           we
           say
           of
           the
           present
           time
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           as
           short
           a
           measure
           as
           can
           possibly
           be
           imagined
           ,
           having
           in
           it
           nothing
           either
           of
           time
           past
           
           or
           future
           ,
           the
           first
           of
           the
           two
           being
           dead
           already
           ,
           and
           the
           later
           of
           them
           being
           not
           yet
           born
           unto
           us
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           see
           here
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           that
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           cast
           up
           the
           account
           of
           all
           which
           he
           suffered
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           Christ
           ,
           how
           he
           reckons
           and
           concludes
           it
           to
           be
           onely
           the
           suffering
           of
           the
           present
           time
           ,
           and
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           the
           glory
           that
           shall
           be
           revealed
           .
        
         
           
           
             A
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             ALmighty
             God
             ,
             who
             rulest
             the
             Sea
             of
             this
             World
             by
             thy
             power
             ,
             and
             whose
             paths
             are
             in
             the
             roughest
             Waters
             ;
             We
             the
             unworthiest
             of
             all
             thy
             Servants
             commit
             our
             frail
             Barks
             ,
             with
             all
             that
             we
             have
             ,
             to
             the
             Steerage
             of
             thee
             our
             great
             Pilot
             ,
             and
             faithful
             Preserver
             :
             beseeching
             thee
             so
             to
             order
             by
             thy
             good
             hand
             of
             Providence
             all
             outward
             contingencies
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             able
             to
             
               bear
               up
            
             through
             them
             with
             a
             steady
             and
             even
             Course
             ,
             against
             the
             several
             Storms
             we
             shall
             meet
             with
             in
             this
             passage
             to
             our
             blessed
             Harbour
             of
             Eternity
             .
             And
             however
             earthly
             things
             may
             like
             
               Watery
               Billows
            
             be
             every
             day
             
               rowling
               up
            
             and
             down
             in
             their
             vicissitudes
             about
             us
             ;
             yet
             suffer
             ,
             oh
             suffer
             not
             the
             Heavenly
             truth
             of
             our
             Reformed
             Religion
             to
             flote
             about
             any
             longer
             so
             uncertainly
             among
             us
             ,
             
             nor
             our selves
             to
             be
             as
             Children
             toss'd
             to
             and
             fro
             with
             every
             Wind
             of
             Doctrine
             .
             But
             let
             us
             be
             constant
             and
             unwavering
             in
             the
             profession
             of
             that
             Holy
             Faith
             we
             have
             received
             ;
             and
             (
             Thou
             that
             art
             the
             God
             of
             Truth
             )
             be
             graciously
             pleased
             to
             stay
             us
             up
             firmly
             in
             it
             by
             the
             sacred
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             are
             thy
             Word
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             sole
             Anchor
             of
             our
             Faith
             to
             rest
             upon
             .
             Lord
             ,
             pull
             in
             the
             Sails
             of
             our
             desires
             towards
             fleeting
             and
             transitory
             substances
             :
             for
             who
             will
             cast
             his
             eyes
             upon
             that
             which
             hath
             wings
             to
             flee
             away
             as
             an
             Eagle
             towards
             Heaven
             !
             Ballast
             our
             Spirits
             with
             Humility
             in
             a
             prosperous
             condition
             ;
             and
             when
             we
             have
             the
             highest
             and
             most
             pleasing
             Gale
             of
             the
             worlds
             favour
             for
             us
             ,
             give
             us
             to
             strike
             our
             
               spreading
               Sails
            
             of
             Pride
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             our
             Lenity
             and
             Moderation
             to
             be
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             is
             nigh
             at
             hand
             .
             But
             if
             thou
             in
             thy
             just
             judgment
             against
             us
             for
             our
             manifold
             and
             hainous
             sins
             ,
             shalt
             cause
             some
             
               cross
               wind
            
             or
             other
             to
             blow
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             give
             us
             over
             to
             Shipvvrack
             in
             our
             temporals
             ;
             
             Supply
             then
             ,
             we
             entreat
             thee
             ,
             their
             want
             with
             thy
             spirituals
             of
             Patience
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             and
             other
             suffering
             graces
             ;
             That
             although
             the
             tempest
             be
             never
             so
             boisterous
             without
             ,
             yet
             we
             may
             enjoy
             within
             a
             Christian
             calmness
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             in
             a
             happy
             quietude
             and
             contentedness
             of
             mind
             with
             all
             thy
             dealings
             towards
             us
             ,
             and
             not
             set
             down
             our
             rest
             upon
             the
             Creature
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             restless
             with
             us
             ,
             but
             amidst
             the
             sundry
             and
             various
             changes
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             may
             there
             fix
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             where
             onely
             true
             and
             unchangeable
             joys
             are
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             through
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             our
             Lord.
             
          
           
             FINIS
             .