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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           JUDGES
           ,
           &c.
           In
           the
           time
           of
           the
           ASSIZES
           IN
           THE
           CATHEDRAL
           CHVRCH
           AT
           GLOUCESTER
           ,
           On
           Sunday
           Aug.
           7.
           1681.
           
        
         
           Published
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           False
           and
           Injurious
           Representations
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Edward
             Fowler
          
           ,
           D.D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Royston
          
           ,
           Bookseller
           to
           His
           most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           desire
           of
           many
           Worthy
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           were
           pleased
           to
           think
           this
           Sermon
           seasonable
           ,
           could
           not
           have
           prevailed
           with
           me
           to
           make
           it
           thus
           publick
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           Entertainment
           it
           hath
           met
           with
           from
           another
           sort
           of
           Auditors
           ,
           who
           have
           represented
           it
           as
           Fanatical
           ,
           and
           almost
           all
           that
           's
           naught
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           not
           (
           I
           thank
           God
           )
           so
           little
           of
           a
           Christian
           in
           me
           ,
           as
           to
           return
           Cursing
           for
           Cursing
           ,
           or
           Reviling
           for
           Reviling
           ;
           but
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           do
           most
           heartily
           pray
           for
           these
           men
           ,
           who
           express
           the
           greatest
           enmity
           against
           me
           :
           so
           will
           I
           no
           longer
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           with
           complaints
           of
           their
           most
           injurious
           and
           provoking
           behaviour
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ,
           but
           only
           intreat
           him
           to
           be
           Impartial
           in
           the
           perusal
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           judge
           between
           them
           and
           me
           ,
           whether
           I
           have
           given
           them
           any
           other
           cause
           to
           be
           so
           inraged
           ,
           than
           what
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           gave
           the
           Galatians
           ,
           viz.
           
             Telling
             them
             the
             truth
          
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           most
           Censorious
           and
           Captious
           of
           those
           that
           heard
           me
           ,
           whether
           I
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           the
           least
           Vnfaithfulness
           in
           this
           Publication
           .
        
         
           God
           is
           my
           Witness
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           the
           best
           of
           Designs
           in
           Penning
           and
           Preaching
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           viz.
           A
           sincere
           and
           earnest
           desire
           to
           do
           some
           service
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           as
           by
           Law
           establisht
           :
           Nor
           am
           I
           conscious
           to
           my self
           of
           any
           crime
           in
           the
           
           pursuing
           of
           this
           Design
           ,
           unless
           honest
           impartiality
           in
           exposing
           the
           Doings
           ,
           which
           are
           apparently
           most
           highly
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           interest
           of
           all
           these
           (
           than
           which
           nothing
           in
           this
           world
           should
           be
           dearer
           to
           us
           )
           ought
           to
           render
           me
           blame-worthy
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           am
           not
           in
           the
           least
           solicitous
           about
           what
           defects
           may
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           of
           a
           moral
           nature
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           the
           ingenuous
           will
           easily
           overlook
           them
           (
           especially
           in
           a
           Discourse
           not
           design'd
           for
           the
           Press
           )
           so
           't
           would
           be
           a
           great
           piece
           of
           weakness
           to
           be
           at
           all
           concerned
           at
           the
           Censures
           of
           those
           that
           lye
           at
           the
           catch
           ,
           and
           who
           if
           they
           find
           no
           faults
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           make
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           main
           thing
           I
           intended
           this
           Preface
           for
           is
           yet
           behind
           ,
           viz.
           A
           faithful
           Narrative
           of
           a
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           which
           hath
           had
           the
           ill
           fortune
           to
           be
           as
           falsly
           and
           injuriously
           represented
           as
           this
           Sermon
           .
           It
           is
           this
           ,
           There
           lately
           stood
           in
           the
           West-window
           of
           the
           Quire
           of
           Gloucester
           Cathedral
           ,
           a
           most
           scandalous
           Picture
           ,
           viz.
           Of
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           :
           Which
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           much
           observed
           ,
           could
           never
           have
           outstood
           the
           first
           year
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           and
           much
           less
           continued
           till
           about
           two
           years
           since
           .
           I
           was
           first
           shewed
           it
           by
           one
           of
           my
           Brother
           Prebendaries
           about
           four
           years
           since
           :
           After
           which
           time
           ,
           the
           sight
           of
           it
           ,
           when
           I
           read
           at
           the
           Communion
           Table
           ,
           did
           often
           discompose
           me
           .
           And
           ,
           thinking
           my self
           obliged
           to
           do
           my
           endeavour
           to
           have
           it
           taken
           down
           ,
           though
           no
           great
           notice
           ,
           that
           I
           knew
           ,
           was
           taken
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           made
           no
           haste
           for
           that
           reason
           ;
           but
           some
           time
           after
           my
           return
           from
           my
           Residence
           ,
           I
           advised
           with
           one
           who
           is
           a
           most
           learned
           and
           eminent
           Prelate
           of
           our
           Church
           about
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           ,
           expressing
           high
           offence
           at
           it
           ,
           told
           me
           we
           were
           all
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           not
           to
           suffer
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           now
           we
           had
           observed
           it
           ,
           to
           stand
           longer
           .
           Hereupon
           I
           resolved
           to
           complain
           of
           it
           in
           Chapter
           at
           my
           next
           Residence
           ,
           but
           there
           being
           not
           above
           two
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           most
           three
           of
           us
           upon
           the
           
           place
           all
           that
           time
           ,
           I
           put
           off
           the
           doing
           it
           till
           my
           Residence
           the
           following
           year
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           having
           a
           good
           opportunity
           (
           there
           being
           about
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           that
           Residence
           ,
           our
           whole
           number
           except
           one
           ,
           present
           )
           at
           a
           Chapter
           that
           was
           called
           about
           other
           business
           ,
           the
           very
           last
           day
           of
           my
           stay
           (
           which
           was
           Mid-summer
           Eve
           1679.
           )
           having
           all
           of
           us
           viewed
           it
           before
           ,
           I
           moved
           my
           Brethren
           in
           Chapter
           (
           the
           officers
           that
           were
           present
           being
           first
           desired
           to
           withdraw
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           have
           the
           matter
           carried
           as
           privately
           as
           might
           be
           )
           that
           it
           might
           be
           taken
           down
           :
           Representing
           the
           hatefulness
           of
           such
           a
           Picture
           ,
           and
           what
           scandal
           it
           would
           give
           ,
           should
           it
           happen
           to
           become
           more
           publick
           (
           as
           it
           quickly
           might
           ,
           it
           being
           known
           to
           more
           than
           our selves
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           by
           my
           means
           )
           and
           the
           great
           seasonableness
           of
           doing
           it
           at
           this
           nick
           of
           time
           ,
           seeing
           through
           oversight
           it
           had
           been
           omitted
           thus
           long
           :
           it
           being
           not
           long
           after
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           many
           Factious
           people
           then
           at
           work
           in
           vilifying
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           as
           advancing
           apace
           towards
           Popery
           .
           This
           motion
           of
           mine
           was
           readily
           entertained
           by
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           and
           the
           Idol
           most
           chearfully
           voted
           down
           ,
           and
           the
           Act
           of
           Chapter
           afterwards
           Recorded
           in
           the
           Register
           Book
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Prebendaries
           ,
           where
           it
           now
           stands
           .
           I
           moved
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           taken
           down
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           a
           Glasier
           ;
           but
           for
           a
           great
           reason
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           fit
           to
           conceal
           ,
           till
           provoked
           to
           publish
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           as
           readily
           consented
           to
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           immediately
           broken
           ,
           as
           't
           was
           before
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           taken
           down
           ,
           and
           new
           glass
           set
           up
           in
           the
           room
           of
           it
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           greater
           number
           of
           the
           Chapter
           went
           together
           to
           the
           place
           to
           countenance
           the
           action
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           done
           by
           my
           hand
           .
           We
           could
           not
           in
           the
           least
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           this
           was
           done
           very
           regularly
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           hard
           case
           if
           the
           Governours
           of
           a
           Cathedral
           should
           not
           be
           invested
           with
           as
           much
           Authority
           as
           this
           comes
           to
           .
           But
           when
           it
           came
           to
           be
           known
           abroad
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           hideous
           noise
           and
           clamour
           made
           by
           some
           few
           people
           ;
           who
           are
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           
           the
           first
           Protestants
           that
           ever
           so
           concern'd
           themselves
           about
           such
           a
           vile
           Relique
           of
           Popish
           Superstition
           .
           The
           Clamour
           continues
           to
           this
           very
           day
           ;
           and
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           Preached
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           complaint
           was
           made
           of
           the
           high
           misdemeanor
           to
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           some
           ,
           further
           to
           vent
           their
           spleen
           against
           me
           for
           my
           Sermon
           ,
           did
           what
           lay
           in
           them
           to
           have
           it
           presented
           by
           the
           Grand
           Iury
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           though
           a
           thing
           of
           above
           two
           years
           standing
           ;
           Which
           doughty
           attempt
           (
           as
           well
           it
           might
           )
           made
           sport
           enough
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           necessitates
           my
           publishing
           this
           Narrative
           ,
           is
           the
           several
           shameful
           Vntruths
           they
           have
           made
           to
           pass
           for
           current
           ,
           far
           and
           near
           ,
           among
           those
           who
           have
           little
           knowledge
           of
           them
           and
           me
           ;
           for
           those
           that
           know
           either
           of
           us
           cannot
           easily
           believe
           them
           .
           Particularly
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           they
           represent
           this
           Action
           ,
           as
           done
           by
           me
           upon
           my
           own
           head
           .
           They
           say
           not
           one
           word
           of
           a
           Chapters
           being
           concerned
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           so
           expose
           me
           for
           a
           Rash
           and
           furious
           Zealot
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           lay
           still
           greater
           load
           upon
           me
           ,
           they
           have
           given
           it
           out
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Agents
           (
           particularly
           a
           *
           little
           Agent
           they
           have
           in
           London
           ,
           a
           most
           disingenuous
           Creature
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           have
           deserved
           ,
           as
           he
           can't
           forget
           ,
           much
           better
           things
           )
           that
           it
           was
           only
           the
           Picture
           of
           a
           Saint
           or
           Angel
           ,
           or
           at
           worst
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           the
           contrary
           was
           visible
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           others
           also
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           intimated
           already
           .
           It
           was
           the
           old
           Popish
           Picture
           of
           the
           Trinity
           ;
           God
           the
           Father
           represented
           by
           
             an
             Old
             man
             with
             a
             very
             long
             Grey
             Beard
             ,
             and
             a
             huge
             beam
             of
             Light
             about
             his
             head
          
           :
           God
           the
           Son
           ,
           by
           
             a
             Crucifix
             between
             his
             knees
          
           :
           And
           God
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           by
           
             a
             Dove
             with
             spread
             wings
             ,
             under
             his
             Beard
          
           :
           which
           was
           patcht
           with
           a
           piece
           or
           two
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           of
           plain
           glass
           .
           I
           have
           the
           Copy
           of
           the
           Picture
           by
           me
           as
           it
           stood
           in
           the
           Window
           ,
           drawn
           by
           one
           who
           lives
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           that
           had
           (
           as
           he
           told
           me
           )
           viewed
           it
           at
           times
           for
           twenty
           years
           together
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           They
           represent
           it
           as
           done
           in
           complyance
           with
           the
           Scotch
           Rebels
           ,
           who
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           were
           then
           in
           Arms.
           But
           as
           this
           is
           most
           false
           ,
           (
           these
           wretches
           being
           routed
           before
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           news
           of
           it
           come
           to
           Gloucester
           in
           the
           Publick
           intelligence
           )
           so
           every
           body
           must
           needs
           see
           the
           woful
           silliness
           and
           Ridiculousness
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Malice
           of
           this
           suggestion
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           I
           confess
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           better
           Tempers
           than
           the
           Furious
           people
           who
           have
           made
           such
           a
           loud
           clamour
           ,
           that
           express
           their
           dislike
           of
           Breaking
           this
           Picture
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           a
           great
           indecency
           .
           But
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           of
           them
           ,
           why
           must
           it
           be
           done
           so
           decently
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           it
           was
           a
           gross
           abuse
           of
           the
           Holy
           Trinity
           ?
           But
           if
           it
           was
           not
           an
           indecency
           to
           break
           in
           pieces
           the
           
             Brazen
             Serpent
          
           ,
           when
           it
           came
           to
           be
           abused
           ,
           though
           of
           God's
           own
           institution
           ,
           much
           less
           can
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           to
           break
           that
           the
           making
           of
           which
           God
           hath
           *
           forbidden
           in
           so
           strict
           a
           manner
           .
           But
           I
           have
           said
           already
           that
           it
           had
           been
           done
           after
           these
           mens
           decent
           fashion
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           taken
           down
           by
           a
           Glasier
           ,
           might
           I
           have
           had
           my
           will
           ,
           and
           had
           there
           not
           been
           a
           great
           probability
           ,
           if
           not
           certainty
           ,
           of
           our
           making
           our
           Order
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           done
           this
           way
           ;
           as
           my
           Worthy
           Brethren
           will
           bear
           me
           witness
           :
           who
           are
           all
           living
           ,
           and
           can
           testifie
           the
           truth
           of
           my
           Narrative
           of
           this
           so
           Scandalous
           a
           thing
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Destroying
           of
           an
           Idol
           ,
           that
           even
           Moderate
           Papists
           have
           condemned
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           better
           sort
           of
           Heathens
           also
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           Corporeal
           Representation
           of
           the
           Great
           God
           ,
           and
           which
           one
           would
           wonder
           should
           have
           any
           Patrons
           ,
           besides
           the
           monstrous
           Sect
           of
           Anthropomorphites
           .
        
         
           I
           perswaded
           my self
           with
           great
           difficulty
           ,
           to
           publish
           this
           Account
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           resolve
           upon
           it
           till
           I
           considered
           ,
           how
           well
           it
           becomes
           me
           to
           disabuse
           abundance
           of
           people
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           imposed
           upon
           by
           false
           stories
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           
           vindicate
           my
           own
           Reputation
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           this
           I
           have
           now
           done
           ,
           will
           not
           make
           the
           thing
           much
           more
           publick
           than
           it
           was
           before
           :
           no
           nor
           at
           all
           more
           publick
           than
           the
           late
           Doings
           at
           the
           
             Gloucester
             Assizes
          
           ,
           will
           perhaps
           make
           it
           .
           I
           have
           only
           taken
           a
           course
           to
           make
           the
           truth
           about
           this
           matter
           as
           publick
           ,
           as
           some
           men
           have
           made
           gross
           falsehoods
           .
           And
           indeed
           I
           am
           now
           sensible
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           done
           this
           long
           ago
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           have
           been
           much
           too
           patient
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           prepared
           to
           say
           much
           more
           of
           the
           Vnworthy
           Treatment
           I
           have
           had
           from
           some
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           and
           of
           what
           Methods
           were
           used
           to
           raise
           clamour
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           done
           enough
           at
           present
           ;
           my
           Design
           being
           only
           to
           suppress
           lying
           Reports
           ,
           and
           to
           disabuse
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           those
           who
           have
           received
           them
           ,
           not
           the
           exposing
           of
           particular
           persons
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           not
           like
           to
           do
           ,
           till
           any
           of
           themselves
           shall
           make
           it
           necessary
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           Conclude
           with
           this
           Address
           to
           my
           Adversaries
           (
           in
           allusion
           to
           our
           Blessed
           Saviours
           reply
           to
           the
           Wretch
           that
           smote
           him
           )
           
             viz.
             If
             I
             have
             spoken
          
           ,
           or
           done
           ,
           evil
           ,
           and
           transgrest
           the
           Law
           ,
           
             bear
             witness
             of
             the
             evil
          
           ,
           the
           Law
           is
           open
           :
           
             But
             if
             well
             why
             smite
             you
          
           after
           so
           unchristian
           a
           manner
           him
           with
           your
           Tongues
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           sharper
           weapons
           ,
           who
           never
           had
           any
           quarrel
           or
           controversie
           with
           any
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           resolved
           to
           requite
           your
           malice
           ,
           with
           never
           ceasing
           to
           Pray
           for
           you
           ?
        
      
       
         
           ERRATVM
           .
        
         
           PAge
           24
           Line
           12
           ,
           for
           his
           Generation
           ,
           read
           ,
           this
           Generation
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           in
           the
           CATHEDRAL
           of
           GLOUCESTER
           ,
           On
           Sunday
           Aug.
           7.
           1681.
           
        
         
           
             1
             TIM
             .
             1.19
             .
          
           
             Holding
             Faith
             and
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             which
             some
             having
             put
             away
             ,
             concerning
             Faith
             have
             made
             Shipwrack
             .
          
        
         
           NOtwithstanding
           that
           the
           whole
           intendment
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           be
           the
           promoting
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           True
           Holiness
           and
           Universal
           Goodness
           in
           the
           Hearts
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           the
           Lives
           of
           Men
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           most
           admirably
           fitted
           for
           that
           End
           :
           yet
           there
           arose
           even
           in
           the
           earliest
           and
           purest
           days
           of
           Christianity
           a
           Generation
           of
           People
           ,
           who
           laboured
           to
           reconcile
           Light
           and
           Darkness
           ,
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           and
           a
           Wicked
           Life
           :
           And
           although
           they
           pretended
           to
           adhere
           to
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           denyed
           the
           necessity
           of
           Good
           Works
           ,
           and
           let
           open
           
           the
           Floud-gates
           to
           all
           Ungodliness
           .
           They
           made
           the
           Holy
           Jesus
           ,
           
             who
             was
             manifested
             that
             he
             might
             destroy
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           the
           great
           Patron
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           
             turned
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             into
             Lasciviousness
          
           ;
           did
           not
           only
           receive
           this
           Grace
           
             in
             vain
          
           ,
           and
           rendred
           it
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           lay
           in
           them
           ,
           ineffectual
           to
           the
           bettering
           mens
           lives
           and
           natures
           ,
           but
           also
           made
           it
           the
           greatest
           Promoter
           and
           Encourager
           of
           that
           ,
           for
           the
           utter
           destruction
           and
           extirpation
           of
           which
           it
           was
           designed
           .
        
         
           This
           they
           did
           by
           corrupting
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           bringing
           into
           it
           a
           company
           of
           wicked
           and
           Licentious
           Principles
           ,
           and
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           that
           pass
           for
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           was
           no
           better
           than
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Devils
           .
        
         
           Of
           these
           Wretched
           People
           S.
           Paul
           saith
           that
           ,
           
             They
             professed
             that
             they
             knew
             God
             ,
             but
             in
             Works
             they
             denyed
             him
             ,
             being
             abominable
             and
             disobedient
             ,
             and
             to
             every
             good
             work
             reprobate
             ,
             Tit.
          
           1.16
           .
           And
           in
           diverse
           other
           places
           he
           discourseth
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           calling
           them
           
             false
             Apostles
             ,
             deceitful
             workers
          
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           warns
           the
           Christians
           he
           wrote
           to
           ,
           to
           beware
           of
           them
           :
           As
           do
           other
           of
           the
           Apostles
           also
           ,
           particularly
           S.
           Peter
           ,
           S.
           Iohn
           and
           S.
           Iude.
           Now
           would
           we
           know
           how
           it
           should
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           should
           be
           so
           strangely
           perverted
           ,
           and
           made
           use
           of
           for
           the
           building
           of
           that
           which
           it
           was
           designed
           to
           destroy
           .
           We
           are
           assured
           that
           it
           proceeds
           not
           from
           the
           Obscurity
           of
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ;
           for
           they
           as
           plainly
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           possible
           for
           words
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           do
           every
           where
           condemn
           all
           Unrighteousness
           and
           Sin.
           But
           it
           was
           caused
           by
           Wresting
           the
           Scriptures
           and
           putting
           them
           upon
           the
           rack
           to
           force
           them
           to
           speak
           quite
           contrary
           to
           their
           intention
           .
           Thus
           S.
           Peter
           tells
           us
           the
           Epistles
           of
           his
           Brother
           Paul
           were
           abused
           ,
           that
           
             those
             that
             were
             unlearned
             and
             unstable
             wrested
             them
             to
             their
             own
             destruction
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           how
           came
           it
           to
           pass
           that
           any
           should
           dare
           to
           make
           thus
           bold
           with
           the
           Scriptures
           ?
           My
           Text
           Answers
           this
           question
           :
           The
           Apostle
           in
           these
           words
           tells
           us
           that
           ,
           their
           
             making
             shipwrack
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           was
           occasioned
           by
           their
           
             having
             first
             put
             away
             a
             good
             Conscience
             .
          
        
         
           He
           here
           exhorts
           his
           Son
           Timothy
           to
           take
           care
           of
           holding
           both
           Faith
           and
           a
           
             good
             Conscience
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Motive
           he
           useth
           to
           quicken
           his
           care
           is
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           are
           not
           careful
           to
           hold
           both
           ,
           will
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           losing
           both
           .
           So
           much
           is
           implyed
           in
           his
           saying
           ,
           that
           
             some
             having
             put
             away
             a
             good
             Conscience
             have
             made
             shipwrack
             concerning
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           
             Holding
             Faith
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Faith
           ,
           
             and
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             which
             some
             having
             put
             away
             ,
             concerning
             Faith
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Faith
           ,
           
             have
             made
             shipwrack
          
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           We
           will
           explain
           the
           terms
           ,
           or
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           what
           it
           is
           
             to
             hold
             the
             Faith
          
           ,
           and
           what
           to
           
             make
             shipwrack
          
           of
           it
           ;
           as
           also
           what
           it
           is
           to
           
             hold
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           ,
           and
           what
           to
           put
           it
           away
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           
             holding
             the
             Faith
          
           will
           nothing
           avail
           us
           ,
           except
           we
           also
           
             hold
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           
             mens
             making
             shipwrack
             concerning
             the
             Faith
          
           is
           occasioned
           by
           their
           having
           first
           
             put
             away
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           For
           Explication
           of
           the
           terms
           ;
           we
           will
           enquire
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           it
           is
           
             to
             hold
             the
             Faith
          
           ,
           and
           what
           
             to
             make
             shipwrack
             of
             it
             .
             To
             hold
             the
             Faith
          
           is
           to
           adhere
           to
           the
           belief
           and
           profession
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Holding
           or
           keeping
           the
           Faith
           sometimes
           implyeth
           also
           a
           life
           answerable
           to
           the
           Christian
           doctrine
           ;
           as
           where
           S.
           Paul
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             have
             kept
             the
             Faith
          
           :
           And
           where
           the
           
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           exhorts
           the
           Christians
           ,
           
             to
             hold
             fast
             the
             profession
             of
             their
             Faith
             without
             wavering
             .
          
           But
           here
           it
           can
           signifie
           no
           more
           than
           the
           belief
           and
           profession
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           distinguished
           from
           holding
           a
           good
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           to
           
             make
             shipwrack
          
           of
           the
           Faith
           is
           to
           do
           either
           of
           these
           two
           things
           .
           Either
           ,
           First
           ,
           expresly
           to
           Renounce
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Belief
           ,
           the
           main
           fundamental
           Articles
           ;
           all
           or
           any
           of
           those
           on
           which
           the
           whole
           Frame
           of
           Christianity
           is
           erected
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           the
           Essential
           materials
           of
           it
           .
           As
           that
           
             Iesus
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             God
          
           :
           that
           
             he
             dyed
             for
             our
             sins
             ,
             and
             rose
             again
             for
             our
             justification
          
           :
           that
           
             he
             ascended
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             will
             come
             again
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             to
             judge
             the
             quick
             and
             the
             dead
          
           :
           that
           
             men
             shall
             be
             rewarded
          
           or
           punished
           according
           to
           their
           works
           :
           that
           
             Faith
             ,
             Repentance
             and
             New
             Obedience
             are
             of
             absolute
             necessity
             to
             our
             obtaining
             the
             Divine
             Favour
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             life
             .
          
           These
           and
           the
           like
           Articles
           which
           either
           are
           declared
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           by
           our
           Saviour
           or
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           which
           from
           their
           own
           nature
           appear
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           containing
           necessary
           motives
           ,
           encouragements
           or
           helps
           to
           a
           holy
           life
           ,
           these
           are
           such
           as
           the
           renouncing
           any
           of
           which
           is
           
             making
             shipwrack
             concerning
             the
             Faith.
          
           
        
         
           But
           the
           misunderstanding
           such
           Doctrines
           as
           have
           no
           such
           weight
           and
           stress
           laid
           upon
           them
           ,
           or
           which
           considered
           
             in
             themselves
          
           appear
           to
           be
           of
           such
           a
           nature
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           misunderstanding
           of
           them
           is
           consistent
           with
           true
           Goodness
           ,
           cannot
           be
           called
           a
           making
           Shipwrack
           of
           the
           Faith
           :
           For
           if
           so
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           impossible
           to
           know
           who
           holds
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           who
           
             makes
             shipwrack
          
           of
           it
           :
           There
           being
           many
           points
           so
           disputably
           expressed
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           which
           there
           is
           such
           a
           diversity
           of
           Opinions
           about
           ,
           even
           among
           Good
           as
           well
           as
           Learned
           
           men
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           an
           argument
           of
           too
           great
           confidence
           and
           presumption
           in
           any
           ,
           to
           conclude
           peremptorily
           that
           theirs
           is
           the
           true
           notion
           of
           them
           .
           Or
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           introducing
           such
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           into
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           as
           do
           manifestly
           strike
           at
           any
           of
           its
           Fundamentals
           ;
           and
           particularly
           such
           as
           directly
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           evident
           consequences
           ,
           enervate
           the
           Promises
           ,
           Threatnings
           ,
           or
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           contradict
           the
           great
           design
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           viz.
           that
           of
           making
           men
           Sober
           ,
           Righteous
           and
           Godly
           ,
           this
           may
           also
           very
           properly
           be
           called
           
             making
             shipwrack
             of
             the
             Faith.
          
           It
           is
           truly
           so
           notwithstanding
           it
           may
           be
           joyned
           with
           a
           profession
           of
           all
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Religion
           :
           For
           who
           seeth
           not
           that
           those
           who
           corrupt
           it
           with
           such
           Doctrines
           or
           Practices
           ,
           are
           as
           injurious
           to
           the
           Faith
           ,
           as
           the
           down-right
           opposers
           of
           its
           main
           Principles
           ;
           or
           rather
           the
           more
           injurious
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           there
           being
           much
           more
           danger
           of
           a
           false
           Friend
           ,
           than
           of
           a
           professed
           and
           open
           enemy
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Would
           we
           know
           what
           it
           is
           to
           
             hold
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ;
             this
          
           is
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           sincerely
           to
           endeavour
           
             to
             walk
             in
             all
             the
             Commandments
             of
             the
             Lord
             blameless
          
           :
           To
           endeavour
           impartially
           to
           acquaint
           our selves
           with
           the
           Divine
           Will
           ,
           and
           when
           we
           understand
           it
           ,
           to
           comply
           therewith
           ,
           although
           it
           be
           never
           so
           cross
           to
           
             our
             own
          
           wills
           and
           natural
           inclinations
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           to
           
             put
             away
          
           a
           good
           Conscience
           is
           to
           be
           bent
           upon
           the
           pleasing
           our
           own
           wills
           ,
           and
           gratifying
           our
           sensual
           Appetites
           :
           to
           give
           up
           our selves
           to
           be
           acted
           and
           governed
           by
           fleshly
           and
           impure
           Lusts
           :
           To
           be
           devoted
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           corrupt
           ,
           carnal
           and
           worldly
           affections
           and
           interests
           .
           Where
           the
           
             lust
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             the
             lust
             of
             the
             eye
             ,
          
           or
           
             the
             pride
             of
             life
          
           ,
           the
           love
           of
           Pleasures
           ,
           Riches
           or
           Honours
           ,
           are
           predominant
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           there
           a
           
             good
             Conscience
             is
             put
             away
          
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           next
           come
           to
           shew
           that
           
             holding
             the
             Faith
          
           will
           nothing
           avail
           us
           ,
           if
           withal
           it
           be
           not
           our
           care
           to
           hold
           a
           
             good
             Conscience
          
           .
           This
           is
           apparent
           in
           that
           the
           Renewing
           of
           mens
           natures
           ,
           and
           Bettering
           their
           Lives
           is
           the
           only
           end
           both
           of
           Natural
           and
           Revealed
           Religion
           ;
           and
           were
           not
           this
           the
           end
           thereof
           ,
           Religion
           would
           be
           the
           vainest
           and
           most
           insignificant
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           .
           The
           Heathens
           themselves
           were
           well
           aware
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           professed
           intendment
           of
           their
           Philosophy
           was
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           
             The
             purgation
             and
             perfection
             of
             the
             humane
             life
             .
          
           They
           well
           knew
           that
           no
           body
           is
           the
           better
           for
           the
           best
           Principles
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           only
           believed
           and
           not
           lived
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           which
           the
           Ancients
           used
           to
           call
           the
           Christian
           Philosophy
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           prove
           that
           our
           belief
           of
           these
           is
           required
           wholly
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           great
           efficacy
           they
           have
           for
           the
           transforming
           of
           us
           into
           the
           Divine
           likeness
           ,
           the
           subjecting
           our
           Wills
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           making
           us
           holy
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           Conversation
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           find
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Apostles
           making
           the
           whole
           of
           a
           Christian
           to
           consist
           in
           
             keeping
             his
             sayings
          
           ,
           in
           
             doing
             the
             things
             he
             commands
             them
             ,
          
           in
           
             Faith
             that
             worketh
             by
             love
          
           ,
           and
           in
           
             the
             new
             Creature
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           see
           the
           greatest
           contempt
           cast
           upon
           Knowledge
           and
           Profession
           and
           Faith
           ,
           unaccompanied
           with
           an
           answerable
           life
           and
           practice
           .
           Therefore
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           
             Faith
             without
             works
             is
             dead
          
           ,
           that
           
             Faith
             is
             dead
             being
             alone
          
           ,
           as
           being
           utterly
           unable
           to
           stand
           us
           in
           the
           least
           stead
           ,
           and
           as
           being
           so
           unable
           to
           save
           us
           ,
           as
           greatly
           to
           aggravate
           our
           Condemnation
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Papists
           lay
           mighty
           weight
           upon
           their
           Orthodoxy
           ,
           their
           believing
           as
           the
           Church
           believes
           ,
           and
           flatter
           themselves
           with
           a
           fond
           conceit
           ,
           that
           the
           
             goodness
             of
             their
             Faith
          
           will
           make
           great
           amends
           for
           the
           
             badness
             of
             their
             lives
          
           .
           But
           suppose
           it
           true
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           the
           Orthodox
           believers
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Christian
           World
           Hereticks
           besides
           themselves
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           have
           us
           believe
           ,
           yet
           the
           Devils
           are
           as
           Orthodox
           as
           they
           can
           be
           for
           their
           hearts
           ,
           but
           their
           Orthodoxy
           makes
           them
           but
           the
           more
           miserable
           ;
           if
           they
           did
           not
           believe
           so
           truly
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           tremble
           as
           they
           do
           .
           
             The
             Devils
             also
             believe
             and
             tremble
             ,
             Iames
          
           2.19
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           more
           assured
           from
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           that
           
             God
             made
             the
             Heavens
             and
             the
             Earth
             ,
          
           than
           we
           are
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Proposition
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           sound
           belief
           will
           not
           do
           us
           the
           least
           service
           while
           it
           is
           accompanied
           with
           a
           naughty
           life
           :
           That
           the
           most
           Orthodox
           Sentiments
           will
           nothing
           avail
           us
           while
           joyned
           with
           an
           Heretical
           Conversation
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           We
           proceed
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           mens
           
             making
             shipwrack
             concerning
             the
             Faith
          
           ,
           is
           occasioned
           by
           their
           having
           first
           
             put
             away
             a
             good
             Conscience
             .
             Which
          
           (
           good
           Conscience
           )
           
             some
             having
             put
             away
             ,
             concerning
             Faith
             have
             made
             shipwrack
             .
          
           The
           Apostle
           ,
           speaking
           of
           some
           that
           
             resisted
             the
             truth
          
           ,
           calls
           them
           
             men
             of
             corrupt
             minds
             ,
             reprobate
             concerning
             the
             Faith
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           3.8
           .
           Thereby
           intimating
           ,
           that
           their
           being
           
             reprobate
             concerning
             the
             Faith
          
           ,
           proceeded
           from
           the
           
             corruption
             of
             their
             minds
          
           ,
           or
           naughtiness
           of
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           the
           prevalence
           of
           evil
           and
           corrupt
           Affections
           .
           And
           the
           same
           Apostle
           ,
           speaking
           of
           certain
           Hereticks
           ,
           attributes
           their
           
             erring
             from
             the
             Faith
          
           to
           their
           gratifying
           particularly
           that
           last
           of
           Covetousness
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           6.10
           .
           
             The
             love
             of
             money
             is
             the
             
             root
             of
             all
             evil
             ,
             which
             while
             some
             coveted
             after
             ,
             they
             have
             erred
             from
             the
             Faith.
          
           And
           S.
           Peter
           ,
           speaking
           of
           wicked
           Seducers
           ,
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             they
             had
             eyes
             full
             of
             Adultery
             ,
             and
             hearts
             exercised
             with
             covetous
             practices
          
           :
           And
           intimateth
           that
           this
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           
             forsaking
             the
             right
             way
          
           ,
           and
           
             their
             beguiling
             unstable
             Souls
          
           ,
           2
           Ep.
           2.14
           ,
           15.
           
        
         
           Now
           would
           we
           be
           satisfied
           how
           this
           
             putting
             away
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           occasioneth
           mens
           
             making
             shipwrack
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           :
           It
           is
           evident
           that
           it
           doth
           thus
           these
           three
           ways
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           As
           mens
           addicting
           themselves
           to
           the
           satisfying
           of
           some
           lust
           or
           other
           ,
           puts
           them
           upon
           devising
           shifts
           and
           tricks
           to
           still
           the
           disquieting
           clamours
           of
           their
           Consciences
           .
           
             The
             wrath
             of
             God
             being
             revealed
             from
             Heaven
             against
             all
             unrighteousness
             and
             ungodliness
             of
             men
             ,
          
           't
           is
           no
           easie
           thing
           for
           any
           one
           willingly
           to
           transgress
           the
           Rules
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           without
           being
           frequently
           tormented
           with
           fearful
           expectations
           ,
           and
           the
           Horrors
           of
           an
           Accusing
           and
           condemning
           Conscience
           .
           Now
           the
           most
           effectual
           way
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           these
           (
           next
           to
           sincere
           Repentance
           and
           Reformation
           )
           is
           either
           for
           a
           wicked
           man
           to
           perswade
           himself
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           able
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           God
           ,
           or
           nothing
           after
           this
           Life
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           the
           Bible
           is
           a
           cheat
           ,
           and
           all
           its
           threatnings
           mere
           scare-crows
           .
           Or
           if
           this
           he
           cannot
           do
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           abundant
           evidence
           of
           the
           Being
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           the
           course
           must
           be
           so
           to
           wrest
           and
           pervert
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           them
           give
           liberty
           to
           certain
           evil
           practices
           ,
           or
           to
           promise
           forgiveness
           of
           sin
           to
           certain
           performances
           that
           are
           short
           of
           forsaking
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           those
           Hereticks
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           wrest●d
           the
           places
           wherein
           the
           Gospel
           is
           called
           
             the
             Law
             of
             
             Liberty
          
           ,
           and
           wherein
           we
           are
           said
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           Law
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           take
           off
           the
           Obligation
           of
           the
           Moral
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           ;
           and
           to
           give
           liberty
           to
           sin
           ,
           and
           to
           oppose
           Faith
           to
           Obedience
           in
           the
           business
           of
           Justification
           and
           acceptance
           with
           God.
           
        
         
           Many
           other
           instances
           may
           be
           given
           both
           of
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           Hereticks
           perverting
           of
           passages
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           make
           them
           great
           encouragements
           to
           sin
           ,
           and
           discouragements
           to
           a
           Holy
           life
           ;
           perfectly
           contrary
           to
           the
           whole
           strain
           and
           tenor
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           not
           enlarge
           farther
           upon
           this
           Argument
           ,
           because
           the
           main
           thing
           I
           intended
           in
           the
           choice
           of
           this
           Subject
           is
           yet
           behind
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           
             putting
             away
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           occasions
           
             making
             shipwrack
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           ,
           through
           the
           
             just
             judgment
             of
             God.
          
           The
           former
           particular
           gave
           us
           an
           account
           of
           wicked
           mens
           being
           strongly
           enclined
           to
           make
           shiwrack
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           endeavouring
           it
           ,
           this
           of
           their
           putting
           their
           inclinations
           into
           practice
           ,
           and
           succeeding
           in
           their
           endeavours
           .
        
         
           Men
           that
           are
           wedded
           to
           any
           lust
           are
           very
           forward
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           ease
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           either
           the
           embraceing
           of
           Atheistical
           Principles
           ,
           or
           so
           to
           abuse
           the
           Scriptures
           as
           to
           take
           encouragement
           from
           them
           to
           live
           in
           sin
           ;
           but
           they
           could
           hardly
           so
           extinguish
           the
           light
           of
           their
           own
           minds
           ,
           as
           to
           succeed
           in
           their
           endeavours
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           judgment
           of
           God
           upon
           them
           ,
           in
           giving
           them
           up
           into
           the
           Deceivers
           hands
           .
           To
           this
           purpose
           observe
           what
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           2
           Thess.
           2.10
           ,
           11.
           
           
             Because
             they
             received
             not
             the
             love
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             saved
          
           (
           or
           they
           did
           not
           so
           receive
           it
           as
           to
           suffer
           it
           to
           have
           any
           good
           effect
           upon
           their
           hearts
           and
           lives
           )
           
             for
             this
             cause
             God
             shall
             send
             them
             strong
             delusions
          
           
           (
           or
           give
           them
           up
           to
           be
           deluded
           by
           the
           tricks
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           the
           signs
           and
           lying
           wonders
           before
           mentioned
           )
           
             that
             they
             should
             believe
             a
             lye
             ,
          
           that
           
             they
             all
             might
             be
             damned
             who
             believed
             not
             the
             truth
             ,
             but
             had
             pleasure
             in
             unrighteousness
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           
             putting
             away
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           occasions
           
             making
             shipwrack
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           ,
           as
           wicked
           Professors
           of
           Christianity
           do
           find
           it
           a
           most
           successful
           course
           to
           promote
           their
           corrupt
           and
           naughty
           designs
           ,
           by
           foisting
           into
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           such
           Doctrines
           and
           Practices
           ,
           as
           favour
           and
           encourage
           such
           designs
           .
           I
           have
           shewed
           that
           those
           who
           corrupt
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           with
           such
           Doctrines
           or
           Practices
           as
           contradict
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           ,
           do
           truly
           make
           shipwrack
           of
           the
           Faith
           ;
           and
           whereas
           there
           may
           be
           given
           too
           many
           instances
           of
           such
           Hypocrites
           as
           have
           so
           done
           ,
           I
           shall
           make
           it
           the
           whole
           business
           of
           what
           remains
           of
           the
           Doctrinal
           part
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           as
           she
           is
           now
           Constituted
           ,
           is
           most
           shamefully
           guilty
           in
           this
           particular
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           to
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           she
           retains
           the
           Profession
           of
           all
           the
           Fundamental
           and
           Essential
           Articles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ;
           a
           summary
           of
           which
           is
           that
           Creed
           which
           we
           call
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           she
           professeth
           a
           Reverence
           for
           the
           whole
           New
           Testament
           .
           If
           she
           in
           express
           terms
           rejected
           any
           Doctrine
           that
           is
           of
           the
           Essence
           ,
           and
           a
           vital
           part
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           her
           members
           may
           not
           be
           called
           Christians
           in
           any
           sense
           ,
           and
           we
           then
           do
           very
           ill
           to
           say
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           We
           do
           not
           stick
           at
           calling
           them
           a
           Church
           ,
           though
           a
           most
           corrupt
           and
           degenerate
           Church
           ;
           as
           (
           to
           use
           the
           similitude
           of
           Bishop
           Hall
           )
           a
           thief
           is
           truly
           a
           man
           ,
           though
           not
           a
           true
           man.
           A
           woman
           may
           retain
           the
           
           name
           of
           a
           wife
           till
           she
           's
           formally
           divorced
           ,
           though
           she
           be
           an
           adulteress
           .
        
         
           The
           Church
           of
           Rome
           may
           as
           truly
           be
           called
           a
           Church
           ,
           as
           the
           Iewish
           Nation
           the
           
             People
             of
             God
          
           ,
           after
           their
           foul
           Revolt
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           Lapse
           into
           Idolatry
           and
           other
           wicked
           and
           impious
           practices
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           hath
           been
           abundantly
           made
           good
           against
           this
           Church
           ,
           that
           ,
           though
           she
           holds
           the
           Foundation
           yet
           ,
           she
           builds
           Wood
           ,
           Hay
           and
           Stubble
           upon
           the
           Foundation
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           she
           mixeth
           many
           impure
           Doctrines
           of
           her
           own
           ,
           with
           the
           most
           holy
           and
           undefiled
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Of
           which
           I
           will
           present
           you
           with
           some
           instances
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           very
           brief
           upon
           most
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           to
           her
           Doctrine
           of
           Infallibility
           ?
           Which
           speaks
           her
           uncapable
           of
           erring
           in
           any
           of
           her
           Decrees
           and
           Determinations
           :
           Which
           Infallibility
           the
           Iesuits
           will
           have
           seated
           in
           the
           Popes
           Chair
           ;
           others
           in
           the
           Pope
           in
           conjunction
           with
           a
           General
           Council
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           Number
           of
           Bishops
           and
           Priests
           packt
           together
           of
           his
           own
           Faction
           :
           For
           there
           is
           nothing
           he
           hates
           more
           than
           a
           Council
           truly
           General
           .
        
         
           I
           call
           this
           not
           only
           a
           false
           but
           a
           wicked
           Doctrine
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           infinite
           mischief
           that
           it
           doth
           in
           the
           world
           :
           For
           the
           Romish
           Church's
           pretence
           to
           Infallibility
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           enables
           her
           to
           Lord
           it
           at
           that
           intolerable
           rate
           ,
           over
           the
           minds
           and
           Consciences
           of
           her
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           them
           the
           greatest
           of
           Slaves
           and
           Vassals
           .
           And
           't
           is
           this
           also
           that
           makes
           her
           utterly
           incurable
           of
           her
           gross
           corruptions
           ,
           her
           other
           notorious
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           the
           ungodly
           and
           horrid
           practices
           founded
           upon
           them
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           she
           continues
           to
           assume
           to
           herself
           the
           Title
           of
           Infallible
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           hope
           to
           be
           conceived
           of
           her
           being
           ever
           in
           the
           least
           Reformed
           ,
           either
           in
           her
           Principles
           or
           Practices
           .
        
         
         
           But
           never
           was
           a
           Doctrine
           more
           shamefully
           baffled
           than
           this
           hath
           been
           ;
           as
           easily
           it
           may
           ,
           there
           being
           nothing
           but
           Interest
           to
           uphold
           it
           ,
           nor
           one
           syllable
           in
           all
           the
           Bible
           to
           befriend
           it
           .
           As
           for
           that
           promise
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           
             the
             gates
             of
             hell
             shall
             never
             prevail
             against
             his
             Church
             ,
          
           the
           most
           that
           can
           be
           concluded
           from
           thence
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           ever
           have
           a
           Church
           upon
           earth
           in
           spight
           of
           all
           the
           endeavours
           of
           Hell
           to
           destroy
           it
           .
           But
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           ,
           this
           Promise
           would
           be
           no
           whit
           the
           further
           from
           being
           performed
           ,
           although
           the
           Devil
           should
           be
           permitted
           totally
           to
           extinguish
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           though
           to
           be
           sure
           he
           understands
           his
           own
           interest
           better
           than
           once
           to
           attempt
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           meaning
           of
           this
           Promise
           be
           (
           as
           the
           Romanists
           would
           have
           it
           )
           that
           
             the
             gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             never
             so
             prevail
             against
             the
             Church
          
           ▪
           as
           to
           occasion
           her
           falling
           into
           errors
           of
           Iudgment
           ,
           why
           may
           we
           not
           as
           well
           extend
           it
           so
           far
           as
           to
           secure
           her
           also
           from
           errors
           of
           
             Practice
             ?
             these
          
           being
           no
           less
           dangerous
           or
           destructive
           than
           those
           of
           Iudgment
           .
           But
           I
           retain
           so
           much
           Charity
           for
           the
           Romish
           Church
           still
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           think
           her
           so
           forsaken
           of
           all
           Modesty
           ,
           as
           to
           deny
           that
           in
           this
           sense
           ,
           the
           Gates
           of
           Hell
           have
           prevailed
           against
           her
           with
           a
           vengeance
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           other
           Promises
           which
           they
           lay
           any
           stress
           on
           ,
           they
           are
           either
           such
           as
           't
           is
           manifest
           the
           Apostles
           only
           ,
           and
           first
           planters
           of
           the
           Gospel
           were
           concerned
           in
           ,
           or
           else
           such
           as
           belong
           to
           all
           Christians
           without
           exception
           thus
           far
           ,
           as
           that
           while
           it
           is
           their
           sincere
           endeavour
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           up
           to
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           secured
           from
           pernicious
           and
           damnable
           errors
           .
        
         
         
           Again
           ,
           What
           say
           you
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Popes
             Supremacy
          
           over
           all
           other
           Churches
           and
           Kingdoms
           too
           ,
           and
           his
           having
           a
           Grant
           of
           as
           vast
           Dominions
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           next
           and
           immediately
           under
           Christ
           ,
           as
           Christ
           himself
           hath
           under
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           his
           being
           King
           of
           all
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Lord
           of
           all
           Lords
           ,
           and
           that
           both
           in
           Spirituals
           and
           Temporals
           ?
           I
           might
           easily
           tire
           you
           upon
           this
           head
           of
           Discourse
           ,
           but
           all
           I
           will
           say
           to
           it
           shall
           be
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Charter
           pretended
           for
           so
           mighty
           an
           Empire
           is
           much
           too
           obscurely
           exprest
           to
           be
           ever
           understood
           ,
           by
           any
           other
           people
           than
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Vassals
           .
           There
           is
           not
           a
           tittle
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           for
           it
           ,
           though
           we
           know
           what
           a
           noise
           and
           fluster
           they
           make
           with
           two
           Texts
           ,
           
             Pasce
             Oves
             meas
          
           ,
           and
           
             Dabo
             tibi
             Claves
             ,
             &c.
          
           as
           if
           this
           Supremacy
           were
           as
           plainly
           legible
           in
           each
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Creation
           in
           the
           first
           verse
           of
           Genesis
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           which
           is
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           how
           many
           thousands
           of
           honest
           people
           have
           been
           barbarously
           butcher'd
           ,
           merely
           because
           their
           eyes
           would
           not
           serve
           them
           to
           read
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           theirs
           in
           those
           two
           Texts
           !
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           that
           Doctrine
           which
           gives
           them
           a
           pretence
           for
           their
           restless
           and
           unwearied
           endeavours
           to
           get
           these
           Kingdoms
           again
           within
           their
           Clutches
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           their
           desperate
           and
           hellish
           designs
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           Image-Worship
           ?
           with
           which
           I
           will
           joyn
           that
           other
           of
           
             Praying
             to
             Saints
             and
             Angels
          
           .
           In
           their
           Adored
           Council
           of
           Trent
           it
           is
           decreed
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Images
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Virgin
             mother
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             other
             Saints
             ,
             be
             especially
             kept
             in
             Churches
             ;
             and
             that
             due
             Honor
             and
             Veneration
             be
             given
             unto
             them
             .
          
           And
           afterward
           this
           Council
           expresseth
           its
           allowance
           of
           
           Picturing
           the
           Divinity
           it self
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           Pictures
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           ,
           (
           Oh
           hateful
           sight
           !
           )
           are
           ordinarily
           to
           be
           beheld
           in
           the
           Popish
           Churches
           .
        
         
           Now
           would
           we
           know
           what
           the
           Council
           means
           by
           
             Debitus
             honor
             &
             veneratio
             ,
             the
             due
             honour
             and
             veneration
             that
             is
             to
             be
             given
             to
             Images
          
           ;
           this
           appears
           by
           these
           following
           words
           ,
           
             We
             decree
             doing
             honour
             to
             them
             ,
             because
             the
             honour
             which
             is
             done
             to
             them
             ,
             is
             referred
             to
             the
             Prototypes
             which
             they
             represent
             .
             So
             that
             in
             the
             Images
             which
             we
             kiss
             ,
             and
             before
             which
             we
             uncover
             our
             heads
             ,
             and
             fall
             down
             ,
             we
             adore
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Worship
             the
             Saints
             which
             they
             represent
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           So
           that
           the
           Honour
           and
           Veneration
           which
           they
           determine
           should
           be
           given
           to
           Images
           ,
           do
           imply
           all
           external
           Acts
           of
           Adoration
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Image
           of
           our
           Saviour
           is
           to
           have
           the
           self
           same
           Adoration
           paid
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           due
           unto
           himself
           were
           he
           personally
           present
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Universal
           Practice
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           (
           wholly
           to
           pass
           over
           the
           Vile
           stuff
           of
           their
           
             Doctors
             ,
             Schoolmen
          
           and
           Casuists
           )
           will
           tell
           you
           the
           meaning
           of
           their
           
             debitus
             honor
             &
             veneratio
          
           .
        
         
           
             The
             consent
             of
             Nations
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Learned
           Grotius
           )
           
             have
             made
             Sacrifices
             ,
             Oblations
             and
             Incense
             ,
             proper
             signs
             of
             Divine
             Worship
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           though
           I
           had
           time
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           stand
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           Images
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           ,
           especially
           that
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           are
           every
           where
           Worshipped
           with
           these
           signs
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           the
           Rites
           of
           the
           most
           solemn
           Invocation
           in
           Sacred
           Offices
           ,
           and
           in
           places
           set
           apart
           for
           Divine
           Worship
           .
           And
           they
           do
           all
           the
           external
           honour
           to
           the
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           in
           the
           Addresses
           they
           make
           unto
           them
           ,
           whether
           immediately
           or
           as
           represented
           by
           Images
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           imaginable
           they
           should
           do
           to
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           ,
           or
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           .
        
         
         
           Nay
           ,
           They
           pray
           unto
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           Temporal
           or
           Ordinary
           Blessings
           ,
           but
           for
           Spiritual
           and
           Supernatural
           :
           such
           as
           the
           Pardon
           of
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           eternal
           life
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           shewn
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           is
           Idolatry
           ,
           if
           such
           doings
           are
           not
           ?
           why
           ,
           they
           tell
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           cannot
           blame
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           true
           Notion
           of
           Idolatry
           is
           only
           the
           Worshipping
           some
           Creature
           for
           the
           most
           High
           God
           ,
           supposing
           it
           
             to
             be
             the
          
           most
           High
           God.
           But
           if
           so
           ,
           the
           Worshippers
           of
           the
           Golden
           Calf
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           were
           no
           Idolaters
           ;
           for
           they
           can
           be
           little
           better
           than
           mad
           themselves
           ,
           who
           are
           able
           to
           imagine
           that
           the
           Israelites
           were
           so
           mad
           ,
           as
           to
           believe
           that
           the
           Calf
           which
           they
           saw
           made
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           their
           own
           Ear-rings
           too
           ,
           was
           that
           very
           God
           which
           brought
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           Egypt
           .
           But
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           Rome
           would
           have
           us
           think
           that
           they
           were
           so
           forsaken
           of
           their
           Intellectuals
           ,
           as
           so
           to
           believe
           ;
           and
           we
           cannot
           blame
           them
           for
           that
           neither
           .
           For
           if
           they
           did
           not
           impudently
           bear
           us
           down
           ,
           that
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           believed
           that
           this
           Moulten
           Calf
           was
           that
           God
           that
           divided
           the
           Sea
           ,
           wrought
           so
           many
           Miracles
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           maker
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           they
           would
           ,
           they
           are
           sensible
           ,
           be
           necessitated
           to
           excuse
           them
           from
           Idolatry
           ,
           expresly
           contrary
           to
           the
           words
           of
           Scripture
           .
           And
           if
           this
           their
           Notion
           of
           Idolatry
           be
           the
           only
           true
           one
           ,
           we
           are
           certain
           that
           it
           will
           be
           extremely
           difficult
           ,
           if
           not
           impossible
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           Idolaters
           among
           the
           very
           Pagans
           .
        
         
           What
           think
           you
           of
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           of
           which
           take
           this
           account
           from
           the
           Council
           of
           
             Trent
             .
             By
             the
             Consecration
             the
             whole
             substance
             of
             the
             Bread
             is
             changed
             into
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             substance
             of
             the
             Wine
             ,
             into
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ.
          
           So
           that
           as
           like
           as
           it
           still
           
           looks
           to
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           :
           Though
           it
           hath
           the
           perfect
           Tast
           ,
           the
           perfect
           Feeling
           and
           Smell
           of
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           nothing
           less
           ;
           't
           is
           that
           very
           Body
           that
           hung
           upon
           the
           Cross
           at
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           bloud
           that
           was
           there
           shed
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           most
           prodigiously
           contradictious
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           not
           say
           the
           Wit
           but
           the
           Madness
           of
           men
           can
           possibly
           invent
           :
           't
           is
           a
           most
           wonderful
           complication
           of
           most
           horrid
           contradictions
           ,
           and
           absolute
           impossibilities
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           the
           worst
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           also
           the
           foundation
           of
           so
           gross
           and
           foul
           Idolatry
           as
           is
           scarcely
           to
           be
           named
           among
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           found
           parallel'd
           in
           Peruvia
           it self
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           barbarous
           parts
           of
           India
           .
           The
           forementioned
           Holy
           Council
           declares
           ,
           
             nullus
             itaque
             dubitandi
             locus
             relinquitur
             ,
             &c.
             
             There
             is
             therefore
             no
             place
             left
             for
             doubt
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             good
             Christians
             do
             give
             the
             Worship
             of
             Latria
             ,
          
           quae
           Vero
           Deo
           debetur
           ,
           
             which
             is
             due
             to
             the
             true
             God
             ,
             to
             this
             most
             Holy
             Sacrament
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             always
             received
             custom
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             .
          
           They
           should
           have
           said
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           late
           and
           upstart
           custom
           of
           the
           Romish
           Faction
           .
           Here
           you
           see
           that
           the
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           are
           Worshipped
           by
           them
           ,
           not
           as
           Representations
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           as
           God
           himself
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           if
           those
           words
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
          
           ,
           should
           prove
           to
           be
           a
           Figure
           ?
           like
           those
           other
           of
           his
           ,
           
             I
             am
             a
             Vine
             ,
             I
             am
             a
             Door
             ,
             &c.
          
           or
           what
           if
           
             This
             is
             my
             body
          
           should
           be
           as
           much
           a
           Figure
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           confess
           the
           words
           presently
           following
           are
           ,
           
             viz.
             This
             Cup
             is
             the
             New
             Testament
             in
             my
             Bloud
          
           ?
           Where
           we
           have
           a
           double
           Figure
           ,
           both
           the
           Cup
           put
           for
           the
           Wine
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Wine
           said
           to
           be
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           or
           Covenant
           ,
           when
           ,
           supposing
           it
           were
           the
           very
           Bloud
           of
           Christ
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           the
           New
           Covenant
           it self
           ,
           but
           the
           Seal
           of
           that
           Covenant
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           what
           if
           these
           words
           be
           to
           be
           
           understood
           figuratively
           ?
           (
           as
           why
           they
           should
           not
           the
           Papists
           can
           shew
           nothing
           like
           a
           reason
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           shewn
           them
           the
           greatest
           absurdities
           imaginable
           in
           otherwise
           understanding
           them
           )
           why
           then
           they
           themselves
           will
           and
           do
           acknowledge
           that
           they
           should
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           most
           gross
           Idolatry
           in
           their
           Worship
           of
           the
           Host.
           
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           the
           Popish
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Sacrifice
             of
             the
             Mass
          
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           near
           kin
           to
           the
           foregoing
           ?
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           is
           ,
           as
           you
           shall
           find
           it
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           
             Trent
             ,
             That
             in
             this
             Sacrifice
             which
             is
             performed
             in
             the
             Mass
             ,
             that
             very
             Christ
             is
             contained
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             bloudless
             manner
             offered
             ,
             which
             ,
             upon
             the
             Altar
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             did
             once
             offer
             up
             himself
             in
             a
             bloudy
             manner
             .
          
           So
           that
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           must
           still
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           be
           laid
           hold
           of
           by
           Sinners
           ,
           be
           ground
           with
           their
           teeth
           ,
           and
           sent
           down
           into
           their
           impure
           paunches
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           the
           Priest
           shall
           pronounce
           the
           charm
           ,
           
             hoc
             est
             enim
             corpus
             meum
          
           .
           And
           it
           seems
           that
           he
           was
           a
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           upon
           the
           Cross
           
             it
             is
             finished
          
           ,
           seeing
           there
           was
           such
           an
           infinite
           deal
           of
           loathsome
           Drudgery
           still
           to
           be
           undergone
           by
           him
           .
           
           And
           it
           seems
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           is
           found
           to
           be
           a
           false
           Apostle
           ,
           in
           asserting
           so
           expresly
           ,
           as
           more
           than
           once
           he
           doth
           ,
           that
           such
           is
           the
           Dignity
           of
           Christ's
           Priesthood
           ,
           and
           its
           excellency
           above
           the
           Levitical
           ,
           that
           by
           one
           offering
           he
           hath
           made
           perfect
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           expiation
           for
           sin
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           this
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Sacrifice
             of
             the
             Mass
          
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           False
           ,
           but
           very
           Corrupt
           and
           impious
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           Purgatory
           ?
           which
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           That
           
             no
             souls
             ,
             except
             such
             as
             are
             perfectly
             
             purified
             in
             this
             life
          
           (
           which
           they
           'l
           surely
           acknowledge
           are
           extremely
           few
           )
           
             shall
             go
             at
             their
             departure
             hence
             into
             a
             place
             of
             happiness
             or
             ease
             ,
             but
             all
             ,
             the
             forementioned
             excepted
             ,
             into
             a
             place
             of
             torment
             ;
             where
             they
             may
             abide
             for
             an
             exceeding
             long
             time
             ,
             even
             many
             hundreds
             of
             years
             ,
             except
             some
             effectual
             care
             be
             taken
             for
             their
             deliverance
             .
          
        
         
           By
           this
           Doctrine
           the
           poor
           people
           are
           brought
           into
           a
           most
           slavish
           state
           ;
           by
           the
           means
           hereof
           their
           merciless
           Tyrants
           the
           Priests
           hale
           them
           into
           worse
           than
           Egyptian
           Bondage
           :
           who
           ,
           instead
           of
           enjoyning
           them
           the
           most
           reasonable
           duties
           to
           which
           the
           Precepts
           of
           their
           Saviour
           oblige
           them
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           most
           admirably
           adapted
           to
           the
           cleansing
           of
           their
           natures
           ,
           and
           mortifying
           their
           corrupt
           affections
           ,
           impose
           upon
           them
           a
           great
           number
           of
           ridiculous
           Services
           of
           their
           own
           invention
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           they
           cannot
           pretend
           the
           least
           warrant
           from
           Scripture
           for
           such
           doings
           as
           those
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           a
           most
           express
           Text
           ,
           they
           tell
           you
           ,
           for
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Purgatory
             ,
             viz.
          
           those
           words
           of
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           3.15
           .
           
             But
             he
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
             yet
             so
             as
             by
             fire
             .
          
           But
           he
           who
           considers
           these
           two
           things
           will
           see
           nothing
           like
           Purgatory
           in
           this
           Text
           ,
           namely
           ,
           First
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           not
           he
           shall
           be
           saved
           
             by
             fire
          
           ,
           but
           
             as
             it
             were
          
           by
           fire
           ,
           or
           rather
           through
           fire
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             to
             be
             saved
             as
             through
             fire
             ,
          
           is
           a
           Proverbial
           Speech
           (
           as
           those
           great
           Criticks
           ,
           Grotius
           and
           Scaliger
           ,
           with
           others
           ,
           have
           shewed
           )
           signifying
           
             to
             be
             saved
             from
             most
             eminent
             danger
             .
          
        
         
           And
           as
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           theirs
           is
           groundless
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           as
           wicked
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           most
           vile
           affront
           to
           the
           Merits
           and
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           :
           For
           in
           order
           to
           the
           establishing
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           they
           teach
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             The
             Passion
             of
             Christ
             takes
             away
             only
             the
             guilt
             of
             Mortal
             
             sins
             ,
             not
             their
             eternal
             Punishment
             ,
          
           which
           is
           as
           non-sensical
           as
           false
           and
           impious
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           an
           impious
           Doctrine
           also
           ,
           both
           as
           it
           is
           devised
           to
           inslave
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           Poor
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           them
           into
           absolute
           subjection
           to
           their
           Priests
           ;
           and
           likewise
           to
           gratifie
           their
           greedy
           Appetites
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           their
           Purses
           no
           less
           under
           their
           power
           than
           their
           Consciences
           .
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Non-necessity
             of
             the
             Laity's
             partaking
             of
             the
             Cup
             in
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             and
             their
             being
             Rob'd
             accordingly
             of
             their
             share
             therein
          
           ?
           expresly
           contrary
           to
           our
           Saviours
           institution
           ,
           and
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           other
           Churches
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           their
           well
           known
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             Of
             the
             Non-necessity
             of
             Repentance
             before
             the
             imminent
             point
             of
             death
          
           ?
           And
           to
           this
           other
           that
           goes
           beyond
           
             that
             ,
             viz.
          
           that
           
             meer
             Attrition
          
           (
           or
           sorrow
           for
           sin
           for
           fear
           of
           hell
           )
           
             if
             accompanied
             with
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Penance
             is
             sufficient
             to
             a
             sinners
             justification
             and
             acceptance
             with
             God
          
           ?
           This
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           doth
           plainly
           take
           for
           granted
           ,
           in
           the
           fourth
           Chapter
           of
           their
           fourteenth
           Session
           .
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Opus
             operatum
          
           ?
           which
           makes
           the
           meer
           work
           done
           in
           all
           acts
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           the
           Divine
           Acceptance
           :
           particularly
           the
           bare
           saying
           of
           Prayers
           ,
           without
           either
           minding
           what
           they
           say
           ,
           or
           understanding
           it
           .
           And
           agreeably
           hereunto
           the
           Romish
           Church
           enjoyns
           the
           saying
           of
           them
           in
           a
           Language
           unknown
           to
           the
           generality
           of
           her
           children
           ;
           notwithstanding
           the
           perfectly
           contrary
           Doctrine
           delivered
           by
           S.
           Paul
           in
           the
           14
           th
           Chap.
           of
           the
           first
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           .
        
         
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             the
             Insufficiency
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             for
             mens
             Salvation
             ,
          
           and
           her
           denying
           them
           to
           be
           a
           complete
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Practice
           in
           things
           necessary
           ,
           without
           her
           Traditions
           ?
           Wherein
           she
           gives
           the
           Lye
           to
           the
           same
           great
           Apostle
           ,
           who
           tells
           his
           son
           Timothy
           that
           ,
           
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             able
             to
             make
             wise
             to
             Salvation
             :
          
           and
           that
           by
           them
           the
           man
           of
           God
           may
           be
           
             perfected
             ,
             and
             throughly
             furnished
             to
             every
             good
             work
             .
          
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           her
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Gospels
             obscurity
             even
             in
             things
             of
             absolute
             necessity
             to
             be
             believed
             and
             practised
          
           ?
           devised
           on
           purpose
           to
           perswade
           the
           people
           to
           an
           implicit
           belief
           in
           her self
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           without
           examining
           whatsoever
           doctrines
           she
           shall
           please
           to
           call
           Articles
           of
           Faith.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           wicked
           Doctrine
           in
           it self
           also
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           :
           It
           being
           most
           unworthy
           of
           God
           to
           require
           all
           under
           pain
           of
           damnation
           ,
           rightly
           to
           understand
           those
           Points
           which
           are
           obscurely
           revealed
           .
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           her
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             dangerousness
             of
             the
             vulgars
             reading
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           ;
           and
           her
           Practice
           answerable
           thereunto
           ,
           of
           denying
           them
           the
           Bible
           in
           their
           own
           language
           ?
        
         
           
           What
           say
           you
           to
           her
           Doctrine
           that
           ,
           
             Faith
             is
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             with
             Hereticks
          
           ?
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           this
           Doctrine
           that
           ,
           
             the
             most
             horrid
             villanies
             are
             then
             lawful
             ,
             when
             necessary
             to
             the
             promoting
             of
             the
             interest
             of
             the
             Catholick
             cause
          
           ?
           I
           do
           not
           say
           that
           this
           is
           decreed
           in
           any
           Council
           ;
           or
           that
           it
           is
           in
           
           express
           terms
           taught
           by
           any
           of
           them
           :
           But
           however
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           lawful
           to
           judge
           of
           mens
           opinions
           by
           their
           constant
           practices
           ,
           we
           may
           without
           a
           Calumny
           call
           this
           also
           a
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           Particularly
           ,
           the
           world
           hath
           for
           a
           long
           time
           been
           well
           acquainted
           with
           her
           most
           horrible
           Cruelties
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           To
           mind
           you
           of
           a
           few
           famous
           instances
           :
           in
           the
           persecution
           of
           the
           Albigenses
           and
           Waldenses
           ,
           
           were
           miserably
           murthered
           no
           fewer
           than
           a
           
             thousand
             thousand
          
           :
           In
           the
           Massacre
           of
           France
           ,
           in
           the
           space
           of
           three
           months
           ,
           an
           hundred
           thousand
           :
           In
           the
           Low-Countries
           ,
           in
           a
           few
           years
           ,
           were
           cut
           off
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           common
           hangman
           thirty
           and
           six
           thousand
           Protestants
           :
           And
           by
           the
           holy
           Inquisition
           (
           as
           Vergerius
           witnesseth
           ,
           who
           was
           well
           acquainted
           therewith
           )
           were
           destroyed
           in
           less
           than
           thirty
           years
           space
           ,
           one
           hundred
           and
           
             fifty
             thousand
          
           ,
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           the
           most
           exquisite
           cruelties
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           mind
           you
           what
           a
           vast
           number
           were
           Burnt
           at
           the
           stake
           in
           our
           own
           Country
           ,
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           :
           
           Nor
           what
           additions
           have
           been
           made
           since
           to
           Romes
           Butcheries
           ,
           in
           Piedmont
           and
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           a
           horrible
           slaughter
           had
           there
           been
           in
           England
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Gun
             powder
             Treason
          
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           prevented
           by
           a
           Wonderful
           Providence
           !
           And
           also
           what
           work
           the
           Romanists
           would
           have
           been
           at
           here
           again
           before
           this
           time
           ,
           if
           God
           in
           his
           infinite
           mercy
           had
           not
           defeated
           the
           Councels
           of
           those
           bloudy
           Achitophels
           ,
           all
           who
           do
           not
           wilfully
           shut
           their
           eyes
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           Papists
           at
           least
           in
           Masquerade
           ,
           *
           should
           ,
           one
           would
           
           think
           ,
           acknowledge
           themselves
           satisfyed
           ,
           after
           so
           great
           evidence
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           we
           need
           no
           further
           proof
           that
           the
           Woman
           hath
           
             Rome
             Christian
          
           for
           her
           principal
           Seat
           ,
           upon
           whose
           head
           S.
           Iohn
           tells
           us
           ,
           was
           a
           name
           written
           ,
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
             the
             great
             ,
             the
             mother
             of
             Harlots
             and
             Abominations
             of
             the
             earth
          
           :
           and
           whom
           he
           saw
           
             drunk
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             of
             Iesus
             .
          
           But
           we
           have
           farther
           proof
           that
           the
           now
           mentioned
           wicked
           doctrine
           ,
           may
           truly
           be
           charged
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           :
           For
           her
           abominable
           Practices
           do
           not
           only
           justifie
           this
           charge
           ,
           but
           several
           of
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           her
           darling
           sons
           ,
           those
           pretious
           youths
           the
           Iesuits
           ,
           and
           which
           (
           as
           they
           tell
           you
           )
           are
           much
           elder
           than
           their
           order
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
          
           of
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           Equivocations
           and
           Mental
           Reservations
           ,
           even
           before
           
             Courts
             of
             Iudicature
          
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           they
           consist
           of
           Hereticks
           ;
           of
           the
           putting
           which
           vile
           principle
           into
           practice
           we
           have
           had
           of
           late
           diverse
           marvelous
           and
           most
           astonishing
           instances
           .
        
         
           That
           of
           the
           Popes
           power
           of
           Dispensing
           with
           the
           most
           Solemn
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           of
           Absolving
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           Heretical
           Princes
           .
        
         
           That
           of
           the
           Lawfulness
           ,
           nay
           Meritoriousness
           of
           taking
           Arms
           against
           them
           ,
           of
           Stabbing
           and
           Poisoning
           them
           .
           And
           we
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           too
           well
           know
           that
           the
           Romish
           Church
           make
           no
           bones
           of
           practising
           upon
           these
           Principles
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           still
           farther
           proceed
           in
           instancing
           in
           her
           most
           corrupt
           and
           wicked
           Principles
           ,
           but
           you
           have
           had
           enough
           in
           all
           Conscience
           :
           And
           but
           that
           ,
           now
           especially
           ,
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           take
           all
           opportunities
           for
           the
           exposing
           of
           the
           vileness
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           I
           would
           e'en
           be
           as
           soon
           engag'd
           in
           stirring
           Jakes's
           ,
           and
           raking
           dunghills
           ,
           as
           in
           such
           work
           as
           this
           .
        
         
         
           God
           be
           thanked
           for
           that
           mighty
           Spirit
           that
           hath
           been
           stirred
           up
           throughout
           the
           Nation
           against
           Popery
           :
           Oh
           that
           it
           more
           generally
           proceeded
           from
           our
           sense
           of
           the
           hatefulness
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           extreme
           dishonour
           it
           brings
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           its
           infinite
           injuriousness
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           from
           the
           concern
           we
           have
           for
           our
           Temporal
           interest
           ;
           which
           is
           but
           a
           mean
           and
           pitiful
           consideration
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           other
           .
           And
           the
           better
           the
           Principles
           of
           Popery
           and
           the
           Practices
           of
           the
           Papists
           are
           understood
           ,
           the
           greater
           and
           more
           lasting
           must
           their
           zeal
           against
           them
           needs
           be
           ,
           who
           have
           any
           hearty
           kindness
           either
           for
           Christianity
           or
           for
           Natural
           Religion
           ;
           either
           for
           Christianity
           or
           for
           good
           Morality
           and
           common
           honesty
           ,
           or
           even
           mere
           good
           nature
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           so
           far
           imitate
           the
           horrible
           uncharitableness
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           that
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           find
           any
           sincere
           Christians
           in
           her
           Communion
           ;
           and
           much
           less
           ,
           that
           no
           honest
           or
           good
           natur'd
           people
           are
           among
           them
           :
           But
           this
           we
           are
           very
           certain
           may
           safely
           be
           said
           that
           ,
           whosoever
           is
           throughly
           instructed
           in
           the
           Popish
           Principles
           and
           acts
           accordingly
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           a
           stranger
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           totally
           cast
           off
           all
           Humanity
           .
        
         
           Whosoever
           is
           a
           thorough
           Papist
           hath
           no
           Conscience
           in
           his
           own
           keeping
           ;
           his
           Conscience
           is
           perfectly
           at
           the
           dispose
           of
           his
           Holy
           Father
           and
           his
           Confessor
           :
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           villany
           ,
           be
           it
           never
           so
           great
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           prepared
           for
           it
           ,
           whensoever
           a
           Priest
           or
           Jesuit
           by
           commission
           from
           the
           Pope
           shall
           oblige
           him
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           Protestant
           doth
           but
           slightly
           understand
           Popery
           ,
           who
           dares
           trust
           his
           throat
           with
           a
           thorough
           Papist
           ,
           although
           he
           be
           seemingly
           a
           man
           of
           never
           so
           good
           a
           
           nature
           ,
           or
           of
           never
           so
           good
           Morals
           :
           and
           the
           more
           conscientious
           he
           is
           in
           his
           way
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           dangerous
           a
           person
           is
           he
           .
           That
           's
           a
           rare
           Religion
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           the
           more
           true
           to
           which
           any
           man
           is
           ,
           the
           greater
           Villain
           he
           must
           necessarily
           be
           .
           And
           those
           are
           a
           precious
           sort
           of
           Christians
           ,
           of
           which
           one
           cannot
           adventure
           to
           give
           a
           true
           and
           impartial
           Character
           ,
           and
           to
           paint
           them
           in
           their
           own
           colours
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           be
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           Censured
           as
           a
           scurrilous
           person
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           of
           a
           foul
           mouth
           ,
           and
           a
           down-right
           Railer
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           all
           therefore
           take
           up
           those
           words
           of
           Iacob
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           his
           Generation
           ,
           which
           he
           uttered
           concerning
           his
           two
           wicked
           sons
           ,
           Simeon
           and
           
             Levi
             ,
             O
             my
             soul
             come
             not
             thou
             into
             their
             secret
             ,
             unto
             their
             assembly
             mine
             honour
             be
             not
             thou
             united
             .
          
        
         
           To
           make
           some
           Application
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           discoursed
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Is
           the
           
             putting
             away
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           the
           true
           cause
           to
           which
           
             making
             shipwrack
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           is
           to
           be
           imputed
           ?
           Is
           this
           the
           account
           into
           which
           it
           is
           to
           be
           resolved
           ?
           Then
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           be
           out
           of
           danger
           of
           falling
           into
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           turning
           Papists
           ,
           and
           of
           making
           shipwrack
           of
           the
           Faith
           as
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           let
           us
           have
           a
           great
           care
           to
           hold
           fast
           a
           good
           Conscience
           :
           
             To
             exercise
             our selves
             in
             keeping
             Consciences
             void
             of
             offence
             both
             towards
             God
             and
             towards
             men
             :
          
           To
           lead
           lives
           answerable
           to
           the
           holy
           Doctrine
           which
           we
           profess
           to
           believe
           .
        
         
           
             If
             any
             man
             will
             do
             the
             will
             of
             God
          
           (
           or
           be
           sincerely
           willing
           to
           do
           it
           )
           
             he
             shall
             know
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             whether
             it
             be
             of
             God
             ,
          
           saith
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           Iohn
           7.17
           .
           He
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           discern
           between
           truth
           and
           falshood
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           guided
           into
           and
           kept
           in
           the
           truth
           .
        
         
         
           The
           truth
           hath
           no
           fast
           hold
           of
           any
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           
             receive
             it
             in
             the
             love
             of
             it
             ,
          
           and
           make
           it
           the
           measure
           and
           rule
           of
           their
           lives
           and
           actions
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           at
           all
           strange
           that
           Learned
           and
           Knowing
           men
           should
           make
           shipwrack
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           for
           Learning
           and
           Knowledge
           is
           no
           security
           while
           separated
           from
           Honesty
           and
           a
           Good
           Conscience
           .
           There
           is
           no
           error
           so
           absurd
           or
           dangerous
           ,
           but
           we
           ought
           to
           expect
           an
           insincere
           person
           will
           embrace
           it
           ,
           when
           once
           it
           becomes
           serviceable
           to
           that
           Interest
           he
           is
           most
           concerned
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           .
        
         
           Even
           those
           of
           us
           who
           do
           now
           shew
           the
           most
           forward
           zeal
           against
           Popery
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           wedded
           to
           any
           corrupt
           Affection
           ,
           and
           have
           only
           the
           Form
           ,
           but
           are
           void
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           will
           be
           in
           never
           the
           less
           danger
           ,
           notwithstanding
           our
           present
           zeal
           ,
           of
           Apostatizing
           ,
           if
           ever
           it
           should
           become
           our
           temporal
           interest
           (
           which
           God
           forbid
           )
           to
           turn
           Papists
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Is
           it
           so
           apparent
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           hath
           made
           so
           woful
           a
           shipwrack
           of
           the
           Faith
           ?
           Then
           what
           an
           infinite
           obligation
           lyeth
           upon
           us
           to
           the
           greatest
           Thankfulness
           to
           our
           good
           God
           ,
           for
           rescuing
           these
           Nations
           from
           under
           her
           yoke
           ;
           and
           for
           those
           Miracles
           of
           mercy
           which
           he
           hath
           wrought
           for
           us
           ,
           in
           blasting
           so
           many
           of
           their
           deep
           laid
           designs
           ,
           their
           late
           great
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           late
           Sham-plots
           ,
           for
           the
           reducing
           of
           us
           to
           our
           old
           Captivity
           .
        
         
           
             If
             it
             had
             not
             been
             the
             Lord
             who
             was
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             now
             may
          
           England
           
             say
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             the
             Lord
             who
             was
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             when
          
           these
           
             men
             rose
             up
             against
             us
             ;
             then
             they
             had
             swallowed
             us
             up
             quick
             ,
             when
             their
             wrath
             was
             kindled
             against
             us
             :
             then
             the
             waters
             had
             overwhelmed
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             streams
             had
             gone
             over
             our
             soul.
          
           Let
           us
           therefore
           
             Bless
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             hath
             not
             given
             us
             as
             a
             prey
             unto
             their
             teeth
             .
          
        
         
         
           Lastly
           ,
           As
           we
           would
           still
           be
           secured
           from
           Popish
           Conspiracies
           ,
           from
           the
           unwearied
           attempts
           of
           our
           old
           Adversaries
           against
           us
           ,
           take
           we
           great
           heed
           of
           provoking
           the
           Almighty
           to
           withdraw
           at
           length
           his
           Protection
           ,
           and
           abandon
           us
           to
           their
           Malice
           ,
           by
           walking
           unworthy
           of
           that
           glorious
           Light
           and
           Liberty
           we
           now
           enjoy
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           And
           
             while
             we
             have
             the
             light
             let
             us
             walk
             in
             the
             light
             ,
          
           lest
           God
           ,
           in
           his
           just
           judgment
           ,
           suffer
           us
           to
           be
           again
           involved
           in
           Egyptian
           darkness
           .
        
         
           Oh
           happy
           Children
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           be
           perswaded
           to
           prize
           our
           present
           Vast
           Priviledges
           ,
           before
           our
           having
           lost
           them
           doth
           force
           us
           to
           set
           a
           high
           value
           on
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           Oh
           that
           we
           were
           capable
           of
           so
           much
           Wisdom
           ,
           as
           no
           longer
           to
           strengthen
           the
           hands
           of
           our
           common
           enemy
           ,
           by
           our
           as
           unreasonable
           as
           Unchristian
           Animosities
           against
           one
           another
           .
           That
           we
           had
           once
           as
           great
           a
           zeal
           against
           the
           Anti-christs
           within
           our
           own
           breasts
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           Anger
           ,
           Malice
           and
           Bitterness
           ,
           as
           we
           seem
           to
           have
           against
           the
           Anti-Christ
           in
           the
           Roman
           Chair
           :
           Those
           Anti-christs
           being
           the
           greatest
           friends
           this
           Anti-christ
           hath
           ,
           and
           more
           our
           enemies
           than
           he
           is
           capable
           of
           being
           .
        
         
           Oh
           that
           at
           length
           we
           could
           be
           convinced
           of
           this
           great
           truth
           ,
           that
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           consisteth
           not
           
             in
             meats
             or
             drinks
          
           ,
           mere
           external
           things
           ,
           but
           in
           
             righteousness
             ,
             peace
             and
             joy
             in
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           In
           Humility
           ,
           Meekness
           ,
           Self-denial
           ,
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           in
           all
           lawful
           things
           ,
           love
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           love
           to
           men
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Oh
           that
           we
           had
           a
           vigorous
           powerful
           sense
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           most
           admired
           Gifts
           nor
           appearances
           of
           Grace
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           joyned
           with
           a
           Benign
           and
           Charitable
           
           temper
           ,
           can
           at
           all
           recommend
           us
           to
           the
           Divine
           favour
           :
           That
           he
           hath
           no
           Participation
           of
           the
           God-like
           Life
           and
           Nature
           ,
           who
           is
           of
           a
           Quarrelsome
           ,
           Contentious
           ,
           Uncharitable
           Spirit
           ,
           be
           he
           in
           a
           many
           other
           respects
           never
           so
           Saint-like
           .
           And
           that
           Christian
           love
           is
           a
           thousand
           times
           better
           argument
           of
           a
           renewed
           state
           ,
           than
           most
           of
           those
           marks
           and
           characters
           which
           are
           ordinarily
           given
           of
           a
           godly
           man.
           
        
         
           If
           we
           were
           once
           brought
           to
           this
           happy
           pass
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           lively
           sense
           of
           these
           things
           :
           to
           make
           great
           Conscience
           
             of
             preserving
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
          
           ;
           and
           to
           abandon
           all
           Separating
           ,
           Dividing
           ,
           Sowre
           and
           ill-natur'd
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           then
           need
           to
           fear
           the
           malice
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           were
           their
           power
           greater
           than
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           it
           is
           ;
           but
           till
           then
           ,
           all
           our
           other
           endeavours
           to
           secure
           our selves
           may
           fail
           of
           success
           .
        
         
           But
           alas
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           that
           never
           had
           a
           People
           sadder
           Omens
           of
           miserable
           days
           than
           we
           now
           have
           :
           And
           nothing
           bodes
           worse
           than
           this
           that
           ,
           we
           are
           so
           far
           from
           Uniting
           among
           our selves
           ,
           notwithstanding
           we
           seem
           so
           sensible
           of
           extraordinary
           danger
           from
           our
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           that
           our
           breaches
           daily
           grow
           wider
           and
           wider
           .
        
         
           We
           seem
           no
           less
           infatuated
           ,
           no
           less
           madly
           bent
           upon
           our
           own
           destruction
           ,
           than
           were
           the
           miserable
           Iews
           in
           the
           Siege
           of
           Ierusalem
           ;
           among
           whom
           there
           were
           never
           such
           desperate
           Feuds
           ,
           as
           when
           they
           were
           all
           surrounded
           with
           the
           Roman
           Armies
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           ,
           by
           their
           causeless
           forsaking
           of
           our
           Communion
           ,
           have
           greatly
           strengthned
           the
           hands
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           yet
           made
           sensible
           of
           the
           mischief
           of
           Separation
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           pernicious
           consequences
           
           of
           Dividing
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           them
           are
           now
           grown
           fiercer
           than
           ever
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           late
           Books
           and
           Pamphlets
           ,
           &c.
           )
           against
           that
           Church
           ,
           which
           Rome
           hath
           always
           found
           to
           her
           cost
           ,
           the
           most
           impregnable
           Bulwark
           in
           all
           Christendom
           against
           Popery
           .
        
         
           And
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           (
           for
           I
           will
           not
           be
           taxed
           with
           Partiality
           )
           there
           are
           too
           too
           many
           among
           our selves
           ,
           that
           do
           little
           consult
           our
           Churches
           interest
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           but
           greatly
           disserve
           both
           ,
           by
           their
           intemperate
           heats
           ,
           and
           branding
           all
           with
           the
           names
           of
           Fanaticks
           and
           Presbyterians
           who
           are
           not
           come
           up
           to
           their
           pitch
           ▪
           and
           in
           all
           things
           just
           of
           their
           complexion
           ;
           although
           they
           be
           as
           obedient
           to
           both
           their
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Superiors
           as
           themselves
           ,
           are
           no
           less
           truly
           Regular
           and
           Conformable
           .
        
         
           We
           ought
           by
           Love
           and
           Sweetness
           to
           encourage
           men
           all
           we
           can
           ,
           this
           is
           to
           act
           like
           the
           Disciples
           of
           the
           mild
           and
           most
           lovely
           temper'd
           Jesus
           ;
           and
           not
           by
           Sowreness
           and
           Censoriousness
           tempt
           those
           to
           depart
           from
           us
           ,
           who
           would
           gladly
           still
           hold
           Communion
           with
           us
           *
           .
        
         
           
           And
           where
           we
           find
           an
           inclination
           towards
           returning
           in
           any
           that
           have
           departed
           from
           us
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           glad
           to
           meet
           them
           half-way
           in
           order
           to
           the
           bringing
           them
           over
           to
           us
           .
        
         
         
           And
           it
           becomes
           us
           likewise
           to
           make
           a
           difference
           between
           Peaceable
           and
           Modest
           Dissenters
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           are
           Turbulent
           ,
           Seditious
           and
           Factious
           ,
           and
           not
           wind
           up
           all
           together
           in
           the
           same
           bottom
           .
        
         
           I
           may
           add
           also
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           ,
           God
           knows
           ,
           too
           too
           many
           Debauchees
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           who
           would
           be
           thought
           great
           Champions
           for
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           do
           infinite
           prejudice
           to
           both
           ,
           by
           the
           mad
           and
           frantick
           expressions
           of
           their
           zeal
           .
           Who
           do
           mighty
           honour
           to
           Fanaticism
           by
           charging
           all
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           run
           not
           with
           them
           to
           the
           same
           excess
           of
           Riot
           .
        
         
           One
           would
           suspect
           that
           these
           ,
           whatsoever
           they
           pretend
           ,
           do
           really
           design
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           both
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Church
           as
           friendless
           as
           they
           are
           able
           .
        
         
           Heaven
           help
           them
           both
           ,
           should
           they
           ever
           be
           so
           unfortunate
           ,
           (
           which
           God
           forbid
           )
           as
           to
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           this
           sort
           of
           people
           .
        
         
           If
           indeed
           Huffing
           and
           Healthing
           ,
           Cursing
           and
           Damning
           ,
           and
           giving
           vile
           names
           would
           do
           the
           business
           ,
           then
           let
           them
           alone
           to
           protect
           and
           defend
           the
           King
           and
           Church
           :
           but
           former
           experience
           hath
           assured
           us
           ,
           that
           those
           are
           the
           best
           weapons
           that
           most
           of
           them
           can
           boast
           of
           their
           being
           good
           at
           .
        
         
           A
           Neighbouring
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           may
           wish
           God's
           blessing
           on
           the
           hearts
           of
           these
           Gentlemen
           :
           but
           our
           own
           King
           (
           whom
           God
           preserve
           )
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           have
           little
           reason
           to
           Con
           them
           thanks
           ,
           
           for
           any
           service
           they
           are
           like
           to
           do
           them
           .
        
         
         
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           of
           Glorious
           Memory
           was
           very
           sensible
           of
           the
           Consequence
           of
           such
           mens
           assistance
           ,
           which
           proved
           fatal
           to
           him
           :
           
             The
             goodness
             of
             whose
             Cause
             did
             sink
             under
             the
             burden
             of
          
           their
           sins
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           sad
           Presage
           of
           our
           excellent
           Chillingworth
           ,
           in
           a
           Sermon
           Preached
           to
           the
           Court
           at
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           ever
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Church
           should
           be
           again
           set
           upon
           by
           Scribes
           &
           Pharisees
           ,
           God
           grant
           us
           better
           assistance
           than
           that
           of
           Publicans
           &
           Sinners
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           wonder
           in
           my
           heart
           ,
           what
           should
           make
           any
           Debauched
           and
           Prophane
           people
           pretend
           the
           least
           zeal
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           there
           being
           no
           Church
           in
           the
           world
           that
           more
           condemns
           all
           unrighteousness
           and
           sin
           ;
           or
           which
           would
           be
           more
           severe
           against
           wicked
           livers
           ,
           were
           she
           in
           circumstances
           to
           put
           in
           execution
           her
           own
           Discipline
           .
           Which
           she
           is
           not
           like
           to
           be
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           is
           so
           remiss
           in
           executing
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           those
           excellent
           Laws
           that
           are
           Enacted
           against
           Drunkenness
           ,
           Swearing
           ,
           Uncleanness
           ,
           Profanation
           of
           the
           Lord's
           day
           ,
           and
           other
           wicked
           Practices
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           add
           that
           Popery
           and
           Fanaticism
           will
           both
           undoubtedly
           still
           grow
           upon
           us
           ,
           be
           we
           never
           so
           zealous
           against
           both
           ,
           whilst
           that
           Debauchery
           and
           Prophaneness
           ,
           which
           have
           so
           miserably
           overspread
           the
           Nation
           ,
           do
           still
           escape
           scot-free
           and
           go
           unpunish'd
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           but
           observe
           one
           thing
           more
           that
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           uncouth
           and
           ridiculous
           Spectacle
           ,
           to
           behold
           wild
           Fanaticks
           ,
           and
           prophane
           *
           people
           ,
           that
           call
           themselves
           Church
           of
           England
           men
           ,
           (
           who
           are
           far
           from
           deserving
           that
           Title
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           Clergy
           or
           Laity
           )
           contesting
           together
           ,
           and
           falling
           foul
           upon
           one
           another
           :
           One
           
           would
           be
           tempted
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           the
           Grand
           Vizier
           Kuperlées
           blunt
           reply
           to
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           (
           upon
           his
           Accosting
           him
           with
           the
           news
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Armies
           being
           routed
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           
           )
           viz.
           
             What
             matter
             is
             it
             to
             me
             whether
             the
             hog
             worries
             the
             dog
             ,
             or
             the
             dog
             the
             hog
             ,
             so
          
           my
           
             Masters
             head
             be
             but
             safe
          
           .
        
         
           
             To
             Conclude
             .
          
           
             'TILL
             I
             see
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             a
             far
             greater
             sense
             of
             the
             hatefulness
             of
             Schism
             ,
             and
             of
             breaking
             the
             Peace
             and
             Unity
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             of
             which
             all
             good
             people
             did
             heretofore
             express
             the
             greatest
             Abhorrence
             and
             Detestation
             .
          
           
             And
             till
             I
             see
             on
             all
             hands
             more
             sincere
             endeavours
             to
             put
             away
             Anger
             ,
             Wrath
             ,
             Malice
             and
             Bitterness
             .
          
           
             Till
             I
             see
             that
             the
             several
             divided
             Parties
             among
             us
             ,
             are
             more
             inclinable
             to
             unite
             heartily
             with
             us
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             We
             again
             with
             them
             ,
             so
             far
             forth
             as
             unanimously
             to
             oppose
             Popery
             ,
             that
             designs
             the
             destruction
             of
             us
             all
             .
             Which
             all
             but
             hot-spurs
             ,
             that
             never
             allow
             themselves
             leisure
             to
             think
             a
             wise
             ,
             or
             sedate
             thought
             ,
             must
             needs
             know
             to
             be
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             our
             mutual
             preservation
             at
             this
             time
             .
             And
             it
             would
             be
             well
             ,
             would
             we
             herein
             learn
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             who
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             great
             differences
             that
             are
             among
             them
             also
             ,
             can
             joyn
             together
             against
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             Till
             I
             see
             again
             that
             our
             Zeal
             against
             Popery
             is
             generally
             so
             well
             tempered
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             endanger
             our
             running
             headlong
             into
             the
             other
             extreme
             ,
             that
             of
             Confusion
             :
             which
             will
             ,
             no
             question
             ,
             end
             in
             Popery
             .
          
           
           
             Till
             I
             see
             that
             we
             hate
             Popery
             for
             its
             Disloyalty
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             for
             its
             Idolatrous
             and
             Cruel
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             .
          
           
             Till
             I
             see
             also
             that
             our
             opposition
             to
             Poper
             y
             ariseth
             more
             generally
             from
             a
             sense
             of
             the
             infinite
             scandal
             it
             brings
             upon
             the
             Holy
             Religion
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             it
             s
             wofully
             depraving
             the
             Souls
             of
             men
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             from
             our
             concern
             for
             our
             Temporal
             interest
             .
          
           
             Till
             I
             moreover
             see
             that
             Zeal
             in
             any
             sort
             of
             people
             whatsoever
             ,
             is
             not
             accounted
             sufficient
             to
             give
             them
             the
             Reputation
             of
             Good
             Protestants
             or
             Good
             Church-men
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             are
             bad
             Christians
             ,
             and
             their
             Conversations
             declare
             them
             no
             hearty
             Friends
             
               to
               any
            
             Religion
             .
          
           
             And
             (
             in
             a
             word
             )
             till
             I
             see
             that
             our
             Excellent
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             that
             the
             pure
             and
             undefiled
             Religion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             hath
             a
             more
             powerful
             influence
             upon
             the
             Lives
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             of
             those
             who
             profess
             themselves
             Anti-papists
             and
             Anti-sectarians
             :
             I
             say
             ,
             till
             I
             see
             these
             things
             ,
             I
             shall
             ,
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             be
             far
             from
             concluding
             with
             Agag
             ,
             that
             the
             bitterness
             of
             death
             is
             past
             ,
             that
             the
             worst
             is
             not
             still
             behind
             ;
             which
             God
             in
             his
             infinite
             mercy
             ,
             give
             us
             wisdom
             to
             prevent
             ,
             by
             our
             timely
             Reformation
             in
             the
             forementioned
             instances
             ,
             for
             Christ
             Jesus
             his
             sake
             :
             To
             whom
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             be
             rendred
             by
             us
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             all
             Honour
             ,
             Glory
             and
             Praise
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A40089-e110
           
             *
             See
             Prov.
             26.24
             ,
             25
             ,
             26.
             
             See
             Prov.
             25.18
             .
          
           
             *
             Deut.
             4.15
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A40089-e1560
           
             
               See
               Dr.
            
             More
             '
             
               s
               Mystery
               of
               iniquity
               ,
               Book
            
             2.
             
             Chap.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               Most
               plainly
               to
               be
               learned
               from
               the
               Council
               of
            
             Constance
             Sess.
             19.
             
          
           
             
               P.
               Perionius
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               excellent
               Mr.
            
             Joseph
             Mede
             
               declares
               it
               as
               his
               Opinion
               ,
               that
               the
               Papal
               Persecution
               doth
               equalize
               ,
               if
               not
               exceed
               ,
               the
               destruction
               of
               men
               made
               upon
               the
               Church
               by
               the
               Ten
               famous
               Persecutions
               under
               the
               Pagan
               Emperors
               .
               And
               this
               he
               wrote
               before
               the
               horrible
               slaughters
               in
            
             Piedmont
             and
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             *
             
               That
               is
               ,
               upon
               supposition
               that
               the
               Evidence
               be
               fully
               known
               to
               them
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               We
               think
               it
               high
               time
               to
               shew
               our
               dislike
               of
               those
               against
               whom
               we
               have
               been
               ever
               enough
               offended
               ,
               though
               we
               could
               not
               in
               this
               manner
               declare
               it
               ,
               who
               under
               pretence
               of
               Affection
               to
               Vs
               and
               Our
               Service
               ,
               assume
               to
               themselves
               the
               liberty
               of
               Reviling
               ,
               Threatning
               and
               Reproaching
               others
               ;
               and
               as
               much
               as
               in
            
             them
             
               lies
               ,
               endeavour
               to
               stifle
               and
               divert
               their
               good
               inclinations
               to
               Our
               Service
               ;
               and
               so
               to
               prevent
               that
               Reconciliation
               and
               Vnion
               of
               Hearts
               and
               Affections
               ,
               which
               can
               only
               ,
               with
               Gods
               Blessing
               ,
               make
               Vs
               rejoyce
               in
               each
               other
               ,
               and
               keep
               our
               Enemies
               from
               rejoycing
               .
            
             King
             Charles
             II.
             in
             His
             Proclamation
             against
             Vicious
             and
             Debauched
             people
             .
          
           
             
               T
               is
               evident
               I
               meant
               nothing
               by
               this
               passage
               but
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               imitate
               the
               Fathers
               behaviour
               in
               the
               Parable
               towards
               his
               Prodigal
               Son.
               
            
          
           
             
               There
               are
               likewise
               another
               sort
               of
               men
               ,
               of
               whom
               we
               have
               heard
               much
               ,
               and
               are
               sufficiently
               ashamed
               ,
               who
               spend
               their
               time
               in
               Taverns
               ,
               Tipling-houses
               ,
               and
               Debauches
               ,
               giving
               no
               other
               Evidence
               of
               their
               Affection
               to
               us
               ,
               but
               in
               Drinking
               ,
               our
               Health
               ,
               and
               inveiging
               against
               all
               others
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               of
               their
               own
               dissolute
               temper
               ;
               and
               who
               in
               truth
               ,
               have
               more
               discredited
               our
               cause
               ,
               by
               the
               licence
               of
               their
               manners
               and
               lives
               ,
               than
               they
               could
               ever
               advance
               it
               by
               their
               Affection
               or
               Courage
               ,
               &c.
            
             In
             the
             same
             Proclamation
             .
          
           
             *
             
               This
               Paragraph
               is
               a
               little
               enlarged
               .
            
          
           
             Ricaut
             .