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           HEAVEN
           vpon
           Earth
           ,
           Or
           Of
           true
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Tranquillitie
           of
           Minde
           .
        
         
           By
           Ios
           .
           Hall.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           .
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Windet
          
           for
           Iohn
           Porter
           1606.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Right
           Honorable
           Henry
           Earle
           of
           Huntingdon
           ,
           Lord
           Hastings
           ,
           Hungerford
           ,
           Botreaux
           Molines
           &
           Moiles
           ,
           his
           Maiesties
           Lieu-tenant
           in
           the
           Counties
           of
           Leicester
           and
           Rutland
           my
           singular
           good
           Lord
           all
           increase
           of
           true
           honor
           ▪
           and
           Heauen
           begun
           vpon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           RIGHT
           Honorable
           I
           haue
           vndertaken
           a
           great
           taske
           to
           teach
           men
           how
           to
           be
           happy
           in
           this
           life
           :
           I
           haue
           vndertaken
           and
           performed
           it
           :
           
           Wherein
           I
           haue
           followed
           Seneca
           and
           gone
           beyond
           him
           ;
           followed
           him
           as
           a
           Philosopher
           ,
           gone
           beyond
           him
           as
           a
           Christian
           ,
           as
           a
           Diuine
           .
           Finding
           it
           a
           true
           cēsure
           of
           the
           best
           Moralist
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           like
           to
           goodly
           ships
           ,
           graced
           with
           great
           titles
           the
           Saue-gard
           ,
           the
           Triumph
           ,
           the
           Good-speed
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           when
           yet
           they
           haue
           beene
           both
           extreamely
           Sea-beaten
           and
           at
           last
           wracked
           .
           The
           volume
           is
           little
           ,
           perhaps
           the
           vse
           more
           ;
           I
           haue
           euer
           thought
           according
           to
           the
           Greeke
           Prouerbe
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           What
           it
           is
           ,
           
           euen
           iustice
           challengeth
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Author
           hath
           deuoted
           himselfe
           :
           The
           children
           of
           the
           bondman
           are
           the
           goods
           of
           the
           parents
           Maister
           .
           I
           humbly
           betake
           it
           to
           your
           Honors
           protection
           ,
           and
           your
           Honor
           to
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           highest
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Honors
             most
             humbly
             deuoted
             in
             all
             duty
             and
             seruice
             .
             Ios
             .
             Hall.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           HEAVEN
           vpon
           earth
           or
           of
           true
           peace
           of
           minde
           .
        
         
           
             Sect.
             1.
             
          
           
             WHen
             I
             had
             studiously
             red
             ouer
             the
             morall
             writings
             of
             some
             wise
             Heathen
             ,
             
             especially
             those
             of
             the
             Stoicall
             profession
             ,
             I
             must
             confesse
             I
             found
             a
             little
             enuie
             and
             pitie
             striuing
             
             together
             within
             me
             :
             I
             enuied
             nature
             in
             them
             ,
             to
             see
             her
             so
             witty
             in
             deuising
             such
             plausible
             refuges
             for
             doubting
             and
             troubled
             mindes
             :
             I
             pitied
             them
             to
             see
             that
             their
             carefull
             disquisition
             of
             true
             rest
             ,
             led
             them
             in
             the
             end
             but
             to
             meere
             vnquietnesse
             :
             VVherein
             mee
             thought
             ,
             they
             were
             as
             hounds
             swift
             of
             foote
             ,
             but
             not
             exquisite
             in
             sent
             ,
             which
             in
             an
             hasty
             pursute
             take
             a
             wrong
             waie
             ,
             spending
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             and
             courses
             in
             vaine
             .
             Their
             praise
             of
             gessing
             wittily
             they
             shall
             
             not
             leese
             ,
             their
             hopes
             both
             they
             lost
             ,
             and
             whosoeuer
             followes
             them
             .
             If
             Seneca
             could
             haue
             had
             grace
             to
             his
             wit
             ,
             what
             wonders
             would
             he
             haue
             done
             in
             this
             kind
             ?
             what
             Diuine
             might
             not
             haue
             yeelded
             him
             the
             chayre
             for
             precepts
             of
             Trāquillitie
             without
             any
             disparagement
             ?
             As
             he
             was
             ,
             this
             he
             hath
             gained
             .
             Neuer
             any
             Heathen
             wrote
             more
             diuinely
             ,
             neuer
             any
             Philosopher
             more
             probably
             .
             Neither
             would
             I
             euer
             desire
             better
             Master
             if
             to
             this
             purpose
             I
             needed
             no
             other
             mistres
             
             then
             nature
             .
             But
             this
             in
             truth
             is
             a
             taske
             ,
             which
             nature
             hath
             neuer
             without
             presumption
             vndertaken
             ,
             and
             neuer
             performed
             without
             much
             imperfection
             .
             Like
             to
             those
             vaine
             and
             wandring
             Empiricks
             which
             in
             Tables
             and
             pictures
             make
             great
             ostētatiō
             of
             cures
             ,
             neuer
             approouing
             their
             skill
             to
             their
             credulous
             patients
             .
             And
             if
             she
             could
             haue
             truely
             effected
             it
             alone
             .
             I
             know
             not
             what
             employment
             in
             this
             life
             she
             should
             haue
             left
             for
             grace
             to
             busie
             her selfe
             about
             ,
             nor
             what
             priuiledge
             
             it
             should
             haue
             beene
             here
             below
             to
             be
             a
             Christian
             ,
             since
             this
             that
             we
             seeke
             is
             the
             noblest
             worke
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             alone
             consists
             the
             only
             Heauen
             of
             this
             world
             ;
             this
             is
             the
             summe
             of
             all
             humane
             desires
             ,
             which
             when
             we
             haue
             attained
             ,
             then
             onely
             we
             begin
             to
             liue
             ,
             and
             are
             sure
             we
             cannot
             thence
             forth
             liue
             miserably
             .
             No
             maruell
             then
             if
             al
             the
             heathen
             haue
             diligently
             sought
             after
             it
             ,
             many
             wrot
             of
             it
             ,
             none
             attained
             it
             .
             Not
             Athens
             must
             teach
             this
             lesson
             ,
             but
             Ierusalem
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
          
           
             YET
             something
             Grace
             scorneth
             not
             to
             learne
             of
             Nature
             ,
             
             as
             Moses
             may
             take
             good
             counsell
             of
             a
             Midianite
             .
             Nature
             hath
             euer
             had
             more
             skill
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             way
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             whether
             she
             haue
             discoursed
             of
             the
             good
             estate
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             which
             we
             call
             Tranquillitie
             or
             the
             best
             which
             is
             happinesse
             hath
             more
             happely
             gessed
             at
             the
             generall
             definition
             of
             them
             then
             of
             the
             meanes
             to
             
             compasse
             them
             .
             She
             teacheth
             vs
             therefore
             without
             controlement
             ,
             that
             the
             Tranquillitie
             of
             the
             mind
             is
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Sea
             and
             weather
             ,
             when
             no
             winde
             stirreth
             ,
             when
             the
             waues
             doe
             not
             tumultuously
             rise
             and
             fall
             vpon
             each
             other
             ,
             but
             when
             the
             face
             both
             of
             the
             Heauen
             and
             waters
             is
             still
             ,
             faire
             ,
             and
             equable
             .
             That
             it
             is
             such
             an
             euen
             disposition
             of
             the
             hart
             ,
             wherein
             the
             scoales
             of
             the
             mind
             neither
             rise
             vp
             towards
             the
             boame
             ,
             through
             their
             owne
             lightnesse
             ,
             or
             the
             ouer-weening
             opinion
             
             of
             prosperity
             ,
             nor
             are
             too
             much
             depressed
             with
             any
             loade
             of
             sorrow
             ;
             but
             hanging
             equall
             and
             vnmooued
             betwixt
             both
             ;
             giue
             a
             man
             libertie
             in
             all
             occurrences
             to
             enioy
             himselfe
             .
             Not
             that
             the
             most
             temperate
             minde
             can
             be
             so
             the
             maister
             of
             his
             Passions
             ,
             as
             not
             somtimes
             to
             ouer-ioy
             his
             griefe
             ,
             or
             ouer-grieue
             his
             ioy
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             contrary
             occasions
             of
             both
             ,
             for
             not
             the
             euenest
             weights
             ,
             but
             at
             their
             first
             putting
             into
             the
             balance
             somewhat
             sway
             both
             parts
             thereof
             ,
             not
             without
             
             some
             shew
             of
             inequalitie
             ,
             which
             yet
             after
             some
             little
             motion
             ,
             settle
             themselues
             in
             a
             meete
             poyse
             .
             It
             is
             enough
             that
             after
             some
             sudden
             agitation
             ,
             it
             can
             returne
             to
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             rest
             it selfe
             at
             last
             in
             a
             resolued
             peace
             .
             And
             this
             due
             composednesse
             of
             minde
             we
             require
             vnto
             our
             Trāquillitie
             ,
             not
             for
             some
             short
             fits
             of
             good
             moode
             ,
             which
             soone
             after
             ende
             in
             discontentment
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             condition
             of
             perpetuitie
             .
             For
             there
             is
             no
             hart
             makes
             so
             rough
             weather
             ,
             as
             not
             sometimes
             
             to
             admitte
             of
             a
             calme
             ,
             and
             whether
             for
             that
             he
             knoweth
             no
             present
             cause
             of
             his
             trouble
             ,
             or
             for
             that
             he
             knoweth
             that
             cause
             of
             trouble
             is
             countervayled
             with
             as
             great
             an
             occasion
             of
             priuate
             ioy
             ,
             or
             for
             that
             the
             multitude
             of
             euils
             hath
             bred
             carelessenesse
             ,
             the
             man
             that
             is
             most
             disordered
             finds
             some
             respits
             of
             quietnesse
             .
             The
             balances
             that
             are
             most
             ill
             matched
             in
             their
             vnsteddie
             motions
             come
             to
             an
             equalitie
             ,
             but
             stay
             not
             at
             it
             .
             The
             franticke
             man
             cannot
             auoide
             the
             imputatiō
             
             of
             madnes
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             sober
             for
             many
             moones
             ,
             if
             he
             rage
             in
             one
             .
             So
             then
             the
             calme
             minde
             must
             be
             setled
             in
             an
             habitual
             rest
             ,
             not
             then
             firme
             when
             there
             is
             nothing
             to
             shake
             it
             ,
             but
             then
             least
             shaken
             when
             it
             is
             most
             assayled
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
          
           
             WHence
             easily
             appears
             how
             vainly
             it
             hath
             beene
             sought
             either
             in
             such
             a
             constant
             estate
             of
             outward
             thinges
             ,
             
             as
             shoulde
             geue
             no
             distast
             vnto
             the
             minde
             ,
             whiles
             all
             earthly
             thinges
             varie
             with
             the
             
             weather
             ,
             &
             haue
             no
             stay
             but
             in
             vncertaintie
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             naturall
             temper
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             so
             ordered
             by
             humaine
             wisdome
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             should
             not
             be
             affected
             with
             anie
             casuall
             euentes
             to
             either
             part
             ;
             since
             that
             cannot
             euer
             by
             naturall
             power
             be
             held
             like
             to
             it selfe
             ;
             but
             one
             while
             is
             cherefull
             ,
             stirrīg
             ,
             &
             redy
             to
             vndertake
             ;
             anotherwhile
             drousie
             ,
             dull
             ,
             comfortlesse
             ,
             prone
             to
             rest
             ,
             wearie
             of
             it selfe
             ,
             loathing
             his
             own
             purposes
             ,
             his
             own
             resolutions
             .
             In
             both
             which
             ,
             since
             the
             wisest
             philosophers
             haue
             
             grounded
             al
             the
             rules
             of
             their
             tranquillitie
             ,
             it
             is
             plaine
             that
             they
             saw
             it
             a
             farre
             off
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             heauen
             it selfe
             with
             a
             desire
             and
             admiratiō
             ,
             but
             knew
             not
             the
             way
             to
             it
             :
             Wherupon
             alas
             ,
             how
             sleight
             &
             impotent
             are
             the
             remedies
             they
             prescribe
             for
             vnquietnes
             .
             For
             what
             is
             it
             that
             for
             the
             inconstancie
             and
             lazinesse
             of
             the
             minde
             still
             displeasing
             it selfe
             in
             what
             it
             doth
             ,
             
             and
             for
             that
             distemper
             thereof
             which
             ariseth
             frō
             the
             fearefull
             ,
             vnthriuing
             ,
             and
             restlesse
             desires
             of
             it
             ,
             wee
             should
             euer
             be
             imploying
             
             our selues
             in
             some
             publike
             affaires
             ,
             choosing
             our
             businesse
             according
             to
             our
             inclination
             ,
             and
             prosecuting
             what
             we
             haue
             chosen
             ?
             wherewith
             being
             at
             last
             cloied
             we
             should
             retire
             our selues
             and
             we
             are
             the
             rest
             of
             our
             time
             in
             priuat
             studies
             ;
             that
             wee
             should
             make
             due
             comparatiue
             trials
             of
             our
             own
             ability
             ;
             nature
             of
             our
             businesses
             ;
             disposition
             of
             our
             chosē
             freends
             ?
             that
             in
             respect
             of
             Patrimonie
             we
             should
             be
             but
             carelesly
             affected
             ,
             so
             drawing
             it
             in
             as
             it
             may
             be
             least
             for
             show
             ,
             most
             
             for
             vse
             ;
             remouing
             all
             pompe
             ,
             bridling
             our
             hopes
             ,
             cutting
             off
             superfluities
             for
             crosses
             ,
             to
             cōsider
             that
             custome
             will
             abate
             and
             mitigate
             them
             that
             the
             best
             thinges
             are
             but
             chaynes
             &
             burdens
             to
             those
             that
             haue
             them
             to
             those
             that
             vse
             thē
             ,
             that
             the
             worst
             thinges
             haue
             some
             mixture
             of
             cōforte
             to
             those
             that
             grone
             vnder
             them
             .
             Or
             leauing
             these
             lower
             rudimentes
             that
             are
             geuen
             to
             weake
             and
             simple
             nouices
             to
             examine
             those
             golden
             rules
             of
             mortality
             ,
             which
             are
             commended
             to
             the
             
             most
             wise
             &
             able
             practitioners
             ,
             what
             is
             it
             to
             accoūt
             himselfe
             as
             a
             tenant
             at
             will
             ?
             To
             fore-imagine
             the
             worst
             in
             al
             casual
             matters
             ?
             To
             auoyde
             all
             idle
             &
             impertinent
             businesses
             all
             pragmaticall
             medling
             with
             affairs
             of
             state
             ?
             not
             so
             to
             fix
             our selues
             vpō
             any
             one
             estate
             as
             to
             be
             impatiēt
             of
             a
             change
             ,
             to
             call
             backe
             the
             mind
             frō
             outward
             things
             ,
             and
             draw
             it
             home
             into
             it self
             ?
             to
             laugh
             at
             &
             esteeme
             lightlie
             of
             others
             misdemeanours
             ?
             Not
             to
             depend
             vpon
             others
             opiniōs
             but
             to
             stād
             on
             our
             own
             bottoms
             ?
             to
             
             carry
             our selues
             in
             an
             honest
             and
             simple
             truth
             ,
             free
             frō
             a
             curious
             hypocrisy
             ,
             &
             affectation
             of
             seeming
             other
             then
             we
             are
             ,
             &
             yet
             as
             free
             frō
             a
             base
             kinde
             of
             carelesnes
             ?
             to
             intermeddle
             retyrednes
             ,
             with
             society
             ,
             so
             as
             one
             may
             giue
             sweetnesse
             to
             the
             other
             and
             both
             to
             vs.
             So
             slackening
             the
             minde
             that
             we
             may
             not
             loosen
             it
             ,
             &
             so
             bēding
             as
             we
             may
             not
             break
             it
             ?
             to
             make
             most
             of
             our selues
             ,
             chearing
             vp
             our
             spirits
             with
             variety
             of
             recreations
             with
             satiety
             of
             meals
             ,
             &
             all
             other
             bodily
             indulgence
             ,
             sauing
             that
             
             kennes
             (
             me
             thinkes
             )
             can
             neither
             beseeme
             a
             wise
             philosopher
             to
             prescribe
             nor
             a
             vertuous
             man
             to
             practise
             .
             
             Al
             these
             in
             their
             kindes
             please
             well
             ,
             profit
             much
             ,
             and
             are
             as
             soueraigne
             for
             both
             these
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             vnable
             to
             effect
             that
             for
             which
             they
             are
             propounded
             .
             Nature
             teaches
             thee
             all
             these
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             she
             cannot
             teach
             thee
             to
             do
             thē
             and
             yet
             do
             all
             these
             and
             no
             more
             ,
             
             let
             mee
             neuer
             haue
             rest
             ,
             if
             thou
             haue
             it
             .
             For
             neither
             are
             here
             the
             greatest
             enemyes
             of
             our
             peace
             so
             much
             as
             descryed
             
             a
             fair
             off
             ,
             nor
             those
             that
             are
             noted
             are
             hereby
             so
             preuented
             that
             vpon
             most
             diligent
             practise
             we
             cā
             promise
             our selues
             any
             security
             :
             wherewith
             who
             so
             instructed
             dare
             cōfidently
             giue
             chalenge
             to
             all
             sinister
             euentes
             ,
             is
             like
             to
             some
             sk●●●●
             fencer
             who
             stands
             vpō
             his
             vsuall
             wards
             ,
             &
             plaies
             well
             ;
             but
             if
             there
             come
             a
             strange
             fetch
             of
             an
             vnwonted
             blowe
             ,
             is
             put
             besides
             the
             rules
             of
             his
             art
             ,
             and
             with
             much
             shame
             ouertaken
             .
             And
             for
             those
             that
             are
             knowne
             ,
             beleeue
             me
             ,
             the
             mind
             of
             man
             is
             too
             weak
             
             to
             beare
             out
             it selfe
             hereby
             against
             all
             onsets
             :
             There
             are
             light
             crosses
             that
             will
             take
             an
             easie
             repulse
             ,
             others
             yet
             stronger
             ,
             that
             shake
             the
             house
             side
             ,
             but
             breake
             not
             in
             vpō
             vs
             ;
             others
             vehemēt
             ,
             which
             by
             force
             make
             way
             to
             the
             hart
             where
             they
             find
             none
             breaking
             open
             the
             dore
             of
             the
             soul
             that
             denies
             entiāce
             :
             Others
             violent
             that
             lift
             the
             minde
             of
             the
             hendges
             ,
             or
             rend
             the
             bars
             of
             it
             in
             peeces
             ,
             others
             furious
             that
             teare
             vp
             the
             very
             foundations
             from
             the
             bottome
             ,
             leauing
             no
             monument
             
             behind
             thē
             ,
             but
             ruine
             .
             The
             wisest
             &
             most
             resolute
             Moralist
             that
             euer
             was
             ,
             lookt
             pale
             when
             he
             shold
             tast
             of
             his
             Hemlock
             ;
             &
             by
             his
             timorousnesse
             made
             sport
             to
             those
             that
             enuied
             his
             speculations
             .
             The
             best
             of
             the
             heathen
             Emperors
             (
             that
             was
             honored
             with
             the
             title
             of
             pietie
             )
             iustly
             magnified
             that
             courage
             of
             Christians
             which
             made
             thē
             insult
             ouer
             their
             tormētors
             &
             by
             their
             fearelessenesse
             of
             earthquakes
             ,
             
             &
             deaths
             argued
             the
             truth
             of
             their
             religion
             .
             
             It
             must
             be
             ,
             it
             can
             be
             none
             but
             a
             diuine
             
             power
             ,
             that
             can
             vphold
             the
             minde
             against
             the
             rage
             of
             maine
             afflictions
             &
             yet
             the
             greatest
             crosses
             are
             not
             the
             greatest
             enemies
             to
             inward
             peace
             .
             Let
             vs
             therefore
             looke
             vp
             aboue
             our selues
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             rules
             of
             an
             hyer
             air
             ,
             supply
             the
             efects
             of
             naturall
             wisdome
             ,
             giuing
             such
             infallible
             directions
             for
             trāquillity
             that
             whosoeuer
             shall-follow
             ,
             cannot
             but
             liue
             sweetly
             and
             with
             c●ntinuall
             delight
             applauding
             himselfe
             at
             home
             when
             all
             the
             world
             besides
             him
             sh●lbee
             miserable
             .
             To
             
             w●ich
             purpose
             it
             shall
             be
             requisite
             ,
             
             first
             to
             remoue
             all
             causes
             of
             vnquietnes
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             set
             down
             the
             groundes
             of
             our
             happy
             ●est
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
          
           
             I
             Finde
             on
             the
             one
             two
             vniuersall
             enemyes
             of
             Tr●nquillity
             ,
             
             Conscience
             of
             euil
             done
             ,
             Sense
             or
             fear
             of
             euill
             suffred
             .
             The
             former
             in
             one
             word
             we
             call
             Sins
             ,
             the
             latter
             Crosses
             .
             The
             1.
             of
             these
             must
             bee
             quite
             taken
             away
             ,
             the
             second
             duely
             tempered
             ere
             the
             hart
             can
             bee
             at
             rest
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             how
             can
             
             that
             man
             be
             at
             peace
             ,
             that
             is
             at
             variāce
             with
             God
             &
             himselfe
             ?
             How
             shoulde
             peace
             be
             gods
             gift
             ,
             if
             it
             could
             be
             without
             him
             ,
             if
             it
             could
             be
             against
             him
             ?
             It
             is
             the
             professiō
             of
             sin
             although
             faire
             spokē
             at
             the
             first
             closing
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             perpetual
             make-bate
             betwixt
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             betwixt
             a
             mā
             &
             himself
             .
             And
             this
             enmity
             ,
             tho
             it
             do
             not
             cōtinually
             show
             it selfe
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             mortallest
             enemies
             are
             not
             alwaies
             in
             pitched
             fieldes
             one
             against
             the
             other
             )
             for
             that
             the
             cōsciēce
             is
             not
             euer
             clamorous
             ,
             but
             somwhile
             is
             silēt
             ,
             otherwhiles
             with
             stil
             murmurings
             bewrais
             his
             mislikes
             
             yet
             doth
             euer
             more
             work
             secret
             vnquientnes
             to
             the
             hart
             .
             The
             guilty
             man
             may
             haue
             a
             seeming
             truce
             ,
             a
             tru
             peace
             he
             cānot
             haue
             .
             
             Look
             vpō
             the
             face
             of
             the
             guilty
             hart
             ,
             &
             thou
             shalt
             see
             it
             pale
             aud
             gastly
             ;
             the
             smiles
             &
             laughters
             fainte
             &
             hartles
             ,
             the
             speeches
             doubtful
             ,
             &
             ful
             of
             abrupt
             stops
             &
             vnseasonable
             turnīgs
             ,
             the
             purposes
             &
             motiōs
             vnsteddy
             ,
             &
             sauorīg
             of
             much
             distractiō
             ,
             arguing
             plainly
             that
             sin
             is
             not
             so
             smooth
             at
             hir
             first
             motions
             ,
             as
             turbulent
             afterwards
             :
             hēce
             are
             those
             vain
             wearyīgs
             of
             places
             &
             cōpanies
             together
             with
             our selues
             ,
             that
             the
             galled
             
             soule
             doth
             after
             the
             wōt
             of
             sick
             patients
             ,
             seeke
             refreshing
             in
             variety
             ,
             and
             after
             many
             to●l●d
             &
             turned
             sides
             complaines
             of
             remedilesse
             and
             vnabated
             torment
             .
             Nero
             ,
             after
             so
             much
             innocent
             blood
             may
             change
             his
             bed
             chamber
             ,
             but
             his
             friendes
             euer
             attend
             him
             ,
             euer
             are
             within
             him
             ,
             and
             are
             as
             parts
             of
             himselfe
             .
             Alas
             what
             auailes
             it
             to
             seeke
             outward
             releefes
             ,
             when
             thou
             hast
             thine
             executioner
             within
             thee
             ?
             If
             thou
             couldest
             shift
             from
             thy selfe
             thou
             mightest
             haue
             some
             hope
             of
             ease
             ;
             
             now
             thou
             shalt
             neuer
             wāt
             furies
             so
             long
             as
             thou
             hast
             thy selfe
             .
             Yea
             ,
             what
             if
             thou
             wouldst
             runne
             from
             thy selfe
             ?
             Thy
             soule
             may
             flie
             from
             thy
             body
             ,
             thy
             conscience
             will
             not
             flye
             from
             thy
             soule
             ,
             nor
             thy
             sin
             from
             thy
             conscience
             .
             Some
             men
             indeed
             in
             the
             bitternes
             of
             these
             pangs
             of
             sinne
             ,
             like
             vnto
             those
             fondly
             impatient
             fishes
             ,
             that
             leape
             out
             of
             the
             pan
             into
             the
             flame
             ,
             haue
             leapt
             out
             of
             this
             priuate
             hell
             that
             is
             in
             themselues
             ,
             into
             the
             common
             pit
             ,
             choosing
             rather
             to
             aduenture
             vpon
             the
             future
             
             paines
             that
             they
             haue
             feared
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             indure
             the
             present
             horrors
             they
             haue
             felt
             :
             wherin
             what
             haue
             they
             gayned
             ,
             but
             to
             that
             hell
             which
             was
             within
             them
             ,
             a
             second
             hell
             without
             .
             The
             conscience
             leaues
             not
             where
             the
             feends
             begin
             ,
             but
             both
             ioyne
             together
             in
             torture
             .
             But
             there
             are
             some
             firme
             &
             obdurate
             forheads
             ,
             whose
             resolution
             can
             laugh
             their
             sinnes
             out
             of
             countenance
             .
             There
             are
             so
             large
             and
             able
             gorges
             as
             that
             they
             can
             swallow
             and
             digest
             bloody
             murders
             ,
             
             without
             complaint
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             same
             hāds
             which
             they
             haue
             since
             their
             last
             meale
             embrued
             in
             blood
             can
             freely
             carue
             to
             themselues
             large
             mor
             sels
             at
             the
             next
             sitting
             .
             
             Beleeuest
             thou
             that
             such
             a
             mans
             heart
             laughs
             with
             his
             face
             ?
             will
             not
             he
             dare
             to
             be
             an
             hypocrite
             that
             durst
             be
             a
             villaine
             ?
             These
             glow-wormes
             when
             a
             night
             of
             sorrow
             compasses
             them
             ,
             make
             a
             lightsome
             and
             fiery
             show
             of
             ioy
             ,
             when
             if
             thou
             presse
             thē
             thou
             findest
             nothing
             but
             a
             cold
             &
             crude
             moisture
             .
             Knowest
             thou
             not
             
             that
             ther
             are
             those
             ,
             which
             coūt
             it
             no
             shame
             to
             sin
             ,
             yet
             coūt
             it
             a
             shame
             to
             be
             checked
             with
             remorse
             especially
             so
             as
             others
             eies
             may
             descry
             ?
             to
             whom
             repentāce
             seems
             base-mindednesse
             ,
             vnworthie
             of
             him
             that
             professes
             wisedome
             and
             valour
             .
             Such
             a
             man
             can
             greeue
             when
             none
             sees
             it
             but
             himself
             cā
             laugh
             when
             others
             see
             it
             himself
             feeles
             not
             .
             Assure
             thy selfe
             that
             mans
             heart
             bleedeth
             when
             his
             face
             counterfaites
             a
             smile
             ,
             hee
             wears
             out
             many
             waking
             hours
             when
             thou
             thinkst
             
             hee
             resteth
             ,
             yea
             as
             his
             thoughts
             affoorde
             him
             not
             sleep
             ,
             so
             his
             very
             sleep
             affordes
             him
             not
             rest
             :
             but
             while
             his
             senses
             are
             tyed
             vp
             ,
             his
             sin
             is
             loose
             ,
             representing
             it selfe
             to
             him
             in
             his
             vgliest
             shape
             &
             frighting
             him
             with
             horrible
             and
             hellish
             dreames
             .
             And
             if
             perhaps
             custome
             hath
             bred
             a
             carelesnesse
             in
             him
             ,
             (
             as
             we
             see
             that
             vsual
             whipping
             makes
             the
             childe
             not
             care
             for
             the
             rod
             )
             yet
             an
             vnwonted
             extremity
             of
             the
             blow
             shall
             fetch
             blood
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             backe
             that
             is
             most
             hardned
             ,
             〈◊〉
             
             of
             smart
             :
             and
             the
             further
             the
             blow
             is
             fetcht
             through
             intermission
             of
             remorse
             ,
             the
             harder
             it
             must
             needs
             alight
             .
             Therefore
             I
             may
             confidently
             tell
             the
             carelesse
             sinner
             as
             that
             bolde
             Tragediā
             said
             to
             his
             great
             Pompey
             .
             the
             time
             shal
             come
             wherein
             thou
             shalt
             fetch
             deepe
             sighes
             ,
             and
             therefore
             shalt
             sorrowe
             desperately
             ,
             because
             thou
             sorrowedst
             not
             sooner
             .
             The
             fier
             of
             the
             cōsciēce
             may
             ly
             for
             a
             time
             smothered
             with
             a
             pile
             of
             greene
             wood
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             bee
             discerned
             ,
             whose
             moisture
             when
             once
             it
             hath
             
             maistred
             ,
             it
             sends
             vp
             so
             much
             greater
             flame
             by
             how
             much
             it
             had
             greater
             resistance
             .
             Hope
             not
             thē
             to
             stop
             the
             mouth
             of
             thy
             Conscience
             from
             exclaiming
             whiles
             thy
             sin
             cōtinues
             ,
             that
             indeuor
             is
             both
             vain
             &
             hurtful
             ;
             so
             I
             haue
             seene
             them
             that
             haue
             stopt
             the
             nosthrill
             for
             bleeding
             in
             hope
             to
             stay
             the
             issue
             when
             the
             blood
             hindered
             in
             his
             former
             course
             hath
             broken
             out
             of
             the
             mouth
             ,
             or
             found
             way
             downe
             into
             the
             stomack
             .
             The
             conscience
             is
             not
             pacifiable
             while
             sinne
             is
             within
             to
             vexe
             it
             .
             
             no
             more
             then
             an
             angry
             swelling
             can
             cease
             throbbing
             and
             aching
             whiles
             the
             thorne
             or
             the
             corrupted
             matter
             lyes
             rotting
             vnderneath
             .
             Time
             that
             remedies
             all
             other
             euils
             of
             the
             mind
             encreaseth
             this
             ,
             which
             like
             to
             bodily
             diseases
             pr●oues
             worse
             with
             continuance
             ,
             and
             growes
             vpon
             vs
             with
             our
             age
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             5.
             
          
           
             THere
             can
             be
             therefore
             no
             peace
             without
             reconciliatiō
             ,
             
             thou
             canst
             not
             be
             friends
             with
             thy selfe
             ,
             till
             wi●h
             God
             ▪
             for
             thy
             conscience
             (
             which
             is
             thy
             best
             friend
             while
             thou
             sinnest
             not
             )
             like
             an
             honest
             seruant
             takes
             his
             Masters
             part
             against
             thee
             when
             thou
             hast
             sinned
             ;
             and
             will
             not
             looke
             straight
             vpon
             thee
             ,
             till
             thou
             vpon
             God
             ;
             not
             daring
             to
             be
             so
             kinde
             to
             thee
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             vnfaithfull
             
             to
             his
             maker
             :
             There
             can
             be
             no
             recōciliation
             without
             remission
             .
             God
             can
             neither
             forget
             the
             iniurie
             of
             sinne
             ,
             nor
             dissemble
             hatred
             .
             It
             is
             for
             men
             ,
             &
             those
             of
             hollow
             harts
             ,
             to
             make
             pretences
             contrary
             to
             their
             affections
             :
             soothings
             ,
             and
             smiles
             ,
             &
             imbracements
             where
             we
             meane
             not
             loue
             ,
             are
             from
             weakenesse
             .
             Either
             for
             that
             we
             feare
             our
             insufficiencie
             of
             present
             reuenge
             ,
             or
             hope
             for
             a
             fitter
             oportunitie
             afterwards
             ,
             or
             for
             that
             we
             desire
             to
             make
             our
             further
             aduantage
             of
             him
             to
             
             whom
             wee
             meane
             euill
             .
             These
             courses
             are
             not
             incident
             into
             an
             almighty
             power
             ,
             who
             hauing
             the
             command
             of
             all
             vēgeāce
             can
             smite
             where
             hee
             list
             without
             all
             doubtings
             or
             delayes
             .
             There
             can
             be
             no
             remissiō
             without
             satisfaction
             ,
             neither
             dealeth
             God
             with
             vs
             as
             wee
             men
             with
             some
             desperat
             debters
             ,
             whom
             after
             long
             dilation
             of
             paiments
             and
             many
             dayes
             broken
             wee
             altogether
             let
             go
             for
             disability
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             dismisse
             them
             vpon
             an
             easy
             cōpositiō
             .
             Al
             sins
             are
             debts
             ;
             all
             Gods
             debts
             must
             bee
             
             discharg●d
             .
             It
             is
             b●lde
             worde
             but
             a
             true
             .
             God
             should
             not
             bee
             iust
             if
             any
             of
             his
             debts
             shoulde
             passe
             vn
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
             The
             cōceit
             of
             the
             prophane
             vulgar
             makes
             God
             all
             of
             mercies
             ,
             and
             therevpon
             hopes
             for
             pardon
             without
             payment
             .
             Fo●d
             and
             ignorant
             presumption
             to
             disioyne
             mercy
             &
             iustice
             in
             him
             to
             whō
             they
             are
             both
             essentiall
             to
             make
             mercy
             exceede
             iustice
             in
             him
             ,
             in
             whom
             both
             are
             infinite
             .
             Darest
             thou
             hope
             God
             can
             be
             so
             kind
             to
             thee
             as
             to
             be
             vniust
             to
             himself
             ?
             God
             will
             be
             iust
             
             goe
             thou
             on
             to
             p●esume
             and
             perish
             .
             There
             can
             be
             no
             satisfaction
             by
             any
             recompence
             of
             ours
             ,
             an
             infinite
             iustice
             is
             off●nded
             ,
             an
             infinite
             punishment
             is
             deserued
             by
             euery
             sin
             ,
             &
             euery
             mās
             sins
             are
             as
             neer
             to
             infinite
             as
             number
             can
             make
             them
             .
             Our
             best
             endeuour
             is
             worse
             then
             finite
             ,
             imperfect
             ,
             &
             faulty
             .
             If
             it
             could
             be
             perfect
             wee
             owe
             it
             al
             in
             present
             ,
             what
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             doe
             in
             present
             cannot
             make
             amends
             for
             what
             we
             haue
             not
             done
             in
             time
             past
             ,
             which
             while
             we
             offer
             to
             God
             as
             good
             payment
             ,
             
             we
             do
             with
             the
             profane
             traueller
             thinke
             to
             please
             him
             with
             empty
             dateshelles
             in
             lieu
             of
             preseruation
             Where
             shal
             we
             then
             finde
             a
             payment
             of
             infinite
             value
             but
             in
             him
             which
             is
             onely
             and
             all
             infinite
             .
             The
             dignity
             of
             whose
             person
             being
             infinite
             gaue
             such
             worth
             to
             his
             satisfaction
             that
             what
             he
             suffred
             in
             short
             time
             was
             proportionable
             to
             what
             we
             should
             haue
             suffred
             beyond
             all
             times
             .
             He
             did
             all
             ,
             suffred
             all
             ,
             paid
             all
             ,
             he
             did
             it
             for
             vs
             ,
             we
             in
             him
             .
             Where
             shall
             I
             begin
             to
             wonder
             
             at
             thee
             O
             thou
             diuine
             &
             eternall
             peace-maker
             ,
             the
             sauiour
             of
             men
             ,
             the
             ānointed
             of
             God
             ,
             mediator
             betweene
             God
             &
             man
             ,
             in
             whom
             there
             is
             nothing
             which
             doth
             not
             exceede
             not
             only
             the
             conceit
             ,
             but
             the
             very
             wonder
             of
             Angels
             ,
             who
             saw
             thee
             in
             thine
             humiliatiō
             with
             silēce
             ,
             &
             adore
             thee
             in
             thy
             glory
             with
             perpetuall
             prayses
             and
             reioysinges
             .
             Thou
             wast
             for
             euer
             of
             thy selfe
             as
             God
             ,
             of
             the
             father
             as
             the
             son
             ;
             the
             eternall
             Son
             of
             an
             eternall
             Father
             ,
             not
             later
             in
             being
             ,
             not
             lesse
             in
             dignity
             ,
             not
             other
             in
             
             substance
             .
             Begotten
             without
             diminotion
             of
             him
             that
             begot
             thee
             while
             he
             cōmunicated
             that
             wholy
             to
             thee
             ,
             which
             hee
             retained
             wholy
             in
             himself
             ,
             because
             both
             were
             infinite
             without
             inequality
             of
             nature
             ,
             without
             diuision
             of
             essēce
             when
             being
             in
             this
             estate
             thine
             infinite
             loue
             and
             mercy
             to
             deperate
             mankind
             caused
             thee
             O
             Sauiour
             to
             empty
             thy selfe
             of
             thy
             glory
             ,
             that
             thou
             mightst
             put
             on
             our
             shame
             and
             misery
             .
             VVherfore
             not
             ceasing
             to
             be
             God
             as
             thou
             wert
             ,
             thou
             beganst
             to
             bee
             
             what
             thou
             wert
             not
             ,
             mā
             ;
             to
             the
             ende
             that
             thou
             mightst
             be
             a
             perfect
             mediatour
             betwixt
             God
             &
             man
             ,
             which
             wert
             both
             in
             one
             person
             ;
             God
             that
             thou
             mightst
             satisfie
             ,
             man
             that
             thou
             mightst
             suffer
             ,
             that
             since
             man
             had
             sinned
             God
             was
             offended
             ,
             thou
             which
             wert
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             mightst
             satissy
             God
             for
             man.
             None
             but
             thy selfe
             which
             art
             the
             
               eternall
               word
            
             ,
             can
             expres
             the
             depth
             of
             this
             mistery
             that
             God
             should
             be
             cloathed
             with
             flesh
             ,
             come
             downe
             to
             men
             ,
             and
             become
             man
             ,
             that
             man
             
             might
             be
             exalted
             into
             the
             highest
             heauens
             ;
             and
             that
             our
             nature
             might
             be
             taken
             into
             the
             fellowship
             of
             the
             deity
             .
             That
             he
             to
             whom
             all
             powers
             in
             heauen
             bowed
             ,
             and
             thought
             it
             their
             honor
             to
             be
             seruiceable
             ,
             should
             come
             downe
             to
             be
             a
             seruant
             to
             his
             slaues
             ,
             a
             ransome
             for
             his
             enemies
             ;
             together
             with
             our
             nature
             taking
             vp
             our
             very
             infirmities
             ,
             our
             shame
             ,
             our
             tormēts
             ,
             and
             bearing
             our
             sinnes
             without
             sin
             .
             That
             thou
             whom
             the
             heauens
             were
             too
             strait
             to
             containe
             ,
             shouldst
             lay
             thy selfe
             in
             
             an
             obscure
             cratch
             ,
             thou
             which
             wert
             attended
             of
             Angels
             ,
             shouldst
             be
             derided
             of
             men
             ,
             reiected
             of
             thine
             owne
             ,
             persecuted
             by
             Tyrants
             ,
             tempted
             with
             Diuels
             ,
             betrayed
             of
             thy
             seruant
             ,
             crucified
             among
             theeues
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             was
             worse
             then
             all
             these
             )
             in
             thine
             owne
             apprehēsion
             for
             the
             time
             as
             forsaken
             of
             thy
             father
             ;
             That
             thou
             whō
             our
             sins
             had
             pierced
             shouldst
             for
             our
             sins
             both
             sweat
             drops
             of
             blood
             in
             the
             Garden
             ,
             and
             powre
             out
             streames
             of
             bloode
             vppon
             the
             Crosse
             .
             O
             the
             inualuable
             
             purchase
             of
             our
             peace
             .
             O
             ransome
             enough
             for
             mo
             worlds
             !
             Thou
             which
             wert
             in
             the
             counsell
             of
             thy
             Father
             the
             Lambe
             slayne
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             tyme
             ,
             camst
             now
             in
             fulnes
             of
             tyme
             to
             bee
             slayne
             by
             man
             ,
             for
             man
             ;
             Being
             at
             once
             the
             sacrifice
             offred
             ,
             the
             priest
             that
             did
             offer
             ;
             and
             the
             God
             to
             whome
             it
             was
             offred
             .
             How
             gratiously
             didst
             thou
             both
             proclaime
             our
             peace
             as
             a
             prophet
             in
             the
             tyme
             of
             thy
             life
             vppon
             earth
             ,
             and
             purchase
             it
             by
             thy
             blood
             as
             a
             priest
             at
             thy
             death
             ,
             and
             now
             confirmest
             
             and
             applvest
             it
             as
             a
             King
             in
             heauē
             ?
             By
             thee
             only
             it
             was
             procured
             ,
             by
             thee
             it
             is
             profered
             .
             O
             mercy
             without
             example
             ,
             without
             measure
             !
             God
             offers
             peace
             to
             man
             ,
             the
             holy
             seekes
             to
             the
             vniust
             ,
             the
             potter
             to
             the
             clay
             ,
             the
             King
             to
             the
             traytor
             .
             We
             are
             vnworthy
             that
             we
             shoulde
             be
             receiued
             to
             peace
             tho
             we
             desired
             it
             ;
             what
             are
             wee
             then
             that
             wee
             shoulde
             haue
             peace
             offred
             for
             the
             receiuing
             ?
             An
             easy
             condition
             of
             so
             great
             a
             benefit
             ,
             hee
             requires
             vs
             not
             to
             earne
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             accept
             it
             of
             him
             ,
             
             what
             could
             hee
             giue
             more
             ?
             what
             could
             he
             require
             lesse
             of
             vs
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
          
           
             THE
             purchase
             therefore
             of
             our
             peace
             was
             paid
             at
             once
             ,
             
             yet
             must
             be
             seue
             rally
             reckoned
             to
             euery
             soule
             ,
             whom
             it
             shall
             benefit
             .
             If
             we
             haue
             not
             an
             hād
             to
             take
             what
             Christs
             hand
             doth
             either
             hold
             ,
             or
             offer
             ,
             what
             is
             sufficient
             in
             him
             ,
             cānot
             be
             effectuall
             to
             vs.
             The
             spirituall
             hand
             wherby
             we
             apprehend
             the
             sweet
             offers
             of
             
             our
             sauior
             is
             faith
             ,
             which
             in
             short
             is
             no
             other
             then
             an
             affiāce
             in
             the
             mediator
             receiue
             peace
             &
             be
             happy
             beleue
             &
             thou
             hast
             receiued
             .
             From
             hēce
             it
             is
             that
             we
             are
             interessed
             in
             al
             that
             either
             God
             hath
             promised
             ,
             or
             Christ
             hath
             performed
             .
             Hence
             haue
             wee
             frō
             God
             both
             forgiuenes
             &
             loue
             the
             ground
             of
             all
             either
             peace
             or
             glory
             .
             Hence
             of
             enemies
             we
             become
             more
             then
             friends
             sonnes
             ,
             and
             as
             sōnes
             may
             both
             expect
             and
             challenge
             not
             onely
             carefull
             prouision
             and
             safe
             protection
             on
             earth
             ,
             
             but
             an
             euerlasting
             patrimony
             aboue
             .
             This
             fielde
             is
             so
             spatious
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             easy
             for
             a
             man
             to
             leese
             himselfe
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             should
             spend
             all
             my
             pilgrimage
             in
             this
             walk
             ,
             my
             tyme
             would
             sooner
             ende
             then
             my
             way
             ,
             wherein
             I
             woulde
             haue
             measured
             more
             paces
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             that
             our
             scope
             is
             not
             so
             much
             to
             magnify
             the
             benefit
             of
             our
             peace
             ,
             as
             to
             seeke
             how
             to
             obtaine
             it
             .
          
           
             Behold
             now
             ,
             
             after
             we
             haue
             sought
             heauen
             and
             earth
             where
             onely
             the
             wearied
             Doue
             may
             find
             an
             Oliue
             of
             Peace
             .
             The
             
             apprehending
             of
             this
             alsufficiēt
             satisfactiō
             makes
             it
             ours
             ,
             vpon
             our
             satisfaction
             we
             haue
             remission
             ;
             vpon
             remission
             followes
             reconciliation
             ;
             vpon
             our
             recōciliatiō
             ,
             peace
             .
             Whē
             therfore
             thy
             Conscience
             like
             a
             sterne
             Sergeāt
             shall
             catch
             thee
             by
             the
             throat
             ,
             and
             arrest
             thee
             vpon
             Gods
             debt
             ,
             let
             thy
             onely
             plea
             be
             that
             thou
             hast
             already
             paid
             it
             ;
             Bring
             forth
             that
             bloody
             acquittance
             sealed
             to
             thee
             from
             heauen
             vpon
             thy
             true
             Faith
             ,
             straight
             way
             thou
             shalt
             see
             the
             fierce
             and
             terrible
             looke
             of
             thy
             conscience
             
             changed
             into
             frendly
             smiles
             ,
             and
             that
             rough
             and
             violent
             hand
             that
             was
             reddy
             to
             drag
             thee
             to
             prison
             ,
             shall
             now
             louingly
             imbrace
             thee
             ,
             &
             fight
             for
             thee
             against
             all
             the
             wrongfull
             attempts
             of
             any
             spirituall
             aduersary
             .
             O
             heauenly
             Peace
             and
             more
             then
             peace
             ,
             Frendship
             ,
             wherby
             alone
             we
             are
             leagued
             with
             our selues
             and
             God
             with
             vs
             ,
             which
             who
             euer
             wants
             shall
             finde
             a
             sad
             remembrance
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             dissembled
             iollity
             ,
             and
             after
             all
             vayne
             strifes
             sha●l
             fall
             into
             many
             secret
             
             dumps
             ,
             from
             which
             his
             guilty
             heart
             shall
             deny
             to
             be
             cheared
             ,
             tho
             all
             the
             world
             were
             his
             minstrell
             .
             Oh
             pleasure
             worthy
             to
             be
             pitied
             ,
             &
             laughter
             worthy
             of
             teares
             ,
             that
             is
             without
             this
             !
             
             Go
             then
             foolish
             man
             ,
             and
             when
             thou
             feelest
             any
             check
             of
             thy
             sinne
             ,
             seeke
             after
             thy
             iocondest
             companions
             ,
             deceiue
             the
             tyme
             and
             thy selfe
             with
             mery
             purposes
             ,
             with
             busy
             games
             ,
             feast
             away
             thy
             cares
             ,
             burie
             them
             and
             thy selfe
             in
             wine
             and
             sleepe
             ,
             after
             all
             these
             friuolous
             differings
             ,
             it
             will
             returne
             
             vpon
             thee
             ,
             when
             thou
             wakest
             ,
             perhaps
             ere
             thou
             wakest
             ,
             nor
             will
             be
             repelled
             till
             it
             haue
             showed
             thee
             thy
             hell
             ,
             nor
             when
             it
             hath
             showed
             thee
             ,
             will
             yet
             be
             repelled
             ;
             So
             the
             stroken
             Dear
             hauing
             receiued
             a
             deadly
             arrowe
             ,
             whose
             shaft
             shaken
             out
             hath
             left
             the
             head
             behind
             it
             ,
             runes
             from
             one
             thicket
             to
             another
             ,
             not
             able
             to
             change
             his
             paine
             with
             his
             places
             ,
             but
             finding
             his
             woundes
             still
             the
             worse
             with
             continuance
             .
             Ah
             foole
             ,
             thy
             soule
             festereth
             within
             ,
             and
             is
             affected
             so
             much
             more
             dāgerously
             
             by
             how
             much
             lesse
             it
             appeareth
             .
             Thou
             maist
             while
             thy selfe
             with
             variety
             ,
             thou
             canst
             not
             ease
             thee
             .
             Sinne
             owes
             thee
             a
             spight
             ,
             &
             will
             pay
             it
             thee
             ,
             perhaps
             when
             thou
             art
             in
             worst
             case
             to
             sustaine
             it
             .
             This
             flitting
             doth
             but
             prouide
             for
             a
             further
             violence
             at
             last
             .
             I
             haue
             seen
             a
             little
             stream
             of
             no
             noise
             which
             vpon
             his
             stoppage
             hath
             swelled
             vp
             ,
             &
             with
             a
             loude
             gushing
             hath
             borne
             ouer
             the
             heape
             of
             turues
             wherewith
             it
             was
             resisted
             .
             Thy
             death-bed
             shall
             smart
             for
             these
             wilfull
             adiournings
             of
             repentance
             ;
             
             whereon
             how
             many
             haue
             we
             heard
             rauing
             of
             their
             oulde
             neglected
             sins
             ,
             and
             fearfully
             despairing
             when
             they
             haue
             had
             most
             need
             of
             comfort
             ?
             In
             summe
             there
             is
             no
             way
             but
             this
             .
             Thy
             conscience
             must
             haue
             either
             satisfaction
             or
             torment
             .
             Discharge
             thy
             sinne
             betymes
             and
             bee
             at
             peace
             .
             Hee
             neuer
             breakes
             his
             sleepe
             for
             debt
             ,
             that
             payes
             when
             he
             takes
             vp
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             7.
             
          
           
             NEither
             can
             it
             suffice
             for
             peace
             ,
             
             to
             haue
             crossed
             the
             old
             scrole
             of
             our
             sins
             if
             we
             preuent
             not
             the
             future
             ,
             yea
             the
             present
             ;
             very
             importunity
             of
             tētation
             breeds
             vnquietnes
             .
             Sin
             where
             it
             hath
             got
             an
             haunt
             looketh
             for
             more
             ,
             as
             humours
             that
             fall
             towards
             their
             old
             issue
             ,
             &
             if
             it
             be
             not
             strōgly
             repelled
             doth
             neer
             as
             much
             vex
             vs
             with
             soliciting
             as
             with
             yeelding
             .
             Let
             others
             ēuy
             their
             happines
             I
             shall
             neuer
             thīk
             their
             life
             so
             much
             
             quiet
             ,
             whose
             dores
             are
             continuall
             beaten
             ,
             and
             their
             morning
             sleep
             broken
             with
             early
             clients
             ,
             whose
             entries
             are
             dayly
             thrōged
             with
             suters
             pressing
             neare
             for
             the
             next
             audience
             ;
             much
             lesse
             that
             through
             the
             remisse
             answeres
             are
             daily
             haunted
             with
             traytors
             or
             other
             instrumēts
             of
             villany
             ,
             offering
             their
             mischieuous
             seruice
             &
             inciting
             them
             to
             some
             pestilent
             enterprise
             .
             Such
             are
             tentations
             to
             the
             soule
             .
             Whereof
             it
             cannot
             be
             ridde
             so
             long
             as
             it
             holds
             them
             in
             any
             hope
             of
             entertainement
             
             and
             so
             long
             they
             will
             hope
             to
             preuaile
             ,
             while
             we
             giue
             them
             but
             a
             cold
             and
             timorous
             denyall
             ;
             Suters
             are
             drawne
             on
             with
             an
             easy
             repulse
             ;
             counting
             that
             as
             halfe
             grāted
             which
             is
             but
             faintly
             gainsaid
             :
             Peremptory
             answeres
             can
             onely
             put
             sin
             out
             of
             heart
             for
             any
             second
             attempts
             .
             It
             is
             euer
             impudent
             when
             it
             meets
             not
             with
             a
             bold
             heart
             ;
             hoping
             to
             preuayle
             by
             wearying
             vs
             ,
             &
             wearying
             vs
             by
             intreaties
             .
             Let
             all
             suggestions
             therefore
             finde
             thee
             resolute
             so
             shall
             thy
             soule
             finde
             it selfe
             at
             rest
             
             for
             as
             the
             Diuell
             ,
             so
             sinne
             his
             naturall
             brood
             flies
             away
             with
             resistance
             .
             To
             which
             purpose
             all
             our
             heddy
             &
             disordered
             affections
             ,
             
             which
             are
             the
             secret
             factors
             of
             sinne
             &
             Satan
             ,
             must
             be
             restrained
             by
             a
             strong
             and
             yet
             temperate
             command
             of
             reason
             and
             Religion
             ;
             these
             ,
             if
             they
             finde
             the
             reynes
             loose
             in
             their
             necks
             (
             like
             to
             the
             wilde
             horses
             of
             that
             chast
             hunter
             ,
             in
             the
             Tragedie
             )
             carry
             vs
             ouer
             hils
             and
             rocks
             ,
             and
             neuer
             leaue
             vs
             till
             we
             be
             disincombred
             ,
             and
             they
             breathlesse
             ;
             but
             contrarily
             
             if
             they
             be
             pulled
             in
             with
             the
             sudden
             violence
             of
             a
             straite
             hand
             ,
             they
             fall
             to
             plunging
             ,
             and
             careering
             ,
             and
             neuer
             leaue
             till
             their
             saddle
             be
             emptie
             ,
             &
             euen
             then
             daungerously
             strike
             at
             their
             prostrate
             rider
             .
             If
             there
             be
             any
             exercise
             of
             Christian
             wisedome
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             the
             menaging
             of
             these
             vnrulie
             affections
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             more
             necessarie
             in
             their
             best
             vse
             ,
             then
             pernicious
             in
             their
             mis-gouernance
             .
             Reason
             hath
             alwaies
             beene
             busie
             in
             vndertaking
             this
             so
             necessarie
             
             a
             moderation
             ,
             wherein
             altho
             she
             haue
             preuailed
             with
             some
             of
             colder
             temper
             ,
             yet
             those
             which
             haue
             beene
             of
             more
             stub
             borne
             mettall
             ,
             like
             vnto
             growen
             schollers
             ,
             which
             scorne
             the
             ferula
             that
             ruled
             their
             minority
             ,
             haue
             still
             despised
             her
             weake
             indeuours
             .
             Onely
             christianity
             hath
             this
             power
             which
             with
             our
             second
             birth
             giues
             vs
             a
             new
             nature
             ,
             so
             that
             now
             ,
             if
             excesse
             of
             passions
             be
             naturall
             to
             vs
             as
             men
             ,
             the
             order
             of
             them
             is
             naturall
             to
             vs
             as
             Christians
             .
             Reason
             bids
             the
             angry
             man
             lay
             
             ouer
             his
             Alphabet
             ere
             he
             giue
             his
             answere
             ;
             hoping
             by
             this
             intermission
             of
             tyme
             to
             gaine
             the
             mitigation
             of
             his
             rage
             .
             Hee
             was
             neuer
             throughly
             angry
             that
             can
             endure
             the
             recital
             of
             so
             many
             idle
             letters
             .
             Christianity
             giues
             not
             rules
             ,
             but
             power
             to
             auoid
             this
             short
             madnesse
             .
             It
             was
             a
             wise
             speech
             that
             is
             reported
             of
             our
             best
             and
             last
             Cardinall
             I
             hope
             ,
             that
             this
             Iland
             either
             did
             or
             shall
             see
             ,
             who
             when
             a
             skilfull
             Astrologer
             vpon
             the
             calculation
             of
             his
             natiuity
             had
             fortold
             him
             some
             specialities
             ,
             concerning
             
             his
             future
             estate
             ,
             answered
             :
             such
             perhaps
             I
             was
             borne
             ,
             but
             since
             that
             time
             I
             haue
             beene
             borne
             again
             &
             my
             second
             natiuitie
             hath
             crossed
             my
             first
             .
             The
             power
             of
             nature
             is
             a
             good
             plea
             for
             those
             that
             acknowledge
             nothing
             aboue
             nature
             .
             But
             for
             a
             Christian
             to
             excuse
             his
             intemperatenes
             by
             his
             naturall
             inclination
             ,
             and
             to
             say
             I
             am
             borne
             cholericke
             ,
             sullen
             ,
             amorous
             ,
             is
             an
             Apologie
             worse
             then
             the
             faulte
             .
             Wherefore
             serues
             religion
             but
             to
             subdue
             or
             gouerne
             
             nature
             ?
             Wee
             are
             so
             much
             Christians
             as
             we
             cā
             rule
             our selues
             ,
             the
             rest
             is
             but
             forme
             ,
             and
             speculation
             .
             Yea
             the
             very
             thought
             of
             our
             profession
             is
             so
             powerfull
             that
             (
             like
             vnto
             that
             precious
             stone
             )
             being
             cast
             into
             this
             sea
             it
             asswayeth
             those
             inward
             tempestes
             ,
             that
             were
             raysed
             by
             the
             affections
             .
             The
             vnregenerate
             minde
             is
             not
             capable
             of
             this
             power
             ,
             and
             therefore
             through
             the
             continuall
             mutinyes
             of
             his
             passions
             
             cannot
             but
             be
             subiect
             to
             perpetuall
             vnquietnesse
             .
             There
             is
             neither
             remedy
             nor
             hope
             in
             this
             estate
             :
             But
             the
             christian
             soule
             that
             hath
             inured
             it selfe
             to
             the
             awe
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             the
             exercises
             of
             true
             mortification
             ,
             by
             the
             onely
             looking
             vp
             at
             his
             holy
             profession
             cureth
             the
             burning
             venome
             of
             these
             fiery
             serpents
             that
             lurke
             within
             him
             .
             Hast
             thou
             nothing
             but
             nature
             ?
             resolue
             to
             looke
             for
             no
             peace
             .
             God
             is
             not
             prodigall
             to
             cast
             away
             his
             best
             blessings
             on
             so
             vnworthy
             subiects
             .
             Art
             thou
             a
             christian
             ?
             
             Do
             but
             remember
             thou
             art
             so
             :
             and
             then
             if
             thou
             darst
             if
             thou
             canst
             ,
             yeelde
             to
             the
             excesse
             of
             Passions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             8.
             
          
           
             HItherto
             the
             most
             inward
             and
             dangerous
             enemy
             of
             our
             Peace
             which
             if
             wee
             haue
             once
             maistred
             ,
             
             the
             other
             field
             shal
             be
             fought
             &
             won
             with
             lesse
             blood
             .
             Crosses
             disquiet
             vs
             either
             in
             their
             present
             feeling
             ,
             or
             their
             expectatiō
             .
             Both
             of
             them
             when
             they
             meet
             with
             weak
             minds
             ,
             so
             extreamely
             
             distempering
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             Patient
             for
             the
             time
             is
             not
             himselfe
             :
             How
             many
             haue
             wee
             knowne
             which
             through
             a
             lingring
             disease
             ,
             weary
             of
             their
             paine
             ,
             weary
             of
             their
             liues
             haue
             made
             their
             owne
             hands
             their
             executioners
             ?
             How
             many
             meeting
             with
             an
             hedstrong
             griefe
             which
             they
             could
             not
             menage
             ,
             haue
             by
             the
             violēce
             of
             it
             beene
             carried
             quite
             from
             their
             wits
             ?
             How
             many
             milliōs
             what
             for
             incurable
             maladies
             ,
             what
             forlosses
             ,
             what
             for
             defamatiōs
             ,
             what
             for
             sad
             accidēts
             to
             their
             childrē
             
             rub
             out
             their
             liues
             in
             perpetual
             discōtētment
             ,
             therefore
             liuing
             because
             they
             cannot
             yet
             dye
             ,
             not
             for
             that
             they
             like
             to
             liue
             .
             If
             there
             could
             be
             any
             humane
             receit
             prescribed
             to
             auoid
             euils
             ,
             it
             wold
             be
             purchased
             at
             an
             hie
             rate
             ;
             But
             both
             it
             is
             impossible
             that
             earth
             should
             redres
             that
             which
             is
             sēt
             frō
             heauē
             &
             if
             it
             cold
             be
             dōe
             ,
             euē
             the
             wāt
             of
             miseries
             wold
             proue
             miserable
             ;
             For
             the
             mind
             cloied
             with
             cōtinu
             alfelicity
             wold
             grow
             aburdē
             to
             it selfe
             ,
             lothing
             that
             at
             last
             which
             intermission
             would
             haue
             made
             pleasāt
             
             Giue
             a
             free
             horse
             the
             full
             rains
             &
             he
             will
             soon
             tire
             .
             Sūmer
             is
             the
             sweetest
             season
             by
             all
             consents
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             earth
             is
             both
             most
             rich
             with
             encrease
             ,
             &
             most
             gorgeous
             for
             ornament
             ,
             yet
             if
             it
             wer
             not
             receiued
             with
             enterchāges
             of
             cold
             frosts
             &
             peircing
             winds
             ,
             who
             could
             liue
             .
             Summer
             would
             be
             no
             summer
             ,
             if
             winter
             did
             not
             both
             lead
             it
             in
             &
             follow
             it
             we
             may
             not
             therfore
             either
             hope
             or
             striue
             to
             escape
             al
             crosses
             ,
             some
             we
             may
             ,
             what
             thou
             canst
             ,
             fly
             from
             ;
             what
             thou
             cāst
             not
             ,
             allay
             &
             mitigat
             ;
             in
             crosses
             vniuersally
             
             let
             this
             be
             thy
             rule
             ,
             make
             thy self
             none
             ,
             escape
             some
             beare
             the
             rest
             ,
             sweeten
             al.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             9.
             
          
           
             APprehēsiō
             giues
             life
             to
             crosses
             ,
             
             &
             if
             some
             be
             simply
             most
             are
             as
             they
             are
             taken
             .
             I
             haue
             seene
             many
             which
             when
             God
             hath
             meant
             thē
             no
             hurt
             haue
             framed
             themselues
             crosses
             out
             of
             imagination
             &
             haue
             foūd
             that
             insupportable
             for
             weight
             ,
             which
             in
             truth
             neuer
             was
             ,
             neither
             had
             euer
             any
             but
             a
             fancied
             being
             .
             Others
             againe
             laughing
             out
             heauy
             afflictiōs
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             wer
             
             bemoned
             of
             the
             beholders
             .
             One
             receiues
             a
             dedly
             woūd
             ;
             &
             lookes
             not
             so
             much
             as
             pale
             at
             the
             smart
             another
             heares
             of
             maine
             losses
             ,
             &
             like
             Zeno
             after
             newes
             of
             his
             shipwrack
             ,
             (
             as
             altogether
             passiō-lesse
             goes
             to
             his
             rest
             ,
             not
             breaking
             an
             houres
             sleepe
             for
             that
             ,
             which
             woulde
             breake
             the
             hart
             of
             some
             others
             .
             Greenham
             that
             S.
             of
             ours
             (
             whom
             it
             cannot
             disparage
             that
             he
             was
             reserued
             for
             our
             so
             loose
             an
             age
             )
             can
             lye
             spred
             quietly
             vpon
             the
             forme
             looking
             for
             the
             Chirurgians
             knife
             ,
             binding
             himselfe
             
             as
             fast
             with
             a
             resolued
             patience
             ,
             as
             others
             with
             strongest
             cords
             ,
             abiding
             his
             flesh
             carued
             and
             his
             bowels
             rifled
             ,
             and
             not
             stirring
             more
             then
             if
             hee
             felt
             not
             ,
             while
             others
             trēble
             to
             expect
             ,
             &
             shrink
             to
             feel
             but
             the
             pricking
             of
             a
             vayne
             .
             There
             can
             be
             no
             remedie
             for
             imaginary
             crosses
             but
             wisedome
             ,
             which
             shall
             teach
             vs
             to
             esteeme
             of
             all
             euentes
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             like
             a
             true
             glasse
             representing
             all
             thinges
             to
             our
             minds
             in
             their
             due
             proportiō
             .
             So
             as
             Crosses
             may
             not
             seeme
             that
             are
             not
             ,
             nor
             little
             &
             gētle
             ones
             
             seeme
             great
             and
             intolerable
             .
             Giue
             thy
             body
             Elsebore
             ,
             thy
             mind
             good
             Counsell
             ,
             thine
             eare
             to
             thy
             friend
             ,
             and
             these
             fantasticall
             euils
             shall
             vanish
             away
             like
             themselues
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             10.
             
          
           
             IT
             were
             idle
             aduise
             to
             bid
             men
             auoyd
             euils
             .
             
             Nature
             hath
             by
             a
             secret
             instinct
             taught
             brute
             creatures
             so
             much
             ,
             whether
             wit
             or
             sagacitie
             :
             &
             our selfe
             loue
             making
             the
             best
             aduantage
             of
             reason
             will
             easily
             
             make
             vs
             so
             wise
             &
             carefull
             ;
             it
             is
             more
             worth
             our
             labor
             ,
             since
             our
             life
             is
             so
             open
             to
             calamities
             ,
             &
             nature
             to
             impatience
             ,
             to
             teach
             men
             to
             beare
             what
             euils
             they
             cannot
             auoyd
             ,
             &
             how
             by
             a
             well-disposednesse
             of
             minde
             ,
             we
             may
             correct
             the
             iniquitie
             of
             all
             hard
             euents
             .
             Wherein
             it
             is
             hardly
             credible
             how
             much
             good
             art
             ,
             and
             precepts
             of
             resolution
             may
             auayle
             vs.
             I
             haue
             seene
             one
             man
             by
             the
             helpe
             of
             a
             little
             engine
             lift
             vp
             that
             weight
             alone
             which
             fortie
             helping
             handes
             by
             their
             
             cleare
             strength
             might
             haue
             endeuored
             in
             vaine
             We
             liue
             here
             in
             an
             Ocean
             of
             troubles
             ,
             wherein
             we
             can
             see
             no
             firme
             land
             .
             One
             waue
             falling
             vpon
             another
             ere
             the
             former
             haue
             wrought
             all
             his
             spight
             .
             Mischiefes
             striue
             for
             places
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             feared
             to
             loose
             their
             roome
             if
             they
             hasted
             not
             :
             so
             many
             good
             thinges
             as
             wee
             haue
             ,
             so
             many
             euilles
             arise
             from
             their
             priuation
             ;
             besides
             no
             fewer
             reall
             and
             positiue
             euills
             that
             afflict
             vs
             ;
             To
             prescribe
             &
             apply
             receyts
             to
             euery
             particular
             crosse
             
             were
             to
             write
             a
             Salmeron-like
             commentary
             vpon
             Petrarchs
             remedies
             ,
             &
             I
             doubt
             whether
             so
             the
             worke
             would
             be
             perfect
             ,
             a
             life
             would
             be
             too
             little
             to
             write
             it
             ,
             &
             but
             enough
             to
             read
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             11.
             
          
           
             THe
             same
             medicines
             cannot
             helpe
             all
             diseases
             of
             the
             bodie
             ,
             
             of
             the
             soule
             they
             may
             .
             
             We
             see
             fencers
             giue
             their
             schollers
             the
             same
             common
             rules
             of
             position
             of
             warding
             and
             weilding
             
             their
             weapon
             for
             offence
             for
             defence
             against
             all
             commers
             :
             such
             vniuersal
             precepts
             there
             are
             for
             Crosses
             .
             In
             the
             first
             wherof
             ,
             I
             would
             prescribe
             Expectation
             ,
             that
             either
             killeth
             or
             abateth
             euills
             .
             For
             Crosses
             after
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Cockatrice
             ,
             dye
             if
             they
             be
             foreseene
             :
             Whether
             this
             prouidence
             makes
             vs
             more
             strong
             to
             resist
             or
             by
             some
             secret
             power
             makes
             them
             more
             vnable
             to
             assault
             vs.
             It
             is
             not
             credible
             what
             a
             fore-resolued
             mind
             can
             do
             ,
             can
             suffer
             .
             Could
             our
             english
             Milo
             ,
             of
             whome
             Spayne
             yet
             
             speaketh
             since
             their
             last
             peace
             ,
             haue
             ouerthrown
             that
             furious
             beast
             ,
             made
             now
             more
             violēt
             throgh
             the
             rage
             of
             his
             bayting
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             not
             setled
             himselfe
             in
             his
             station
             ,
             and
             expected
             ?
             The
             frighted
             multitude
             ran
             away
             frō
             that
             ouer-earnest
             sport
             ,
             which
             begun
             in
             pleasure
             ,
             ended
             in
             terror
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             turned
             his
             backe
             with
             the
             rest
             ,
             where
             had
             been
             his
             safety
             ,
             where
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             reward
             ?
             Now
             he
             stoode
             still
             ,
             expected
             ,
             ouercame
             ,
             by
             one
             fact
             he
             at
             once
             preserued
             ,
             honored
             ,
             enriched
             himselfe
             .
             Euills
             will
             
             come
             neuer
             the
             sooner
             for
             that
             thou
             lookest
             for
             them
             ,
             they
             will
             come
             the
             easier
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             labor
             wel
             lost
             if
             they
             come
             not
             ,
             &
             well
             bestowed
             if
             they
             do
             cōe
             .
             We
             are
             sure
             the
             worst
             may
             come
             ,
             why
             should
             we
             be
             secure
             that
             it
             will
             not
             ?
             Suddennesse
             finds
             weak
             minds
             secure
             makes
             them
             miserable
             ,
             leaues
             them
             desperate
             .
             The
             best
             way
             therefore
             is
             to
             make
             things
             present
             in
             conceit
             before
             they
             come
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             halfe
             past
             in
             their
             violence
             whē
             they
             doe
             come
             :
             Euen
             with
             woodē
             wasters
             we
             learn
             
             at
             the
             sharp
             .
             As
             therefore
             good
             souldiors
             exercise
             thēselus
             lōg
             at
             the
             pale
             ,
             &
             there
             vse
             those
             actiuities
             which
             afterwardes
             they
             shall
             practise
             vpon
             a
             true
             aduersary
             so
             must
             we
             presēt
             to
             ourselues
             imaginary
             crosses
             &
             menage
             thē
             in
             our
             mind
             before
             god
             sēds
             them
             in
             euēt
             .
             Now
             I
             eat
             ,
             sleep
             ,
             digest
             ,
             all
             soundly
             without
             cōplaint
             ;
             what
             if
             a
             lāquishing
             disease
             shold
             bereaue
             me
             of
             my
             appetite
             &
             rest
             ?
             that
             I
             shold
             see
             dainties
             &
             loath
             thē
             ,
             surfetting
             of
             the
             very
             smell
             ,
             of
             the
             thought
             of
             the
             best
             dishes
             ?
             that
             I
             should
             
             count
             the
             lingring
             hours
             and
             think
             Ezechias
             long
             day
             returned
             wearying
             my selfe
             with
             changing
             sides
             ,
             and
             wishing
             any
             thing
             but
             what
             I
             am
             .
             How
             could
             I
             take
             this
             distemper
             ?
             Now
             I
             haue
             (
             if
             not
             what
             I
             woulde
             )
             yet
             what
             I
             need
             ,
             as
             not
             aboūding
             with
             idle
             superfluities
             ,
             so
             not
             straitned
             with
             penurie
             of
             necessarie
             thinges
             .
             What
             if
             pouerty
             should
             rush
             vpon
             me
             as
             an
             armed
             man
             ,
             spoyling
             me
             of
             all
             my
             little
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             ,
             and
             send
             me
             to
             the
             fountaine
             for
             my
             best
             cellar
             ?
             to
             the
             ground
             for
             my
             
             bed
             ,
             for
             my
             bread
             to
             anothers
             cup-bord
             ,
             for
             my
             cloathes
             to
             the
             brokers
             shoppe
             ,
             or
             my
             friendes
             wardrop
             ?
             How
             could
             I
             brooke
             this
             want
             ,
             I
             am
             now
             at
             home
             walking
             in
             my
             owne
             grounds
             ,
             looking
             on
             my
             yong
             plantes
             the
             hope
             of
             posterity
             ,
             cōsidering
             the
             nature
             ,
             aduantages
             or
             feares
             of
             my
             soile
             ,
             inioying
             the
             patrimony
             of
             my
             fathers
             ;
             What
             if
             for
             my
             religion
             ,
             or
             the
             malicious
             sentēce
             of
             sōe
             great
             one
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             exiled
             from
             my
             country
             ,
             wandring
             amongst
             those
             whose
             habit
             ,
             language
             ,
             
             fashion
             my
             ignorance
             shal
             make
             me
             wonder
             at
             ;
             where
             the
             solitude
             of
             places
             ,
             and
             strangenes
             of
             persons
             shall
             make
             my
             life
             vncomfortable
             .
             How
             could
             I
             abide
             the
             smell
             of
             forrain
             smoke
             ?
             how
             shold
             I
             take
             the
             contēpt
             &
             hard
             vsage
             that
             waits
             vpō
             strāgers
             ?
             Thy
             prosperity
             is
             Idle
             ,
             &
             il
             spent
             if
             it
             be
             not
             medled
             with
             such
             forecasting
             and
             wisely
             suspicious
             thoughts
             ,
             if
             it
             bee
             wholly
             bestowed
             in
             enioying
             ,
             no
             whit
             in
             preuenting
             :
             Like
             vnto
             a
             foolish
             Citty
             which
             notwithstanding
             a
             dangerous
             
             situatiō
             ,
             spends
             al
             her
             wealth
             in
             rich
             furniturs
             of
             chambers
             ,
             &
             state-houses
             ;
             VVhile
             they
             bestowe
             not
             one
             shouel-full
             of
             earth
             on
             outward
             Bulwarkes
             to
             their
             defence
             :
             this
             is
             but
             to
             make
             our
             enemies
             the
             happier
             and
             our selues
             the
             more
             redily
             miserable
             :
             If
             thou
             wilt
             not
             therefore
             be
             oppressed
             with
             euills
             ;
             Expect
             ,
             and
             Exercise
             ;
             Exercise
             thy selfe
             with
             conceit
             of
             euills
             ;
             Expect
             the
             euills
             themselues
             ;
             Yea
             exercise
             thy selfe
             in
             expectation
             ;
             so
             while
             the
             minde
             pleasetth
             it selfe
             
             in
             thinking
             ,
             yet
             I
             am
             not
             thus
             ,
             it
             prepareth
             it selfe
             against
             it
             may
             be
             so
             :
             And
             if
             some
             that
             haue
             beene
             good
             at
             the
             foyles
             ,
             haue
             proued
             cowardly
             at
             the
             sharpe
             ,
             yet
             on
             the
             contrary
             who
             euer
             durst
             point
             a
             single
             combate
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             beene
             somewhat
             trayned
             in
             the
             sence
             schoole
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             12.
             
          
           
             NEither
             doth
             it
             a
             little
             blunt
             the
             edge
             of
             euills
             to
             consider
             that
             they
             come
             from
             a
             diuine
             hand
             ,
             
             
             Whose
             almighty
             power
             is
             guided
             by
             a
             most
             wise
             prouidence
             and
             tēpered
             with
             a
             fatherly
             loue
             .
             
             Euer
             the
             sauadge
             creatures
             will
             be
             smitten
             of
             their
             keeper
             ,
             &
             repine
             not
             ;
             if
             of
             a
             stranger
             ,
             they
             teare
             him
             in
             peeces
             .
             Hee
             strikes
             me
             that
             made
             me
             ,
             that
             moderats
             the
             world
             ,
             Why
             struggle
             ,
             I
             with
             him
             ,
             why
             with
             my selfe
             ?
             Am
             I
             a
             foole
             ,
             or
             a
             rebel
             ?
             A
             foole
             if
             I
             be
             ignorant
             whence
             my
             crosses
             come
             ;
             A
             rebel
             if
             I
             know
             it
             ,
             and
             be
             impatient
             ?
             My
             sufferinges
             are
             from
             a
             God
             ,
             from
             my
             God
             ,
             hee
             hath
             destin'd
             
             me
             euery
             dramme
             of
             sorrow
             that
             I
             feele
             :
             Thus
             much
             thou
             shalt
             abide
             ,
             &
             here
             shall
             thy
             miseries
             be
             stinted
             :
             Al
             worldly
             helps
             cannot
             abate
             them
             ;
             all
             powers
             of
             hell
             cannot
             ad
             one
             scruple
             to
             their
             weight
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             allotted
             mee
             :
             I
             must
             therfore
             either
             blaspheame
             God
             in
             my
             heart
             ,
             detracting
             from
             his
             infinite
             iustice
             ,
             wisedome
             ,
             power
             ,
             mercy
             which
             al
             shal
             stand
             inuiolable
             ,
             when
             milliōs
             of
             such
             worms
             as
             I
             am
             are
             gone
             to
             dust
             .
             Or
             els
             cōfes
             that
             I
             ought
             to
             be
             patient
             And
             if
             I
             profes
             I
             shold
             be
             
             that
             I
             will
             not
             ,
             I
             befoole
             my selfe
             and
             bewray
             miserable
             impotency
             .
             But
             ,
             (
             as
             impatience
             is
             full
             of
             excuses
             )
             it
             was
             thine
             own
             rash
             improuidēce
             ,
             or
             the
             spight
             of
             thine
             enemy
             that
             impouerisht
             ,
             that
             defamed
             thee
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             malignity
             of
             some
             vnholesomedish
             ,
             or
             some
             grosse
             corrupted
             aire
             that
             hath
             distempered
             thee
             ?
             Ah
             foolish
             curte
             ,
             why
             doest
             thou
             bite
             at
             the
             stone
             ,
             which
             could
             neuer
             haue
             hurt
             thee
             but
             from
             the
             hand
             that
             threw
             it
             ?
             If
             I
             wounde
             thee
             what
             matters
             it
             whether
             
             with
             mine
             owne
             sword
             ,
             or
             thine
             ,
             or
             anothers
             .
             God
             strikes
             some
             immediately
             from
             heauen
             with
             his
             owne
             arme
             ,
             or
             with
             the
             arme
             of
             Angels
             :
             Others
             bee
             buffetes
             with
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             some
             by
             the
             reuenging
             sword
             of
             an
             enemy
             ,
             others
             with
             the
             sist
             of
             his
             dumb
             creatures
             God
             strikes
             in
             all
             ;
             His
             hand
             moues
             theirs
             .
             If
             thou
             see
             it
             not
             ,
             blame
             thy
             carnall
             eyes
             :
             why
             doest
             thou
             fault
             the
             instrumēt
             while
             thou
             knowest
             the
             agent
             ?
             Euer
             the
             dying
             theefe
             pardons
             the
             executioner
             ,
             exclaimes
             on
             his
             
             vniust
             Iudge
             or
             his
             malicious
             accusers
             .
             Either
             then
             blame
             the
             first
             mouer
             ,
             or
             discharge
             the
             meanes
             ,
             which
             as
             they
             could
             not
             haue
             touched
             thee
             but
             as
             from
             him
             ;
             so
             frō
             him
             they
             haue
             afflicted
             thee
             iustly
             ,
             wrōgfully
             perhaps
             as
             in
             themselues
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             13.
             
          
           
             BVT
             neither
             seemeth
             it
             enough
             to
             be
             patient
             in
             crosses
             if
             we
             be
             not
             thankfull
             also
             :
             
             Good
             
             things
             challenge
             more
             then
             bare
             contentment
             .
             Crosses
             (
             vniustly
             termed
             euils
             )
             as
             they
             are
             sent
             of
             him
             that
             is
             all
             goodnes
             so
             they
             are
             sent
             for
             good
             and
             his
             end
             cannot
             bee
             frustrate
             .
             What
             greater
             good
             can
             be
             to
             the
             diseased
             man
             then
             fit
             and
             proper
             Physicke
             to
             recure
             him
             ?
             Crosses
             are
             the
             onely
             medicines
             of
             sicke
             mindes
             .
             Thy
             sounde
             body
             carryes
             within
             it
             a
             sicke
             soule
             ;
             thou
             feelest
             it
             not
             perhappes
             so
             much
             more
             art
             thou
             sicke
             and
             so
             much
             more
             daungerously
             :
             Perhaps
             
             thou
             labourest
             of
             some
             plethorie
             of
             pride
             ,
             or
             of
             some
             dropsie
             of
             Couetousnesse
             ,
             or
             the
             Staggers
             of
             inconstancy
             ,
             or
             some
             feuer
             of
             luxurie
             ,
             or
             consumption
             of
             enuye
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             of
             the
             lethargie
             of
             idlenesse
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             phrensie
             of
             anger
             :
             It
             is
             a
             rare
             soule
             that
             hath
             not
             some
             notable
             disease
             :
             Onely
             crosses
             are
             thy
             remedyes
             :
             What
             if
             they
             bee
             vnpleasant
             ?
             They
             are
             Physicke
             It
             is
             enough
             if
             they
             bee
             wholesome
             ;
             
             Not
             pleasant
             tast
             ,
             but
             the
             secret
             vertue
             commends
             medicines
             ;
             If
             they
             cure
             thee
             ,
             they
             shal
             please
             thee
             euen
             in
             displeasing
             ,
             or
             els
             thou
             louest
             thy
             palate
             aboue
             thy
             soule
             .
             What
             madnesse
             is
             this
             ?
             when
             thou
             complainest
             of
             a
             bodily
             disease
             ,
             thou
             sendest
             to
             the
             Phisician
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             send
             thee
             not
             sauorie
             but
             wholsome
             potions
             ;
             Thou
             receiuest
             them
             in
             spight
             of
             thine
             abhorring
             stomacke
             ,
             and
             withall
             both
             thankest
             &
             rewardest
             the
             Phisician
             .
             Thy
             soule
             is
             sicke
             ;
             Thy
             heauenly
             Phisician
             sees
             it
             ,
             
             and
             pitties
             thee
             ere
             thou
             thy selfe
             ,
             and
             vnsent
             to
             ,
             sends
             thee
             not
             a
             plausible
             but
             a
             souerayne
             remedy
             ,
             thou
             loathest
             the
             sauor
             ,
             and
             rather
             wilt
             hazard
             thy
             life
             ,
             then
             offend
             thy
             palate
             ;
             and
             in
             steede
             of
             thankes
             repinest
             at
             ,
             reuilest
             the
             Phisician
             .
             How
             comes
             it
             that
             wee
             loue
             our selues
             so
             little
             (
             if
             at
             least
             we
             count
             our
             soules
             the
             best
             or
             any
             part
             )
             as
             that
             we
             had
             rather
             vndergoe
             death
             then
             paine
             ;
             choosing
             rather
             wilfull
             sicknes
             then
             an
             harsh
             remedy
             ?
             surely
             wee
             men
             are
             meere
             fooles
             in
             the
             estimation
             
             of
             our
             own
             good
             like
             children
             our
             choice
             is
             led
             altogether
             by
             show
             no
             whit
             by
             substāce
             .
             We
             cry
             after
             euery
             well-seeming
             toy
             ,
             and
             put
             from
             vs
             solide
             profers
             of
             good
             thinges
             :
             The
             wise
             arbitrator
             of
             all
             thinges
             sees
             our
             folly
             and
             corrects
             it
             ,
             with
             holding
             our
             idle
             desires
             and
             forcing
             vpon
             vs
             the
             sound
             good
             wee
             refuse
             :
             It
             is
             second
             folly
             in
             vs
             if
             we
             thanke
             him
             not
             :
             The
             foolish
             babe
             cryes
             for
             his
             fathers
             bright
             knife
             or
             gilded
             pilles
             ;
             The
             wiser
             father
             knowes
             that
             they
             can
             but
             hurt
             him
             ;
             &
             therfore-holdes
             
             them
             after
             al
             his
             tears
             ;
             the
             child
             thinks
             he
             is
             vsed
             but
             vnkindly
             :
             Euery
             wise
             man
             ,
             &
             himselfe
             at
             more
             yeares
             can
             say
             it
             was
             but
             childish
             folly
             ,
             in
             desiring
             it
             ,
             in
             cōplaining
             that
             hee
             missed
             it
             .
             The
             losse
             of
             wealth
             ,
             friendes
             ,
             health
             is
             sometimes
             gayne
             to
             vs
             ,
             thy
             body
             ,
             thy
             estate
             ,
             is
             worse
             thy
             soule
             is
             better
             ,
             why
             complainest
             thou
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             14.
             
          
           
             NAy
             ,
             
             it
             shal
             not
             be
             inough
             (
             me
             thinks
             )
             if
             only
             we
             be
             but
             cōtented
             &
             thankfull
             ,
             if
             not
             also
             chearful
             in
             afflictiōs
             ;
             If
             that
             as
             wee
             feele
             their
             paine
             ,
             so
             we
             look
             to
             their
             end
             ;
             although
             indeede
             this
             is
             not
             more
             requisite
             then
             rarely
             found
             ,
             as
             being
             proper
             only
             to
             the
             good
             heart
             ;
             Euery
             bird
             can
             sing
             in
             a
             cleare
             heauē
             in
             a
             temperat
             spring
             ,
             that
             one
             as
             most
             familiar
             so
             is
             most
             cōmēded
             that
             sings
             
             mery
             notes
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             a
             showre
             ,
             or
             the
             dead
             of
             winter
             ;
             Euery
             Epicure
             can
             enlarge
             his
             heart
             to
             mirth
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             cups
             ,
             and
             daliance
             ;
             Only
             the
             three
             childrē
             can
             sing
             in
             the
             furnace
             ,
             Paul
             &
             Silas
             in
             the
             stocks
             ,
             Martyres
             at
             the
             stake
             :
             It
             is
             from
             heauen
             ,
             that
             this
             ioy
             comes
             so
             contrary
             to
             all
             earthly
             occasions
             ,
             bred
             in
             the
             faithfull
             heart
             through
             a
             serious
             &
             feeling
             respect
             to
             the
             issue
             of
             what
             hee
             feeles
             ;
             the
             quiet
             and
             vntroubled
             fruit
             of
             his
             righteousnesse
             ,
             glorie
             ,
             the
             crowne
             after
             his
             fight
             after
             
             his
             minute
             of
             paine
             eternitie
             of
             ioy
             He
             neuer
             lookt
             ouer
             the
             threshold
             of
             heauen
             that
             cannot
             more
             re●oyce
             that
             he
             shall
             be
             glorious
             ,
             then
             mour●e
             in
             present
             that
             he
             is
             miserable
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             15.
             
          
           
             YEa
             this
             consideration
             is
             so
             powerful
             ,
             
             that
             it
             alone
             is
             able
             to
             make
             apart
             against
             the
             feare
             or
             sense
             of
             the
             last
             and
             greatest
             of
             all
             terribles
             ,
             Death
             it selfe
             ;
             
             which
             in
             the
             Conscience
             of
             his
             owne
             dreadfulnesse
             ,
             iustly
             laughes
             at
             all
             the
             vaine
             humane
             precepts
             of
             Tranquillitie
             ,
             appalling
             the
             most
             resolute
             and
             vexing
             the
             most
             cheerefull
             mindes
             .
             Neither
             prophane
             Lucretius
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             Epicurean
             rules
             of
             confidence
             ,
             nor
             drunken
             Anacreon
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             wantō
             Odes
             ,
             can
             shift
             of
             the
             importunate
             ,
             and
             violent
             horror
             of
             this
             aduersarie
             .
             Seest
             thou
             the
             Chaldean
             Tyraunt
             beset
             with
             the
             sacred
             boules
             of
             
             Ierusalem
             ,
             the
             late
             spoiles
             of
             Gods
             Temple
             ,
             and
             in
             cōtempt
             of
             their
             owner●
             carousing
             healthes
             to
             his
             Queenes
             ,
             Concubines
             ,
             Peires
             ;
             singing
             amids
             his
             cups
             triumphant
             carols
             of
             praise
             to
             his
             molten
             &
             carued
             Gods
             ?
             Wouldst
             thou
             euer
             suspect
             that
             this
             hie
             courage
             could
             be
             abated
             ,
             or
             that
             this
             sumptuous
             &
             presumptuous
             banquet
             after
             so
             royall
             and
             rocond
             continuance
             should
             haue
             any
             other
             conclusion
             but
             pleasure
             ?
             Stay
             but
             one
             houre
             longer
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             see
             that
             face
             ,
             that
             
             now
             shines
             with
             a
             ruddy
             glosse
             according
             to
             the
             colour
             of
             his
             liquor
             ,
             looke
             pale
             and
             gastly
             ,
             stayned
             with
             the
             colours
             of
             feare
             and
             death
             ,
             and
             that
             proud
             hand
             ,
             which
             now
             lifts
             vp
             his
             Ma●sie
             Gobl●ts
             in
             defiance
             of
             God
             ,
             tremble
             like
             a
             leafe
             in
             a
             storme
             ;
             and
             those
             strong
             knees
             which
             neuer
             stooped
             to
             the
             burden
             of
             their
             laden
             body
             ,
             now
             notable
             to
             beare
             vp
             themselues
             :
             but
             loosened
             with
             a
             sudden
             palsie
             of
             feare
             ,
             one
             knocking
             against
             the
             other
             .
             And
             all
             this
             ,
             for
             that
             death
             writes
             
             him
             a
             letter
             of
             summons
             to
             appeare
             that
             night
             before
             him
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             ere
             the
             next
             Sun
             ,
             sent
             two
             Eunuches
             for
             his
             honourable
             conueyance
             into
             an
             other
             world
             ;
             where
             now
             are
             those
             delicate
             morselles
             ,
             those
             deepe
             draughts
             ,
             those
             mery
             ditties
             ,
             wherwith
             the
             palat
             &
             eare
             so
             pleased
             themselues
             ?
             What
             is
             now
             become
             of
             al
             those
             chearful
             lookes
             ,
             loose
             laughters
             ,
             stately
             port
             ,
             reuelles
             ,
             triumphs
             of
             the
             feasting
             court
             ?
             Why
             doth
             none
             of
             his
             gallant
             nobles
             reuiue
             the
             faynted
             
             courage
             of
             their
             Lorde
             with
             a
             new
             cuppe
             ?
             or
             with
             some
             stirring
             iest
             shake
             him
             out
             of
             this
             vnseasonable
             Melancholy
             ?
             O
             death
             how
             imperious
             art
             thou
             to
             carnall
             mindes
             ?
             aggrauating
             their
             misery
             not
             onely
             by
             expectation
             of
             future
             payne
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             remembrance
             of
             the
             wonted
             causes
             of
             their
             ioy
             ?
             and
             not
             suffering
             them
             to
             see
             ought
             but
             what
             may
             torment
             them
             ?
             Euen
             that
             monster
             of
             Cesars
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             so
             well
             acquainted
             with
             blood
             
             &
             neuer
             had
             found
             better
             sport
             them
             in
             cutting
             of
             throates
             when
             no
             wit
             came
             to
             his
             owne
             ru●ne
             how
             effeminate
             ,
             how
             desperately
             cowardous
             did
             he
             show
             himselfe
             ?
             to
             the
             wōder
             of
             al
             readers
             ,
             that
             hee
             which
             was
             euer
             so
             valiant
             in
             killing
             shold
             bee
             so
             womanishly
             hartelesse
             in
             dying
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             16.
             
          
           
             THere
             are
             that
             fear
             not
             so
             much
             to
             be
             dead
             ,
             
             as
             to
             dye
             ;
             the
             very
             act
             of
             dissolutiō
             frighting
             them
             with
             a
             tormenting
             expectation
             of
             a
             short
             ,
             but
             intollerable
             painfulnes
             ,
             which
             let
             ,
             if
             the
             wisedome
             of
             God
             had
             not
             interposed
             to
             timorous
             nature
             ,
             there
             would
             haue
             beene
             many
             more
             
               Lucreces
               ,
               Cleopatraes
               ,
               Achitophles
            
             ;
             &
             good
             lawes
             should
             haue
             found
             little
             oportunity
             of
             execution
             ,
             through
             the
             wilfull
             
             funeralles
             of
             malefactors
             For
             the
             soule
             that
             comes
             into
             the
             body
             without
             any
             (
             at
             least
             sensible
             )
             pleasure
             departs
             not
             from
             it
             without
             an
             extreamitie
             of
             payne
             ;
             which
             varying
             according
             to
             the
             manner
             and
             meanes
             of
             separation
             yet
             in
             all
             violent
             deathes
             especially
             ,
             retayneth
             a
             violence
             not
             to
             be
             auoyded
             ,
             hard
             to
             bee
             indured
             and
             if
             diseases
             ,
             which
             are
             destin'd
             towardes
             death
             as
             their
             end
             ,
             bee
             so
             painfull
             ,
             what
             must
             the
             ende
             and
             perfection
             of
             diseases
             bee
             ?
             Since
             as
             deseases
             are
             the
             
             maladies
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             so
             death
             is
             the
             maladie
             of
             diseases
             :
             There
             are
             that
             feare
             not
             so
             much
             to
             dye
             as
             to
             bee
             dead
             .
             If
             the
             pang
             bee
             bitter
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             but
             short
             ;
             the
             comfortlesse
             state
             of
             the
             dead
             strikes
             some
             that
             could
             well
             resolue
             for
             the
             act
             of
             their
             passage
             .
             
             Not
             the
             worste
             of
             the
             heathen
             Emperors
             ,
             made
             that
             monefull
             ditty
             on
             his
             death-bed
             ,
             wherein
             he
             be
             wrayeth
             to
             all
             memory
             ,
             much
             feeling
             pittie
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             for
             her
             doubtfull
             
             and
             impotent
             condition
             after
             her
             parture
             .
             How
             doth
             Platoes
             worldling
             bewaile
             the
             misery
             of
             the
             graue
             ,
             
             besides
             all
             respect
             of
             paine
             ?
             
               Woe
               is
               mee
               that
               I
               shall
               lye
               alone
               rotting
               in
               the
               silent
               earth
               ,
               amongst
               the
               crawlinge
               wormes
               not
               seeing
               ought
               aboue
               ,
               not
               seene
               .
            
             Very
             not
             being
             is
             sufficiently
             abhorred
             of
             nature
             ,
             if
             death
             had
             no
             more
             to
             make
             it
             fearfull
             :
             But
             those
             that
             haue
             liued
             vnder
             light
             enough
             ,
             to
             show
             them
             the
             gates
             of
             hell
             ,
             after
             their
             passage
             through
             the
             gates
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             
             haue
             learned
             that
             death
             is
             not
             onely
             horrible
             for
             our
             not
             being
             here
             ,
             but
             for
             being
             infinitely
             ,
             eternally
             miserable
             in
             a
             future
             world
             ,
             nor
             so
             much
             for
             the
             dissolution
             of
             life
             ,
             as
             the
             beginning
             of
             tormēt
             those
             cannot
             without
             the
             certaine
             hope
             of
             their
             immunity
             ,
             but
             carnally
             fear
             to
             dy
             ,
             and
             hellishly
             feare
             to
             bee
             dead
             :
             For
             if
             it
             bee
             such
             paine
             to
             dye
             ,
             what
             is
             it
             to
             bee
             euer
             dying
             ?
             &
             if
             the
             strayning
             or
             luxation
             of
             one
             ioynt
             ,
             can
             so
             afflict
             vs
             ,
             what
             shall
             the
             racking
             of
             the
             whole
             body
             and
             the
             torturing
             of
             the
             
             soule
             ,
             whose
             animation
             alone
             makes
             the
             body
             to
             feele
             and
             complaine
             of
             smart
             ?
             and
             if
             men
             haue
             deuised
             such
             exquisite
             torments
             ,
             what
             can
             spirites
             ,
             more
             subtile
             more
             malicious
             ?
             and
             if
             our
             momentany
             sufferinge
             seeme
             long
             ,
             how
             long
             shall
             that
             be
             that
             is
             eternall
             ?
             and
             if
             the
             sorrowes
             i●
             differently
             incidēt
             to
             Gods
             dear
             ones
             vpon
             earth
             be
             so
             extreme
             as
             sometimes
             to
             driue
             them
             within
             sight
             of
             despayring
             ,
             what
             shall
             those
             bee
             that
             are
             reserued
             onely
             for
             those
             
             that
             hate
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             hateth
             ?
             None
             but
             those
             who
             haue
             hearde
             the
             desperat
             complaints
             of
             some
             guilty
             Spyra
             ,
             or
             whose
             soules
             haue
             beene
             a
             little
             scorched
             with
             these
             flames
             ,
             can
             enough
             conceiue
             of
             the
             horror
             of
             this
             estate
             ;
             it
             beeing
             the
             policie
             of
             our
             common
             enemie
             to
             conceale
             it
             so
             long
             ,
             that
             wee
             may
             see
             and
             feele
             it
             at
             once
             :
             least
             wee
             shoulde
             feare
             it
             ,
             before
             it
             be
             too
             late
             to
             bee
             auoyded
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             17.
             
          
           
             NOw
             when
             this
             great
             aduersary
             ,
             
             ●ike
             a
             proud
             Giant
             comes
             stalking
             out
             in
             his
             feareful
             shape
             ,
             and
             insults
             ouer
             our
             fraile
             mortality
             ,
             daring
             the
             worlde
             to
             match
             him
             with
             an
             equall
             champion
             ,
             whiles
             a
             whole
             hoast
             of
             worldlings
             show
             him
             their
             backs
             for
             feare
             ,
             the
             true
             Christian
             armed
             onely
             with
             confidence
             and
             resolutiō
             of
             his
             future
             happinesse
             dares
             boldly
             en
             counter
             him
             ,
             and
             can
             
             wound
             him
             in
             the
             forehead
             (
             the
             wonted
             seate
             of
             terror
             )
             and
             trampling
             vpon
             him
             can
             cut
             off
             his
             head
             with
             his
             own
             sword
             &
             victoriously
             returning
             ,
             can
             sing
             in
             Triumph
             
               Oh
               death
               where
               is
               thy
               s●ing
               !
            
             An
             happy
             victory
             !
             we
             die
             &
             are
             not
             foiled
             :
             yea
             we
             are
             conquerors
             in
             dying
             :
             wee
             could
             not
             ouer
             come
             death
             ,
             if
             wee
             dyed
             not
             :
             That
             dissolution
             is
             well
             bestowed
             ,
             that
             parts
             the
             soule
             from
             the
             body
             that
             it
             may
             vnite
             both
             to
             God
             :
             All
             our
             life
             here
             (
             as
             that
             heauēly
             Doctor
             wel
             termes
             it
             )
             is
             but
             a
             vitall
             
             death
             how
             aduantageous
             is
             that
             death
             that
             determines
             this
             false
             &
             dying
             life
             ,
             
             and
             beginnes
             a
             true
             one
             ,
             aboue
             all
             the
             titles
             of
             happinesse
             ?
             The
             Epicure
             or
             Saducee
             ,
             dare
             not
             dye
             for
             feare
             of
             not
             being
             ;
             The
             guiltye
             and
             loose
             worldling
             dare
             not
             dye
             for
             feare
             of
             beeing
             miserable
             ;
             The
             distrustfull
             and
             doubting
             semi-christian
             dare
             not
             dye
             ,
             because
             he
             knows
             not
             ,
             whether
             hee
             shall
             bee
             ,
             or
             bee
             miserable
             ,
             or
             not
             bee
             at
             all
             ;
             The
             resolued
             Christian
             dare
             and
             woulde
             dye
             ,
             because
             
             hee
             knowes
             hee
             shall
             bee
             happye
             ,
             and
             looking
             merrily
             towards
             heauen
             the
             place
             of
             his
             rest
             can
             vnfainedly
             say
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             bee
             dissolued
             :
             I
             see
             thee
             ,
             my
             home
             ,
             I
             see
             thee
             ;
             A
             sweete
             and
             glorious
             home
             ,
             after
             a
             weary
             pilgrimage
             ;
             I
             see
             thee
             and
             now
             after
             manye
             lingring
             hopes
             ,
             I
             aspire
             to
             thee
             :
             Howe
             ofte
             haue
             I
             looked
             vp
             at
             thee
             with
             admiratiō
             &
             rauishment
             of
             soule
             ;
             &
             by
             the
             goodly
             beams
             that
             I
             haue
             seen
             gessed
             at
             the
             glorye
             that
             is
             aboue
             them
             ?
             How
             
             ofte
             haue
             I
             scorned
             these
             dead
             and
             vnpleasant
             pleasures
             of
             earth
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             thine
             ?
             I
             come
             now
             my
             ioyes
             ,
             I
             come
             to
             possesse
             you
             :
             I
             come
             through
             paine
             and
             death
             ;
             Yea
             ,
             if
             hell
             it selfe
             were
             in
             the
             way
             betwixt
             you
             and
             mee
             ,
             I
             woulde
             paste
             through
             hell
             it selfe
             to
             enioy
             you
             .
             
             And
             in
             truth
             if
             that
             heathen
             Cleombrotus
             a
             follower
             of
             the
             ancient
             Academy
             ,
             but
             vpon
             only
             reading
             of
             his
             Maister
             Platoes
             discourses
             of
             the
             immortality
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             coulde
             cast
             downe
             himselfe
             hedlong
             from
             an
             
             hye
             rocke
             ,
             and
             wilfully
             breake
             his
             necke
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             bee
             possessed
             of
             that
             immortality
             which
             hee
             beleeued
             to
             follow
             vpon
             death
             ,
             how
             contented
             should
             they
             be
             to
             dye
             that
             know
             they
             shall
             be
             more
             then
             immortall
             glorious
             ?
             
             He
             went
             ,
             not
             in
             an
             hate
             of
             the
             flesh
             as
             the
             Patrician
             hereticks
             of
             olde
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             blind
             loue
             to
             his
             soule
             out
             of
             bare
             opiniō
             :
             Wee
             vpon
             an
             holy
             loue
             grounded
             vpon
             assured
             knowledge
             :
             He
             vpon
             an
             opinion
             of
             future
             life
             ,
             we
             on
             knowledge
             of
             future
             glory
             .
             Hee
             went
             vnsent
             
             for
             ,
             we
             called
             for
             by
             our
             maker
             :
             Why
             should
             his
             courage
             exceede
             ours
             ,
             since
             our
             ground
             ,
             our
             estate
             so
             far
             exceedes
             his
             ;
             Euen
             this
             age
             ,
             within
             the
             reach
             of
             our
             memorie
             ,
             bred
             that
             peremptory
             ▪
             Italian
             which
             in
             imitation
             of
             the
             old
             Romā
             courage
             (
             least
             in
             that
             degenerated
             nation
             ,
             there
             shoulde
             bee
             no
             step
             left
             of
             the
             qualities
             of
             their
             Ancestours
             )
             entring
             vpon
             his
             tormēt
             for
             killing
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             cheared
             himselfe
             with
             this
             cōfidēce
             .
             
             My
             death
             is
             sharp
             my
             fame
             shall
             bee
             euerlasting
             :
             The
             voyce
             of
             
             a
             Romane
             ,
             not
             of
             a
             christian
             ;
             My
             fame
             shal
             bee
             eternall
             ;
             An
             idle
             comfort
             :
             My
             fame
             shall
             liue
             ,
             not
             my
             soule
             liue
             to
             see
             it
             :
             What
             shall
             it
             auayle
             thee
             to
             bee
             talkt
             of
             while
             thou
             art
             not
             :
             Then
             fame
             only
             is
             pretious
             when
             a
             man
             liues
             to
             enioy
             it
             ;
             The
             fame
             that
             suruiues
             the
             soule
             ,
             is
             bootles
             ;
             Yet
             euē
             this
             hope
             cheared
             him
             against
             the
             violēce
             of
             his
             death
             ;
             what
             should
             it
             do
             vs
             that
             not
             our
             fame
             but
             our
             life
             ,
             our
             glory
             after
             death
             cānot
             dy
             ?
             Hee
             that
             hath
             Stephens
             eies
             to
             look
             into
             heuē
             cānot
             but
             haue
             
             the
             tongue
             of
             the
             Saints
             
               Come
               Lord.
               How
               long
            
             ?
             That
             man
             seeing
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             end
             ,
             cannot
             but
             contemne
             the
             hardnesse
             of
             the
             way
             ;
             But
             who
             wants
             those
             eies
             ,
             if
             he
             say
             and
             sweare
             that
             he
             feares
             not
             death
             ,
             beleeue
             him
             not
             If
             he
             protest
             his
             Tranquillity
             ,
             &
             yet
             fear
             death
             ,
             beleeue
             him
             not
             ;
             Beleeue
             him
             not
             if
             he
             say
             he
             is
             not
             miserable
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             18.
             
          
           
             THese
             are
             enemies
             on
             the
             left
             hand
             .
             
             There
             want
             not
             some
             on
             the
             right
             ;
             Which
             with
             lesse
             profession
             of
             hostilitye
             ,
             hurt
             no
             lesse
             ;
             Not
             so
             easily
             perceiued
             ,
             because
             they
             distemper
             the
             mind
             not
             without
             some
             kinde
             of
             pleasure
             .
             Surfeit
             killes
             more
             then
             famine
             .
             These
             are
             the
             ouer-desiring
             and
             ouer-ioying
             of
             these
             earthly
             thinges
             .
             
             
               All
               immoderations
               are
               enemyes
               ,
               as
               to
               health
               so
               to
               peace
               .
               He
               that
            
             
             desires
             ,
             wants
             as
             much
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             hath
             nothing
             .
             The
             drunken
             man
             is
             as
             thirstie
             ,
             as
             the
             sweating
             traueller
             :
             Hence
             are
             the
             studies
             ,
             cares
             ,
             feares
             ,
             ielousies
             ,
             hopes
             griefes
             ,
             enuies
             ,
             wishes
             ,
             platforms
             of
             atchiuing
             ,
             alterations
             of
             purposes
             ,
             and
             a
             thousand
             like
             ,
             whereof
             each
             one
             is
             enough
             to
             make
             the
             life
             troublesom
             .
             One
             is
             sicke
             of
             his
             neighbour
             field
             ,
             whose
             mishapen
             angels
             disfigure
             his
             ,
             and
             hinder
             his
             Lordship
             of
             entirenes
             :
             what
             he
             hath
             is
             not
             regarded
             ,
             for
             the
             want
             of
             what
             he
             cannot
             
             haue
             .
             Another
             feeds
             on
             crusts
             to
             purchase
             what
             he
             must
             leaue
             perhaps
             to
             a
             foole
             ,
             or
             (
             which
             is
             not
             much
             better
             )
             to
             a
             prodigall
             heyre
             .
             Another
             ,
             in
             the
             extremitie
             of
             couetous
             folly
             ,
             chooses
             to
             die
             an
             vnpitied
             death
             ,
             hanging
             himselfe
             for
             the
             fall
             of
             the
             market
             ,
             while
             the
             commons
             laugh
             at
             that
             losse
             ,
             &
             in
             their
             speeches
             Epitaph
             vpō
             him
             ,
             as
             on
             that
             Pope
             .
             He
             liued
             as
             a
             wolfe
             ,
             &
             died
             as
             a
             dog
             .
             One
             cares
             not
             what
             attēdance
             he
             daunces
             at
             all
             houres
             ,
             on
             whose
             stairs
             he
             sits
             ,
             what
             vices
             he
             sooths
             ,
             
             deformities
             he
             imitates
             ,
             what
             seruile
             offices
             hee
             doth
             ,
             in
             an
             hope
             to
             rise
             .
             Another
             stomackes
             the
             couered
             head
             ,
             and
             stiffe
             knee
             of
             his
             inferiour
             ;
             angry
             that
             other
             men
             think
             him
             not
             so
             good
             as
             hee
             thinks
             himselfe
             .
             Another
             eates
             his
             own
             heart
             with
             enuie
             at
             the
             richer
             furniture
             ,
             and
             better
             estate
             ,
             or
             more
             honor
             of
             his
             neighbor
             thinking
             his
             own
             not
             good
             ,
             because
             another
             hath
             better
             :
             Another
             vexeth
             himselfe
             with
             a
             word
             of
             disgrace
             ,
             past
             from
             the
             mouth
             of
             an
             enemie
             ,
             which
             hee
             neither
             can
             digest
             
             nor
             cast
             vp
             ,
             resoluing
             because
             another
             will
             bee
             his
             enemy
             ,
             to
             be
             his
             own
             ,
             These
             humors
             are
             as
             manifold
             ,
             
             as
             there
             are
             men
             that
             seeme
             prosperous
             :
             For
             the
             auoiding
             of
             all
             which
             ridiculous
             and
             yet
             spightful
             inconueniences
             ;
             
             the
             minde
             must
             bee
             setled
             in
             a
             perswasion
             of
             the
             worthlessenesse
             of
             these
             outward
             things
             ;
             Let
             it
             know
             ,
             
             that
             these
             riches
             haue
             made
             many
             prouder
             ,
             none
             better
             ;
             That
             as
             neuer
             man
             was
             ,
             so
             neuer
             wise
             man
             thought
             himselfe
             better
             for
             enioying
             them
             .
             
             Would
             that
             wise
             
             Philosopher
             ,
             haue
             cast
             his
             gold
             into
             the
             sea
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             not
             knowne
             he
             should
             liue
             more
             happily
             without
             it
             ?
             
             If
             he
             knew
             not
             the
             vse
             of
             riches
             hee
             was
             no
             wise
             man
             ;
             if
             hee
             knew
             not
             the
             best
             way
             to
             quietnes
             ,
             he
             was
             no
             philosopher
             ;
             now
             euen
             by
             the
             voyce
             of
             their
             oracle
             hee
             was
             confessed
             to
             bee
             both
             ,
             yet
             cast
             away
             his
             gold
             that
             hee
             might
             bee
             happy
             .
             Would
             that
             wise
             prophet
             haue
             prayed
             aswell
             against
             riches
             ,
             as
             pouerty
             ?
             Would
             so
             many
             great
             mē
             (
             wherof
             our
             litle
             Ilād
             hath
             yeilded
             9.
             crowned
             
             kings
             ,
             while
             it
             was
             held
             of
             old
             by
             the
             Saxōs
             )
             after
             they
             had
             continued
             their
             life
             in
             the
             throne
             ,
             haue
             ended
             it
             in
             the
             cell
             ,
             and
             changed
             their
             scepter
             for
             a
             booke
             ,
             if
             they
             could
             haue
             foūd
             as
             much
             felicity
             in
             the
             hyest
             estate
             ,
             as
             security
             in
             the
             lowest
             ?
             I
             heare
             Peter
             and
             Iohn
             ,
             the
             eldest
             and
             dearest
             Apostles
             ,
             say
             Golde
             and
             siluer
             haue
             I
             none
             ,
             I
             heare
             the
             Diuell
             say
             All
             these
             will
             I
             giue
             thee
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             mine
             to
             giue
             ;
             VVhether
             shal
             I
             desire
             to
             bee
             in
             the
             state
             of
             these
             saints
             ,
             or
             that
             deuil
             ?
             
             He
             was
             therfore
             a
             better
             husband
             ,
             then
             a
             philosopher
             ,
             that
             first
             termed
             riches
             ,
             Goods
             ,
             and
             hee
             mended
             the
             title
             wel
             ,
             that
             adding
             a
             fit
             epithet
             ,
             called
             them
             goodes
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             False
             goods
             ,
             ascribed
             to
             a
             false
             Patron
             ,
             ther
             is
             no
             fortune
             to
             giue
             or
             guide
             riches
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             true
             goodnes
             in
             riches
             to
             be
             guided
             ;
             His
             meaning
             then
             was
             (
             as
             I
             can
             interpret
             it
             )
             to
             teach
             vs
             in
             this
             title
             ;
             that
             it
             is
             a
             chance
             if
             euer
             riches
             were
             good
             to
             any
             .
             In
             summe
             ,
             who
             would
             account
             those
             as
             riches
             ,
             or
             those
             riches
             as
             
             goods
             ,
             which
             hurt
             the
             owner
             ,
             disquiet
             others
             which
             the
             worst
             haue
             ,
             which
             the
             best
             haue
             not
             ,
             which
             those
             that
             haue
             ,
             not
             ,
             wāt
             not
             ;
             which
             those
             want
             that
             haue
             them
             ,
             which
             are
             lost
             in
             a
             night
             and
             a
             man
             is
             not
             worse
             when
             hee
             hath
             lost
             them
             ?
             It
             is
             true
             of
             them
             that
             we
             say
             of
             Fire
             and
             water
             ,
             they
             are
             good
             seruantes
             ,
             ill
             maisters
             .
             Make
             them
             thy
             slaue
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             goodes
             indeede
             ,
             in
             vse
             if
             not
             in
             nature
             ;
             good
             to
             thy selfe
             ,
             good
             to
             others
             by
             thee
             :
             But
             if
             they
             bee
             thy
             maisters
             ,
             thou
             hast
             
             condemned
             thy selfe
             to
             thine
             own
             Gallyes
             ;
             If
             a
             seruant
             rule
             ,
             he
             proues
             a
             Tyrant
             ;
             What
             madnes
             is
             this
             ,
             thou
             hast
             made
             thy selfe
             at
             once
             ,
             a
             slaue
             and
             a
             foole
             ?
             VVhat
             if
             thy
             chaines
             bee
             of
             golde
             ,
             or
             if
             with
             Heliogabalus
             thou
             hast
             made
             thee
             silken
             haliers
             ?
             thy
             seruitude
             may
             be
             more
             glorious
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             lesse
             miserable
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             19.
             
          
           
             HOnour
             perhaps
             is
             yet
             better
             ;
             
             such
             is
             the
             confused
             opinion
             of
             those
             that
             knowe
             little
             ;
             but
             a
             distinct
             and
             curious
             head
             shall
             finde
             an
             hard
             taske
             to
             define
             in
             what
             point
             the
             goodnes
             therof
             consisteth
             :
             Is
             it
             in
             hye
             descent
             of
             blood
             ?
             I
             would
             thinke
             so
             ,
             if
             nature
             were
             tyed
             by
             any
             law
             to
             produce
             children
             like
             qualited
             to
             their
             parents
             :
             But
             although
             in
             the
             
             brute
             creatures
             shee
             bee
             euer
             thus
             regular
             ,
             that
             ye
             shal
             neuer
             find
             a
             yong
             pigeō
             hatched
             in
             an
             eagles
             nest
             ,
             neither
             can
             I
             thinke
             that
             true
             (
             or
             if
             true
             it
             was
             monsterous
             )
             that
             Nicippus
             his
             sheep
             shold
             yeane
             a
             Lion
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             best
             creature
             (
             which
             hath
             his
             form
             &
             her
             attending
             qualities
             from
             aboue
             )
             with
             a
             likenes
             of
             face
             and
             features
             ,
             is
             commonly
             founde
             an
             vnlikenes
             of
             disposition
             :
             Onely
             the
             earthly
             part
             followes
             the
             seede
             ,
             wisedome
             ,
             valour
             ;
             vertue
             are
             of
             another
             beginning
             :
             Shall
             I
             bow
             to
             a
             molten
             
             calfe
             because
             it
             was
             made
             of
             goldē
             eare-rings
             ?
             Shal
             I
             condemne
             all
             honor
             of
             the
             first
             head
             (
             tho
             vpō
             neuer
             so
             noble
             deseruing
             )
             because
             it
             can
             shewe
             nothing
             before
             it selfe
             but
             a
             white
             shield
             ?
             If
             Cesar
             or
             Agathocles
             be
             a
             Potters
             sonne
             shall
             I
             contemne
             him
             ?
             Or
             if
             wise
             Bion
             be
             the
             sonne
             of
             an
             infamous
             Curtizan
             ,
             
             shall
             the
             censorious
             lawyer
             race
             him
             of
             the
             Catalogue
             with
             
               partus
               sequitur
               ventrem
            
             ?
             Lastly
             shall
             I
             account
             that
             good
             which
             is
             incident
             to
             the
             worst
             ?
             Either
             therefore
             greatnes
             must
             show
             some
             
             charter
             wherein
             it
             is
             priueledged
             with
             successiō
             of
             vertue
             ,
             or
             els
             the
             goodnes
             of
             honor
             cannot
             consist
             in
             blood
             :
             Is
             it
             then
             in
             the
             admiration
             and
             hye
             opinion
             that
             others
             haue
             cōceiued
             of
             thee
             ,
             which
             drawes
             all
             dutiful
             respect
             and
             humble
             offices
             from
             thē
             to
             thee
             ?
             Ofickle
             good
             that
             is
             euer
             in
             the
             keeping
             of
             others
             especially
             of
             the
             vnstable
             vulgar
             ,
             that
             beast
             of
             many
             heads
             ,
             whose
             deuided
             tongues
             ,
             as
             they
             neuer
             agree
             with
             each
             other
             ,
             so
             seldōe
             when
             euer
             agree
             lōg
             with
             thēselus
             .
             Do
             we
             
             not
             see
             the
             superstitious
             Listrians
             ,
             that
             ere-while
             would
             needs
             make
             Paul
             a
             God
             against
             his
             wil
             ,
             &
             in
             deuout
             zeal
             drew
             crowned
             Buls
             to
             the
             altars
             ,
             of
             their
             new
             Iupiter
             ,
             &
             Mercury
             ?
             violence
             can
             scarce
             hold
             thē
             frō
             sacrificing
             vnto
             him
             :
             Now
             not
             many
             hours
             after
             gather
             vp
             stōs
             against
             him
             ;
             hauing
             in
             their
             cōceits
             turned
             him
             frō
             a
             God
             into
             a
             malefactor
             ;
             and
             are
             ready
             to
             kill
             him
             in
             steed
             of
             killing
             a
             sacrifice
             to
             him
             :
             Such
             is
             the
             multitude
             &
             such
             the
             steddines
             of
             their
             honor
             :
             there
             thē
             ōly
             is
             tru
             honor
             
             where
             blood
             and
             vertue
             meet
             together
             ,
             the
             greatnesse
             whereof
             is
             from
             blood
             ,
             the
             goodnes
             from
             vertue
             ;
             Reioyce
             ye
             great
             men
             ;
             that
             your
             blood
             is
             ennobled
             with
             the
             vertues
             and
             deserts
             of
             your
             Ancestors
             ?
             this
             onely
             is
             yours
             ,
             this
             onely
             challenges
             all
             vnfayned
             respect
             of
             your
             inferiours
             ,
             count
             it
             praise-worthy
             not
             that
             you
             haue
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             deserue
             honour
             .
             Blood
             may
             be
             tainted
             ,
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             vulgar
             cannot
             be
             constant
             onely
             vertue
             is
             euer
             like
             it selfe
             ;
             &
             only
             wins
             reuerence
             euen
             of
             
             those
             that
             hath
             it
             ;
             without
             which
             ,
             greatnes
             is
             as
             a
             Beacon
             of
             vice
             ,
             to
             draw
             mens
             eyes
             the
             more
             to
             behold
             it
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             see
             it
             ,
             dare
             loath
             it
             ;
             tho
             they
             dare
             not
             censure
             it
             :
             so
             while
             the
             knee
             bendeth
             ,
             the
             minde
             abhorreth
             ,
             and
             telleth
             the
             body
             it
             honors
             an
             vnworthy
             subiect
             ,
             within
             it selfe
             secretly
             comparing
             that
             vicious
             great
             man
             ,
             on
             whom
             his
             submisse
             curtesie
             is
             cast
             away
             ,
             to
             some
             goodly
             faire
             bound
             Seneca●s
             Tragedies
             ,
             
             that
             is
             curiously
             gilded
             without
             ;
             which
             if
             a
             man
             open
             
             he
             shall
             finde
             Thyestes
             the
             toomb
             of
             his
             owne
             children
             ;
             or
             Oedipus
             the
             husband
             of
             his
             owne
             mother
             or
             some
             such
             monstrous
             part
             ,
             which
             he
             at
             once
             reades
             and
             hates
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             20.
             
          
           
             LET
             him
             thinke
             that
             not
             onelie
             these
             outwarde
             thinges
             are
             not
             in
             themselues
             good
             ,
             
             but
             that
             they
             expose
             their
             owners
             to
             misery
             ,
             for
             besides
             that
             God
             vsually
             punishes
             our
             ouer-louing
             them
             with
             their
             losse
             (
             because
             hee
             thinks
             thē
             vnworthy
             riualls
             
             to
             himself
             ,
             who
             challengeth
             all
             height
             of
             loue
             as
             his
             onely
             right
             )
             so
             that
             the
             way
             to
             loose
             is
             to
             loue
             much
             ,
             the
             largenes
             moreouer
             either
             of
             affectiō
             ,
             or
             estate
             ,
             maks
             an
             opē
             way
             to
             ruin
             ;
             while
             a
             mā
             walks
             on
             plain
             groūd
             he
             falls
             not
             ,
             or
             if
             hee
             fall
             hee
             doth
             but
             measure
             his
             lēgth
             on
             the
             groūd
             ,
             &
             rise
             again
             with
             out
             harme
             ,
             but
             hee
             that
             climbeth
             hye
             is
             in
             dāger
             of
             falling
             ,
             &
             if
             he
             fal
             of
             killing
             .
             All
             the
             sailes
             hoised
             giue
             vantage
             to
             a
             tempest
             which
             by
             the
             mariners
             foresight
             giuing
             timely
             roome
             therto
             by
             
             their
             fall
             deliuer
             the
             vessel
             from
             the
             daunger
             of
             that
             gust
             whose
             rage
             now
             passes
             ouer
             with
             onely
             beating
             her
             with
             waues
             ,
             for
             anger
             that
             hee
             was
             preuented
             ;
             So
             the
             larger
             our
             estate
             is
             ,
             the
             fayrer
             marke
             hath
             mischiefe
             giuen
             to
             it
             ;
             and
             which
             is
             worse
             ,
             that
             which
             makes
             vs
             so
             easy
             to
             hit
             ,
             makes
             our
             wound
             more
             deepe
             and
             greiuous
             :
             
             If
             poore
             Codrus
             his
             house
             burne
             ,
             he
             stands
             by
             ,
             and
             warms
             him
             with
             the
             flame
             ,
             because
             hee
             knowes
             it
             is
             but
             the
             losse
             of
             an
             outside
             ,
             which
             by
             gathering
             
             some
             few
             sticks
             ,
             straw
             ,
             and
             clay
             ,
             may
             with
             litle
             labor
             ,
             and
             no
             cost
             be
             repayred
             :
             But
             when
             the
             many
             lostes
             of
             the
             rich
             man
             doe
             one
             giue
             fire
             to
             another
             ,
             be
             cries
             out
             one
             while
             of
             his
             Counting-house
             ,
             another
             while
             of
             his
             wardrop
             ,
             then
             of
             some
             noted
             chest
             ,
             and
             straight
             of
             some
             rich
             Cabinet
             ,
             and
             lamenting
             both
             the
             frame
             and
             the
             furniture
             ,
             is
             therefore
             impatient
             because
             he
             had
             something
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             21.
             
          
           
             But
             if
             there
             bee
             any
             sorceresse
             vpon
             earth
             ,
             
             it
             is
             pleasure
             ,
             which
             so
             inchāteth
             the
             mindes
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             worketh
             the
             disturbance
             of
             our
             Peace
             ,
             with
             such
             secret
             delight
             ,
             that
             foolish
             men
             thinke
             this
             want
             of
             Tranquillity
             ,
             happines
             .
             Shee
             turneth
             men
             into
             swine
             ,
             with
             such
             sweete
             charmes
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             change
             their
             brutish
             nature
             for
             their
             former
             reason
             .
             It
             is
             a
             good
             vnquietnesse
             (
             say
             
             they
             )
             that
             contenteth
             it
             is
             a
             good
             enemy
             that
             profiteth
             ;
             Is
             it
             any
             wonder
             that
             men
             should
             bee
             sortish
             ,
             when
             their
             reason
             is
             maistred
             with
             sensuality
             ?
             Thou
             foole
             ,
             thy
             pleasure
             contents
             thee
             :
             How
             much
             ?
             How
             long
             ?
             If
             shee
             haue
             not
             more
             befriended
             thee
             then
             euer
             shee
             did
             any
             earthly
             fauorite
             ,
             yea
             if
             she
             haue
             not
             giuen
             thee
             more
             then
             shee
             hath
             her selfe
             thy
             best
             delight
             hath
             had
             some
             mixture
             of
             discontentment
             ;
             for
             either
             some
             circūstāce
             crosseth
             
             thy
             desire
             ,
             or
             the
             inward
             distast
             of
             thy
             conscience
             checking
             thine
             appetite
             ,
             permits
             thee
             not
             any
             entire
             fruition
             of
             thy
             ioy
             .
             Euen
             the
             sweetest
             of
             all
             flowers
             hath
             his
             thornes
             ;
             and
             who
             can
             determine
             whether
             the
             sent
             bee
             more
             delectable
             ,
             or
             the
             prickes
             more
             yrksome
             ?
             It
             is
             enough
             for
             heauen
             to
             haue
             absolute
             pleasures
             ;
             which
             if
             they
             could
             be
             found
             here
             below
             ,
             certainly
             that
             heauē
             which
             is
             now
             not
             inough
             desired
             ,
             would
             then
             be
             feared
             :
             God
             will
             haue
             our
             pleasures
             here
             ,
             according
             
             to
             the
             fashion
             of
             our selues
             ,
             compounded
             So
             as
             the
             best
             delights
             ,
             may
             still
             sauor
             of
             their
             earth
             .
             See
             how
             that
             great
             King
             which
             neuer
             had
             any
             match
             for
             wisdome
             ,
             searce
             euer
             any
             superiour
             forwealth
             ,
             trauersed
             ouer
             all
             this
             inferior
             world
             with
             diligent
             inquirie
             ,
             &
             obseruation
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             find
             out
             that
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             children
             of
             men
             which
             they
             enioy
             vnder
             the
             Sunne
             ;
             abridging
             himselfe
             of
             nothing
             ,
             that
             either
             his
             eyes
             ,
             or
             his
             hart
             could
             suggest
             to
             him
             ;
             (
             as
             what
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             
             hee
             coulde
             not
             either
             know
             or
             purchase
             ?
             )
             and
             now
             comming
             home
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             after
             the
             disquisition
             of
             all
             naturall
             and
             humane
             things
             ,
             cōplaines
             ,
             that
             Behold
             ,
             all
             is
             not
             onely
             vanitie
             ,
             but
             vexation
             .
             Goe
             then
             thou
             wise
             scholler
             of
             experience
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             more
             acurate
             search
             for
             that
             which
             hee
             sought
             and
             missed
             .
             Perhaps
             somewhere
             betwixt
             the
             tallest
             Cedar
             in
             Lebanon
             ,
             and
             the
             shrubbie
             Hissop
             vpon
             the
             wall
             ?
             Pleasure
             shrouded
             her selfe
             that
             shee
             coulde
             
             not
             be
             descryed
             of
             him
             ,
             whether
             through
             ignoraunce
             or
             negligence
             ;
             Thine
             insight
             may
             be
             more
             peircing
             ,
             thy
             meanes
             more
             commodious
             ,
             thy
             successe
             happier
             ;
             If
             it
             were
             possible
             for
             any
             man
             to
             intertaine
             such
             hopes
             ,
             his
             vaine
             experience
             could
             not
             make
             him
             a
             greater
             foole
             ;
             it
             coulde
             but
             teach
             him
             what
             hee
             is
             ,
             and
             knoweth
             not
             And
             yet
             so
             imperfect
             as
             our
             pleasures
             are
             ,
             they
             haue
             their
             satietie
             :
             and
             as
             their
             continuance
             is
             not
             good
             ,
             so
             their
             conclusion
             
             is
             worse
             .
             Looke
             to
             their
             end
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             sudden
             ,
             how
             bitter
             it
             is
             .
             Their
             only
             curtesie
             is
             to
             salute
             vs
             with
             a
             farewell
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             one
             as
             makes
             their
             salutation
             vncomfortable
             .
             This
             Dalila
             showes
             and
             speakes
             faire
             but
             in
             the
             ende
             she
             will
             bereaue
             thee
             of
             thy
             strength
             ,
             of
             thy
             sight
             ,
             yea
             of
             thy selfe
             .
             These
             gnats
             flie
             about
             thine
             eares
             ,
             and
             make
             thee
             Musick
             awhile
             but
             euermore
             they
             sting
             ere
             they
             part
             :
             Sorrow
             &
             repentāce
             is
             the
             best
             end
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             paine
             is
             yet
             worse
             ,
             but
             the
             worst
             is
             
             despa●re
             .
             〈…〉
             of
             the
             ●●rst
             of
             these
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             latter
             shall
             〈◊〉
             thee
             ,
             perhaps
             both
             .
             Howe
             much
             better
             is
             it
             for
             thee
             to
             want
             a
             little
             hony
             thē
             to
             bee
             swolne
             vp
             with
             a
             venemous
             sting
             ?
          
           
             Thus
             then
             the
             minde
             resolued
             that
             these
             earthly
             things
             ,
             
               Honours
               ,
               wealth
               Pleasures
            
             are
             casuall
             ,
             vnstable
             ,
             deceitfull
             ,
             imperfect
             dangerous
             must
             learne
             to
             vse
             them
             without
             trust
             &
             to
             want
             them
             without
             griefe
             ;
             thinking
             still
             if
             I
             haue
             them
             I
             haue
             some
             benefit
             with
             a
             great
             charge
             ,
             if
             I
             haue
             thē
             not
             
             with
             little
             respect
             of
             others
             I
             haue
             much
             security
             and
             ease
             in
             my selfe
             ,
             which
             once
             obtained
             we
             cannot
             fare
             amisse
             in
             either
             estate
             ,
             and
             without-which
             we
             cānot
             but
             miscarry
             in
             both
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             22.
             
          
           
             ALL
             the
             enemies
             of
             our
             inwarde
             peace
             are
             thus
             descried
             and
             discomfited
             which
             done
             ,
             
             wee
             haue
             enough
             to
             preserue
             vs
             frō
             miserie
             ,
             but
             since
             wee
             moreouer
             seeke
             how
             to
             bee
             well
             and
             happily
             ,
             there
             yet
             remaine
             those
             
             positiue
             rules
             whereby
             our
             Tranquillity
             may
             bee
             both
             had
             continued
             and
             confirmed
             :
             VVherin
             I
             feare
             not
             least
             I
             should
             seeme
             ouer-diuine
             ,
             in
             casting
             the
             anchor
             of
             Quietnes
             so
             deep
             as
             heauen
             ,
             the
             only
             seat
             of
             constancy
             ,
             whiles
             it
             can
             finde
             no
             holde
             at
             all
             vpon
             earth
             :
             All
             earthly
             thinges
             are
             full
             of
             variablenes
             ,
             &
             therefore
             hauing
             no
             stay
             in
             themselues
             ,
             can
             giue
             none
             to
             vs.
             He
             that
             will
             haue
             and
             hold
             right
             Tranquillity
             must
             find
             in
             himselfe
             a
             sweete
             fruition
             of
             
             God
             and
             a
             〈◊〉
             apprehension
             of
             his
             prese●ce
             .
             That
             when
             he
             finds
             manifolde
             occasions
             of
             vexation
             in
             these
             earthly
             thinges
             he
             ouer-looking
             them
             all
             ,
             and
             hauing
             recourse
             his
             comforter
             may
             finde
             in
             him
             such
             matter
             of
             contentment
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             passe
             ouer
             al
             these
             petrye
             grieuances
             with
             contempt
             ;
             which
             whos
             euer
             wants
             ,
             may
             be
             secure
             ,
             cannot
             be
             quiet
             .
             The
             mind
             of
             man
             cānot
             want
             some
             refuge
             ▪
             &
             (
             as
             wee
             say
             of
             the
             Elephant
             )
             cannot
             rest
             vnlesse
             it
             haue
             somthing
             toleane
             
             vpon
             :
             The
             couetous
             man
             ,
             whose
             heauen
             is
             his
             chest
             ,
             whē
             he
             heares
             him selfe
             rated
             and
             cursed
             for
             oppression
             ,
             comes
             home
             and
             seeing
             his
             bags
             safe
             ,
             applaudes
             himselfe
             against
             all
             censures
             :
             The
             gluttō
             when
             hee
             looseth
             friendes
             or
             good
             name
             ;
             yet
             ioyes
             in
             his
             full
             furnish't
             table
             ,
             &
             the
             laughter
             of
             his
             wine
             ;
             more
             pleasing
             himselfe
             in
             some
             one
             dish
             ;
             then
             he
             can
             be
             greeued
             with
             all
             the
             worldes
             mis-carriage
             :
             The
             needy
             scholler
             whose
             wealth
             lyes
             al
             in
             his
             brain
             ,
             chears
             himselfe
             against
             iniquity
             
             of
             times
             ,
             with
             the
             conceit
             of
             his
             knowledge
             .
             These
             starting
             holes
             the
             mind
             cannot
             want
             when
             it
             is
             hard
             driuen
             :
             Now
             when
             as
             ,
             like
             to
             some
             chased
             Sisera
             it
             shrowdes
             it selfe
             vnder
             the
             harbor
             of
             these
             Iaels
             altho
             they
             giue
             it
             house-roome
             ,
             and
             milke
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             yet
             at
             last
             either
             they
             entertain
             it
             with
             a
             nayle
             in
             the
             temples
             ,
             or
             beeing
             guilty
             to
             their
             owne
             impotency
             ,
             send
             it
             out
             of
             themselues
             ;
             for
             safety
             and
             peace
             .
             For
             if
             the
             Crosse
             light
             in
             that
             which
             it
             made
             his
             refuge
             
             as
             if
             the
             couetous
             man
             bee
             crossed
             in
             his
             riches
             what
             earthly
             thing
             can
             stay
             him
             from
             a
             desperate
             phrensy
             ?
             Or
             if
             the
             crosse
             fall
             in
             a
             degree
             aboue
             the
             height
             of
             his
             stay
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             rich
             man
             be
             sick
             or
             dying
             (
             wherein
             all
             wealth
             is
             either
             contemned
             ;
             or
             remembred
             with
             anguish
             )
             how
             doe
             all
             his
             comforts
             (
             like
             vermin
             frō
             an
             house
             on
             fier
             )
             runne
             away
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             leaue
             him
             ouer
             to
             his
             ruine
             ?
             VVhiles
             the
             soule
             ,
             that
             hath
             placed
             his
             refuge
             aboue
             ,
             is
             sure
             that
             the
             ground
             of
             his
             cōfort
             cānot
             be
             matched
             
             with
             an
             earthly
             sorrowe
             ,
             cannot
             be
             made
             variable
             by
             the
             chāge
             of
             any
             euēt
             but
             is
             infinitly
             aboue
             all
             casualtyes
             ,
             &
             without
             all
             vncertainties
             .
             What
             state
             is
             there
             wherein
             this
             heauenly
             stay
             shall
             not
             aforde
             me
             not
             only
             peace
             but
             ioy
             ?
             Am
             I
             in
             prison
             ?
             or
             in
             the
             hell
             of
             prisons
             ,
             in
             some
             darke
             ,
             low
             ,
             and
             desolate
             dungeon
             ?
             Loe
             there
             ,
             
             Algerius
             that
             sweet
             Martyr
             findes
             more
             light
             then
             aboue
             ,
             and
             pitties
             the
             darknes
             of
             our
             libertie
             wee
             haue
             but
             a
             Sunne
             to
             enlighten
             our
             world
             ,
             which
             euery
             cloud
             dimmeth
             ,
             
             and
             hideth
             from
             our
             eyes
             ,
             but
             the
             father
             of
             lights
             (
             in
             respect
             of
             whome
             all
             the
             bright
             starres
             of
             heauen
             ,
             are
             but
             as
             the
             snaffe
             of
             a
             dim
             candle
             )
             shines
             into
             his
             pit
             ,
             &
             the
             presence
             of
             his
             glorious
             Angels
             make
             that
             an
             heauē
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             the
             world
             purposed
             as
             an
             hel
             of
             discomfort
             .
             What
             walles
             can
             keepe
             out
             that
             infinite
             spirit
             ,
             that
             filles
             al
             thinges
             ?
             What
             darkenesse
             can
             bee
             where
             the
             God
             of
             this
             sunne
             dwelleth
             ?
             what
             sorrow
             where
             hee
             comforteth
             ?
             Am
             I
             wandring
             in
             banishmēt
             ?
             
             Can
             I
             go
             whither
             God
             is
             not
             ?
             what
             sea
             can
             diuide
             betwixt
             him
             and
             mee
             ?
             then
             would
             I
             feare
             exile
             if
             I
             could
             be
             driuē
             away
             as
             wel
             from
             God
             ,
             as
             my
             country
             .
             Now
             hee
             is
             as
             much
             in
             all
             earthes
             ;
             His
             title
             is
             alike
             to
             all
             places
             ,
             and
             mine
             in
             him
             :
             His
             sun
             shines
             to
             mee
             ,
             his
             sea
             or
             earth
             beares
             mee
             vp
             ,
             his
             presence
             cheareth
             mee
             ,
             whethersoeuer
             I
             goe
             .
             Hee
             cannot
             bee
             saide
             to
             flitte
             that
             neuer
             changeth
             his
             host
             .
             Hee
             alone
             is
             a
             thousand
             companions
             ,
             he
             alone
             is
             a
             world
             of
             friendes
             ;
             that
             man
             
             neuer
             knew
             what
             it
             was
             to
             be
             familiar
             with
             God
             that
             complaines
             of
             the
             want
             of
             home
             ;
             of
             friends
             of
             companions
             while
             God
             is
             with
             him
             .
             Am
             I
             contemned
             of
             the
             world
             It
             is
             enough
             for
             me
             that
             I
             am
             honored
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             both
             I
             cānot
             :
             The
             world
             loue
             me
             more
             ,
             if
             I
             were
             lesse
             friends
             with
             God
             :
             It
             cannot
             hate
             me
             so
             much
             as
             God
             hates
             it
             :
             what
             care
             I
             to
             be
             hated
             of
             thē
             ,
             whom
             God
             hateth
             .
             He
             is
             vnworthy
             of
             Gods
             fauor
             that
             cannot
             thinke
             it
             happines
             enough
             with
             out
             the
             worlds
             ?
             How
             easy
             is
             
             it
             for
             such
             a
             man
             ▪
             whiles
             the
             world
             disgraces
             him
             at
             once
             to
             scorne
             and
             pitty
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             think
             nothing
             more
             contemptible
             then
             it self
             ?
             I
             am
             empouerished
             with
             losses
             :
             That
             was
             neuer
             throughly
             good
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             lost
             :
             My
             riches
             will
             not
             leese
             mee
             yea
             ,
             tho
             I
             forgoe
             all
             to
             my
             skin
             ,
             yet
             haue
             I
             not
             lost
             any
             part
             of
             my
             welth
             For
             if
             hee
             bee
             rich
             that
             hath
             somthing
             ,
             how
             rich
             is
             he
             that
             hath
             the
             maker
             and
             owner
             of
             al
             thinges
             ?
             I
             am
             weak
             and
             diseased
             in
             body
             ;
             He
             cannot
             miscarry
             that
             hath
             his
             maker
             for
             
             his
             Physician
             :
             Yet
             my
             soule
             ,
             the
             better
             part
             is
             sound
             ,
             for
             that
             cannot
             be
             weake
             ,
             whose
             strength
             God
             is
             :
             How
             many
             are
             sicke
             in
             that
             &
             complain
             not
             :
             I
             can
             bee
             content
             to
             bee
             let
             blood
             in
             the
             arme
             or
             foot
             ,
             for
             the
             curing
             of
             the
             head
             or
             heart
             ;
             The
             health
             of
             the
             principall
             part
             is
             more
             ioy
             to
             mee
             then
             it
             is
             trouble
             to
             be
             distempered
             in
             the
             inferiour
             .
             Let
             me
             knowe
             that
             God
             fauours
             me
             ,
             thē
             I
             haue
             liberty
             in
             prison
             ,
             home
             in
             banishment
             ,
             honor
             in
             contempt
             ,
             in
             losses
             wealth
             ,
             health
             in
             infirmity
             ,
             
             life
             in
             death
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             these
             happines
             :
             And
             surely
             if
             our
             perfect
             fruition
             of
             God
             be
             our
             complete
             heauen
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             ,
             that
             our
             inchoate
             cōuersing
             with
             him
             is
             our
             heauen
             imperfectly
             ;
             &
             the
             entrance
             into
             the
             other
             ▪
             which
             (
             me
             thinks
             )
             differs
             frō
             this
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             kind
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             degree
             :
             For
             the
             cōtinuatiō
             of
             which
             happy
             society
             (
             sith
             strāgenes
             leeseth
             acquaintāce
             ,
             and
             breedeth
             neglect
             )
             on
             our
             part
             must
             be
             a
             daily
             renuing
             of
             heuēly
             familiarity
             ,
             by
             seeking
             him
             vp
             ,
             euen
             with
             the
             cōtēpt
             of
             al
             inferior
             
             distractiō
             ;
             by
             talking
             with
             him
             in
             our
             secret
             inuocatiōs
             ,
             by
             hearing
             his
             cōferēce
             with
             vs
             ;
             and
             by
             mutual
             intertainment
             of
             ech
             other
             in
             the
             sweet
             discourses
             of
             our
             daily
             meditatiōs
             ;
             He
             is
             a
             sullē
             &
             vnsociable
             frend
             that
             wants
             words
             :
             God
             shal
             take
             no
             pleasur
             in
             vs
             if
             we
             be
             silēt
             :
             The
             hart
             that
             is
             ful
             of
             loue
             cannot
             but
             haue
             a
             busy
             tongue
             :
             Al
             our
             talk
             with
             God
             is
             either
             Suites
             or
             Thankes
             :
             In
             them
             the
             christian
             heart
             pours
             out
             it selfe
             to
             his
             maker
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             change
             this
             priuiledge
             for
             a
             world
             :
             
             All
             his
             annoiances
             ,
             al
             his
             wants
             ,
             all
             his
             dislikes
             are
             poured
             into
             the
             bosome
             of
             his
             inuisible
             friēd
             who
             likes
             vs
             stil
             so
             much
             more
             as
             wee
             aske
             more
             ,
             as
             wee
             complaine
             more
             ;
             Oh
             the
             easy
             and
             happy
             recourse
             ▪
             that
             the
             poore
             soule
             hath
             to
             the
             hye
             throne
             of
             heauen
             ▪
             We
             stay
             not
             for
             the
             holding
             out
             of
             a
             golden
             scepter
             ,
             to
             warne
             our
             admissiō
             ,
             before
             which
             our
             presence
             should
             bee
             presumption
             and
             death
             ;
             No
             houre
             is
             vnseasonable
             ,
             no
             persō
             too
             base
             ,
             no
             words
             too
             homely
             ,
             no
             fact
             too
             hard
             ,
             no
             importunity
             too
             
             great
             :
             we
             speak
             familiarly
             we
             are
             heard
             ,
             answered
             ,
             comforted
             :
             Another-while
             God
             interchangeably
             speakes
             vnto
             vs
             by
             the
             secret
             voyce
             or
             his
             spirit
             ;
             or
             by
             the
             audible
             sound
             of
             his
             word
             ,
             we
             heare
             ,
             adore
             ,
             answere
             him
             ;
             By
             both
             which
             the
             minde
             so
             communicates
             it selfe
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             hath
             God
             so
             plentifully
             communicated
             vnto
             it
             ,
             that
             hereby
             it
             growes
             to
             such
             an
             habit
             of
             heauenlinesse
             ,
             as
             that
             now
             it
             wants
             nothing
             but
             dissolution
             of
             full
             glory
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             23.
             
          
           
             OVt
             of
             this
             main
             groūd
             once
             setled
             in
             the
             heart
             (
             like
             as
             so
             many
             riuers
             from
             one
             common
             sea
             )
             flow
             those
             subordinate
             resolutions
             ,
             
             which
             wee
             require
             as
             necessary
             to
             our
             peace
             ,
             whether
             in
             respect
             of
             our
             actions
             ,
             or
             our
             estate
             .
             
             For
             our
             actiōs
             ther
             must
             be
             a
             secret
             vow
             passed
             in
             the
             soul
             both
             of
             cōstāt
             refraining
             frō
             what
             soeuer
             may
             offend
             that
             maiesty
             we
             rest
             vpō
             ;
             and
             aboue
             this
             ,
             of
             true
             and
             
             Canonicall
             obedience
             to
             God
             ,
             without
             all
             care
             of
             difficulty
             ,
             and
             in
             spight
             of
             all
             contradictions
             of
             nature
             :
             Not
             out
             of
             the
             confidence
             of
             our
             owne
             power
             :
             Impotent
             men
             ,
             who
             are
             we
             ,
             that
             we
             shoulde
             either
             vow
             or
             performe
             ?
             But
             as
             hee
             saide
             ;
             Giue
             what
             thou
             bid'st
             ,
             and
             bid
             what
             thou
             wilt
             :
             Hence
             the
             courage
             of
             Moses
             durst
             venture
             his
             hand
             to
             take
             vppe
             the
             crawling
             and
             hissing
             Serpent
             ;
             Hence
             Peter
             durst
             walke
             vpon
             the
             Pauement
             of
             the
             waues
             ;
             Hence
             
             that
             Heroicall
             spirit
             of
             Luther
             (
             a
             man
             made
             of
             metall
             fit
             for
             so
             great
             a
             worke
             )
             durst
             resolue
             and
             professe
             to
             enter
             into
             that
             fore-warned
             cittye
             ,
             tho
             there
             had
             been
             as
             many
             diuells
             in
             their
             streetes
             as
             tiles
             on
             their
             houses
             :
             Both
             these
             vowes
             as
             wee
             once
             solemnly
             made
             by
             others
             ,
             so
             for
             our
             peace
             must
             wee
             renew
             in
             our selues
             .
             Thus
             the
             experienced
             mind
             both
             knowing
             that
             it
             hath
             met
             with
             a
             good
             friend
             ,
             &
             withall
             what
             the
             price
             of
             a
             friend
             is
             ;
             cannot
             but
             be
             carefull
             to
             retayne
             him
             ,
             and
             wary
             
             of
             displeasing
             &
             therefore
             to
             cut
             off
             all
             daungers
             of
             variance
             ,
             voluntarily
             takes
             a
             double
             oath
             of
             alleageance
             of
             it selfe
             to
             God
             ;
             which
             neither
             benefit
             shall
             induce
             vs
             to
             breake
             ,
             if
             we
             might
             gaine
             a
             world
             ,
             nor
             feare
             vrge
             vs
             thereto
             ,
             tho
             we
             must
             leese
             our selues
             :
             The
             wauering
             hart
             that
             finds
             continuall
             combates
             in
             it selfe
             betwixt
             Pleasure
             &
             Conscience
             ▪
             so
             equally
             matched
             that
             neither
             gets
             the
             day
             ,
             is
             not
             yet
             capable
             of
             peace
             ;
             and
             whether
             euer
             ouer
             commeth
             ,
             is
             troubled
             both
             with
             resistance
             
             &
             victory
             .
             Barren
             Rebecca
             found
             more
             ease
             ,
             then
             whē
             her
             twins
             struggled
             in
             her
             womb
             :
             If
             Iacob
             had
             been
             there
             alone
             ,
             she
             had
             not
             complained
             of
             that
             painfull
             contentiō
             :
             One
             while
             Pleasure
             holdes
             the
             fort
             ,
             and
             Conscience
             assaults
             it
             ,
             which
             when
             it
             hath
             entred
             at
             last
             by
             strong
             hand
             ,
             after
             manye
             batteries
             of
             iudgementes
             denounced
             ,
             ere
             long
             pleasure
             either
             corruptes
             the
             watch
             ,
             or
             by
             some
             cuning
             stratagem
             ,
             findes
             way
             to
             recouer
             her
             first
             hold
             ;
             so
             our
             part
             is
             euer
             atempting
             ,
             and
             euer
             resisting
             ,
             
             betwixt
             both
             ,
             the
             hart
             cānot
             haue
             peace
             ,
             because
             it
             resolues
             not
             ;
             For
             while
             the
             soule
             is
             held
             in
             suspense
             ,
             it
             cannot
             enioy
             the
             pleasure
             it
             vseth
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             halfe
             taken
             vp
             with
             feare
             ;
             Onely
             a
             strong
             and
             resolute
             repulse
             of
             pleasure
             is
             truly
             pleasant
             ;
             For
             therein
             the
             Conscience
             filling
             vs
             with
             heauenly
             delight
             ,
             maketh
             sweete
             Triumphes
             in
             it selfe
             ;
             as
             beeing
             now
             the
             Lorde
             of
             his
             own
             dominions
             &
             knowing
             what
             to
             trust
             to
             No
             man
             knows
             the
             pleasure
             of
             this
             thought
             ,
             I
             haue
             dōe
             wel
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             
             hath
             felt
             it
             :
             &
             he
             that
             hath
             felt
             it
             ,
             contemnes
             all
             pleasure
             to
             it
             .
             It
             is
             a
             false
             slander
             raysed
             on
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             men
             dūpish
             and
             melancholicke
             ;
             for
             therfore
             are
             we
             heuy
             ,
             because
             wee
             are
             not
             enough
             Christians
             .
             Wee
             haue
             religion
             enough
             to
             mislike
             pleasures
             ,
             not
             enough
             to
             ouercome
             thē
             ;
             But
             if
             wee
             bee
             once
             conquerours
             ouer
             our selues
             and
             haue
             deuoted
             our selues
             wholly
             to
             God
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             nothing
             but
             heauenly
             mirth
             in
             the
             soule
             .
             Loe
             here
             ye
             philosophers
             ,
             the
             true
             Musick
             
             of
             heauen
             ,
             which
             the
             good
             heart
             continually
             heareth
             ,
             and
             answeares
             it
             in
             the
             iust
             measurs
             of
             ioy
             Others
             may
             talk
             of
             mirth
             as
             a
             thing
             they
             haue
             hard
             of
             ,
             or
             vainly
             fancied
             ;
             Only
             the
             Christian
             feeles
             it
             ;
             and
             in
             comparison
             therof
             scorneth
             the
             idle
             ribaldish
             ,
             and
             scurrilous
             mirth
             of
             the
             prophane
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             24.
             
          
           
             AND
             this
             resolution
             which
             wee
             call
             for
             ,
             
             must
             not
             onely
             exclude
             manifestly
             euill
             actions
             ,
             but
             also
             doubting
             and
             suspension
             of
             
             minde
             in
             actions
             suspected
             ,
             and
             questionable
             ;
             wherein
             the
             iudgement
             must
             euer
             giue
             confident
             determination
             one
             way
             :
             For
             this
             Tranquillity
             cōsisteth
             in
             a
             steddines
             of
             the
             mind
             ;
             and
             how
             can
             that
             vessell
             which
             is
             beaten
             vpon
             ,
             by
             contrarie
             waues
             and
             windes
             ,
             and
             tottereth
             to
             either
             part
             ,
             be
             said
             to
             keepe
             a
             steddy
             course
             ?
             Resolution
             is
             the
             onely
             mother
             of
             securitie
             .
             For
             instance
             ;
             I
             see
             that
             Vsurie
             ,
             which
             was
             wont
             to
             be
             condemned
             for
             no
             better
             then
             a
             Legall
             theft
             ,
             hath
             now
             obtained
             with
             many
             ,
             the
             
             the
             reputatiō
             of
             an
             honest
             trade
             :
             &
             is
             both
             vsed
             by
             many
             ,
             &
             by
             some
             defended
             .
             It
             is
             pittie
             that
             a
             bad
             practise
             should
             finde
             any
             learned
             or
             religious
             Patron
             :
             The
             summe
             of
             my
             patrimony
             lieth
             dead
             by
             me
             ,
             sealed
             vp
             in
             the
             bag
             of
             my
             father
             ;
             my
             thriftier
             friends
             aduise
             me
             to
             this
             easy
             &
             sure
             improuemēt
             ;
             Their
             counsel
             &
             my
             gain
             preuaile
             ;
             my
             yearly
             sums
             come
             in
             with
             no
             cost
             ,
             but
             of
             time
             ,
             waxe
             ,
             parchmēt
             ;
             My
             estate
             likes
             it
             well
             :
             better
             then
             my
             conscience
             ;
             which
             tels
             me
             still
             he
             doubts
             my
             trade
             is
             too
             
             easy
             to
             be
             honest
             ;
             Yet
             I
             cōtinue
             my
             illiberall
             course
             not
             without
             some
             scruple
             and
             contradiction
             ;
             so
             as
             my
             feare
             of
             offēce
             hinders
             the
             ioy
             of
             my
             profit
             ,
             &
             the
             plesure
             of
             my
             game
             ,
             hartens
             mee
             against
             the
             feare
             of
             :
             iniustice
             ;
             I
             wold
             be
             rich
             with
             case
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             would
             not
             be
             vncharitable
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             be
             vniust
             All
             the
             while
             I
             liue
             in
             vnquiet
             doubts
             ,
             and
             distraction
             ;
             Others
             are
             not
             so
             much
             entangled
             in
             my
             bonds
             ,
             as
             I
             in
             my
             owne
             .
             At
             last
             that
             I
             may
             bee
             both
             iust
             and
             quiet
             ,
             I
             cōclude
             to
             referre
             this
             case
             
             wholly
             to
             the
             sentence
             of
             my
             inward
             iudge
             ,
             the
             Conscience
             ,
             the
             Aduocates
             ,
             Gaine
             and
             Iustice
             plead
             on
             either
             part
             at
             this
             barre
             with
             doubtfull
             successe
             .
             Gaine
             informes
             the
             Iudge
             of
             a
             new
             and
             nice
             distinction
             of
             toothlesse
             and
             biting
             interest
             ,
             &
             brings
             presidents
             of
             particular
             cases
             of
             vsury
             so
             farre
             from
             any
             breach
             of
             charity
             or
             iustice
             ,
             that
             both
             parts
             therein
             confes
             themselues
             aduantaged
             :
             Iustice
             pleades
             euen
             the
             most
             toothlesse
             vsury
             to
             haue
             sharpe
             gummes
             ;
             &
             finds
             in
             the
             most
             harmelesse
             
             and
             profitable
             ,
             practise
             of
             it
             and
             insensible
             wrong
             to
             the
             common
             body
             ;
             besides
             the
             infinite
             wracks
             of
             priuate
             estates
             ;
             The
             weake
             iudge
             suspends
             in
             such
             probable
             allegatiōs
             ,
             &
             demurreth
             ;
             as
             being
             ouercome
             of
             both
             ,
             and
             of
             neither
             part
             :
             &
             leaues
             me
             yet
             no
             whit
             more
             quiet
             ,
             no
             whit
             lesse
             vncertaine
             :
             I
             suspend
             my
             practise
             accordingly
             ,
             being
             sure
             it
             is
             good
             not
             to
             doe
             ,
             what
             I
             am
             not
             sure
             is
             good
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             and
             now
             
               Gaine
               ▪
            
             solicites
             mee
             as
             much
             as
             iustice
             did
             before
             ▪
             Betwixt
             both
             
             I
             liue
             troublesomely
             :
             Nor
             euer
             shal
             doe
             other
             ,
             till
             in
             a
             resolute
             detestation
             I
             haue
             whipped
             this
             euil
             merchant
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             of
             my
             heart
             :
             This
             rigour
             is
             my
             peace
             ;
             Before
             I
             coulde
             not
             bee
             well
             ,
             either
             full
             or
             fasting
             :
             Vncertainetie
             is
             much
             payne
             ,
             euen
             in
             a
             more
             tollerable
             action
             :
             Neither
             is
             it
             (
             I
             thinke
             )
             easy
             to
             determine
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             worse
             to
             doe
             a
             lawfull
             acte
             with
             doubting
             ,
             or
             an
             euill
             with
             resolution
             :
             since
             that
             within
             it selfe
             is
             good
             ,
             
             is
             made
             euil
             to
             me
             by
             my
             doubt
             ,
             and
             !
             what
             is
             in
             nature
             euill
             ,
             is
             in
             this
             one
             point
             not
             euill
             to
             mee
             ,
             that
             I
             do
             it
             vpon
             a
             verdict
             of
             a
             Conscience
             ,
             so
             now
             my
             iudgement
             offends
             in
             not
             following
             the
             truth
             I
             offend
             not
             in
             that
             I
             follow
             my
             iudgement
             :
             Wherin
             if
             the
             most
             wise
             God
             had
             left
             vs
             to
             roue
             onely
             according
             to
             the
             aime
             of
             our
             owne
             coniectures
             ,
             it
             should
             haue
             beene
             lesse
             faulty
             to
             be
             Sceptickes
             in
             our
             actions
             ,
             and
             either
             not
             to
             iudge
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             to
             iudge
             amisse
             :
             but
             how
             that
             he
             hath
             giuen
             his
             a
             
             perfite
             rule
             of
             eternall
             equity
             ,
             and
             truth
             :
             wherby
             to
             direct
             the
             sentences
             of
             our
             iudgement
             ,
             that
             vncertainty
             which
             alloweth
             no
             peace
             to
             vs
             ,
             will
             aforde
             vs
             no
             excuse
             before
             the
             tribunall
             of
             heauē
             :
             wherfore
             ,
             then
             onely
             is
             the
             hart
             quiet
             ,
             when
             our
             actions
             are
             grounded
             ▪
             vpon
             iudgement
             &
             our
             iudgement
             vpon
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             25.
             
          
           
             FOR
             his
             estate
             the
             quiet
             minde
             must
             first
             rolle
             itself
             vpō
             the
             prouidence
             of
             the
             hyest
             :
             
             For
             whosoeuer
             so
             casts
             himselfe
             vpō
             these
             outwarde
             thinges
             that
             in
             their
             prosperous
             estate
             here
             ioyceth
             ▪
             
             &
             cōtrarily
             is
             cast
             downe
             in
             their
             miscarriage
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             hee
             shall
             finde
             more
             vncertaintye
             of
             rest
             ,
             or
             more
             certaintye
             of
             vnquietnesse
             :
             since
             hee
             must
             needes
             bee
             like
             a
             light
             
             vnballanced
             vessell
             ,
             that
             rises
             and
             falles
             with
             euery
             waue
             ,
             and
             depends
             only
             on
             the
             mercy
             of
             wind
             &
             water
             :
             But
             who
             relyes
             on
             the
             ineuitable
             decree
             ,
             &
             all-seeing
             prouidence
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             can
             neither
             bee
             crossed
             with
             second
             thoughts
             ,
             nor
             with
             euēts
             vnlooked
             for
             ,
             layes
             a
             sure
             grounde
             of
             Tranquillity
             ,
             Let
             the
             world
             tosse
             how
             it
             list
             ,
             and
             vary
             it selfe
             (
             as
             it
             euer
             doth
             )
             in
             storms
             &
             calms
             ,
             his
             rest
             is
             pitched
             alo●t
             ,
             aboue
             the
             sphere
             of
             changeable
             mortality
             .
             To
             begin
             is
             harder
             then
             to
             prosecute
             ▪
             What
             coūsell
             
             had
             God
             in
             the
             first
             molding
             of
             thee
             in
             the
             womb
             of
             thy
             mother
             ?
             what
             ayde
             shall
             hee
             haue
             in
             repairing
             thee
             from
             the
             womb
             of
             the
             earth
             ?
             &
             if
             he
             could
             make
             ,
             &
             shall
             restore
             thee
             without
             thee
             why
             shall
             hee
             not
             much
             more
             (
             not
             without
             thy
             in
             deuor
             )
             dispose
             of
             thee
             ?
             Is
             God
             wise
             enough
             to
             guide
             the
             heauens
             &
             to
             produce
             all
             creatures
             in
             their
             kindes
             :
             and
             seasons
             and
             shall
             he
             not
             bee
             able
             to
             order
             thee
             alon
             ?
             Thou
             sayst
             I
             haue
             friendes
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             is
             my
             best
             friend
             I
             haue
             wealth
             ,
             to
             make
             
             both
             them
             ,
             and
             mee
             ;
             and
             wit
             to
             put
             both
             to
             best
             vse
             .
             O
             the
             broken
             reedes
             of
             humaine
             confidence
             !
             Who
             euer
             trusted
             on
             friendes
             that
             could
             trust
             to
             himselfe
             ?
             Who
             euer
             was
             so
             wise
             ,
             as
             not
             sometimes
             to
             be
             a
             foole
             in
             his
             owne
             conceit
             ,
             ofte
             times
             in
             the
             conceit
             of
             others
             ?
             Who
             was
             euer
             more
             discōtent
             then
             the
             wealthy
             ?
             Friends
             may
             bee
             false
             ,
             wealth
             cannot
             but
             be
             deceitfull
             ,
             wit
             hath
             made
             many
             fooles
             ;
             Trust
             thou
             to
             that
             ,
             which
             if
             thou
             wouldst
             cannot
             fail
             thee
             .
             Not
             that
             thou
             desirest
             
             shall
             come
             to
             passe
             ;
             but
             that
             which
             God
             hath
             decreed
             :
             Neither
             thy
             feares
             nor
             thy
             hopes
             ,
             nor
             vows
             shall
             either
             for
             slow
             or
             alter
             it
             .
             The
             vnexperienced
             passenger
             when
             hee
             sees
             the
             vessell
             go
             amisse
             or
             too
             farre
             ,
             laies
             fast
             hold
             on
             the
             contrary
             part
             ,
             or
             on
             the
             mast
             for
             remedy
             ,
             the
             Pilot
             laughs
             at
             his
             folly
             ,
             knowing
             that
             (
             what
             euer
             ●e
             labors
             )
             the
             barke
             will
             goe
             which
             way
             the
             winde
             and
             his
             sterne
             directeth
             it
             .
             Thy
             goods
             are
             embarked
             ;
             Now
             thou
             wishest
             a
             direct
             Northwinde
             to
             driue
             
             thee
             to
             the
             
               Straytes
               ▪
            
             and
             then
             a
             West
             to
             runne
             in
             ;
             and
             now
             ,
             when
             thou
             hast
             emptyed
             and
             laded
             againe
             ,
             thou
             callst
             as
             earnestlie
             for
             the
             South
             ,
             and
             Southeast
             to
             returne
             ;
             and
             lowrest
             if
             all
             these
             answer
             thee
             not
             :
             As
             if
             heauen
             and
             earth
             had
             nothing
             else
             to
             doe
             but
             to
             wayte
             vpon
             thy
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             serued
             onely
             to
             bee
             commaunded
             seruice
             by
             thee
             :
             Another
             that
             hath
             contrary
             occasions
             asks
             for
             windes
             quite
             opposite
             to
             thine
             :
             He
             that
             sits
             in
             
             heauen
             ,
             neither
             fits
             thy
             fancy
             nor
             his
             ,
             but
             bids
             his
             winds
             spit
             sometimes
             in
             thy
             face
             ,
             sometimes
             to
             fauor
             thee
             with
             a
             sideblast
             ,
             sometimes
             to
             be
             boisterous
             otherwhiles
             to
             be
             silēt
             at
             his
             own
             plesure
             .
             VVhether
             the
             marriner
             sing
             or
             curse
             ,
             it
             shal
             go
             whither
             it
             is
             sent
             ;
             Striue
             or
             lye
             still
             ,
             thy
             destiny
             shal
             run
             on
             ,
             &
             what
             must
             bee
             ,
             shal
             bee
             ;
             Not
             that
             we
             should
             hēce
             exclude
             benefit
             of
             means
             (
             which
             are
             alwaies
             necessarily
             included
             in
             this
             wise
             preordination
             of
             all
             things
             )
             but
             perplexity
             of
             cares
             ,
             and
             wrestling
             
             with
             prouidence
             .
             Oh
             the
             idle
             &
             ill
             spent
             cares
             of
             curious
             men
             ,
             that
             consult
             with
             starres
             ,
             and
             spirits
             for
             their
             destinies
             ,
             vnder
             colour
             of
             preuentiō
             ;
             if
             it
             bee
             not
             thy
             destiny
             ,
             why
             wouldst
             thou
             know
             it
             ,
             what
             needes
             thou
             resist
             it
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             thy
             destiny
             ,
             why
             wouldst
             thou
             know
             that
             thou
             canst
             not
             preuent
             ?
             That
             which
             God
             hath
             decreede
             is
             already
             done
             in
             heauē
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             done
             on
             earth
             .
             This
             kind
             of
             expectation
             doth
             but
             hasten
             slow
             euills
             ,
             &
             prolong
             them
             in
             their
             continuāce
             ;
             hasten
             them
             
             not
             in
             their
             euent
             but
             in
             our
             conceit
             :
             Shortly
             then
             if
             thou
             swimmest
             against
             the
             streame
             of
             this
             prouidence
             ,
             thou
             canst
             not
             escape
             drowning
             ,
             euerye
             waue
             turns
             thee
             ouer
             like
             a
             Porckpose
             before
             a
             tempest
             ;
             but
             if
             thou
             swim'st
             with
             the
             streame
             ,
             do
             but
             cast
             thine
             armes
             abroade
             thou
             passest
             with
             safetye
             ,
             and
             with
             ease
             ;
             it
             both
             beares
             thee
             vppe
             ,
             and
             carries
             thee
             on
             to
             the
             hauē
             ,
             whither
             God
             hath
             determined
             thine
             arriuall
             in
             peace
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             26.
             
          
           
             NExt
             to
             this
             the
             minde
             of
             the
             Quiet
             mā
             must
             bee
             to
             wrought
             by
             these
             former
             resolutions
             ,
             
             that
             it
             bee
             throughlye
             perswaded
             the
             estate
             wherein
             hee
             is
             ,
             
             is
             best
             of
             all
             ;
             if
             not
             in
             it selfe
             ,
             yet
             to
             him
             :
             Not
             out
             of
             pride
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             contentment
             :
             Which
             who
             euer
             wanteth
             ,
             cannot
             but
             be
             continually
             vexed
             with
             enuy
             ▪
             &
             racked
             with
             
             ambition
             :
             Yea
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             to
             bee
             in
             heauen
             without
             this
             ,
             hee
             coulde
             not
             be
             happy
             :
             For
             it
             is
             as
             impossible
             to
             the
             mind
             at
             once
             to
             long
             after
             ,
             and
             enioy
             ,
             as
             for
             a
             mā
             to
             feed
             and
             sleepe
             at
             once
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             more
             to
             be
             striuen
             for
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             al
             naturally
             prone
             to
             afflict
             our selues
             with
             our
             owne
             frowardnes
             ,
             ingratefully
             contemning
             al
             wee
             haue
             ,
             for
             what
             we
             would
             haue
             Euen
             the
             best
             of
             the
             Patriarks
             could
             say
             ,
             O
             Lord
             what
             wilt
             thou
             giue
             me
             ,
             since
             I
             go
             childlesse
             :
             The
             bond
             man
             desires
             now
             
             and
             controll
             nature
             .
             Ovaine
             fooles
             whither
             doth
             our
             restlesse
             ambition
             climbe
             ?
             What
             shal
             be
             at
             length
             ,
             the
             period
             of
             our
             wishes
             ?
             I
             coulde
             not
             blame
             these
             desires
             ,
             if
             contentment
             consisted
             in
             hauing
             much
             ,
             but
             now
             that
             he
             only
             hath
             much
             that
             hath
             contentment
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             as
             easily
             obtayned
             in
             a
             lowe
             estate
             ;
             I
             can
             account
             of
             these
             thoughtes
             no
             better
             then
             proudely
             foolish
             .
             Thou
             art
             poore
             ?
             VVhat
             differēce
             is
             there
             betwixt
             a
             greater
             man
             and
             thee
             
             saue
             that
             he
             doth
             his
             businesses
             by
             others
             ,
             thou
             doest
             them
             thy selfe
             ?
             He
             hath
             
               Caters
               ,
               Cookes
               ,
               Bayliues
               ,
               stewardes
               ,
               Secretaries
               ,
            
             and
             all
             other
             offices
             for
             his
             seuerall
             seruices
             ,
             thou
             prouidest
             ,
             dressest
             ,
             gatherest
             ,
             receiuest
             ,
             expendest
             ,
             writest
             for
             thy selfe
             :
             His
             patrimonie
             is
             large
             ,
             thine
             earnings
             small
             .
             If
             Briareus
             feed
             fiftie
             bellies
             with
             his
             hundreth
             hands
             ,
             what
             is
             he
             the
             better
             ,
             then
             hee
             that
             with
             two
             hands
             feedeth
             one
             :
             He
             is
             serued
             in
             siluer
             ,
             thou
             in
             vessell
             of
             the
             same
             colour
             ,
             of
             lesser
             price
             ;
             as
             good
             for
             vse
             ,
             tho
             
             nothing
             but
             liberty
             ,
             that
             alone
             would
             make
             him
             happy
             :
             Once
             free
             forgetting
             his
             former
             thought
             ,
             he
             wishes
             some
             wealth
             to
             make
             vse
             of
             his
             freedome
             ,
             &
             sayes
             it
             were
             as
             good
             be
             straited
             in
             place
             as
             in
             ability
             ;
             Once
             rich
             ,
             he
             longeth
             after
             nobility
             ,
             thinking
             it
             no
             prayse
             to
             be
             a
             welthy
             peasāt
             .
             Once
             noble
             he
             begins
             to
             deem
             it
             a
             base
             matter
             to
             be
             subiect
             ▪
             nothing
             can
             now
             content
             him
             but
             a
             croshn
             Then
             it
             is
             a
             small
             matter
             to
             rule
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             he
             hath
             but
             little
             dominions
             ,
             and
             greater
             neighbours
             ;
             he
             
             woulde
             therefore
             bee
             an
             vniuersall
             Monarch
             ;
             Whither
             then
             ?
             surely
             it
             vexes
             him
             as
             much
             ,
             that
             the
             earth
             is
             so
             small
             a
             globe
             ,
             so
             little
             a
             mole-hill
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             are
             no
             moe
             worldes
             to
             conquer
             ;
             and
             now
             that
             hee
             hath
             attayned
             the
             hyest
             dignitye
             among
             men
             ,
             hee
             would
             needes
             bee
             a
             God
             ,
             conceites
             his
             immortalitye
             ,
             erects
             temples
             to
             his
             owne
             name
             commaundes
             his
             deade
             statues
             to
             bee
             adored
             :
             And
             not
             thus
             contented
             ,
             is
             angry
             that
             hee
             cannot
             commande
             heauen
             
             in
             to
             solace
             himselfe
             ;
             The
             weight
             whereof
             varies
             according
             to
             our
             estimation
             of
             them
             :
             One
             hath
             much
             wealth
             ,
             but
             no
             child
             to
             inherite
             it
             ,
             he
             enuyes
             at
             the
             poore
             mans
             fruitfulnesse
             ,
             which
             hath
             many
             heires
             and
             no
             lands
             and
             coulde
             bee
             content
             with
             all
             his
             aboundance
             to
             purchase
             a
             successour
             of
             his
             owne
             loynes
             .
             Another
             hath
             many
             children
             ,
             little
             maintenance
             he
             commēdeth
             the
             careles
             quietnes
             of
             the
             barren
             &
             thinks
             fewer
             mouthes
             and
             more
             meate
             woulde
             do
             better
             ;
             The
             labouring
             
             man
             hath
             the
             blessing
             of
             a
             strōg
             body
             fit
             to
             digest
             any
             fare
             ,
             to
             indure
             any
             labor
             ;
             yet
             he
             wisheth
             himselfe
             weaker
             ,
             on
             condicion
             he
             might
             bee
             wealthier
             ;
             The
             man
             of
             nice
             education
             hath
             a
             feeble
             stomach
             ,
             and
             rasping
             since
             his
             last
             meale
             ,
             doubts
             whether
             he
             shoulde
             eate
             of
             his
             best
             dish
             ,
             or
             nothing
             ;
             this
             man
             repines
             at
             nothing
             more
             thē
             to
             se
             his
             hūgry
             plowman
             feed
             on
             a
             crust
             ;
             and
             wisheth
             to
             change
             estates
             on
             condicion
             hee
             might
             change
             bodies
             with
             him
             :
             Say
             that
             God
             should
             giue
             thee
             thy
             wish
             ,
             what
             
             not
             for
             value
             :
             His
             dishes
             are
             more
             dainty
             ,
             thine
             as
             well
             relished
             to
             thee
             ,
             and
             no
             lesse
             wholesome
             :
             Hee
             eates
             oliues
             ,
             thou
             garlick
             ,
             he
             mislikes
             not
             more
             the
             smell
             of
             thy
             sauce
             ,
             then
             thou
             dost
             the
             taste
             of
             his
             ,
             Thou
             wantest
             somwhat
             that
             he
             hath
             ,
             hee
             wisheth
             something
             which
             thou
             hast
             ,
             and
             regardest
             not
             :
             Thou
             couldst
             be
             cōtent
             to
             haue
             the
             rich
             mans
             purse
             ,
             but
             his
             gout
             thou
             woldst
             not
             haue
             ;
             He
             would
             haue
             thy
             health
             ,
             but
             not
             thy
             fare
             :
             If
             we
             might
             picke
             out
             of
             all
             mens
             estates
             that
             which
             is
             laudable
             ,
             omitting
             
             the
             inconueniences
             wee
             woulde
             make
             our selues
             complete
             ;
             but
             if
             wee
             must
             take
             altogether
             ,
             vvee
             shoulde
             perhaps
             little
             aduantage
             our selues
             with
             the
             change
             .
             For
             the
             most
             wise
             God
             hath
             so
             proportion'd
             out
             euery
             mans
             condition
             ,
             that
             hee
             hath
             some
             iust
             cause
             of
             sorrow
             inseperably
             mixed
             with
             other
             cōtentmēts
             ;
             and
             hath
             allotted
             to
             no
             man
             liuing
             ,
             an
             absolute
             happines
             without
             some
             grieuances
             ;
             nor
             to
             any
             man
             such
             an
             exquisite
             misery
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             findeth
             not
             somwhat
             wherin
             
             wouldst
             thou
             desire
             ?
             Let
             me
             (
             thou
             saiest
             )
             bee
             wise
             helthfull
             ,
             rich
             ,
             honorable
             ,
             strong
             ,
             learned
             ,
             beautiful
             immortall
             :
             I
             knowe
             thou
             louest
             thy selfe
             so
             well
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             wish
             all
             these
             ,
             and
             more
             ;
             But
             say
             that
             God
             hath
             so
             shared
             out
             all
             these
             gifts
             by
             a
             most
             wise
             and
             iust
             distribution
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             haue
             but
             some
             of
             these
             ,
             perhaps
             but
             one
             ;
             Which
             wouldst
             thou
             single
             out
             for
             thy selfe
             ?
             Any
             thing
             beside
             what
             thou
             hast
             :
             If
             learned
             ,
             thou
             wouldst
             be
             strong
             ,
             if
             strong
             honorable
             ,
             if
             honorable
             long-liued
             ;
             
             Some
             of
             these
             thou
             art
             already
             .
             Thou
             foole
             ;
             Cannot
             God
             choose
             better
             for
             thee
             ,
             then
             thou
             for
             thy selfe
             ?
             In
             other
             matches
             thou
             trustest
             the
             choyce
             of
             a
             skillfuller
             chapman
             ;
             when
             thou
             seest
             a
             goodly
             horse
             in
             the
             fayre
             (
             tho
             his
             shape
             please
             thine
             eye
             well
             )
             yet
             thou
             darest
             not
             buye
             him
             ,
             if
             a
             cunning
             horsemaister
             shall
             tell
             thee
             hee
             is
             faulty
             and
             art
             willing
             to
             take
             a
             playner
             &
             soūder
             ,
             on
             his
             cōmēdatiō
             against
             thy
             fācy
             :
             How
             much
             more
             should
             we
             in
             this
             case
             allow
             his
             
             choyce
             that
             cannot
             deceiue
             vs
             ;
             that
             cannot
             bee
             deceyued
             ?
             But
             thou
             knowest
             that
             other
             thou
             desirest
             ,
             better
             then
             what
             thou
             hast
             ;
             Better
             perhaps
             for
             him
             that
             hath
             it
             ,
             not
             better
             for
             thee
             :
             Libertye
             is
             sweete
             and
             profitable
             to
             those
             that
             can
             vse
             it
             ;
             But
             fetters
             are
             better
             for
             the
             frantick
             man
             :
             Wine
             is
             good
             nourishment
             for
             the
             healthfull
             ,
             poyson
             to
             the
             aguish
             ;
             It
             is
             good
             for
             a
             sound
             body
             to
             sleep
             in
             a
             whole
             skin
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             complains
             of
             swelling
             sores
             cānot
             sleep
             
             till
             it
             be
             brokē
             :
             Hemlock
             to
             the
             goat
             ,
             &
             spiders
             to
             the
             monky
             turn
             to
             good
             sustenance
             ,
             which
             to
             other
             creatures
             are
             accoūted
             deadly
             ;
             As
             in
             diets
             so
             in
             estimation
             of
             good
             &
             euill
             ,
             of
             greater
             and
             lesser
             good
             ;
             there
             is
             much
             variety
             :
             All
             palats
             commend
             not
             one
             dish
             ,
             and
             what
             one
             commends
             for
             most
             delicate
             ,
             another
             reiects
             for
             vnsauory
             .
             And
             if
             thou
             know
             what
             dish
             is
             most
             pleasant
             to
             thee
             ,
             thy
             Physician
             knowes
             best
             which
             is
             wholesome
             :
             Thou
             wouldst
             follow
             thine
             appetite
             too
             much
             
             and
             (
             as
             the
             French
             haue
             in
             their
             prouerb
             )
             woldst
             dig
             thy
             owne
             graue
             with
             thy
             teeth
             ;
             thy
             wise
             physician
             ouersees
             &
             ouerrules
             thee
             :
             He
             sees
             if
             thou
             wert
             more
             esteemed
             ,
             thou
             wouldst
             bee
             proude
             ,
             if
             more
             strong
             ,
             licentious
             ,
             if
             richer
             ,
             couetous
             ,
             if
             health
             fuller
             ,
             more
             secure
             ;
             But
             thou
             thinkest
             not
             thus
             hardly
             of
             thy selfe
             Fond
             man
             ,
             what
             knowest
             thou
             futur
             things
             ?
             beleue
             thou
             him
             that
             onely
             knowes
             what
             would
             bee
             ,
             what
             will
             bee
             ;
             Thou
             wouldst
             willingly
             go
             to
             heauen
             ,
             what
             better
             guide
             canst
             
             thou
             haue
             ,
             then
             him
             that
             dwels
             there
             ?
             If
             he
             lead
             thee
             thorough
             deepe
             sloughes
             ,
             and
             brackie
             thickets
             ,
             know
             that
             he
             knowes
             this
             the
             neerer
             way
             though
             more
             cumbersome
             :
             can
             there
             be
             in
             him
             any
             want
             of
             wisedome
             not
             to
             foresee
             the
             best
             ?
             Can
             there
             be
             any
             want
             of
             power
             not
             to
             effect
             the
             best
             ?
             Any
             want
             of
             loue
             not
             to
             giue
             thee
             what
             he
             knowes
             is
             best
             ?
             How
             canst
             thou
             then
             faile
             of
             the
             best
             ?
             Since
             what
             his
             power
             can
             doe
             ,
             and
             what
             his
             wisedome
             sees
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             his
             
             loue
             hath
             done
             ,
             because
             all
             are
             infinite
             :
             He
             willeth
             not
             things
             because
             they
             are
             good
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             good
             because
             hee
             wils
             them
             :
             Yea
             if
             ought
             had
             beene
             better
             ,
             this
             had
             not
             beene
             ;
             God
             willeth
             what
             he
             doth
             ,
             and
             if
             thy
             will
             accord
             not
             with
             his
             ,
             whether
             wilt
             thou
             condemne
             of
             imperfection
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             vlt.
             
          
           
             I
             Haue
             chalked
             out
             the
             way
             of
             peace
             ;
             
             what
             remains
             ▪
             but
             that
             we
             walke
             along
             in
             it
             .
             
             I
             haue
             cōducted
             my
             reader
             to
             the
             mine
             ,
             yea
             to
             the
             mint
             of
             happines
             ,
             &
             showed
             him
             those
             glorious
             heapes
             ,
             which
             may
             eternally
             enrich
             him
             .
             If
             now
             he
             shall
             go
             away
             with
             his
             hands
             and
             skirt
             empty
             ;
             how
             is
             he
             but
             worthy
             of
             a
             miserable
             want
             ?
             who
             shall
             pitty
             vs
             while
             we
             haue
             no
             mercy
             on
             our selues
             ?
             wilfull
             distresse
             hath
             neither
             remedy
             nor
             compassion
             :
             And
             to
             speake
             freely
             ,
             I
             haue
             oft
             wondred
             at
             this
             painful
             folly
             of
             vs
             men
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             open
             view
             of
             our
             peace
             ,
             as
             if
             wee
             were
             condemned
             
             to
             a
             necessary
             &
             fatall
             vnquietnes
             ,
             liue
             vpon
             our
             own
             rack
             ,
             finding
             no
             more
             ioy
             then
             if
             wee
             were
             vnder
             no
             other
             handes
             ,
             but
             our
             executioners
             .
             One
             droupeth
             vnder
             a
             fained
             euill
             ,
             another
             augments
             a
             small
             sorrow
             through
             impatience
             ,
             another
             drawes
             vpon
             himselfe
             an
             vncertaine
             euill
             through
             feare
             ;
             one
             seekes
             true
             contentment
             ,
             but
             not
             inough
             ;
             another
             hath
             iust
             cause
             of
             ioy
             ,
             and
             perceiues
             it
             not
             :
             One
             is
             vexed
             for
             that
             his
             grounds
             of
             ioy
             are
             matched
             with
             equall
             grieuances
             ;
             another
             
             cannot
             complaine
             of
             any
             present
             occasion
             of
             sorrowe
             ,
             yet
             liues
             sullenly
             ,
             because
             he
             finds
             not
             any
             present
             cause
             of
             comfort
             ;
             One
             is
             haunted
             with
             his
             sinne
             ,
             another
             distracted
             with
             his
             passiō
             :
             Amongst
             all
             which
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             miracle
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             liues
             not
             some
             way
             discontented
             .
             So
             wee
             liue
             not
             while
             wee
             doe
             liue
             ,
             onely
             for
             that
             wee
             want
             either
             wisedome
             ,
             or
             will
             ,
             to
             husband
             our
             liues
             to
             our
             owne
             best
             aduantage
             .
             O
             the
             inequalitye
             of
             our
             cares
             !
             Let
             riches
             or
             honour
             
             bee
             in
             question
             ;
             we
             sue
             to
             them
             ,
             we
             seeke
             for
             them
             with
             importunitye
             ,
             with
             seruile
             ambition
             :
             Our
             paynes
             neede
             no
             solicitor
             ;
             Yea
             there
             is
             no
             way
             wrong
             that
             leades
             to
             this
             end
             :
             VVee
             abhorre
             the
             patience
             to
             stay
             till
             they
             inquire
             for
             vs.
             And
             if
             euer
             (
             as
             it
             rarely
             happens
             )
             our
             desert
             and
             worthinesse
             winnes
             vs
             the
             fauour
             of
             this
             profer
             ,
             wee
             meete
             it
             with
             both
             handes
             ,
             not
             daring
             with
             our
             modest
             denyalles
             to
             whet
             
             the
             instancy
             ,
             and
             double
             the
             intreaties
             of
             so
             welcome
             suiters
             ;
             Yet
             lo
             ,
             here
             the
             onely
             true
             and
             precious
             riches
             ,
             the
             hyest
             aduancement
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             peace
             and
             happines
             ,
             seeks
             for
             vs
             ,
             sues
             to
             vs
             for
             acceptation
             ;
             our
             aunswers
             are
             coy
             and
             ouerly
             ,
             such
             as
             we
             giue
             to
             those
             clients
             that
             look
             to
             gaine
             by
             our
             fauors
             .
             If
             our
             want
             were
             through
             the
             scarcity
             of
             good
             ,
             we
             might
             yet
             hope
             for
             pittye
             to
             ease
             vs
             ,
             but
             now
             that
             it
             is
             through
             negligence
             ,
             and
             that
             wee
             perish
             with
             our
             hands
             in
             our
             bosome
             ,
             wee
             are
             rather
             
             worthy
             of
             stripes
             for
             the
             wrong
             wee
             doe
             our selues
             ,
             then
             of
             pitty
             for
             what
             we
             suffer
             .
             That
             we
             may
             and
             will
             not
             ,
             in
             oportunity
             of
             hurting
             others
             ▪
             is
             noble
             and
             Christian
             but
             in
             our
             owne
             benefite
             sluggish
             ,
             and
             sauoring
             of
             the
             worst
             kind
             of
             vnthriftinesse
             .
          
           
             Sayest
             thou
             then
             this
             peace
             is
             good
             to
             haue
             ,
             but
             hard
             to
             get
             ?
             It
             were
             a
             shamefull
             neglect
             that
             hath
             no
             pretence
             :
             Is
             difficulty
             sufficient
             excuse
             to
             hinder
             thee
             from
             the
             pursuit
             of
             riches
             ,
             of
             preferment
             ,
             of
             learning
             ,
             of
             
             bodily
             pleasures
             ?
             Art
             thou
             cōtent
             to
             sit
             shrugging
             in
             a
             base
             cottage
             ,
             ragged
             ,
             affamished
             ,
             because
             house
             ,
             clothes
             ,
             and
             food
             will
             neither
             be
             had
             without
             money
             ,
             nor
             money
             without
             labour
             ,
             nor
             labour
             without
             trouble
             and
             painefulnesse
             ?
             Who
             is
             so
             mercifull
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             say
             that
             a
             whip
             is
             the
             best
             almes
             for
             so
             lazy
             and
             wilfull
             neede
             ?
             Peace
             shoulde
             not
             bee
             good
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             harde
             :
             Go
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             excuse
             shut
             thy selfe
             out
             of
             heauen
             at
             thy
             death
             
             and
             liue
             miserabely
             til
             thy
             death
             ,
             because
             the
             good
             of
             both
             worldes
             is
             hard
             to
             compasse
             .
             There
             is
             nothing
             but
             miserye
             on
             earth
             and
             hell
             belowe
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             come
             to
             without
             labour
             ;
             And
             if
             wee
             can
             bee
             content
             to
             cast
             awaye
             such
             immoderate
             and
             vnseasonable
             paynes
             vpon
             these
             earthly
             trifles
             ,
             as
             to
             weare
             our
             bodyes
             with
             violence
             ,
             and
             to
             incroach
             vpon
             the
             night
             for
             tim●
             to
             get
             them
             ;
             what
             madnes
             shall
             it
             seem
             in
             vs
             not
             to
             afforde
             a
             lesse
             labour
             
             to
             that
             which
             is
             infinitly
             be●ter
             ,
             and
             which
             onely
             giues
             worth
             &
             goodnes
             vnto
             the
             other
             ?
             Wherefor
             if
             we
             haue
             not
             vowed
             enmity
             with
             our selues
             if
             we
             be
             not
             in
             loue
             with
             misery
             and
             vexation
             ,
             if
             we
             be
             not
             obstinatly
             carelesse
             of
             our
             owne
             good
             ;
             let
             vs
             shake
             off
             this
             vnthrifty
             ,
             dangerous
             &
             desperate
             negligence
             ,
             and
             quicken
             these
             dull
             hearts
             to
             a
             liuely
             and
             effectuall
             search
             of
             what
             onely
             can
             yield
             them
             sweete
             and
             abiding
             contentment
             ;
             which
             once
             attayned
             ;
             How
             shall
             we
             insult
             ouer
             
             euils
             ,
             and
             bid
             them
             do
             their
             worst
             ?
             How
             shall
             wee
             vnder
             this
             calme
             &
             quiet
             bay
             laugh
             at
             the
             rough
             weather
             &
             vnsted
             dye
             motions
             of
             the
             worlde
             ?
             How
             shall
             heauen
             and
             earth
             smile
             vpon
             vs
             ,
             and
             we
             on
             them
             ;
             commāding
             the
             one
             ;
             aspiring
             to
             the
             other
             ?
             How
             pleasāt
             shall
             our
             life
             be
             ,
             while
             neither
             ioies
             nor
             sorrows
             can
             distemper
             it
             with
             excesse
             ?
             yea
             while
             the
             matter
             of
             ioy
             that
             is
             within
             vs
             ,
             turnes
             all
             the
             most
             sad
             occurrences
             into
             pleasure
             ?
             How
             deare
             &
             welcome
             shall
             our
             death
             bee
             that
             
             shall
             but
             leade
             vs
             from
             one
             heauen
             to
             another
             ,
             from
             peace
             to
             glorye
             ?
             Goe
             now
             yee
             vaye
             and
             idle
             worldlinges
             ,
             and
             please
             your selues
             in
             the
             large
             extent
             of
             your
             rich
             Mannors
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             homage
             of
             those
             whome
             basenesse
             of
             mind
             hath
             made
             slaues
             to
             your
             greatnesse
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             price
             and
             fashions
             of
             your
             full
             wardrop
             ;
             or
             in
             the
             wanton
             varietyes
             of
             your
             delicate
             gardens
             ;
             or
             in
             your
             cofers
             full
             of
             red
             and
             white
             earth
             ,
             or
             if
             there
             
             bee
             any
             other
             earthly
             thing
             more
             alluring
             ,
             more
             precious
             ,
             enioy
             it
             ,
             possesse
             it
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             possesse
             you
             :
             Let
             mee
             haue
             only
             my
             peace
             &
             let
             me
             neuer
             want
             it
             ,
             till
             I
             enuie
             you
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           The
           Errata
           .
        
         
           Read
           Moralists
           pag
           ,
           2
           ,
           of
           the
           epist
           .
           Morality
           p.
           15
           l.
           pen.
           Antoninus
           p.
           21.
           margent
           .
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           p.
           2●
           .
           l.
           8.
           feends
           p.
           26.
           l.
           10.
           
           Remembrācer
           .
           p.
           52.
           l.
           17.
           differrings
           p.
           53.
           l.
           pen.
           their
           remisse
           p.
           58
           ,
           l.
           9
           ,
           dismembred
           p.
           60.
           l.
           pen.
           ferule
           .
           p.
           62
           l
           ,
           8.
           say
           ou●●
           p.
           62
           ,
           l.
           vlt.
           asswageth
           .
           p.
           65.
           l.
           10
           ,
           lāguishing
           ,
           p.
           83
           ,
           l
           ,
           14.
           euen
           p.
           87.
           l.
           5.
           euen
           p.
           90.
           l.
           18.
           now
           it
           p.
           106.
           l.
           ●
           .
           hate
           it
           p.
           139.
           l.
           1.
           lofts
           p.
           143.
           l.
           5
           wall
           pleasure
           p.
           148.
           l.
           18.
           world
           would
           loue
           me
           p.
           161.
           l.
           10.
           one
           part
           .
           p.
           172.
           l.
           pen.
           my
           gain
           p.
           178.
           l.
           7.
           an
           insensible
           p.
           180
           l.
           2.
           which
           in
           it selfe
           p.
           181.
           l.
           vlt.
           kinds
           &
           seasons
           p.
           186.
           l.
           15.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02538-e180
           
             Censure
             of
             Philosophers
             .
          
           
             What
             Tranquillitie
             is
             ,
             &
             wherein
             it
             consists
             .
          
           
             Insufficiency
             of
             humane
             precepts
             .
          
           
             Senecaes
             rules
             of
             Tranquillity
             abridged
             
          
           
             Allowed
             ●et
             by
             Seneca
             ●n
             his
             last
             chapter
             of
             tranquillity
             
          
           
             Senecas
             rules
             reiected
             as
             vnsufficient
             .
          
           
             Antonius
             Pius
             .
          
           
             An
             epistle
             to
             the
             Asians
             concerning
             the
             persecuted
             christians
             .
          
           
             〈…〉
             worke
             .
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             The
             torment
             of
             an
             euil
             cōscience
             .
          
           
             The
             ioy
             and
             peace
             of
             the
             gilty
             but
             dissembled
             .
          
           
             The
             remedy
             〈…〉
             Cōscience
             
          
           
             The
             receit
             of
             our
             peace
             offred
             by
             Faith.
             
          
           
             A
             corollary
             of
             the
             benefite
             of
             this
             receite
             .
          
           
             The
             vain
             shifts
             of
             the
             guilty
             
          
           
             Solicitation
             of
             sin
             remedied
             .
          
           
             The
             ordering
             of
             affections
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             paine
             enemie
             to
             peace
             Crosses
             .
          
           
             Of
             crosses
             that
             arise
             from
             conceit
             .
          
           
             Of
             true
             &
             r●all
             cros●es
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             remedy
             of
             Crosses
             .
          
           
             Before
             they
             come
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             remedie
             of
             crosses
             when
             they
             are
             come
             .
          
           
             From
             their
             Author
             ;
          
           
             The
             third
             antidote
             of
             crosses
             .
          
           
             The
             4.
             and
             last
             part
             from
             their
             issue
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             importunity
             &
             terrour
             of
             Death
             .
          
           
             The
             grounds
             of
             the
             feare
             of
             Death
             .
          
           
             HADRIAN
             Animula
             Vagula
             Blandula
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             Remedie
             of
             the
             last
             &
             greatest
             breach
             of
             peace
             ,
             arising
             from
             Death
             .
          
           
             Augustine
             .
          
           
             Tull.
             Tuscul
             .
             Cal●imach
             .
             Epigram
             .
          
           
             August
             .
             de
             Heres
             .
          
           
             Mor●
             acerba
             ,
             Fama
             perpetua
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             rāke
             of
             the
             enemies
             of
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Hippocr
             .
             Aphons
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             remedie
             of
             an
             ouer
             prosperous
             estate
             .
          
           
             The
             vanitie
             &
             vnprofitablenes
             of
             Riches
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             enemie
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             .
          
           
             Socrates
             .
          
           
             A
             proofe
             that
             with
             Christians
             deserues
             no
             credit
             ,
             but
             with
             heathens
             cōmands
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             enemie
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             Honor
             .
          
           
             Olympia
             .
             Diog.
             Lae●●
             .
          
           
             Lucian
             
          
           
             The
             second
             remedie
             of
             ouer-ioyed
             prosperitie
             .
          
           
             Inuen
             .
             sat
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             vanitie
             of
             Pleasure
             the
             third
             enemy
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             .
          
           
             Positiue
             rules
             of
             our
             peace
             .
          
           
             Pompon
             .
             Alger
             .
             Fox
             .
             Martyr
             .
          
           
             The
             subordinate
             rules
             of
             Tranquillitie
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             For
             actions
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Rule
             for
             our
             actions
             .
          
           
             Rules
             for
             estate
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Reliance
             vpon
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             The
             second
             rule
             for
             estate
             .
          
           
             A
             perswasion
             of
             the
             goodnesse
             and
             fitnesse
             of
             it
             for
             vs.
             
          
           
             The
             conclusion
             of
             the
             whole