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             The remedy of discontentment, or, A treatise of contentation in whatsoever condition fitted for sad and troubled times / by Jos. Hall ...
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           THE
           REMEDY
           OF
           DISCONTENTMENT
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           TREATISE
           OF
           Contentation
           .
           in
           whatsoever
           Condition
           .
           Fitted
           for
           sad
           and
           troubled
           Times
           .
        
         
           By
           Jos.
           Hall
           
             D.
             D.
          
           and
           
             B.
             N.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Fourth
           Edition
           .
        
         
           
             Phil.
             4.
             11.
             
          
           I
           have
           learned
           in
           whatsoever
           estate
           I
           am
           ,
           therewith
           to
           be
           content
           .
           
             12.
             
          
           I
           know
           how
           to
           be
           abased
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           how
           to
           abound
           ;
           Every
           where
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           I
           am
           instructed
           both
           to
           be
           full
           and
           to
           be
           hungry
           ,
           both
           to
           abound
           and
           to
           want
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             G.
             Larkin
          
           for
           
             Obadiah
             Blagrave
          
           at
           the
           Bear
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1684.
           
        
         
           
             Vera
             Effigies
             Reverendi
             Do
             ni
             :
             Josephi
             Hall
             Norwici
             nuper
             Episco
             :
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           CHRISTIAN
           READER
           .
        
         
           Grace
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           WHat
           can
           be
           more
           seasonable
           ,
           then
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           world
           is
           sick
           of
           Discontentment
           ,
           to
           give
           counsels
           &
           Receits
           of
           Contentation
           :
           Perhaps
           the
           Patient
           will
           think
           it
           a
           time
           ill
           chosen
           for
           Physick
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           Fit
           :
           But
           in
           this
           
           case
           we
           must
           do
           as
           we
           may
           .
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           have
           stayed
           till
           the
           Paroxism
           were
           happily
           over
           ;
           that
           so
           the
           humors
           being
           somwhat
           setled
           ,
           I
           might
           hope
           for
           the
           more
           kindly
           operation
           of
           this
           wholsom
           Medicine
           .
           But
           ,
           partly
           my
           age
           &
           weakness
           ,
           despairing
           to
           out-live
           the
           publick
           distemper
           ;
           and
           partly
           my
           judgment
           (
           crossing
           the
           vulgar
           opinion
           for
           the
           season
           of
           some
           kind
           of
           Receipts
           )
           have
           now
           put
           me
           upon
           this
           safe
           and
           useful
           Prescription
           :
           God
           is
           my
           witness
           ,
           that
           I
           wrote
           this
           in
           the
           depth
           of
           
           mine
           own
           afflictions
           ,
           (
           the
           particulars
           whereof
           ,
           it
           were
           unseasonable
           to
           trouble
           the
           world
           withal
           )
           as
           one
           that
           meant
           to
           make
           my self
           my
           own
           Patient
           ,
           by
           enjoyning
           my self
           that
           course
           of
           remedies
           ,
           that
           I
           prescribe
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           one
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           powerful
           working
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           within
           me
           ,
           labour
           to
           find
           my
           heart
           framed
           to
           those
           holy
           dispositions
           which
           I
           wish
           and
           recommend
           to
           every
           Christian
           soul
           ,
           If
           there
           be
           no
           remedy
           but
           the
           worst
           of
           outward
           troubles
           must
           afflict
           
           us
           ;
           it
           shall
           be
           happy
           yet
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           find
           inward
           peace
           in
           our
           bosoms
           :
           which
           shall
           be
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           reconcile
           our selves
           to
           our
           offended
           God
           ;
           and
           calm
           our
           spirits
           to
           a
           meek
           undergoing
           of
           those
           sufferings
           ,
           which
           the
           divine
           Providence
           hath
           thought
           fit
           to
           measure
           forth
           unto
           us
           :
           This
           is
           the
           main
           drift
           of
           this
           ensuing
           labour
           .
           Now
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           ,
           in
           these
           blustring
           times
           ,
           put
           into
           my
           heart
           these
           quiet
           thoughts
           of
           holy
           Contentation
           ,
           bless
           them
           in
           every
           hand
           that
           shall
           receive
           them
           
           and
           make
           them
           effectual
           to
           the
           good
           of
           every
           soul
           ,
           that
           shall
           now
           ,
           and
           hereafter
           entertain
           them
           :
           that
           so
           their
           gracious
           proficiency
           may
           ,
           in
           the
           day
           of
           the
           appearance
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           add
           to
           the
           joy
           of
           my
           account
           ;
           Who
           am
           the
           unworthiest
           of
           the
           servants
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
        
         
           
             J.
             N.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           OF
           the
           several
           Sections
           following
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
               I.
            
             THe
             excellency
             of
             Contentation
             ;
             and
             how
             it
             is
             to
             be
             had
             .
             p.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               §
               II.
            
             The
             contrariety
             of
             estates
             wherein
             it
             is
             to
             be
             exercised
             .
             3
          
           
             
               §
               III.
            
             Who
             they
             are
             that
             know
             not
             how
             to
             want
             ,
             and
             be
             abased
             .
             7
          
           
             
               §
               IV.
            
             Who
             they
             are
             that
             know
             how
             to
             want
             .
             14
          
           
             
               §
               V.
            
             Considerations
             leading
             to
             Contentation
             ;
             and
             first
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             fickleness
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             
             earthly
             commodities
             ;
             Honor
             ,
             Beauty
             ,
             Strength
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             17
          
           
             
               §
               VI.
            
             Considerations
             of
             the
             unsatisfying
             condition
             of
             these
             worldly
             things
             .
             28
          
           
             
               §
               VII
            
             .
             The
             danger
             of
             the
             too
             much
             estimation
             of
             these
             earthly
             comforts
             .
             33
          
           
             
               §
               VIII
            
             .
             The
             consideration
             of
             the
             divine
             Providence
             ,
             ordering
             ,
             and
             over-ruling
             all
             events
             .
             36
          
           
             
               §
               IX
            
             .
             The
             consideration
             of
             the
             worse
             condition
             of
             others
             .
             41
          
           
             
               §
               X.
            
             The
             consideration
             of
             the
             inconveniencies
             of
             great
             estates
             ;
             and
             therein
             first
             their
             cares
             .
             46
          
           
             
               §
               XI
            
             .
             The
             danger
             of
             the
             distempers
             ,
             both
             bodily
             ,
             and
             spiritual
             ,
             that
             follow
             great
             
             means
             ;
             and
             the
             torment
             in
             parting
             with
             them
             .
             p.
             53
          
           
             
               §
               XII
            
             .
             Consideration
             of
             the
             benefits
             of
             Poverty
             .
             59
          
           
             
               §
               XIII
            
             .
             Consideration
             of
             how
             little
             will
             suffice
             Nature
             .
             65
          
           
             
               §
               XIV
            
             .
             Consideration
             of
             the
             inconveniencies
             and
             miseries
             of
             discontentment
             .
             70
          
           
             
               §
               XV.
            
             The
             gracious
             vicissitudes
             of
             Gods
             favours
             and
             afflictions
             .
             77
          
           
             
               §
               XVI
            
             .
             Consid
             .
             of
             the
             great
             examples
             of
             Contentation
             ,
             both
             without
             and
             within
             the
             Church
             of
             God.
             85
          
           
             
               §
               XVII
            
             .
             Contentment
             in
             death
             it self
             .
             96
          
           
             
               §
               XVIII
            
             .
             The
             miseries
             and
             inconveniencies
             of
             the
             continued
             conjunction
             of
             the
             soul
             and
             body
             .
             104
          
           
             
             
               §
               XIX
            
             .
             Holy
             dispositions
             fer
             contentment
             ;
             the
             first
             whereof
             ,
             Humility
             .
             111
          
           
             
               §
               XX.
            
             2.
             
             Self-resignation
             .
             119
          
           
             
               §
               XXI
            
             .
             3.
             
             The
             true
             inward
             riches
             .
             126
          
           
             
               §
               XXII
            
             .
             Holy
             resolutions
             :
             and
             1.
             
             That
             the
             present
             estate
             is
             best
             for
             us
             .
             131
          
           
             
               §
               XXIII
            
             .
             2.
             
             Resolution
             ,
             to
             abate
             our
             desires
             .
             139
          
           
             
               §
               XXIV
            
             .
             3.
             
             Resolution
             ,
             to
             inure
             our selves
             to
             digest
             smaller
             discontentments
             .
             147
          
           
             
               §
               XXV
            
             .
             4.
             
             Resolution
             ,
             to
             be
             frequent
             and
             fervent
             in
             Prayer
             .
             155
          
           
             
               §
               XXVI
            
             .
             The
             difficulty
             of
             knowing
             how
             to
             abound
             ;
             &
             the
             ill
             consequences
             of
             the
             not
             knowing
             it
             .
             158
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         THE
         REMEDY
         OF
         Discontentment
         .
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           I
           The
           excellency
           of
           Contentation
           ;
           and
           how
           it
           is
           to
           be
           had
           .
        
         
           IF
           there
           be
           any
           happiness
           to
           be
           found
           upon
           earth
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           that
           which
           we
           call
           Contentation
           :
           This
           is
           a
           flower
           that
           grows
           not
           in
           every
           Garden
           :
           The
           great
           
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           tells
           us
           that
           he
           had
           it
           ;
           I
           have
           learned
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           in
           what
           estate
           soever
           I
           am
           ,
           
           therewith
           to
           be
           content
           ;
           I
           know
           how
           to
           be
           abased
           ,
           &
           I
           know
           how
           to
           abound
           :
           Lo
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           have
           taken
           out
           this
           lesson
           if
           he
           had
           not
           learn'd
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           could
           not
           have
           learnt
           it
           of
           any
           other
           then
           his
           Master
           in
           heaven
           :
           What
           face
           soever
           Philosophy
           may
           set
           upon
           it
           ,
           all
           Morality
           can
           not
           reach
           it
           ;
           neither
           could
           his
           learned
           Gamaliel
           ,
           at
           whose
           feet
           he
           sate
           ,
           have
           put
           this
           skill
           into
           him
           ;
           no
           ,
           he
           learn'd
           it
           since
           he
           was
           a
           Christian
           ;
           &
           now
           professeth
           it
           ;
           So
           as
           it
           appears
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           divine
           art
           of
           Contentation
           to
           be
           attained
           
           in
           the
           School
           of
           Christ
           ;
           which
           whosoever
           hath
           learnt
           ,
           hath
           taken
           a
           degree
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           now
           knows
           how
           to
           be
           happy
           both
           in
           want
           ,
           &
           abundance
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           II.
           The
           contrariety
           of
           Estates
           wherein
           Contentation
           is
           to
           be
           exercised
           .
        
         
           THe
           nature
           of
           man
           is
           extreamly
           querulous
           ;
           we
           know
           not
           what
           we
           would
           have
           ,
           and
           when
           we
           have
           it
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           how
           to
           like
           it
           :
           we
           would
           be
           happy
           ,
           yet
           we
           would
           not
           die
           ;
           we
           would
           live
           long
           ,
           yet
           we
           would
           not
           be
           old
           ;
           we
           would
           be
           kept
           in
           order
           ,
           
           yet
           we
           would
           not
           be
           chastised
           with
           affliction
           ;
           we
           are
           loth
           to
           work
           ,
           yet
           are
           weary
           of
           doing
           nothing
           ;
           we
           have
           no
           list
           to
           stir
           ,
           yet
           find
           long
           sitting
           painful
           ;
           
           we
           have
           no
           mind
           to
           leave
           our
           bed
           ,
           yet
           find
           it
           a
           kind
           of
           sickness
           to
           lie
           long
           ;
           we
           would
           mary
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           be
           trobled
           with
           houshold
           cares
           ;
           when
           once
           we
           are
           married
           ,
           we
           wish
           we
           had
           kept
           single
           ;
           If
           therefore
           grace
           have
           so
           mastered
           nature
           in
           us
           ,
           as
           to
           render
           us
           content
           with
           what
           ever
           condition
           ,
           we
           have
           attained
           to
           no
           small
           measure
           of
           perfection
           .
        
         
           Which
           way
           soever
           the
           wind
           blows
           ,
           the
           skilful
           Mariner
           knows
           how
           to
           turn
           his
           sails
           to
           meet
           it
           ;
           the
           
           contrariety
           of
           estates
           to
           which
           we
           lie
           open
           here
           ,
           gives
           us
           different
           occasions
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           Contentation
           :
           I
           cannot
           blame
           their
           choice
           ,
           who
           desire
           a
           middle
           estate
           betwixt
           want
           and
           abundance
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           free
           from
           those
           inconveniencies
           which
           attend
           both
           extreams
           :
           Wise
           Solomon
           was
           of
           this
           diet
           ;
           
           Give
           me
           neither
           poverty
           nor
           riches
           :
           feed
           me
           with
           the
           food
           of
           my
           meet
           allowance
           ;
           Lo
           ,
           he
           that
           had
           all
           ,
           desired
           rather
           to
           have
           but
           enough
           :
           and
           if
           any
           estate
           can
           afford
           contentment
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           
           surely
           this
           is
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           judgment
           and
           experience
           of
           the
           wisest
           Heathen
           ▪
           But
           forasmuch
           as
           this
           equal
           poise
           
           is
           hardly
           attainable
           by
           any
           man
           ,
           and
           is
           more
           proper
           for
           our
           wishes
           ,
           and
           speculation
           ,
           then
           for
           our
           hopes
           ;
           true
           wisdom
           must
           teach
           us
           so
           to
           compose
           our selves
           that
           we
           may
           be
           fit
           to
           entertain
           the
           discontentments
           and
           dangers
           of
           those
           excesses
           ,
           and
           defects
           ,
           which
           we
           cannot
           but
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           course
           of
           our
           mortal
           life
           :
           And
           surely
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           both
           extreams
           are
           enemies
           to
           this
           good
           temper
           of
           the
           soul
           :
           prosperity
           may
           discompose
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           an
           adverse
           condition
           .
           The
           Sun-shine
           may
           be
           as
           troublesom
           to
           the
           traveller
           as
           the
           wind
           or
           rain
           ;
           neither
           know
           I
           whether
           is
           more
           hard
           to
           manage
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           a
           dejected
           
           estate
           ,
           or
           a
           prosperous
           ;
           whether
           we
           may
           be
           more
           incomodated
           with
           a
           resty
           horse
           ,
           or
           with
           a
           tired
           one
           :
           Let
           us
           begin
           with
           that
           which
           nature
           is
           wont
           to
           think
           most
           difficult
           ;
           that
           contrary
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           learners
           ,
           we
           may
           try
           to
           take
           out
           the
           hardest
           lesson
           first
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           learn
           in
           the
           first
           place
           how
           to
           want
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           III.
           How
           many
           do
           not
           know
           how
           to
           want
           .
        
         
           COuld
           we
           teach
           men
           how
           not
           to
           want
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           Disciples
           enow
           ;
           every
           man
           seeks
           to
           
           have
           ,
           and
           hates
           to
           lack
           :
           could
           we
           give
           an
           Antidote
           against
           poverty
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           too
           precious
           :
           And
           why
           can
           we
           not
           teach
           men
           even
           this
           lesson
           too
           ?
           
           The
           Lord
           is
           my
           shepherd
           ,
           saith
           David
           therefore
           can
           I
           lack
           nothing
           &
           most
           sweetly
           elsewhere
           ,
           O
           fear
           the
           Lord
           ye
           that
           be
           his
           Saints
           ;
           
           for
           they
           that
           fear
           him
           ,
           lack
           nothing
           ;
           The
           Lions
           do
           lack
           and
           suffer
           hunger
           ;
           but
           they
           which
           seek
           the
           Lord
           shall
           want
           no
           manner
           of
           thing
           that
           is
           good
           ;
           Let
           God
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           a
           lyer
           ,
           Certainly
           ,
           if
           we
           were
           not
           wanting
           to
           God
           in
           our
           fear
           of
           him
           ,
           in
           our
           faithful
           reliance
           upon
           him
           ,
           in
           our
           conscionable
           seeking
           of
           him
           ,
           he
           
           whose
           the
           earth
           is
           ,
           and
           the
           fulness
           of
           it
           would
           not
           suffer
           our
           careful
           endevors
           to
           go
           weeping
           away
           :
           But
           if
           it
           so
           fall
           out
           that
           his
           most
           wise
           providence
           finds
           it
           better
           for
           us
           to
           be
           held
           short
           in
           our
           worldly
           estate
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           may
           be
           the
           great
           Physitian
           sees
           it
           most
           for
           our
           health
           to
           be
           kept
           fasting
           )
           it
           is
           no
           less
           worth
           our
           learning
           to
           know
           how
           to
           want
           ;
           For
           there
           is
           many
           a
           one
           that
           wants
           ,
           but
           knows
           not
           how
           to
           want
           ,
           and
           therefore
           his
           need
           makes
           him
           both
           offensive
           and
           miserable
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           those
           that
           are
           poor
           and
           proud
           ;
           
           one
           of
           the
           wise
           mans
           3
           abominations
           ;
           foolish
           Laodiceans
           that
           bear
           themselves
           for
           
           rich
           ,
           
           encreased
           with
           goods
           ,
           and
           lacking
           nothing
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           no
           other
           then
           wretched
           ,
           and
           miserable
           ,
           and
           poor
           ,
           and
           blind
           ,
           and
           naked
           ;
           These
           men
           know
           not
           how
           to
           want
           ,
           their
           heart
           is
           too
           big
           for
           their
           purse
           ;
           &
           surely
           pride
           ,
           though
           every
           where
           odious
           ,
           yet
           doth
           no
           where
           so
           ill
           as
           in
           rags
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           those
           that
           are
           poor
           &
           envious
           ;
           looking
           with
           an
           evil
           eye
           on
           the
           better
           fare
           of
           others
           ;
           as
           surely
           this
           vice
           dwels
           more
           commonly
           in
           Cottages
           then
           Palaces
           .
           How
           displeasedly
           doth
           the
           beggar
           look
           upon
           the
           larger
           almes
           of
           his
           neighbour
           ;
           grudging
           to
           another
           what
           ever
           falls
           besides
           himself
           ,
           and
           misliking
           his
           own
           
           dole
           ,
           because
           the
           next
           hath
           more
           ;
           
           whose
           eye
           with
           the
           discontented
           labourers
           ,
           is
           evil
           ,
           because
           his
           master
           is
           good
           ;
           Neither
           do
           these
           men
           know
           how
           to
           want
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           those
           that
           want
           distrustfully
           ;
           measuring
           the
           merciful
           provision
           of
           the
           Almighty
           by
           the
           line
           of
           their
           own
           sense
           ;
           as
           the
           Samaritan
           Peer
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           extremity
           of
           a
           present
           famine
           he
           heard
           the
           Prophet
           foretel
           a
           suddain
           plenty
           ;
           Behold
           ,
           
           if
           the
           Lord
           would
           make
           windows
           in
           heaven
           ,
           might
           this
           thing
           be
           ?
        
         
           There
           are
           those
           that
           want
           impatiently
           ;
           repining
           at
           Gods
           dealing
           with
           them
           ,
           &
           making
           their
           own
           impotent
           anger
           guilty
           of
           a
           
           further
           addition
           to
           their
           misery
           ;
           as
           the
           distressed
           King
           of
           Israel
           ,
           in
           a
           desperate
           sense
           of
           that
           grievous
           dearth
           ;
           
           Behold
           ,
           this
           evil
           is
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           what
           should
           I
           wait
           on
           the
           Lord
           any
           longer
           ?
           And
           those
           wretched
           ones
           ,
           who
           when
           the
           fourth
           Angel
           had
           poured
           out
           his
           vial
           upon
           the
           Sun
           ,
           being
           scorched
           with
           the
           extremity
           of
           the
           heat
           ,
           blasphemed
           the
           God
           of
           heaven
           :
           
           In
           this
           kind
           was
           that
           sinful
           techiness
           of
           Jonah
           :
           when
           I
           see
           a
           poor
           worm
           that
           hath
           put
           it self
           out
           of
           the
           cool
           cell
           of
           the
           earth
           wherein
           it
           was
           lodged
           ,
           and
           now
           being
           beaten
           upon
           by
           the
           Sun-beams
           ,
           lies
           wrigling
           upon
           the
           bare
           path
           ,
           
           turning
           it self
           every
           way
           in
           vain
           ;
           and
           not
           finding
           so
           much
           as
           the
           shade
           of
           a
           leaf
           to
           cover
           it
           ;
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           of
           that
           fretting
           Prophet
           ;
           when
           wanting
           the
           protection
           of
           his
           gourd
           he
           found
           himself
           scalded
           with
           that
           strong
           reflection
           ;
           and
           looking
           up
           wrathfully
           towards
           that
           Sun
           from
           whom
           he
           smarted
           ,
           could
           say
           to
           the
           God
           that
           made
           it
           ,
           
           I
           do
           well
           to
           be
           angry
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           death
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           there
           are
           those
           that
           are
           poor
           &
           dishonest
           even
           out
           of
           the
           very
           suggestion
           of
           their
           want
           ;
           It
           was
           the
           danger
           hereof
           that
           made
           Agur
           the
           Son
           of
           Jakeh
           pray
           against
           penury
           ;
           Lest
           I
           be
           poor
           ,
           
           and
           steal
           :
           
           and
           (
           by
           for
           swearing
           it
           )
           take
           the
           name
           of
           God
           in
           vain
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           IV.
           Who
           they
           are
           that
           know
           how
           to
           want
           .
        
         
           THese
           &
           perhaps
           others
           do
           and
           must
           want
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           they
           do
           that
           which
           they
           know
           not
           how
           to
           do
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           skill
           in
           wanting
           which
           they
           have
           not
           ;
           Those
           only
           know
           how
           to
           want
           ,
           that
           have
           learnt
           to
           frame
           their
           mind
           to
           their
           estate
           ;
           like
           to
           a
           skilful
           Musitian
           ,
           that
           can
           let
           down
           his
           strings
           a
           peg
           lower
           when
           the
           tune
           requires
           it
           ;
           or
           like
           to
           some
           cunning
           Spagirick
           ,
           that
           can
           
           intend
           or
           remit
           the
           heat
           of
           his
           furnace
           according
           to
           occasion
           .
           Those
           ,
           who
           when
           they
           must
           be
           abased
           ,
           can
           stoop
           submissly
           ;
           like
           to
           a
           gentle
           reed
           ,
           which
           when
           the
           wind
           blows
           stiff
           ,
           yeilds
           every
           way
           ;
           those
           that
           in
           an
           humble
           obeysance
           can
           lay
           themselves
           low
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           &
           put
           their
           mouth
           in
           the
           dust
           ;
           that
           can
           patiently
           put
           their
           necks
           under
           the
           yoak
           of
           the
           Highest
           ;
           &
           can
           say
           with
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
           Truly
           this
           is
           my
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           I
           must
           bear
           it
           ;
           Those
           that
           can
           smile
           upon
           their
           afflictions
           ,
           rejoicing
           in
           tribulation
           ,
           singing
           in
           the
           Jail
           with
           Paul
           and
           Silas
           at
           midnight
           ;
           Lastly
           ,
           those
           that
           
           can
           improve
           misery
           to
           an
           advantage
           ,
           being
           the
           richer
           for
           their
           want
           ,
           bettered
           with
           evils
           ,
           strengthned
           with
           infirmities
           :
           and
           can
           truly
           say
           to
           the
           Almighty
           I
           know
           that
           of
           very
           faithfulness
           thou
           hast
           afflicted
           me
           ;
           Never
           could
           they
           have
           comne
           out
           so
           pure
           metal
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           passed
           under
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Refiner
           ;
           never
           had
           they
           proved
           so
           toward
           children
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           beholden
           to
           the
           rod
           :
           These
           are
           they
           that
           know
           how
           to
           want
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           abased
           ;
           and
           have
           effectually
           learned
           
             to
             be
             content
          
           with
           
             the
             meanest
             condition
          
           :
           to
           which
           
             happy
             temper
          
           that
           
             we
             may
          
           attain
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           use
           of
           1.
           
           Certain
           Considerations
           ;
           
           2.
           
           Certain
           Dispositions
           :
           3.
           
           Certain
           Resolutions
           :
           These
           three
           shall
           be
           as
           the
           grounds
           ,
           and
           rules
           of
           this
           our
           Divine
           Art
           of
           Contentation
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           V.
           The
           Consideration
           of
           the
           fickleness
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           all
           earthly
           Commodities
           .
        
         
           THE
           first
           Consideration
           shall
           be
           of
           the
           just
           valuation
           of
           all
           these
           Earthly
           things
           ;
           which
           doubtless
           is
           such
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           wise
           Christian
           cannot
           but
           set
           a
           Low
           price
           upon
           them
           ,
           in
           respect
           first
           ,
           of
           their
           transitoriness
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           of
           their
           insufficiency
           of
           satisfaction
           :
           thirdly
           ,
           
           the
           danger
           of
           their
           fruition
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           best
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           glassy
           stuff
           ,
           which
           the
           finer
           it
           is
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           more
           britle
           ;
           yea
           ,
           what
           other
           then
           those
           gay
           bubbles
           ,
           which
           Children
           are
           wont
           to
           raise
           from
           the
           mixed
           sope
           and
           spittle
           of
           their
           Walnutshell
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           represent
           pleasing
           colours
           ,
           
             but
             in
             their
          
           flying
           up
           instantly
           vanish
           ?
           There
           is
           no
           remedy
           ;
           either
           they
           must
           leave
           us
           ,
           or
           we
           must
           leave
           them
           .
           Well
           may
           we
           say
           that
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           which
           Campian
           was
           reported
           to
           have
           often
           in
           his
           mouth
           ;
           My
           soul
           is
           continually
           in
           my
           hands
           ;
           and
           who
           knows
           whether
           it
           will
           not
           expire
           in
           our
           next
           breathing
           ?
           
           How
           many
           have
           shut
           their
           eies
           in
           an
           healthful
           sleep
           ,
           who
           have
           waked
           in
           another
           World
           ?
           We
           give
           too
           large
           scope
           to
           our
           account
           ,
           whilst
           we
           reckon
           seven
           years
           for
           a
           Life
           ;
           a
           shorter
           
             time
             will
             serve
             ;
             whilst
          
           we
           find
           the
           revolution
           of
           less
           then
           half
           those
           years
           to
           have
           dispatched
           *
           five
           Caesars
           ,
           and
           five
           Popes
           ;
           nay
           ,
           who
           can
           assure
           himself
           of
           the
           next
           moment
           ?
           It
           is
           our
           great
           weakness
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           look
           upon
           every
           day
           ,
           as
           our
           last
           ;
           why
           should
           we
           think
           our selves
           in
           a
           better
           condition
           ,
           then
           the
           chosen
           vessel
           ,
           *
           who
           deeply
           protested
           to
           dye
           daily
           ?
           What
           a
           poor
           complaint
           was
           that
           of
           the
           great
           Conqueror
           of
           
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
             Titus
             Vespasian
          
           ,
           who
           putting
           his
           head
           
             out
             of
          
           his
           sick
           litter
           ,
           querulously
           accused
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           dye
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           deserved
           it
           ;
           when
           he
           might
           have
           found
           it
           guilt
           enough
           that
           he
           was
           a
           man
           ;
           and
           therefore
           by
           the
           very
           sentence
           of
           nature
           condemned
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           to
           live
           or
           dye
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           what
           can
           we
           cast
           our
           eyes
           upon
           ,
           that
           doth
           not
           put
           us
           in
           mind
           of
           our
           frailty
           ?
           All
           our
           fellow-creatures
           dye
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           by
           us
           :
           The
           day
           dies
           into
           night
           ;
           the
           trees
           and
           all
           other
           plants
           of
           the
           earth
           suffer
           a
           kind
           of
           Autumnal
           mortality
           ;
           the
           face
           of
           that
           common
           Mother
           of
           us
           all
           ,
           doth
           at
           the
           
           least
           in
           Winter
           ,
           resemble
           Death
           ;
           But
           if
           the
           Angel
           of
           Death
           (
           as
           the
           Jews
           term
           him
           )
           shall
           respite
           ,
           and
           reprive
           us
           for
           the
           time
           ;
           alas
           !
           how
           easily
           may
           we
           have
           over-lived
           our
           comforts
           ?
           If
           Death
           do
           not
           snatch
           us
           away
           from
           them
           ,
           how
           many
           thousand
           means
           of
           casualties
           ,
           of
           enemies
           ,
           may
           snatch
           them
           away
           from
           us
           ?
           He
           that
           was
           the
           greatest
           
             man
             of
          
           all
           the
           Sons
           of
           the
           East
           ,
           within
           a
           few
           days
           became
           a
           spectacle
           and
           proverb
           of
           penury
           ,
           which
           still
           sticks
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           shall
           do
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           ,
           
             As
             poor
             as
             Job
          
           ,
           
        
         
           The
           rich
           plain
           of
           Jordan
           ,
           which
           over-night
           was
           as
           the
           Garden
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
           is
           
             in
             the
          
           morning
           covered
           over
           with
           brimston
           ,
           
           &
           salt
           ,
           and
           burning
           ;
           Wilt
           thou
           cause
           thine
           eies
           to
           fly
           upon
           that
           which
           is
           not
           ?
           saith
           wise
           Solomou
           :
           
           For
           Riches
           certainly
           make
           themselves
           wings
           ,
           they
           fly
           away
           as
           an
           Eagle
           towards
           Heaven
           :
           if
           we
           have
           wings
           of
           desire
           to
           fly
           after
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           nimbler
           of
           flight
           to
           outstrip
           us
           and
           leave
           us
           no
           less
           miserable
           in
           their
           loss
           ,
           then
           we
           were
           eager
           in
           their
           pursuit
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Honour
           ,
           what
           a
           meer
           shadow
           it
           is
           ?
           upon
           the
           least
           cloud
           interposed
           ,
           it
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           leaves
           no
           mention
           where
           it
           was
           :
           The
           same
           Sun
           sees
           Haman
           adored
           in
           the
           Persian
           Court
           ,
           like
           some
           earthly
           Deity
           ;
           and
           like
           
           some
           base
           vermine
           waving
           upon
           his
           Gibbet
           :
           Do
           we
           see
           the
           great
           ,
           and
           glorious
           Cleopatra
           ,
           shining
           in
           the
           pompous
           Majesty
           of
           Egypt
           ?
           stay
           but
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           ye
           shall
           see
           her
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           &
           her
           two
           Children
           ,
           whom
           she
           proudly
           stiled
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           the
           Moon
           ,
           driven
           like
           miserable
           Captives
           ,
           before
           the
           Chariot
           of
           their
           Conqueror
           :
           
           Man
           being
           in
           honour
           abideth
           not
           ,
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           he
           perisheth
           ,
           but
           his
           greatness
           (
           as
           more
           frail
           then
           he
           )
           is
           oftentimes
           dead
           and
           buryed
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           leavs
           him
           the
           surviving
           executor
           of
           his
           own
           shame
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           easie
           for
           the
           captive
           Prince
           ,
           to
           observe
           in
           the
           Chariot-wheel
           of
           his
           
           Victor
           ,
           that
           when
           one
           spoak
           rose
           up
           ,
           another
           went
           down
           &
           both
           these
           in
           so
           quick
           a
           motion
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           scarce
           distinguished
           by
           the
           Eye
           .
        
         
           Well
           therefore
           may
           we
           say
           of
           Honour
           ,
           as
           
             Ludovicus
             Vives
          
           said
           of
           Scholastical
           Divinity
           :
           
           
             Cui
             fumas
             est
             pro
             fundamento
          
           :
           It
           is
           built
           upon
           smoak
           ,
           how
           can
           it
           be
           kept
           from
           vanishing
           ?
        
         
           As
           for
           Beauty
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           but
           a
           dash
           of
           Natures
           tincture
           laid
           upon
           the
           skin
           ,
           which
           is
           soon
           washt
           off
           with
           a
           little
           sickness
           ?
           what
           but
           a
           fair
           blossom
           ,
           that
           drops
           off
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           the
           fruit
           offers
           to
           succeed
           it
           ?
           what
           but
           a
           flower
           ,
           which
           with
           
             one
             hot
          
           Sun
           gleam
           weltreth
           &
           falls
           ?
           He
           that
           had
           the
           
           choice
           of
           a
           thousand
           Faces
           ,
           
           could
           say
           ,
           Favour
           is
           deceitful
           ,
           and
           Beauty
           is
           Vanity
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           for
           Strength
           ,
           and
           vigour
           of
           Body
           ,
           if
           it
           could
           be
           maintained
           till
           our
           old
           age
           ,
           alas
           ,
           how
           soon
           is
           that
           upon
           us
           ,
           ere
           we
           be
           aware
           !
           how
           doth
           it
           then
           shrivel
           our
           flesh
           and
           loosen
           our
           sinews
           ,
           and
           cripple
           our
           joynts
           !
           Milo
           ,
           when
           he
           lookt
           upon
           his
           late
           brawny
           armes
           ,
           and
           saw
           them
           now
           grown
           lanck
           and
           writhled
           ,
           le
           ts
           fall
           tears
           ,
           and
           bewraies
           more
           weakness
           of
           minde
           ,
           then
           he
           had
           before
           bodily
           strength
           :
           but
           how
           
             often
             doth
          
           sickness
           prevent
           the
           debilitations
           of
           age
           ;
           pulling
           his
           strongest
           Man
           upon
           the
           knees
           ,
           and
           making
           him
           
           fess
           ,
           that
           youth
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           child-hood
           ,
           is
           Vanity
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Pleasure
           ,
           it
           dies
           in
           the
           birth
           ,
           
           and
           is
           not
           therefore
           worthy
           to
           come
           into
           this
           bill
           of
           Mortality
           .
        
         
           Do
           we
           then
           upon
           sad
           consideration
           see
           and
           feel
           the
           manifest
           transitoriness
           of
           Life
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Beauty
           ,
           Strength
           ,
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           whatever
           else
           can
           be
           dear
           and
           precious
           to
           us
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           can
           we
           dote
           upon
           them
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           bee
           too
           much
           dejected
           with
           our
           parting
           from
           them
           ?
           
           Our
           Saviour
           bids
           us
           consider
           the
           Lillies
           of
           the
           field
           ?
           And
           he
           that
           made
           both
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           Solomon
           in
           all
           his
           glory
           was
           not
           arayed
           like
           one
           of
           these
           Surely
           ,
           full
           well
           are
           they
           
           worth
           our
           considering
           .
           But
           if
           those
           Beauties
           could
           be
           as
           permanent
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           glorious
           ,
           how
           would
           they
           carry
           away
           our
           hearts
           with
           them
           ?
           Now
           ,
           their
           fading
           condition
           justly
           abates
           of
           their
           value
           ;
           would
           we
           not
           smile
           at
           the
           weakness
           of
           that
           man
           ,
           that
           should
           weep
           and
           howl
           ,
           for
           the
           falling
           of
           this
           Tulip
           ,
           or
           that
           Rose
           ,
           abandoning
           all
           comfort
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           he
           knows
           must
           flourish
           but
           his
           month
           ?
           It
           is
           for
           Children
           
             to
             cry
             for
             the
          
           falling
           of
           their
           house
           of
           Cards
           ,
           or
           the
           miscariage
           of
           that
           painted
           gewgaw
           ,
           which
           the
           next
           showr
           would
           have
           defaced
           .
           Wise
           Christians
           know
           how
           to
           apprize
           good
           things
           according
           
           to
           their
           continuance
           ,
           and
           can
           therefore
           set
           their
           hearts
           only
           upon
           the
           invisible
           Comforts
           of
           a
           better
           Life
           ,
           as
           knowing
           that
           the
           things
           which
           are
           not
           seen
           ,
           are
           Eternal
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           VI.
           Consideration
           of
           the
           unsatisfying
           condition
           of
           all
           worldly
           things
           .
        
         
           BUt
           were
           these
           earthly
           things
           exempted
           from
           that
           fickleness
           ,
           which
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           hath
           condemned
           them
           unto
           ,
           were
           they
           (
           the
           very
           memory
           wherof
           perisheth
           with
           their
           satiety
           )
           as
           lasting
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           brittle
           ,
           yet
           what
           comfort
           
           could
           they
           yield
           for
           the
           Soul
           to
           rest
           in
           ?
           Alas
           !
           their
           efficacy
           is
           too
           short
           to
           reach
           unto
           a
           true
           Contentation
           ;
           yea
           ,
           if
           the
           best
           of
           them
           were
           perpetuated
           unto
           us
           ,
           upon
           the
           fairest
           conditions
           ,
           that
           this
           Earth
           can
           allovv
           how
           intollerable
           tedious
           would
           it
           prove
           in
           the
           fruition
           ?
           Say
           that
           God
           were
           pleased
           to
           protract
           my
           life
           to
           the
           length
           of
           the
           age
           of
           the
           first
           founders
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           should
           (
           in
           this
           state
           of
           body
           )
           add
           hundreds
           of
           years
           to
           the
           dayes
           of
           my
           pilgrimage
           :
           Woe
           is
           me
           ,
           how
           weary
           should
           I
           be
           of
           my self
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           World
           ?
           I
           that
           now
           complain
           of
           the
           load
           of
           seventy
           one
           years
           ,
           how
           should
           I
           be
           
           tired
           out
           ,
           ere
           I
           could
           arrive
           at
           the
           age
           of
           Parre
           ?
           but
           before
           I
           could
           climb
           up
           to
           the
           third
           Century
           of
           
             Johannes
             de
             Temporihus
          
           ,
           how
           often
           should
           I
           call
           for
           death
           ,
           not
           to
           take
           up
           ,
           but
           to
           take
           off
           my
           burthen
           ,
           &
           with
           it
           ,
           my self
           ?
           But
           if
           any
           ,
           or
           all
           these
           earthly
           blessings
           could
           bee
           freed
           from
           those
           grievances
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           are
           commonly
           tempered
           ,
           yet
           how
           little
           satisfaction
           could
           the
           Soul
           find
           in
           them
           ;
           What
           are
           these
           outward
           things
           ,
           but
           very
           luggage
           ,
           which
           may
           load
           our
           backs
           ,
           but
           can
           not
           lighten
           our
           Hearts
           ?
           Great
           ,
           &
           wise
           Solomon
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           full
           command
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           cries
           out
           ,
           Vanity
           of
           Vanities
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           
           Monarch
           then
           he
           shuts
           up
           the
           Scene
           with
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           all
           things
           ,
           &
           am
           never
           the
           better
           :
           All
           these
           are
           of
           too
           narrow
           an
           extent
           ,
           to
           fill
           the
           capacious
           soul
           of
           Man
           ;
           the
           desires
           whereof
           are
           inlarg'd
           with
           injoying
           ,
           so
           as
           the
           more
           it
           hath
           ,
           the
           less
           it
           is
           satisfied
           ,
           neither
           indeed
           can
           it
           be
           otherwise
           ;
           The
           Eye
           ,
           and
           the
           Ear
           are
           but
           the
           Purveyors
           for
           the
           Heart
           ,
           if
           therefore
           the
           Eye
           be
           not
           satisfied
           with
           seeing
           ,
           nor
           the
           ear
           with
           hearing
           ,
           how
           shall
           the
           heart
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           enough
           ?
           Now
           ,
           who
           would
           suffer
           himself
           to
           be
           too
           much
           disquieted
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           may
           vex
           him
           ,
           but
           cannot
           content
           him
           ?
           We
           do
           justly
           smile
           at
           the
           
           folly
           of
           that
           vain
           Lord
           ,
           of
           whom
           Petrarch
           speaks
           ,
           who
           when
           an
           Horse
           which
           hee
           dearly
           loved
           ,
           was
           sick
           ,
           laid
           that
           Steed
           of
           his
           ,
           on
           a
           silken
           bed
           ,
           with
           a
           wrought
           pillow
           under
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           caused
           himself
           (
           then
           afflicted
           with
           the
           Gout
           )
           to
           be
           carryed
           on
           his
           servants
           shoulders
           to
           visit
           that
           dear
           patient
           ;
           and
           upon
           his
           decease
           ,
           mourned
           solemnly
           for
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           his
           Son.
           We
           have
           laught
           at
           the
           fashion
           of
           the
           Girles
           of
           Holland
           ,
           who
           having
           made
           to
           themselves
           gay
           and
           large
           Babies
           ,
           and
           laid
           them
           in
           a
           curious
           cradle
           ,
           fain
           them
           to
           sicken
           and
           dye
           ,
           and
           celebrate
           their
           funeral
           with
           much
           passion
           :
           So
           fond
           are
           we
           ,
           if
           having
           
           med
           to
           our selves
           imaginary
           Contentments
           here
           ,
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           we
           give
           way
           to
           immoderate
           grief
           in
           their
           miscarriage
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           VII
           .
           The
           danger
           of
           the
           love
           of
           these
           earthly
           comforts
           .
        
         
           NEither
           are
           these
           earthly
           comforts
           more
           defective
           in
           yeilding
           full
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           soul
           ,
           then
           dangerous
           in
           their
           over-dear
           fruition
           :
           For
           too
           much
           delight
           in
           them
           ,
           robs
           us
           of
           more
           solid
           Contentments
           ;
           The
           World
           is
           a
           cheating
           gamester
           ,
           suffering
           us
           to
           win
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           he
           may
           go
           away
           with
           all
           ,
           Our
           
           very
           Table
           may
           be
           made
           our
           snare
           ;
           
           and
           those
           things
           which
           should
           have
           been
           for
           our
           wealth
           ,
           may
           be
           unto
           us
           an
           occasion
           of
           falling
           :
           Leo
           the
           fourth
           Emperour
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           delighted
           extreamly
           in
           pretious
           stones
           ,
           with
           these
           he
           imbellishes
           his
           Crown
           ,
           which
           being
           worn
           close
           to
           his
           Temples
           ,
           strikes
           such
           a
           cold
           into
           his
           head
           ,
           that
           causeth
           his
           bane
           yea
           ,
           how
           many
           with
           the
           too
           much
           love
           of
           these
           outward
           things
           have
           lost
           ,
           not
           their
           lives
           only
           ,
           but
           their
           Souls
           ?
           No
           man
           can
           be
           at
           once
           the
           Favourite
           of
           God
           and
           the
           World
           ;
           as
           that
           Father
           said
           truly
           :
           or
           as
           our
           Saviour
           in
           fuller
           tearms
           ,
           No
           man
           can
           serve
           two
           Masters
           ,
           
           GOD
           and
           Mammon
           :
           Shortly
           ,
           the
           World
           may
           be
           a
           dangerous
           enemy
           ,
           a
           sure
           friend
           it
           cannot
           be
           .
        
         
           If
           therefore
           we
           shall
           like
           wise
           men
           ,
           value
           things
           at
           their
           due
           prizes
           ,
           since
           we
           are
           convinced
           in
           our selves
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           earthly
           comforts
           are
           so
           transitory
           in
           their
           Nature
           ,
           so
           unsatisfying
           in
           their
           use
           ,
           and
           so
           dangerous
           in
           their
           enjoying
           ,
           how
           little
           reason
           have
           we
           to
           be
           too
           much
           affected
           with
           foregoing
           them
           ?
           Our
           blood
           is
           dear
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           that
           wherein
           our
           life
           is
           ,
           yet
           if
           we
           find
           that
           it
           is
           either
           infected
           ,
           or
           distempered
           ,
           we
           do
           willingly
           part
           with
           it
           in
           hope
           of
           better
           health
           ;
           How
           much
           more
           ,
           with
           
           those
           things
           which
           are
           farther
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           less
           concerning
           us
           ?
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           VIII
           .
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ordering
           all
           events
           .
        
         
           THe
           second
           Consideration
           is
           of
           that
           All-wise
           Providence
           which
           ordereth
           all
           events
           both
           in
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           allotting
           to
           every
           Creature
           his
           due
           proportion
           ▪
           
             so
             over-ruling
             all
             things
          
           to
           the
           best
           ,
           that
           we
           could
           not
           want
           ,
           if
           he
           knew
           it
           better
           for
           us
           to
           abound
           :
           This
           Station
           he
           hath
           set
           us
           in
           ,
           this
           measure
           hee
           hath
           shared
           out
           to
           us
           
             whose
             will
          
           
           is
           the
           rule
           of
           good
           ;
           what
           we
           have
           therfore
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           best
           for
           us
           .
           The
           World
           is
           a
           large
           Chess-board
           ,
           every
           man
           hath
           his
           place
           assigned
           him
           :
           one
           is
           a
           King
           ,
           another
           a
           Knight
           ,
           another
           a
           Pawn
           ,
           and
           each
           hath
           his
           several
           motion
           ,
           without
           this
           variety
           ,
           there
           could
           be
           no
           game
           played
           ;
           A
           skilful
           Player
           will
           not
           stir
           one
           of
           these
           Chips
           ,
           but
           with
           intention
           of
           an
           advantage
           ;
           neither
           should
           any
           of
           his
           men
           either
           stand
           ,
           or
           move
           ,
           if
           in
           any
           other
           part
           of
           that
           Checker
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           in
           more
           hope
           to
           win
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           estate
           in
           this
           World
           which
           can
           be
           universally
           good
           for
           all
           ,
           one
           mans
           meat
           may
           be
           another
           
           mans
           medicine
           ,
           and
           a
           third
           mans
           poyson
           ;
           A
           Turk
           finds
           health
           and
           temper
           in
           that
           Opium
           ,
           which
           wonld
           put
           one
           of
           us
           into
           our
           last
           sleep
           .
           Should
           the
           Plow-man
           bee
           set
           to
           the
           Gentlemans
           fare
           ,
           this
           Chicken
           ,
           that
           Partridge
           or
           Phesant
           ,
           would
           (
           as
           over-slight
           food
           )
           bee
           too
           soon
           turned
           over
           ,
           and
           leave
           his
           empty
           stomach
           to
           quarrel
           for
           stronger
           provision
           :
           Beef
           is
           for
           his
           dyet
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           sauce
           needs
           besides
           his
           hunger
           ,
           Garlick
           :
           Every
           man
           hath
           ,
           as
           a
           body
           so
           a
           mind
           of
           his
           own
           ;
           what
           one
           loves
           is
           abhorred
           of
           another
           ;
           the
           great
           House-keeper
           of
           the
           world
           knows
           how
           to
           sit
           every
           palat
           with
           that
           which
           either
           is
           or
           should
           be
           agreeable
           
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           salubrity
           ,
           if
           not
           for
           pleasure
           :
           Lay
           before
           a
           Child
           a
           Knife
           ,
           and
           a
           Rod
           ,
           &
           bid
           him
           take
           his
           choyce
           ,
           his
           hand
           will
           be
           straight
           upon
           that
           edge
           tool
           ,
           especially
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           a
           little
           guilded
           and
           glittering
           ;
           but
           the
           Parent
           knows
           the
           Rod
           to
           bee
           more
           safe
           sor
           him
           ,
           &
           more
           beneficial
           ;
           We
           are
           ill
           carvers
           for
           our selves
           ,
           he
           that
           made
           us
           ,
           knows
           what
           is
           fit
           for
           us
           ,
           either
           for
           time
           ,
           or
           measure
           ,
           without
           his
           Providence
           not
           an
           hair
           can
           fall
           from
           our
           heads
           ;
           We
           would
           have
           bodily
           health
           ,
           I
           cannot
           blame
           us
           ;
           what
           is
           the
           world
           to
           us
           without
           it
           ?
           He
           whose
           we
           are
           ,
           knows
           sickness
           to
           be
           for
           the
           health
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           whether
           should
           we
           
           in
           true
           judgment
           desire
           ?
           we
           wish
           to
           live
           ,
           who
           can
           blame
           us
           ?
           life
           is
           sweet
           ,
           but
           if
           our
           Maker
           have
           ordained
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           Death
           can
           render
           us
           glorious
           ,
           what
           madness
           is
           it
           to
           stick
           at
           the
           condition
           ?
           Oh
           our
           gross
           infidelity
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           great
           Arbiter
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           infinitely
           wise
           to
           know
           what
           is
           best
           for
           us
           ,
           infinitely
           merciful
           to
           will
           what
           he
           knows
           best
           ,
           infinitely
           powerful
           to
           do
           what
           he
           will
           !
           And
           if
           we
           be
           thus
           perswaded
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           ,
           but
           in
           matter
           of
           good
           ,
           say
           with
           blessed
           Mary
           :
           Behold
           thy
           Servant
           ,
           best
           unto
           me
           according
           to
           thy
           Word
           :
           And
           in
           matter
           of
           evil
           ,
           with
           good
           Eli
           :
           It
           is
           
           the
           Lord
           ,
           let
           him
           do
           vvhat
           he
           vvill
           ?
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           IX
           .
           Consideration
           of
           the
           worse
           Condition
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           third
           place
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           requisite
           for
           us
           to
           cast
           our
           eyes
           upon
           the
           vvorse
           condition
           of
           others
           ,
           perhaps
           better
           deserving
           then
           our selves
           for
           if
           vve
           shall
           whine
           &
           complain
           of
           that
           
             weight
             ,
             which
          
           others
           do
           run
           avvay
           chearfully
           withal
           ,
           the
           fault
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           not
           
             in
             the
          
           heavinesse
           of
           the
           load
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           vveakness
           of
           
             the
             bearer
          
           :
           If
           I
           be
           discontented
           with
           a
           mean
           dwelling
           ,
           another
           man
           lives
           merrily
           in
           a
           
           thatched
           Cottage
           ;
           If
           I
           dislike
           my
           plain
           fare
           ,
           
           the
           four
           captive
           children
           feed
           fair
           and
           fat
           with
           pulse
           and
           water
           .
           If
           I
           be
           plundred
           of
           my
           rich
           suits
           ,
           I
           see
           a
           more
           chearful
           heart
           under
           a
           russet
           Coat
           ,
           then
           great
           Princes
           have
           under
           purple
           Robes
           ,
           If
           I
           do
           gently
           languish
           upon
           my
           sick
           bed
           ,
           I
           see
           others
           patient
           under
           the
           torments
           of
           the
           Cholick
           ,
           or
           Stone
           ,
           or
           Strangury
           :
           If
           I
           be
           clapt
           up
           within
           four
           walls
           ,
           I
           hear
           Petronous
           profess
           ,
           he
           had
           rather
           be
           in
           Prison
           with
           Cato
           ,
           then
           at
           liberty
           with
           
             Caesar
             :
             I
          
           hear
           Paul
           and
           Silas
           sing
           like
           Nightingales
           in
           their
           cages
           :
           Am
           I
           sad
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           childless
           ?
           I
           hear
           many
           a
           parent
           wish
           
           himself
           so
           :
           Am
           I
           banished
           from
           my
           home
           ?
           I
           
             meet
             with
             many
             of
             whom
             the
             world
             was
             not
             worthy
             ,
          
           
           wandring
           about
           in
           Sheep-skins
           ,
           in
           Goat-skins
           ,
           in
           deserts
           ,
           and
           in
           mountains
           ,
           and
           in
           dens
           ,
           and
           caves
           of
           earth
           :
           What
           am
           I
           that
           I
           should
           speed
           better
           then
           the
           miserablest
           of
           thee
           patients
           ?
           What
           had
           they
           done
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           fare
           worse
           then
           I
           ?
           If
           I
           have
           little
           ,
           others
           have
           less
           ;
           If
           I
           feel
           pain
           ,
           some
           others
           ,
           torture
           :
           If
           their
           sufferings
           be
           just
           ,
           my
           forbearances
           are
           merciful
           ;
           my
           provisions
           to
           theirs
           ,
           liberal
           :
           It
           is
           no
           ill
           counsel
           therefore
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           little
           conducing
           to
           a
           contented
           want
           ,
           that
           great
           persons
           should
           sometimes
           step
           
           aside
           into
           the
           homely
           Cottages
           of
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           see
           their
           mean
           stuffe
           ,
           course
           fare
           ,
           hard
           lodgings
           ,
           worthlesse
           utensils
           ,
           miserable
           shifts
           ;
           and
           to
           compare
           it
           with
           their
           own
           delicate
           and
           nauseating
           superfluities
           :
           Our
           great
           and
           learned
           King
           Alfred
           was
           the
           better
           all
           his
           life
           after
           ,
           for
           his
           hidden
           retiredness
           in
           a
           poor
           Neat-heards
           Cabbin
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           sheltred
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           also
           chidden
           by
           that
           homely
           Dame
           :
           Neither
           was
           it
           an
           ill
           wish
           of
           that
           wise
           Man
           ,
           that
           all
           great
           Princes
           might
           first
           have
           had
           some
           little
           
             taste
             ,
             what
          
           it
           is
           to
           want
           ,
           that
           so
           their
           own
           experience
           might
           render
           them
           more
           sensible
           of
           the
           
           complaints
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           Man
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           absolute
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           stand
           upon
           his
           own
           botom
           ,
           yet
           is
           he
           not
           a
           little
           wrought
           upon
           by
           examples
           ,
           and
           comparisons
           with
           others
           ;
           for
           in
           them
           he
           sees
           what
           he
           is
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           ,
           since
           no
           events
           are
           so
           confined
           to
           some
           special
           subjects
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           incident
           to
           other
           men
           .
        
         
           Merit
           is
           a
           poor
           plea
           for
           any
           mans
           exemption
           ,
           whilst
           our
           sinful
           infirmities
           lay
           us
           all
           open
           to
           the
           rod
           of
           divine
           Justice
           :
           and
           if
           these
           dispensations
           be
           meerly
           out
           of
           favour
           ,
           why
           do
           I
           rather
           grudge
           at
           a
           lesser
           misery
           ,
           then
           bless
           God
           for
           my
           freedom
           from
           a
           greater
           judgement
           ?
           
           Those
           therefore
           that
           suffer
           more
           then
           I
           ,
           have
           cause
           of
           more
           humbling
           ,
           and
           I
           that
           suffer
           lesse
           then
           they
           ,
           have
           cause
           of
           more
           thankfulness
           ;
           even
           mitigations
           of
           punishment
           
             are
             new
          
           mercies
           ,
           so
           as
           others
           torments
           doe
           no
           other
           then
           heighten
           my
           obligations
           ,
           let
           me
           not
           therefore
           repine
           to
           be
           favourably
           miserable
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           X.
           Consideration
           of
           the
           inconveniences
           of
           great
           estates
           :
           and
           first
           of
           their
           cares
           ,
           that
           they
           expose
           us
           to
           envy
           ,
           and
           then
           macerate
           us
           with
           cares
           .
        
         
           THe
           fourth
           Consideration
           shall
           be
           of
           the
           inconniences
           
           which
           do
           oftentimes
           attend
           a
           fulnesse
           of
           estate
           ;
           such
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           as
           may
           well
           make
           us
           sit
           down
           content
           with
           a
           little
           ;
           wherof
           ,
           let
           the
           first
           be
           envy
           :
           a
           mischief
           not
           to
           be
           avoided
           of
           the
           great
           ;
           This
           shadow
           follows
           that
           body
           inseparably
           ;
           All
           the
           curs
           in
           the
           street
           are
           ready
           to
           fall
           upon
           that
           dogg
           that
           goes
           away
           with
           the
           bone
           ;
           and
           every
           man
           hath
           a
           Cudgel
           to
           fling
           at
           a
           wel-loaded
           Tree
           ;
           wheras
           a
           mean
           condition
           is
           no
           eye-sore
           to
           any
           beholder
           :
           Low
           shrubs
           are
           not
           wont
           to
           be
           stricken
           with
           Lightning
           ,
           but
           tall
           Oaks
           &
           Cedars
           feel
           their
           flames
           ;
           Whiles
           David
           kept
           his
           fathers
           sheep
           at
           home
           ,
           hee
           might
           sing
           
           sweetly
           to
           his
           Harp
           in
           the
           fields
           ,
           without
           any
           disturbance
           :
           But
           when
           he
           once
           comes
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           finds
           applause
           and
           greatness
           creep
           upon
           him
           ,
           now
           emulation
           ,
           despight
           and
           malice
           ,
           dog
           him
           close
           at
           the
           heels
           wheresoever
           he
           goes
           :
           Let
           him
           leave
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           flee
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           there
           these
           bloodhounds
           follow
           him
           in
           hot
           suit
           ;
           Let
           him
           run
           into
           the
           Land
           of
           the
           Philistins
           ,
           there
           they
           find
           him
           out
           ,
           and
           chase
           him
           to
           Ziklag
           ;
           and
           if
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           he
           hath
           climbed
           up
           to
           his
           just
           Throne
           ,
           and
           there
           hopes
           to
           
             breathe
             him
          
           after
           his
           tedious
           pursuit
           ,
           even
           there
           he
           meets
           with
           more
           unquietness
           
           then
           in
           his
           desert
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           Royalty
           ,
           
           at
           last
           cries
           out
           ,
           Lord
           remember
           David
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           troubles
           :
           How
           many
           have
           we
           known
           ,
           whom
           their
           wealth
           hath
           betray'd
           ,
           and
           made
           innocent
           malefactors
           ?
           who
           might
           have
           slept
           securely
           upon
           a
           hard
           bolster
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           poor
           estate
           out-lived
           both
           their
           Judges
           ,
           and
           Accusers
           .
           Besides
           ,
           on
           even
           ground
           a
           fall
           may
           be
           harmless
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           falls
           from
           on
           high
           ,
           cannot
           escape
           bruising
           :
           He
           therefore
           that
           can
           think
           the
           benefits
           of
           Eminence
           can
           countervail
           the
           dangers
           which
           haunt
           greatness
           ,
           let
           him
           affect
           to
           overtop
           others
           ;
           for
           me
           ,
           let
           me
           rather
           be
           safely
           low
           ,
           then
           
           high
           with
           perill
           :
           After
           others
           envy
           ,
           the
           next
           attendant
           upon
           greatness
           is
           our
           own
           cares
           ;
           how
           do
           these
           disquiet
           the
           Beds
           ,
           and
           sawce
           the
           Tables
           of
           the
           wealthy
           ?
           breaking
           their
           sleeps
           ,
           galling
           their
           sides
           ,
           embittering
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           shortning
           their
           days
           :
           How
           bitterly
           do
           we
           find
           the
           holiest
           men
           complaining
           of
           those
           distractions
           ,
           which
           have
           attended
           their
           earthly
           promotions
           ?
           Nazianzen
           cries
           out
           of
           them
           as
           no
           other
           then
           the
           bane
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           
           and
           that
           other
           Gregory
           ,
           whom
           we
           are
           wont
           to
           call
           the
           last
           of
           the
           best
           Bishops
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           of
           the
           bad
           ,
           passionately
           bewails
           this
           clogge
           of
           his
           high
           preferment
           :
           I
           confess
           
           saith
           he
           ,
           
           that
           whiles
           I
           am
           outwardly
           advanced
           ,
           
           I
           am
           inwardly
           fallen
           lower
           :
           this
           burdensome
           honour
           depresses
           me
           ,
           and
           innumerable
           cares
           disquiet
           me
           on
           all
           sides
           ;
           my
           mind
           (
           grown
           almost
           stupid
           with
           those
           temporall
           cares
           which
           are
           ever
           barking
           in
           mine
           ears
           )
           is
           forced
           upon
           earthly
           things
           ;
           thus
           he
           :
           There
           are
           indeed
           cares
           which
           as
           they
           may
           be
           used
           ,
           may
           help
           us
           on
           towards
           Heaven
           ;
           
           such
           as
           Malancthon
           owns
           to
           his
           Camerarius
           ;
           My
           cares
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           send
           me
           to
           my
           prayers
           ,
           and
           my
           prayers
           dispel
           my
           cares
           ;
           but
           those
           anxieties
           which
           commonly
           wait
           upon
           greatness
           ,
           distract
           the
           mind
           ,
           and
           impare
           the
           body
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           an
           observation
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Doctors
           ,
           that
           Joseph
           the
           Patriarch
           was
           of
           a
           shorter
           life
           then
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           brethren
           ;
           and
           they
           render
           this
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           that
           his
           cares
           were
           as
           much
           greater
           ,
           as
           his
           place
           was
           higher
           :
           It
           was
           not
           an
           unfit
           comparison
           of
           him
           ,
           
           who
           resembled
           a
           Coronet
           upon
           the
           Temples
           ,
           to
           a
           Paile
           upon
           the
           Head
           ;
           We
           have
           seen
           those
           who
           have
           carryed
           full
           and
           heavy
           vessels
           on
           the
           top
           of
           their
           heads
           ,
           but
           then
           they
           have
           walked
           evenly
           ,
           and
           erect
           under
           that
           load
           ;
           we
           never
           saw
           any
           that
           could
           dance
           under
           such
           a
           weight
           ;
           if
           either
           they
           bend
           ,
           or
           move
           vehemently
           ,
           all
           their
           cariage
           is
           spilled
           :
           Earthly
           greatness
           
           is
           a
           nice
           thing
           ,
           and
           requires
           so
           much
           chariness
           in
           the
           managing
           ,
           as
           the
           contentment
           of
           it
           cannot
           requite
           ;
           He
           is
           worthy
           of
           honey
           ,
           that
           desires
           to
           lick
           it
           off
           from
           thorns
           ;
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           of
           the
           mind
           of
           him
           who
           professed
           ,
           not
           to
           care
           for
           those
           favours
           ,
           that
           compelled
           him
           to
           lie
           waking
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XI
           .
           Danger
           of
           distemper
           ,
           both
           bodily
           and
           spiritual
           ,
           that
           commonly
           follows
           great
           means
           :
           and
           torment
           in
           parting
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           I
           see
           greatness
           not
           more
           pale
           ,
           
           and
           worn
           with
           cares
           ,
           then
           swoln
           up
           ,
           and
           sickly
           with
           excess
           ;
           Too
           much
           oyl
           poured
           in
           ,
           puts
           out
           the
           Lamp
           ;
           Superfluity
           is
           guilty
           of
           a
           world
           of
           diseases
           ,
           which
           the
           spare
           diet
           of
           poverty
           is
           free
           from
           ;
           How
           have
           we
           seen
           great
           mens
           eyes
           surfeited
           at
           that
           full
           Table
           ,
           whereof
           their
           palate
           could
           not
           taste
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           risen
           discontentedly
           glutted
           with
           the
           sight
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           their
           stomach
           was
           uncapable
           to
           receive
           ;
           and
           when
           ,
           not
           giving
           so
           much
           law
           to
           nature
           ,
           as
           to
           put
           over
           their
           gluttonous
           meal
           ,
           (
           their
           wanton
           appetite
           charging
           them
           with
           a
           new
           variety
           of
           curious
           morsels
           ,
           and
           lavish
           cups
           )
           
           they
           find
           themselves
           overtaken
           vvith
           feaverous
           distempers
           ,
           the
           Physitian
           must
           succeed
           the
           Cook
           ;
           and
           a
           second
           sickness
           must
           cure
           the
           first
           :
           But
           alas
           ,
           these
           bodily
           indispositions
           are
           nothing
           to
           those
           spiritual
           evils
           ,
           vvhich
           are
           incident
           unto
           secular
           greatness
           .
           It
           is
           a
           true
           word
           of
           S.
           Ambrose
           ,
           
           seconded
           by
           common
           experience
           ,
           
           that
           an
           high
           pitch
           of
           honour
           is
           seldom
           held
           up
           without
           sin
           ;
           And
           S.
           Jerome
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           it
           was
           a
           common
           Proverb
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           
           That
           a
           rich
           man
           either
           is
           wicked
           ,
           or
           a
           wicked
           mans
           heir
           :
           Not
           ,
           but
           that
           rich
           Abraham
           may
           have
           a
           bosom
           for
           poor
           Lazarus
           to
           rest
           in
           ,
           and
           many
           great
           
           Kings
           have
           bin
           great
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           still
           room
           for
           many
           more
           ;
           but
           that
           commonly
           great
           temptations
           follow
           great
           estates
           ,
           &
           oftentimes
           overtake
           them
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           for
           nothing
           ,
           that
           riches
           are
           by
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           styled
           the
           Mammon
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           and
           wealth
           is
           by
           the
           holy
           Apostle
           branded
           with
           deceitfulness
           ;
           
           such
           as
           cheat
           many
           millions
           of
           their
           Souls
           .
        
         
           Add
           unto
           these
           (
           if
           you
           please
           )
           the
           torment
           of
           parting
           with
           that
           pelf
           ,
           and
           honour
           ,
           which
           hath
           so
           grosly
           bewitched
           us
           ;
           such
           as
           may
           well
           verifie
           that
           which
           Lucius
           long
           since
           wrote
           to
           the
           Bishops
           of
           France
           ,
           
           and
           Spain
           ,
           
           that
           one
           houres
           mischief
           
           makes
           us
           forget
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           greatest
           excess
           .
           I
           marvel
           not
           at
           our
           English
           Jew
           ,
           of
           whom
           our
           story
           speaks
           ,
           that
           would
           rather
           part
           with
           his
           teeth
           ,
           then
           his
           bags
           :
           how
           many
           have
           we
           known
           that
           have
           poured
           out
           their
           life
           together
           with
           their
           gold
           ,
           as
           men
           that
           would
           not
           outlive
           their
           earthen
           god
           ;
           yea
           (
           woe
           is
           me
           )
           how
           many
           souls
           have
           been
           lost
           in
           the
           sin
           of
           getting
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           quarrel
           of
           losing
           this
           thick
           clay
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           terms
           it
           ?
           But
           lastly
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           yet
           the
           sorest
           of
           all
           the
           inconveniences
           ,
           is
           the
           sadness
           of
           the
           reckoning
           ,
           which
           must
           come
           in
           after
           these
           plentifull
           entertainments
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           none
           
           of
           all
           our
           cares
           here
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           billed
           up
           ;
           and
           great
           Accompts
           must
           have
           long
           Audits
           :
           how
           hard
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           to
           have
           an
           
             Omnia
             aequè
          
           ?
           In
           the
           failing
           whereof
           ,
           how
           is
           the
           Conscience
           affected
           ?
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           more
           tormented
           ,
           or
           tormenting
           the
           miserable
           soul
           ;
           so
           as
           the
           great
           Owner
           is
           but
           (
           as
           witty
           Bromiard
           compares
           him
           )
           like
           a
           weary
           Jade
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           day
           long
           hath
           been
           labouring
           under
           the
           load
           of
           a
           great
           treasure
           ;
           and
           at
           night
           lies
           down
           with
           a
           galled
           back
           .
        
         
           By
           that
           time
           therefore
           we
           have
           summed
           up
           all
           ,
           and
           find
           here
           envy
           ,
           cares
           ,
           sicknesses
           both
           of
           body
           &
           soul
           ,
           torment
           in
           parting
           with
           ,
           and
           
           more
           torment
           in
           reckoning
           for
           ,
           these
           earthly
           greatnesses
           ;
           we
           shall
           be
           convinced
           of
           sufficient
           reason
           to
           be
           well
           apaid
           with
           their
           want
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XII
           .
           Consideration
           of
           the
           benefits
           of
           Poverty
           .
        
         
           LEt
           the
           fifth
           Consideration
           be
           ,
           the
           benefits
           of
           Poverty
           ;
           such
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           are
           enough
           to
           make
           us
           in
           love
           with
           having
           nothing
           .
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           what
           an
           advantage
           is
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           free
           from
           those
           gnawing
           cares
           ,
           which
           (
           like
           Tityus
           his
           Vulture
           )
           feed
           upon
           the
           Heart
           of
           the
           Great
           ?
           Here
           is
           a
           man
           that
           sleeps
           
           (
           Aethiopian-like
           )
           with
           his
           doors
           open
           ;
           no
           dangers
           threaten
           him
           ,
           no
           feares
           break
           his
           rest
           ;
           he
           starts
           not
           out
           of
           his
           bed
           at
           midnight
           ,
           and
           cries
           Theeves
           ,
           he
           feels
           no
           rack
           of
           ambitious
           thoughts
           ,
           he
           frets
           not
           at
           the
           disappointment
           of
           his
           false
           hopes
           ,
           he
           cracks
           not
           his
           brain
           with
           hazardous
           plots
           ,
           he
           mis-doubts
           no
           undermining
           of
           emulous
           rivals
           ,
           no
           traps
           of
           hollow
           friendship
           ,
           but
           lives
           securely
           in
           his
           homely
           Cottage
           ,
           quietly
           enjoying
           such
           provision
           ,
           as
           Nature
           and
           honest
           Industry
           furnish
           him
           withall
           ;
           for
           his
           drink
           ,
           the
           neighbour
           Spring
           saves
           him
           the
           charge
           of
           his
           Excise
           ;
           and
           when
           his
           better
           earnings
           have
           
           fraught
           his
           trencher
           with
           a
           warm
           and
           pleasing
           morsel
           ,
           and
           his
           cup
           with
           a
           stronger
           liquor
           ,
           how
           chearfully
           is
           he
           affected
           with
           that
           happy
           variety
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           it
           digests
           many
           of
           his
           thinner
           meals
           ?
        
         
           Meales
           usually
           sawced
           with
           an
           healthfull
           hunger
           ,
           wherein
           no
           incocted
           Crudities
           oppress
           Nature
           ,
           and
           cherish
           disease
           :
           Here
           are
           no
           Gouts
           ,
           no
           Dropsies
           ,
           no
           Hypochondriack
           passions
           ,
           no
           Convulsive
           fits
           ,
           no
           distempers
           of
           Surfets
           ,
           but
           a
           clear
           and
           wholsome
           vigor
           of
           body
           ,
           and
           an
           easie
           putting
           over
           the
           light
           tasks
           of
           digestion
           ,
           to
           the
           constant
           advantage
           of
           health
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           outward
           dangers
           ,
           
           what
           an
           happy
           immunity
           doth
           commonly
           bless
           the
           poor
           man
           ?
           How
           can
           he
           fear
           to
           fall
           ,
           that
           lies
           flat
           upon
           the
           ground
           ?
           The
           great
           Pope
           ,
           Boniface
           the
           seventh
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           many
           stately
           Buildings
           ruined
           with
           Earthquakes
           ,
           is
           glad
           to
           raise
           him
           a
           little
           Cabin
           of
           boards
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           Meadow
           ,
           and
           there
           findes
           it
           safest
           to
           shelter
           his
           triple
           Crown
           .
           When
           great
           men
           hoist
           their
           Top-sail
           ,
           and
           launch
           forth
           into
           the
           deep
           ,
           having
           that
           large
           clew
           which
           they
           spread
           ,
           expos'd
           to
           all
           windes
           ,
           and
           weathers
           ,
           the
           poor
           man
           sails
           close
           by
           the
           Shore
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           foresees
           a
           storm
           to
           threaten
           him
           ,
           puts
           into
           the
           next
           
           Creek
           ;
           and
           wears
           out
           in
           a
           quiet
           security
           that
           Tempest
           ,
           wherein
           he
           sees
           prouder
           Vessels
           miserably
           tost
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           ,
           fatally
           wrecked
           .
        
         
           This
           man
           is
           free
           from
           the
           peril
           of
           spightful
           machinations
           ;
           No
           man
           whets
           his
           Axe
           to
           cut
           down
           a
           shrub
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           large
           Timber
           of
           the
           world
           that
           hath
           cause
           to
           fear
           hewing
           :
           Neither
           is
           he
           less
           free
           inwardly
           from
           the
           galling
           stroaks
           of
           a
           self-accusing
           Conscience
           ;
           here
           is
           no
           remurmuring
           of
           the
           heart
           for
           guilty
           subornations
           ,
           no
           checks
           for
           the
           secret
           contrivances
           of
           publique
           villanies
           ;
           no
           heart-breaking
           for
           the
           failings
           of
           bloudy
           designes
           ;
           or
           late
           remorse
           for
           their
           success
           ;
           but
           
           quiet
           &
           harmless
           thoughts
           of
           seasonable
           frugality
           ,
           of
           honest
           recreation
           ,
           with
           an
           un
           interrupted
           freedom
           of
           recourse
           to
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           by
           either
           hostile
           ,
           or
           casual
           means
           ,
           he
           be
           bereft
           of
           his
           little
           ,
           he
           smiles
           in
           the
           face
           of
           a
           theef
           ;
           and
           is
           no
           whit
           astonished
           to
           see
           his
           thatch
           on
           a
           flame
           ,
           as
           knowing
           how
           easie
           a
           supply
           will
           repair
           his
           loss
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           he
           shall
           come
           to
           his
           last
           close
           ,
           his
           heart
           is
           not
           so
           glewed
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           loth
           to
           part
           ;
           his
           soul
           is
           not
           tyed
           up
           in
           bags
           ,
           but
           flies
           out
           freely
           to
           her
           everlasting
           Rest
           .
           Oh
           the
           secret
           vertue
           and
           happiness
           of
           Poverty
           !
           
           which
           none
           but
           the
           right
           disposed
           mind
           knows
           how
           to
           value
           !
           It
           was
           not
           for
           nothing
           that
           so
           many
           great
           Saints
           have
           embraced
           it
           ,
           rather
           then
           the
           rich
           profers
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           That
           so
           many
           great
           Princes
           have
           exchanged
           their
           Thrones
           for
           quiet
           Cells
           ;
           VVho
           so
           cannot
           be
           thankful
           for
           a
           little
           ,
           upon
           these
           conditions
           ,
           I
           wish
           he
           may
           be
           punished
           with
           abundance
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XIII
           .
           Considering
           how
           little
           will
           suffice
           Nature
           .
        
         
           NEither
           will
           it
           a
           little
           avail
           to
           th'
           furtherance
           of
           our
           Contentation
           ,
           to
           consider
           
           how
           little
           will
           suffice
           Nature
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           the
           rest
           is
           but
           matter
           of
           Opinion
           :
           It
           is
           the
           Apostles
           charge
           ,
           
           Having
           food
           and
           raiment
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           therewith
           content
           :
           Indeed
           what
           use
           is
           there
           of
           more
           ,
           then
           what
           may
           nourish
           us
           within
           ,
           and
           cover
           us
           without
           ?
           If
           that
           be
           wholsome
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           to
           our
           bodily
           disposition
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           fine
           ,
           or
           course
           ,
           Nature
           passes
           not
           ;
           it
           is
           meerly
           VVill
           that
           is
           guilty
           of
           this
           wanton
           ,
           and
           fastidious
           choice
           ;
           It
           is
           fit
           that
           Civility
           should
           make
           difference
           of
           clothings
           ;
           and
           that
           weaknesse
           of
           body
           ,
           or
           eminence
           of
           Estate
           should
           
             make
             difference
             of
          
           diets
           ;
           Else
           ,
           why
           not
           Russet
           as
           vvell
           as
           Scarlet
           ?
           Beef
           ,
           as
           
           Phesant
           ?
           the
           Grashopper
           feeds
           on
           dew
           ,
           the
           Chameleon
           on
           air
           ,
           what
           care
           they
           for
           other
           Viands
           ?
           
           Our
           Books
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           those
           Anachorets
           of
           old
           ,
           that
           went
           aside
           into
           Wildernesses
           ,
           and
           sustained
           themselves
           with
           the
           most
           spare
           diet
           ,
           such
           as
           those
           deserts
           could
           afford
           ,
           out
           lived
           the
           date
           of
           other
           mens
           lives
           ,
           in
           whom
           Nature
           is
           commonly
           stifled
           with
           a
           gluttonous
           variety
           :
           How
           strong
           ,
           and
           vigorous
           above
           their
           neighbour
           Grecians
           ,
           were
           the
           Lacedemonians
           held
           of
           old
           ?
           who
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           their
           Law-giver
           ,
           held
           themselves
           to
           their
           black
           broth
           ,
           which
           when
           Dionysius
           would
           needs
           taste
           of
           ,
           his
           Cook
           truly
           told
           
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           would
           relish
           that
           fare
           ,
           he
           must
           exercise
           strongly
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           wash
           in
           Eurotus
           :
           Who
           knows
           not
           that
           our
           Island
           doth
           not
           afford
           more
           able
           Bodies
           ,
           then
           they
           that
           eat
           ,
           and
           drink
           Oates
           ?
           And
           whom
           have
           we
           seen
           more
           healthful
           and
           active
           ,
           then
           the
           Children
           of
           poor
           men
           ,
           trayned
           up
           hardly
           in
           their
           Cottages
           with
           fare
           as
           little
           ,
           as
           course
           ?
        
         
           Do
           I
           see
           a
           poor
           Indian
           husbanding
           one
           tree
           to
           all
           his
           houshold
           uses
           ;
           finding
           in
           that
           one
           Plant
           ;
           Timber
           ,
           Thatch
           ,
           Meat
           ,
           Medicine
           ,
           Wine
           ,
           Honey
           ,
           Oyl
           ,
           Sauce
           ,
           Drink
           ,
           Utensils
           ,
           Ships
           ,
           Cables
           ,
           Sayls
           ?
           and
           do
           I
           rove
           over
           all
           the
           latitude
           of
           Nature
           
           for
           contentment
           ?
           Our
           appetite
           is
           truely
           unreasonable
           ,
           neither
           will
           know
           any
           bounds
           :
           We
           begin
           with
           necessaries
           ,
           
           as
           Pliny
           justly
           observes
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           we
           rise
           to
           excess
           ,
           punishing
           our selves
           with
           our
           own
           wild
           desires
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           if
           we
           were
           wise
           ,
           we
           might
           find
           mediocrity
           an
           ease
           .
        
         
           Either
           extream
           is
           a
           like
           deadly
           ;
           he
           that
           over
           afflicts
           his
           body
           ,
           kills
           a
           Subject
           ;
           
           he
           that
           pampers
           it
           ,
           nourishes
           an
           Enemy
           .
           Too
           much
           abstinence
           turns
           vice
           ,
           and
           too
           much
           ingurgitation
           is
           one
           of
           the
           seven
           ,
           and
           at
           once
           destroyes
           both
           Nature
           and
           Grace
           .
           
           The
           best
           measure
           of
           having
           or
           desiring
           ,
           is
           not
           what
           we
           would
           ,
           but
           what
           
           we
           ought
           :
           Neither
           is
           he
           rich
           that
           hath
           much
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           desires
           not
           much
           :
           A
           discreet
           frugality
           is
           fittest
           to
           moderate
           both
           our
           wishes
           ,
           and
           expences
           ;
           which
           if
           we
           want
           ,
           we
           prove
           dangerously
           prodigal
           in
           both
           ;
           if
           we
           have
           ,
           we
           do
           happily
           improve
           our
           stock
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           others
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XIV
           .
           Considering
           the
           inconveniences
           ,
           and
           miseries
           of
           discontentment
           .
        
         
           THe
           next
           inducement
           to
           Contentation
           ,
           shall
           be
           the
           serious
           consideration
           of
           the
           miserable
           inconveniences
           
           of
           the
           contrary
           disposition
           ;
           Discontentment
           is
           a
           mixture
           of
           anger
           ,
           and
           of
           grief
           ;
           both
           which
           are
           wont
           to
           raise
           up
           fearful
           tempests
           in
           the
           Soul
           ;
           He
           teareth
           himself
           in
           his
           anger
           ,
           saith
           Bildad
           ,
           
           concerning
           that
           mirrour
           of
           patience
           ;
           And
           the
           sorrow
           of
           the
           World
           worketh
           death
           ,
           saith
           the
           chosen
           vessel
           :
           so
           as
           the
           Male-content
           ,
           whether
           he
           be
           angry
           or
           sad
           ,
           mischieves
           himself
           both
           wayes
           ;
           There
           cannot
           be
           a
           truer
           word
           then
           that
           of
           wise
           Solomon
           ,
           
           Anger
           resteth
           in
           the
           bosom
           of
           fooles
           ;
           What
           can
           be
           more
           foolish
           then
           for
           a
           man
           ,
           because
           he
           thinks
           God
           hath
           made
           him
           miserable
           by
           crosses
           ,
           to
           make
           himself
           more
           miserable
           by
           
           his
           own
           distempers
           ;
           If
           the
           clay
           had
           sense
           ,
           what
           a
           mad
           thing
           were
           it
           for
           it
           to
           struggle
           with
           the
           Potter
           ?
           and
           if
           a
           man
           will
           spurn
           against
           strong
           Iron-pikes
           ,
           what
           can
           he
           hope
           to
           carry
           away
           but
           wounds
           ?
           How
           witless
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           a
           man
           to
           torment
           himself
           with
           the
           thoughts
           of
           those
           evils
           ,
           that
           are
           past
           all
           remedy
           ?
           What
           wise
           beholder
           would
           not
           have
           smiled
           with
           pitty
           and
           scorn
           ,
           to
           have
           seen
           great
           Augustus
           ,
           after
           the
           defeat
           of
           some
           choyce
           troopes
           ,
           to
           knock
           his
           head
           against
           the
           Wall
           ,
           and
           to
           hear
           him
           passionately
           cry
           out
           ;
           
             O
             Varus
          
           ,
           restore
           me
           my
           lost
           Legions
           ?
           Who
           would
           not
           have
           been
           angry
           with
           that
           cholerick
           
           Prophet
           to
           hear
           him
           so
           furiously
           contest
           with
           his
           maker
           for
           a
           withered
           Gourd
           ?
           What
           an
           affliction
           was
           it
           to
           good
           Jacob
           (
           more
           then
           the
           sterility
           of
           a
           beloved
           wife
           )
           to
           hear
           Rachel
           say
           ;
           
           Give
           me
           Children
           ,
           or
           else
           I
           dye
           ?
           yea
           ,
           how
           ill
           did
           it
           sound
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           Faithful
           ;
           
           Lord
           God
           ,
           what
           wilt
           thou
           give
           me
           ,
           seeing
           I
           go
           Childless
           ?
           Yet
           thus
           froward
           and
           techy
           is
           nature
           in
           the
           best
           ;
           if
           we
           may
           not
           have
           all
           we
           would
           have
           ,
           all
           that
           we
           have
           is
           nothing
           ;
           if
           we
           be
           not
           perfectly
           humored
           ,
           we
           are
           willfully
           unthankful
           ;
           All
           Israel
           is
           nothing
           worth
           to
           Ahab
           ,
           if
           he
           may
           not
           have
           one
           poor
           Vineyard
           :
           How
           
           must
           this
           needs
           irritate
           a
           munificent
           God
           to
           see
           his
           bounty
           contemned
           out
           of
           a
           childish
           pettishness
           ?
           How
           can
           he
           forbear
           to
           take
           away
           from
           us
           his
           sleighted
           Mercies
           ?
           How
           can
           he
           hold
           his
           hand
           from
           plaguing
           so
           ingrateful
           disrespects
           of
           his
           Favours
           ?
        
         
           As
           for
           that
           other
           passion
           of
           grief
           ,
           what
           woful
           work
           doth
           it
           make
           in
           ungoverned
           minds
           ?
           How
           many
           have
           we
           known
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           thought
           for
           unrecoverable
           losses
           ,
           have
           lost
           themselves
           ?
           how
           many
           have
           run
           from
           their
           wits
           ?
           how
           many
           from
           their
           lives
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           how
           many
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           an
           impatience
           to
           stay
           the
           leasure
           of
           vengeance
           ,
           have
           made
           their
           
           own
           hands
           ,
           their
           hasty
           Executioners
           ?
           And
           even
           where
           this
           extremity
           prevails
           not
           ,
           look
           about
           ,
           and
           ye
           shall
           see
           men
           that
           are
           not
           able
           matches
           to
           their
           passions
           ,
           wofully
           macerating
           themselves
           with
           their
           own
           thoughts
           ,
           wearing
           out
           their
           tedious
           days
           upon
           the
           rack
           of
           their
           own
           hearts
           ;
           and
           making
           good
           that
           observation
           of
           the
           wise
           man
           ;
           
           By
           the
           sorrow
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           spirit
           is
           broken
           .
        
         
           Now
           all
           these
           mischiefs
           might
           have
           been
           hapily
           prevented
           by
           a
           meek
           yieldance
           of
           our selfs
           to
           the
           hands
           of
           an
           All-Wise
           ,
           and
           an
           All-Merciful
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           an
           humble
           composure
           of
           our
           affections
           to
           a
           quiet
           suffering
           ;
           
           It
           is
           the
           power
           of
           patience
           to
           calm
           the
           heart
           in
           the
           most
           blustering
           trials
           ;
           
           and
           when
           the
           vessel
           is
           most
           tossed
           ,
           
           yet
           to
           secure
           the
           fraight
           :
           This
           ,
           if
           it
           do
           not
           abate
           of
           our
           burden
           ,
           yet
           it
           addes
           to
           our
           strength
           ,
           and
           wins
           the
           Father
           of
           Mercies
           both
           to
           pitty
           ,
           and
           retribution
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           murmuring
           Israelites
           can
           never
           be
           free
           from
           judgments
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           dreadful
           word
           that
           God
           speaketh
           of
           that
           chosen
           Nation
           ;
           
           Mine
           heritage
           is
           unto
           me
           as
           a
           Lion
           in
           the
           forest
           ,
           it
           ,
           still
           ,
           yelleth
           against
           me
           ,
           therefore
           have
           I
           hated
           it
           .
           A
           Child
           that
           struggles
           under
           the
           rod
           ,
           justly
           doubles
           his
           stripes
           ,
           and
           
           an
           unruly
           Malefactor
           draws
           on
           ,
           besides
           Death
           ,
           tortures
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XV.
           Consider
           the
           vicissitudes
           of
           Favours
           and
           Afflictions
           .
        
         
           FUrthermore
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           main
           help
           towards
           Contentation
           ,
           to
           consider
           the
           gracious
           vicissitudes
           of
           Gods
           dealing
           with
           us
           :
           How
           he
           intermixes
           Favours
           with
           his
           crosses
           ;
           tempering
           our
           much
           hony
           ,
           with
           some
           little
           gall
           ;
           the
           best
           of
           us
           are
           but
           shrewd
           Children
           ,
           
           yet
           he
           chides
           us
           not
           always
           ,
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           :
           he
           smiles
           often
           ,
           for
           one
           frown
           ;
           and
           why
           should
           we
           not
           take
           one
           with
           another
           ?
           
           It
           was
           the
           answer
           wherewith
           that
           admirable
           pattern
           of
           patience
           stopped
           the
           querulous
           mouth
           of
           his
           tempting
           Wife
           ;
           
           What
           ?
           shall
           we
           receive
           good
           at
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           shall
           we
           not
           receive
           evil
           ?
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           memorable
           example
           which
           came
           lately
           to
           my
           knowledge
           of
           a
           worthy
           Christian
           ,
           who
           had
           lived
           to
           his
           middle
           age
           in
           much
           health
           ,
           and
           prosperity
           ,
           and
           was
           now
           for
           his
           two
           last
           years
           miserably
           afflicted
           with
           the
           Strangury
           ;
           who
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           torments
           could
           say
           ,
           Oh
           my
           Lord
           God
           ,
           how
           gracious
           hast
           thou
           been
           unto
           me
           !
           thou
           hast
           given
           me
           eight
           and
           forty
           years
           of
           health
           ,
           and
           now
           
           but
           two
           years
           of
           pain
           ;
           thou
           mightest
           have
           caused
           me
           to
           lie
           in
           this
           torture
           all
           the
           days
           of
           my
           life
           ;
           and
           now
           thou
           hast
           caried
           me
           comfortably
           through
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           hast
           Mercifully
           taken
           up
           with
           this
           last
           parcel
           of
           my
           torment
           ;
           blessed
           be
           thy
           Name
           for
           thy
           Mercy
           in
           forbearing
           me
           ,
           and
           for
           thy
           justice
           in
           afflicting
           me
           .
           To
           be
           thankful
           for
           present
           blessings
           is
           but
           ordinary
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           so
           thankful
           for
           Mercies
           past
           ,
           that
           the
           memory
           of
           them
           should
           be
           able
           to
           put
           over
           the
           sense
           of
           present
           miseries
           ,
           is
           an
           high
           improvement
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           The
           very
           Heathens
           by
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           and
           their
           own
           experience
           ,
           could
           observe
           
           this
           interchange
           of
           Gods
           proceedings
           ;
           and
           made
           some
           kind
           of
           use
           of
           them
           accordingly
           :
           Camillus
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           upon
           ten
           years
           siege
           ,
           
           taken
           the
           rich
           City
           Veios
           ,
           pray'd
           that
           some
           mishap
           might
           befal
           himself
           and
           Rome
           to
           temper
           so
           great
           an
           happiness
           ;
           when
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           the
           prize
           would
           not
           countervail
           the
           labour
           ,
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           time
           and
           blood
           .
           And
           Alexander
           the
           Great
           ,
           when
           report
           was
           made
           to
           him
           of
           many
           notable
           Victories
           ,
           atchieved
           by
           his
           Armies
           ,
           could
           say
           ;
           O
           Jupiter
           ,
           mix
           some
           mis-fortune
           with
           these
           happy
           news
           :
           Lo
           ,
           these
           men
           could
           tell
           that
           it
           is
           neither
           fit
           ,
           nor
           safe
           for
           
           great
           blessings
           to
           walk
           alone
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           must
           be
           attended
           with
           their
           Pages
           ,
           afflictions
           why
           should
           not
           we
           Christians
           expect
           them
           with
           patience
           ,
           and
           thanks
           ?
        
         
           They
           say
           ,
           Thunder
           and
           Lightning
           hurts
           not
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           mixed
           with
           Rain
           .
           In
           those
           hot
           Countries
           ,
           which
           lie
           under
           the
           scalding
           Zone
           .
           When
           the
           first
           showres
           fall
           after
           a
           long
           drought
           ,
           it
           is
           held
           dangerous
           to
           walk
           suddenly
           abroad
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           earth
           so
           moistned
           sends
           up
           unwholsome
           steams
           ;
           but
           in
           those
           parts
           where
           the
           Rain
           and
           Sun-shine
           are
           usually
           interchanged
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           pleasant
           to
           take
           the
           air
           of
           the
           earth
           newly
           refreshed
           with
           kindly
           showres
           ;
           Neither
           
           is
           it
           otherwise
           in
           the
           course
           of
           our
           lives
           ;
           this
           medley
           of
           good
           and
           evil
           conduces
           not
           a
           little
           to
           the
           health
           of
           our
           Souls
           :
           One
           of
           them
           must
           serve
           to
           temper
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           both
           of
           them
           to
           keep
           the
           heart
           in
           order
           .
        
         
           Were
           our
           afflictions
           long
           ,
           and
           our
           comforts
           rare
           and
           short
           ,
           we
           had
           yet
           reason
           to
           be
           thankful
           ;
           the
           least
           is
           more
           then
           God
           owes
           us
           :
           but
           now
           ,
           when
           if
           heaviness
           endure
           for
           a
           night
           ,
           joy
           commeth
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           dwells
           with
           us
           ,
           so
           ,
           that
           some
           fits
           of
           sorrow
           are
           recompensed
           with
           many
           months
           of
           joy
           ;
           how
           should
           our
           hearts
           overflow
           with
           thankfulness
           ,
           and
           easily
           digest
           
           small
           grievances
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           comfortable
           sense
           of
           larger
           blessings
           ?
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           shall
           cast
           up
           our
           eyes
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           there
           behold
           the
           glorious
           remuneration
           of
           our
           sufferings
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           contemn
           the
           worst
           that
           earth
           can
           do
           unto
           us
           ?
           There
           ,
           there
           is
           glory
           enough
           to
           make
           us
           a
           thousand
           times
           more
           then
           amends
           for
           all
           that
           we
           are
           capable
           to
           endure
           ;
           Yea
           ,
           if
           this
           Earth
           were
           Hell
           ,
           and
           Men
           Devils
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           inflict
           upon
           us
           those
           torments
           ,
           which
           might
           hold
           any
           equality
           with
           the
           glory
           which
           shall
           be
           revealed
           ;
           and
           even
           of
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           we
           must
           say
           with
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           ;
           Our
           light
           
           affliction
           which
           is
           but
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           
           worketh
           for
           us
           a
           far
           more
           exceeding
           ,
           eternal
           weight
           of
           glory
           :
           When
           the
           blessed
           Proto-Martyr
           Stephen
           had
           stedfastly
           fixed
           his
           eyes
           on
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           (
           that
           Curtain
           being
           drawn
           )
           had
           seen
           the
           Heavens
           opened
           ,
           and
           therein
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           
           and
           Jesus
           standing
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           God
           ;
           do
           we
           think
           he
           cared
           ought
           for
           the
           sparkling
           eyes
           ,
           and
           gnashed
           teeth
           ,
           and
           killing
           stones
           of
           the
           enraged
           multitude
           ?
           Oh
           poor
           impotent
           Jews
           ,
           how
           far
           was
           that
           divine
           Soul
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           your
           malice
           ?
           how
           did
           he
           triumph
           over
           your
           cruelty
           ?
           how
           did
           he
           by
           his
           happy
           evolation
           make
           all
           those
           stones
           precious
           ?
        
      
       
         
         
           SECT
           .
           XVI
           .
           Consider
           the
           Examples
           of
           Contentation
           ,
           both
           without
           ,
           and
           within
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           LAstly
           ,
           it
           cannot
           but
           be
           a
           powerful
           motive
           unto
           Contentation
           ,
           that
           we
           lay
           before
           us
           the
           notable
           Examples
           of
           men
           ,
           whether
           worse
           ,
           or
           better
           then
           our selves
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           eminent
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           this
           vertue
           ;
           men
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           the
           meer
           strength
           of
           morality
           ,
           have
           run
           away
           with
           losses
           ,
           and
           Poverty
           as
           a
           light
           burden
           ;
           that
           out
           of
           their
           free
           choice
           have
           fallen
           upon
           those
           conditions
           ,
           
           which
           we
           are
           ready
           to
           fear
           ,
           and
           shrink
           from
           :
           What
           a
           shame
           is
           it
           for
           Christians
           to
           be
           out-stripped
           herein
           by
           very
           Pagans
           ?
           If
           we
           look
           upon
           the
           ancient
           Philosophers
           ;
           their
           low
           valuation
           of
           these
           outward
           things
           ,
           and
           their
           willing
           abdication
           of
           those
           comforts
           ,
           wherewith
           others
           were
           too
           much
           affected
           ,
           made
           them
           admired
           of
           the
           multitude
           ;
           Here
           do
           I
           see
           a
           Cynick
           housed
           in
           his
           Tub
           ,
           scorning
           all
           wealth
           and
           state
           ;
           and
           making
           still
           even
           with
           his
           Victuals
           and
           the
           day
           ;
           who
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           invited
           to
           supper
           to
           one
           of
           Alexanders
           great
           Lords
           ,
           could
           say
           ;
           I
           had
           rather
           lick
           salt
           at
           Athens
           ,
           then
           feast
           
           with
           Craterus
           :
           Here
           I
           meet
           with
           him
           ,
           whom
           their
           Oracle
           styled
           the
           wisest
           of
           men
           ,
           walking
           barefoot
           in
           a
           patcht
           thred-bare
           cloak
           ,
           contemning
           honours
           ,
           and
           all
           earthly
           things
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           garment
           would
           hang
           no
           longer
           on
           his
           back
           ,
           I
           can
           hear
           him
           say
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           bought
           a
           Cloak
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           had
           money
           ;
           after
           which
           word
           ,
           saith
           Seneca
           ,
           whosoever
           offered
           to
           give
           ,
           came
           too
           late
           ;
           Apollodorus
           ,
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           sends
           him
           a
           rich
           mantle
           towards
           his
           end
           ,
           and
           is
           refused
           ;
           With
           what
           Patience
           doth
           this
           man
           bear
           the
           loud
           scoldings
           of
           his
           Xantippe
           ?
           making
           no
           other
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           creaking
           of
           a
           Cart-wheel
           :
           
           with
           what
           brave
           resolution
           doth
           he
           repel
           the
           proffers
           of
           Archelaus
           ,
           telling
           him
           how
           cheap
           the
           Market
           afforded
           meal
           at
           Athens
           ,
           and
           the
           Fountains
           Water
           ?
           Here
           I
           meet
           with
           a
           Zeno
           ,
           formerly
           rich
           in
           his
           traffique
           for
           purple
           ,
           now
           impoverisht
           by
           an
           ill
           Sea-voyage
           ,
           and
           can
           hear
           him
           say
           ,
           I
           sailed
           best
           when
           I
           Ship-wrackt
           :
           Here
           I
           see
           an
           Aristippus
           drowning
           his
           gold
           in
           the
           Sea
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           not
           drown
           him
           :
           Here
           I
           can
           hear
           a
           Democritus
           ,
           or
           Cleanthes
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           asked
           how
           a
           man
           should
           be
           rich
           ?
           Answer
           ,
           If
           he
           be
           poor
           in
           desires
           .
        
         
           What
           should
           I
           speak
           of
           those
           Indian
           Sophists
           ,
           that
           
           took
           their
           name
           from
           their
           nakedness
           ;
           whom
           we
           hear
           to
           say
           ,
           
           The
           Sky
           is
           our
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           Earth
           our
           Bed
           :
           we
           care
           not
           for
           Gold
           ,
           we
           contemn
           Death
           :
           One
           of
           them
           can
           tell
           Onesicritus
           :
           As
           the
           Mother
           is
           to
           the
           Child
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           Earth
           to
           me
           :
           The
           Mother
           gives
           Milk
           to
           her
           Infant
           ,
           so
           doth
           the
           Earth
           yield
           all
           necessaries
           to
           me
           :
           And
           when
           gold
           was
           offered
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           that
           great
           Conquerour
           ;
           Perswade
           (
           said
           he
           )
           if
           thou
           canst
           these
           birds
           to
           take
           thy
           silver
           and
           gold
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           sing
           the
           sweeter
           ;
           and
           if
           thou
           canst
           not
           do
           that
           ,
           wouldst
           thou
           have
           me
           worse
           then
           them
           ?
           Adding
           moreover
           in
           a
           strong
           discourse
           ;
           
           Natural
           hunger
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           taken
           food
           ,
           ceaseth
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           mind
           of
           man
           did
           also
           naturally
           desire
           gold
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           he
           hath
           received
           that
           which
           he
           wished
           ,
           the
           desire
           and
           appetite
           of
           it
           would
           presently
           cease
           ;
           but
           so
           far
           is
           it
           from
           this
           satiety
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           it
           hath
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           doth
           ,
           without
           any
           intermission
           ,
           long
           for
           more
           ;
           because
           this
           desire
           proceeds
           not
           from
           any
           motion
           of
           Nature
           ,
           but
           only
           out
           of
           the
           wantonness
           of
           mans
           own
           will
           ,
           to
           which
           no
           bounds
           can
           be
           set
           .
           Blush
           ,
           O
           Christian
           Soul
           ,
           (
           whosoever
           thou
           art
           ,
           that
           readest
           these
           lines
           )
           to
           hear
           such
           words
           falling
           from
           Heathen
           lips
           ,
           when
           thou
           
           seest
           those
           that
           profess
           godliness
           ,
           doat
           upon
           these
           worthless
           metals
           ,
           and
           transported
           with
           the
           affectation
           and
           cares
           of
           these
           earthly
           provisions
           .
        
         
           If
           from
           these
           patterns
           of
           men
           that
           should
           be
           below
           our selves
           ,
           we
           look
           up
           to
           the
           more
           noble
           precedents
           of
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ;
           Lo
           ,
           there
           we
           find
           Elijah
           fed
           by
           Ravens
           ;
           Elisha
           boarding
           with
           his
           poor
           Sareptan
           Hostess
           ;
           
           And
           an
           hundred
           Prophets
           fed
           by
           fifty
           in
           a
           Cave
           ,
           with
           bread
           and
           water
           ;
           The
           Sons
           of
           the
           Prophets
           for
           the
           enlarging
           of
           their
           over-strait
           lodgings
           ,
           
           hard
           at
           work
           ;
           they
           are
           their
           own
           Carpenters
           ,
           but
           their
           tools
           are
           borrowed
           ;
           There
           we
           
           shall
           find
           a
           few
           barly
           loaves
           ,
           and
           little
           fishes
           ,
           the
           houshold
           provision
           of
           our
           Saviours
           train
           :
           Yea
           ,
           there
           we
           find
           the
           most
           glorious
           Apostle
           ,
           the
           great
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           employing
           his
           hands
           to
           feed
           his
           belly
           ;
           Busily
           stitching
           of
           skins
           for
           his
           Tent-work
           :
           Yea
           ,
           what
           do
           we
           look
           at
           any
           or
           all
           of
           these
           ,
           when
           we
           see
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Servant
           ?
           Not
           a
           Cratch
           to
           cradle
           him
           in
           ,
           not
           a
           Grave
           to
           bury
           him
           in
           ,
           was
           his
           own
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           could
           command
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           can
           say
           ,
           The
           Foxes
           have
           holes
           ,
           
           the
           Birds
           have
           nests
           ,
           but
           the
           Son
           of
           man
           hath
           not
           where
           to
           lay
           his
           head
           .
        
         
         
           Who
           now
           can
           complain
           of
           want
           ,
           when
           he
           hears
           his
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           but
           thus
           Provided
           for
           ?
           He
           could
           have
           brought
           down
           with
           him
           a
           Celestial
           House
           ,
           and
           have
           pitcht
           it
           here
           below
           ,
           too
           glorious
           for
           earthen
           eyes
           to
           have
           lookt
           upon
           :
           He
           could
           have
           commanded
           all
           the
           precious
           things
           that
           lie
           shrouded
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           to
           have
           made
           up
           a
           Majestical
           Palace
           for
           him
           ,
           to
           the
           dazling
           of
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           beholders
           :
           He
           could
           have
           taken
           up
           the
           stateliest
           Court
           that
           any
           Earthly
           Monarch
           possessed
           ,
           for
           his
           peculiar
           habitation
           :
           But
           his
           greatness
           was
           Spiritual
           and
           Heavenly
           :
           And
           he
           that
           owned
           all
           would
           
           have
           nothing
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           Sanctifie
           want
           unto
           us
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           teach
           us
           by
           his
           blessed
           example
           ,
           to
           sit
           down
           contented
           with
           any
           thing
           ,
           with
           nothing
           .
        
         
           By
           that
           time
           therefore
           we
           have
           laid
           all
           these
           things
           together
           ,
           and
           have
           seriously
           considered
           of
           the
           mean
           valuation
           of
           all
           these
           earthly
           things
           ,
           for
           their
           transitoriness
           ,
           Unsatisfaction
           ,
           Danger
           ;
           of
           the
           over-ruling
           Providence
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           who
           most
           wisely
           ,
           justly
           ,
           Mercifully
           disposeth
           of
           us
           and
           all
           events
           that
           befall
           us
           ;
           of
           the
           worse
           condition
           of
           many
           thousand
           others
           ;
           of
           the
           great
           inconveniences
           that
           attend
           great
           and
           full
           estates
           ;
           of
           the
           secret
           benefits
           
           of
           Poverty
           ;
           of
           the
           smalness
           of
           that
           pittance
           that
           may
           suffice
           Nature
           ;
           of
           the
           miseries
           that
           wait
           upon
           discontentment
           ;
           of
           the
           Merciful
           vicissitudes
           of
           Favours
           ,
           wherewith
           God
           pleaseth
           to
           interchange
           our
           sufferings
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           the
           great
           examples
           of
           those
           ,
           as
           well
           without
           ▪
           as
           within
           the
           bosom
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           have
           gone
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           led
           us
           the
           way
           to
           Contentation
           :
           our
           judgment
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           be
           sufficiently
           convinced
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           abundant
           reason
           to
           win
           our
           hearts
           to
           a
           quiet
           and
           contented
           entertainment
           of
           want
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           outward
           afflictions
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           SECT
           .
           XVII
           .
           Of
           Contentment
           in
           Death
           it self
           .
        
         
           BUt
           all
           these
           intervenient
           miseries
           are
           slight
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           utmost
           of
           Evils
           ,
           Death
           ;
           Many
           a
           one
           grapples
           chearfully
           with
           these
           trivial
           afflictions
           ,
           who
           yet
           looks
           Pale
           ,
           and
           trembles
           at
           the
           King
           of
           Fear
           :
           His
           very
           Name
           hath
           Terrour
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           his
           looks
           more
           :
           The
           courageous
           Champion
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           :
           And
           with
           him
           ,
           every
           Faithful
           Soul
           ,
           makes
           his
           challenge
           universal
           ,
           to
           whatsoever
           Estate
           he
           is
           in
           ;
           to
           the
           Estate
           
           of
           Death
           ,
           therefore
           no
           less
           then
           the
           afflictive
           incidence
           of
           Life
           :
           When
           therefore
           this
           gastly
           Giant
           shall
           stalk
           forth
           ,
           and
           bid
           defiance
           to
           the
           whole
           Host
           of
           Israel
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           timorous
           unbeleevers
           shall
           run
           away
           at
           the
           fight
           of
           him
           ,
           &
           endevour
           to
           hide
           their
           Heads
           from
           his
           presence
           ;
           the
           good
           Soul
           armed
           ,
           not
           with
           the
           unmeet
           and
           cumbersome
           Harness
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           sure
           (
           though
           invisible
           )
           armour
           of
           God
           ,
           dares
           comes
           forth
           to
           meet
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           ,
           both
           bids
           him
           battle
           ,
           and
           foils
           him
           in
           the
           Combat
           ;
           and
           now
           having
           laid
           him
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           can
           Triumphingly
           
           say
           ,
           O
           Death
           ,
           where
           is
           thy
           sting
           ?
           O
           Grave
           ,
           where
           is
           thy
           Victory
           ?
           Five
           smooth
           pebles
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           if
           we
           cary
           in
           our
           scrip
           ,
           wee
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           quel
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           power
           of
           Death
           ,
           but
           the
           terrour
           too
           .
        
         
           Whereof
           the
           first
           is
           a
           sure
           apprehension
           of
           both
           the
           unavoidable
           necessity
           ,
           and
           certain
           benefit
           of
           death
           :
           A
           necessity
           ,
           grounded
           upon
           the
           just
           and
           eternal
           Decree
           of
           Heaven
           :
           
           It
           is
           appointed
           to
           all
           men
           once
           to
           die
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           madness
           were
           it
           ,
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           think
           of
           an
           exemption
           from
           the
           common
           condition
           of
           mankind
           ?
           Mortality
           is
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           essential
           to
           our
           Nature
           ;
           neither
           could
           we
           have
           had
           our
           
           Souls
           but
           upon
           the
           terms
           of
           a
           re-delivery
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           called
           for
           ;
           If
           the
           Holiest
           Saints
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           Monarchs
           sped
           otherwise
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           some
           colour
           of
           repining
           :
           Now
           ,
           grieve
           if
           thou
           wilt
           ,
           that
           thou
           art
           a
           Man
           ;
           grieve
           not
           ,
           that
           being
           Man
           ,
           thou
           must
           die
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           the
           benefit
           inferiour
           to
           the
           necessity
           ;
           Lo
           here
           the
           remedy
           of
           all
           our
           cares
           ,
           the
           Physick
           for
           all
           our
           maladies
           ,
           the
           rescue
           from
           all
           our
           fears
           and
           dangers
           ,
           earnestly
           sued
           for
           by
           the
           painful
           ,
           dearly
           welcome
           to
           the
           distressed
           :
           Yea
           ,
           lo
           here
           the
           Cherub
           that
           keeps
           the
           Gate
           of
           Paradise
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           entrance
           ,
           but
           under
           
           his
           hand
           :
           In
           vain
           do
           we
           hope
           to
           pass
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           any
           other
           way
           then
           through
           the
           Gates
           of
           Death
           ,
        
         
           The
           second
           is
           the
           Conscience
           of
           a
           well-led
           Life
           ;
           Guiltinefs
           will
           make
           any
           Man
           cowardly
           ,
           unable
           to
           look
           danger
           in
           the
           face
           ,
           much
           more
           Death
           ;
           whereas
           the
           innocent
           is
           bold
           as
           a
           Lion
           :
           What
           a
           difference
           therefore
           there
           is
           betwixt
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           and
           a
           Malefactor
           ;
           this
           latter
           knows
           he
           hath
           done
           ill
           ,
           and
           therefore
           if
           he
           can
           take
           his
           Death
           but
           patiently
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           ;
           the
           former
           knows
           he
           hath
           done
           well
           ,
           and
           therfore
           takes
           his
           Death
           not
           patiently
           onely
           ,
           but
           chearfully
           .
        
         
         
           But
           because
           no
           mortal
           Man
           can
           have
           so
           innocently
           led
           his
           Life
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           shall
           have
           passed
           many
           offences
           against
           his
           most
           Holy
           and
           Righteous
           God
           ;
           here
           must
           be
           ,
           Thirdly
           ,
           a
           final
           Peace
           firmly
           made
           betwixt
           God
           and
           the
           Soul.
           Two
           Powerful
           Agents
           must
           mediate
           in
           it
           ;
           a
           Lively
           Faith
           ,
           and
           a
           serious
           Repentance
           ;
           for
           those
           Sins
           can
           never
           appear
           against
           us
           ,
           that
           are
           washed
           off
           with
           our
           tears
           ;
           and
           being
           justified
           by
           Faith
           ,
           
           we
           have
           Peace
           with
           God
           ,
           through
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           Now
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           made
           the
           Judge
           our
           Friend
           ,
           what
           can
           the
           Sergeant
           do
           ?
        
         
           The
           fourth
           is
           the
           Power
           ,
           and
           efficacy
           of
           Christs
           
           Death
           applyed
           to
           the
           Soul
           :
           Wherefore
           dyed
           he
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           might
           Live
           ?
           Wherefore
           would
           he
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Lord
           of
           Life
           ,
           die
           ,
           but
           to
           sanctifie
           ,
           season
           ,
           and
           sweeten
           death
           to
           us
           ?
           Who
           would
           go
           any
           other
           way
           then
           his
           Saviour
           went
           before
           him
           ?
           Who
           can
           fear
           that
           enemy
           ,
           whom
           his
           Redeemer
           hath
           Conquered
           for
           him
           ?
           Who
           can
           run
           away
           from
           that
           Serpent
           ,
           whose
           sting
           is
           pulled
           out
           ?
           Oh
           Death
           !
           my
           Saviour
           hath
           been
           thy
           Death
           ,
           and
           therefore
           thou
           canst
           not
           be
           mine
           .
        
         
           The
           fifth
           ,
           is
           the
           comfortable
           expectation
           ,
           and
           assurance
           of
           a
           certain
           resurrection
           ,
           and
           an
           immediate
           Glory
           :
           I
           do
           but
           lay
           me
           down
           to
           
           my
           rest
           ,
           I
           shall
           sleep
           quietly
           ,
           and
           rise
           gloriously
           :
           My
           Soul
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           no
           sooner
           leaves
           my
           body
           ,
           then
           it
           enjoys
           God
           ;
           It
           did
           lately
           through
           my
           bodily
           Eyes
           see
           my
           sad
           Friends
           ,
           that
           bad
           me
           farewel
           with
           their
           Tears
           ;
           now
           it
           hath
           the
           blisse-making
           Vision
           of
           God
           :
           I
           am
           no
           sooner
           lanched
           forth
           ,
           then
           I
           am
           at
           the
           Haven
           ,
           where
           I
           would
           be
           ;
           Here
           is
           that
           which
           were
           able
           to
           make
           amends
           for
           a
           thousand
           Deaths
           ;
           a
           Glory
           ,
           Infinite
           ,
           Eternal
           ,
           Incomprehensible
           .
        
         
           This
           Spiritual
           Ammunition
           shall
           sufficiently
           furnish
           the
           Soul
           for
           her
           encounter
           with
           her
           last
           Enemy
           ;
           so
           as
           she
           shall
           not
           only
           endure
           ,
           but
           long
           for
           this
           Combat
           ;
           
           and
           say
           with
           the
           chosen
           Vessel
           ,
           
           I
           desire
           to
           depart
           ,
           &
           to
           be
           with
           Christ
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XVIII
           .
           The
           miseries
           and
           inconveniences
           of
           the
           continued
           conjunction
           of
           the
           Soul
           &
           Body
           .
        
         
           NOw
           for
           that
           long
           conversation
           causeth
           entireness
           ,
           and
           the
           parting
           of
           Old
           Friends
           and
           Partners
           (
           such
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           are
           )
           cannot
           but
           be
           grievous
           ,
           although
           there
           were
           no
           actual
           pain
           in
           the
           dissolution
           :
           It
           will
           be
           requisite
           for
           us
           ,
           seriously
           to
           consider
           the
           state
           of
           this
           conjunction
           ;
           &
           to
           enquire
           what
           good
           offices
           the
           one
           of
           them
           doth
           to
           
           the
           other
           ,
           in
           their
           continued
           union
           ;
           for
           which
           they
           should
           be
           so
           loth
           to
           part
           :
           And
           here
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           those
           two
           ,
           however
           united
           to
           make
           up
           one
           Person
           ,
           yet
           (
           as
           it
           fals
           out
           in
           Cross
           matches
           )
           they
           are
           in
           continual
           domestique
           jars
           one
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           entertain
           a
           secret
           familiar
           kind
           of
           Hostility
           betwixt
           themselves
           ;
           
           For
           the
           Flesh
           lusteth
           against
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirit
           against
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           contrary
           the
           one
           to
           the
           other
           .
           One
           says
           well
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Body
           should
           implead
           the
           Soul
           ,
           it
           might
           bring
           many
           foul
           impeachments
           against
           it
           ;
           and
           sue
           it
           for
           many
           great
           injuries
           done
           to
           that
           Earthly
           part
           :
           And
           the
           Soul
           again
           
           hath
           no
           fewer
           quarrels
           against
           the
           Body
           :
           Betwixt
           them
           both
           there
           are
           many
           brawles
           ,
           no
           Agreement
           .
           Our
           Schools
           have
           reckoned
           up
           therefore
           eight
           main
           incommodities
           ,
           which
           the
           Soul
           hath
           cause
           to
           complain
           of
           in
           her
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Body
           :
           whereof
           the
           first
           is
           the
           defilement
           of
           Original
           Sin
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Soul
           is
           not
           tainted
           as
           it
           proceeds
           ,
           alone
           ,
           from
           the
           pure
           hands
           of
           its
           Creator
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           makes
           up
           a
           part
           of
           a
           Son
           of
           Adam
           ,
           who
           brought
           this
           guilt
           upon
           Humane
           nature
           ;
           so
           as
           now
           this
           composition
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           Man
           ,
           is
           corrupt
           :
           
           Who
           can
           bring
           a
           clean
           thing
           out
           of
           that
           which
           is
           unclean
           ?
           Saith
           Job
           .
        
         
         
           The
           second
           is
           a
           proneness
           to
           Sin
           ,
           which
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           meeting
           of
           these
           partners
           had
           never
           been
           ;
           the
           Soul
           ,
           if
           single
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           innocent
           ;
           thus
           matched
           ,
           what
           Evil
           is
           it
           not
           apt
           to
           entertain
           ?
           An
           ill
           consort
           is
           enough
           to
           poyson
           the
           best
           disposition
           .
        
         
           The
           difficulty
           of
           doing
           well
           is
           the
           third
           ;
           for
           how
           averse
           are
           we
           by
           this
           conjunction
           from
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           good
           ;
           This
           clog
           hinders
           us
           from
           walking
           roundly
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           God
           :
           The
           good
           that
           I
           would
           do
           ,
           
           I
           do
           not
           ,
           saith
           the
           chosen
           Vessel
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           is
           the
           dulness
           of
           our
           understanding
           ,
           and
           the
           dimness
           of
           our
           
           mental
           Eyes
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           things
           pertaining
           unto
           God
           ;
           which
           now
           we
           are
           forced
           to
           behold
           through
           the
           vail
           of
           Flesh
           :
           If
           therefore
           we
           mis-know
           ,
           the
           fault
           is
           in
           the
           mean
           ,
           through
           which
           we
           do
           imperfectly
           discover
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           fifth
           is
           a
           perpetual
           impugnation
           ,
           and
           self-conflict
           ,
           either
           part
           labouring
           to
           oppose
           and
           vanquish
           the
           other
           .
           This
           field
           is
           fought
           in
           every
           mans
           bosom
           ,
           without
           any
           possibility
           of
           peace
           ,
           or
           truce
           ,
           till
           the
           last
           moment
           of
           dissolution
           .
        
         
           The
           sixth
           is
           the
           racking
           solicitude
           of
           cares
           ,
           which
           continually
           distract
           the
           Soul
           ,
           not
           Suffering
           it
           to
           rest
           at
           ease
           ,
           whiles
           it
           carries
           this
           
           Flesh
           about
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           seventh
           is
           the
           multiplicity
           of
           passions
           which
           daily
           bluster
           within
           us
           ,
           and
           raise
           up
           continual
           Tempests
           in
           our
           Lives
           ,
           disquieting
           our
           Peace
           ,
           and
           threatning
           our
           Ruine
           .
        
         
           The
           eight
           is
           the
           retardation
           of
           our
           Glory
           ;
           for
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           Blood
           cannot
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ;
           we
           must
           lay
           down
           our
           load
           if
           we
           would
           enter
           into
           Heaven
           :
           
           The
           seed
           cannot
           fructifie
           unless
           it
           Die.
           I
           cannot
           blame
           Nature
           if
           it
           could
           wish
           not
           to
           be
           unclothed
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           clothed
           upon
           :
           But
           so
           hath
           the
           Eternal
           Wisdom
           Ordered
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           first
           lay
           down
           ,
           ere
           we
           can
           take
           up
           ;
           and
           be
           
           devested
           of
           Earth
           ,
           ere
           we
           can
           partake
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Now
           then
           ,
           sith
           so
           many
           &
           great
           discommodities
           do
           so
           unavoidably
           accompany
           this
           match
           of
           Soul
           &
           Body
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           cease
           instantly
           in
           the
           act
           of
           their
           dissolution
           ;
           what
           reason
           have
           we
           to
           be
           too
           deeply
           affected
           with
           their
           parting
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           how
           should
           we
           rather
           rejoyce
           that
           the
           Hour
           is
           come
           ,
           wherein
           we
           shall
           be
           quit
           both
           of
           the
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           Temptations
           of
           Sin
           ;
           wherein
           the
           clogg
           shall
           be
           taken
           away
           from
           our
           heels
           ,
           and
           the
           vail
           from
           our
           Eyes
           ;
           wherein
           no
           intestine
           Wars
           shall
           threaten
           us
           ,
           no
           cares
           shall
           disquiet
           us
           ,
           no
           passions
           shall
           torment
           us
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           
           wherein
           we
           may
           take
           the
           free
           possession
           of
           that
           Glory
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           hitherto
           lookt
           at
           only
           a
           far
           off
           from
           the
           top
           of
           our
           Pisgah
           ?
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XIX
           .
           Holy
           dispositions
           for
           Contentment
           :
           And
           first
           ,
           Humility
           .
        
         
           HItherto
           ,
           we
           have
           dwelt
           in
           those
           Powerful
           considerations
           which
           may
           work
           us
           to
           a
           quiet
           Contentment
           with
           whatsoever
           adverse
           estate
           ,
           whether
           of
           Life
           or
           Death
           ;
           after
           which
           ,
           we
           address
           our selves
           to
           those
           meet
           dispositions
           ,
           which
           shall
           render
           us
           fully
           capable
           of
           this
           blessed
           Contentation
           ;
           and
           shall
           make
           all
           
           these
           considerations
           effectual
           to
           that
           happy
           purpose
           .
           Whereof
           the
           first
           is
           true
           Humility
           ,
           under-valuing
           our selves
           ,
           and
           setting
           an
           high
           rate
           upon
           every
           Mercy
           that
           we
           receive
           ;
           For
           ,
           if
           a
           Man
           have
           attained
           unto
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           thinks
           every
           thing
           too
           good
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           himself
           less
           then
           the
           least
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           the
           heaviest
           judgment
           ;
           he
           can
           not
           but
           sit
           down
           thankful
           for
           small
           Favours
           ,
           &
           meekly
           content
           with
           mean
           afflictions
           :
           As
           contrarily
           ,
           the
           proud
           Man
           stands
           upon
           points
           with
           his
           Maker
           ,
           makes
           God
           his
           debter
           ;
           looks
           disdainfully
           at
           small
           Blessings
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           said
           ,
           What
           ,
           no
           more
           ?
           and
           looks
           angerly
           
           at
           the
           least
           crosses
           ;
           as
           if
           he
           said
           ,
           Why
           thus
           much
           ?
           The
           Father
           of
           the
           Faithful
           hath
           practically
           taught
           us
           this
           Lesson
           of
           humility
           ,
           who
           comes
           to
           God
           with
           dust
           and
           ashes
           in
           his
           mouth
           :
           
           And
           the
           Jewish
           Doctors
           tell
           us
           truly
           ,
           that
           in
           every
           Disciple
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           three
           things
           :
           a
           good
           eye
           ,
           a
           meek
           spirit
           ,
           and
           an
           humble
           soule
           ;
           
           His
           Grandchild
           Jacob
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           every
           true
           Israelite
           ,
           had
           well
           taken
           it
           out
           ;
           whiles
           he
           can
           say
           to
           his
           God
           ,
           
           I
           am
           not
           worthy
           of
           the
           least
           of
           all
           the
           mercies
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           truth
           which
           thou
           hast
           shewed
           unto
           thy
           servant
           :
           And
           indeed
           ,
           in
           whomsoeever
           it
           be
           ,
           the
           best
           measure
           of
           
           Grace
           is
           Humility
           ;
           for
           the
           more
           Grace
           still
           ,
           the
           greater
           Humility
           ;
           and
           no
           Humility
           ,
           
           no
           Grace
           :
           Solomon
           observed
           of
           old
           ;
           and
           Saint
           James
           took
           it
           from
           him
           .
           That
           God
           resisteth
           the
           proud
           ,
           
           and
           giveth
           Grace
           to
           the
           Humble
           ;
           so
           as
           he
           that
           is
           not
           humble
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           capable
           of
           Grace
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           is
           truly
           Humble
           ,
           is
           a
           fit
           subject
           for
           all
           Graces
           ,
           and
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           for
           the
           Grace
           of
           Contentation
           :
           Give
           me
           a
           man
           therefore
           ,
           that
           is
           vile
           in
           his
           own
           Eyes
           ,
           that
           is
           sensible
           of
           his
           own
           wretchedness
           ,
           that
           knows
           what
           it
           is
           to
           Sin
           ,
           and
           what
           belongs
           to
           that
           Sin
           whereof
           he
           is
           guilty
           ;
           this
           Man
           shall
           think
           it
           a
           Mercy
           
           that
           he
           is
           any
           where
           out
           of
           Hell
           ;
           shall
           account
           all
           the
           evils
           that
           he
           is
           free
           from
           ,
           so
           many
           new
           Favours
           ;
           shall
           reckon
           easie
           corrections
           amongst
           his
           blessings
           ,
           &
           shall
           esteem
           any
           blessing
           infinitely
           obliging
           .
           Whereas
           contrarily
           ,
           the
           proud
           beggar
           is
           ready
           to
           throw
           Gods
           almes
           at
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           swels
           at
           every
           lash
           ,
           that
           he
           receives
           from
           the
           Divine
           Hand
           .
           Not
           without
           great
           cause
           therefore
           doth
           the
           Royal
           Preacher
           oppose
           the
           patient
           in
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           the
           proud
           in
           Spirit
           ;
           for
           the
           proud
           Man
           can
           no
           more
           be
           patient
           ,
           then
           the
           patient
           can
           be
           discontent
           with
           whatsoever
           hand
           of
           his
           God.
           Every
           toy
           puts
           the
           proud
           Man
           beside
           his
           
           Patience
           ;
           If
           but
           a
           flie
           be
           found
           in
           Pharaohs
           cup
           ,
           he
           is
           straight
           in
           rage
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Jewish
           tradition
           lays
           the
           quarrel
           )
           and
           sends
           his
           Butler
           into
           durance
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Emperour
           do
           but
           mistake
           the
           Stirrup
           of
           our
           Countrey-Man
           Pope
           Adrian
           ,
           he
           shall
           dance
           attendance
           for
           his
           Crown
           :
           If
           a
           Mardochee
           do
           but
           fail
           of
           a
           courtesie
           to
           Haman
           ,
           all
           Jews
           must
           bleed
           to
           Death
           ;
           And
           how
           unquiet
           are
           our
           vain
           Dames
           ,
           if
           this
           curle
           be
           not
           set
           right
           ,
           or
           that
           Pin
           be
           mis-placed
           ?
           But
           the
           meek
           Spirit
           is
           incurious
           ;
           and
           so
           throughly
           subacted
           ,
           that
           he
           takes
           his
           load
           from
           God
           (
           as
           the
           Camel
           from
           his
           Master
           )
           upon
           his
           knees
           :
           And
           for
           Men
           ,
           if
           
           they
           compell
           him
           to
           goe
           one
           mile
           ,
           
           he
           goes
           twain
           ;
           if
           they
           smite
           him
           on
           the
           right
           cheek
           ,
           he
           turns
           the
           other
           ,
           if
           they
           sue
           away
           his
           Coat
           ,
           he
           parts
           with
           his
           Cloake
           also
           ▪
        
         
           Heraclius
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           about
           to
           passe
           through
           the
           golden
           gate
           ,
           &
           to
           ride
           in
           Royal
           State
           through
           the
           streets
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           being
           put
           in
           mind
           by
           Zacharias
           the
           Bishop
           there
           ,
           of
           the
           humble
           and
           dejected
           fashion
           wherein
           his
           Saviour
           walked
           through
           those
           streets
           ,
           towards
           his
           passion
           ,
           strips
           off
           his
           rich
           robes
           ,
           lays
           aside
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           with
           bare
           head
           ,
           and
           bare
           feet
           ,
           submissly
           paces
           the
           same
           way
           that
           his
           Redeemer
           
           had
           carried
           his
           Cross
           towards
           his
           Golgotha
           .
           Every
           true
           Christian
           is
           ready
           to
           tread
           in
           the
           deep
           steps
           of
           his
           Saviour
           ,
           as
           well
           knowing
           that
           if
           he
           should
           descend
           to
           the
           Gates
           of
           Death
           ,
           of
           the
           Grave
           ,
           of
           Hell
           ,
           he
           cannot
           be
           so
           humbled
           ,
           as
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           for
           him
           :
           And
           indeed
           ,
           this
           ,
           and
           this
           alone
           ,
           is
           the
           true
           way
           to
           Glory
           ;
           He
           that
           is
           Truth
           it self
           ,
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           humbles
           himself
           shall
           be
           exalted
           ;
           And
           wise
           Solomon
           ,
           
           Before
           Honour
           is
           Humility
           .
           The
           Fuller
           treads
           upon
           that
           cloth
           which
           he
           means
           to
           whiten
           :
           And
           he
           that
           would
           see
           the
           Stars
           by
           day
           ,
           must
           not
           climbe
           up
           into
           some
           
           high
           Mountain
           ,
           but
           must
           descend
           to
           the
           lower
           Cells
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           Shortly
           ,
           whosoever
           would
           raise
           up
           a
           firm
           building
           of
           Contentation
           ,
           must
           be
           sure
           to
           lay
           the
           foundation
           in
           Humility
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XX.
           Of
           a
           Faithful
           Self-resignation
           .
        
         
           SEcondly
           ,
           to
           make
           up
           a
           true
           Contentment
           with
           the
           most
           adverse
           estate
           ,
           there
           is
           required
           a
           Faithfull
           Self-resignation
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           whose
           we
           are
           ;
           who
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           more
           right
           in
           us
           ,
           then
           our selves
           ,
           so
           he
           best
           knows
           what
           to
           do
           with
           us
           :
           How
           graciously
           
           hath
           his
           mercy
           invited
           us
           to
           our
           own
           ease
           ?
           Be
           careful
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           for
           nothing
           ;
           but
           in
           every
           thing
           by
           prayer
           and
           supplication
           ,
           
           with
           thanksgiving
           ,
           let
           your
           requests
           be
           made
           known
           unto
           God
           :
           we
           are
           naturally
           apt
           in
           our
           necessities
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           greater
           powers
           then
           our
           own
           ;
           even
           where
           we
           have
           no
           engagement
           of
           their
           help
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           should
           we
           cast
           our selves
           upon
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           when
           he
           not
           only
           allows
           ,
           but
           solicits
           our
           reliance
           upon
           him
           ?
           It
           was
           a
           question
           that
           might
           have
           befitted
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           best
           Christian
           ,
           which
           fell
           from
           Socrates
           ,
           Since
           God
           himself
           is
           careful
           for
           thee
           ,
           why
           art
           
           thou
           solicitous
           for
           thy self
           ?
           If
           evils
           were
           let
           loose
           upon
           us
           ,
           so
           as
           it
           were
           possible
           for
           us
           to
           suffer
           any
           thing
           that
           God
           were
           not
           aware
           of
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           just
           cause
           
             to
             sink
          
           under
           adversities
           ;
           but
           now
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           every
           dram
           of
           our
           affliction
           is
           weighed
           out
           to
           us
           ,
           by
           that
           all-wise
           ,
           and
           all-merciful
           Providence
           ;
           Oh
           our
           infidelity
           ,
           if
           we
           doe
           make
           scruple
           of
           taking
           in
           the
           most
           bitter
           dose
           !
           Here
           then
           is
           the
           right
           use
           of
           that
           main
           duty
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           to
           live
           by
           faith
           :
           Brute
           creatures
           live
           by
           sense
           ,
           meer
           men
           by
           reason
           ,
           Christians
           by
           faith
           .
           
           Now
           faith
           is
           the
           substance
           of
           things
           hoped
           for
           ;
           the
           evidence
           of
           things
           not
           seen
           ;
           In
           our
           extremities
           
           we
           hope
           for
           Gods
           gracious
           deliverance
           ,
           faith
           gives
           a
           subsistence
           to
           that
           deliverance
           ,
           before
           it
           be
           :
           The
           mercies
           that
           God
           hath
           reserved
           for
           us
           ,
           do
           not
           yet
           show
           themselves
           ;
           faith
           is
           the
           evidence
           of
           them
           ,
           though
           yet
           unseen
           :
           It
           was
           the
           Motto
           of
           the
           learned
           and
           godly
           Divine
           Mr.
           
             Perkins
             ,
             Fidei
             vita
             vera
             vita
          
           ;
           The
           true
           life
           ,
           is
           the
           life
           of
           faith
           ;
           a
           word
           which
           that
           worthy
           servant
           of
           God
           did
           both
           write
           and
           live
           ;
           neither
           indeed
           is
           any
           other
           life
           truly
           vital
           ,
           but
           this
           ;
           for
           hereby
           we
           enjoy
           God
           in
           all
           whatever
           occurrences
           :
           Are
           we
           abridged
           of
           means
           ?
           we
           seed
           upon
           the
           cordial
           Promises
           of
           our
           God
           :
           Do
           we
           
           sigh
           and
           groan
           under
           varieties
           of
           grievous
           persecutions
           ?
           out
           of
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           we
           can
           pick
           out
           comforts
           ;
           whiles
           we
           can
           hear
           our
           Saviour
           say
           ,
           
           Blessed
           are
           they
           which
           are
           persecuted
           for
           righteousness
           sake
           ;
           for
           theirs
           is
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           Are
           we
           deserted
           ,
           and
           abandoned
           of
           friends
           ?
           we
           see
           him
           by
           us
           ,
           who
           hath
           said
           ,
           
           I
           will
           never
           leave
           thee
           ,
           nor
           forsake
           thee
           :
           Do
           we
           droop
           under
           spiritual
           desertions
           ?
           we
           hear
           the
           God
           of
           truth
           say
           ,
           
           For
           a
           small
           moment
           have
           I
           forsaken
           thee
           ,
           but
           with
           great
           mercy
           will
           I
           gather
           thee
           ;
           In
           a
           little
           wrath
           I
           hid
           my
           face
           from
           thee
           ,
           but
           with
           everlasting
           kindness
           will
           I
           have
           mercy
           
           on
           thee
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           thy
           Redeemer
           :
           Are
           we
           driven
           from
           home
           ?
           If
           we
           take
           the
           wings
           of
           the
           morning
           ,
           
           and
           remain
           in
           the
           uttermost
           parts
           of
           the
           Sea
           ;
           even
           there
           also
           shall
           thine
           hand
           lead
           us
           ,
           and
           thy
           right
           hand
           shall
           hold
           us
           :
           Are
           we
           dungeoned
           up
           from
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Sun
           ?
           Peradventure
           the
           darkness
           shall
           cover
           us
           ;
           but
           then
           shall
           our
           night
           be
           turned
           into
           day
           ;
           yea
           ,
           
           the
           darkness
           is
           no
           darkness
           with
           thee
           :
           Are
           we
           cast
           down
           upon
           the
           bed
           of
           sickness
           ?
           He
           that
           is
           our
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           God
           of
           salvation
           ;
           
           and
           unto
           God
           the
           Lord
           belong
           the
           issues
           from
           death
           .
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           spoken
           how
           injurious
           those
           men
           are
           to
           
           themselves
           ,
           that
           will
           be
           managing
           their
           own
           cares
           ,
           and
           plotting
           the
           prevention
           of
           their
           fears
           ;
           and
           projecting
           their
           own
           ,
           both
           indemnity
           ,
           and
           advantages
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           they
           lay
           an
           unnecessary
           load
           upon
           their
           own
           shoulders
           ,
           so
           they
           draw
           upon
           themselves
           the
           miseries
           of
           an
           unremediable
           disappointment
           ;
           Alas
           ,
           how
           can
           their
           weakness
           make
           good
           those
           events
           which
           they
           vainly
           promise
           to
           themselves
           ,
           or
           avert
           those
           judgments
           they
           would
           escape
           ,
           or
           uphold
           them
           in
           those
           evils
           they
           must
           undergoe
           ?
           Whereas
           if
           we
           put
           all
           this
           upon
           a
           gracious
           God
           ,
           he
           contrives
           it
           with
           ease
           ;
           looking
           for
           nothing
           from
           us
           ,
           but
           our
           trust
           ,
           and
           thankfulness
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           SECT
           .
           XXI
           .
           Of
           True
           inward
           Riches
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           third
           place
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           most
           requisit
           to
           furnish
           the
           soul
           with
           true
           inward
           riches
           ;
           I
           mean
           not
           of
           meer
           moral
           vertues
           ,
           (
           which
           yet
           are
           
             truly
             precious
          
           when
           they
           are
           found
           in
           a
           good
           heart
           )
           but
           of
           a
           wealth
           as
           much
           above
           them
           ,
           as
           gold
           is
           above
           dross
           ;
           Yea
           ,
           as
           the
           thing
           which
           is
           most
           precious
           ,
           is
           above
           nothing
           :
           And
           this
           shall
           be
           done
           ,
           if
           we
           bring
           Christ
           home
           to
           the
           soul
           ;
           if
           we
           can
           possess
           our selves
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           God
           al-sufficient
           ;
           For
           such
           infinite
           contentment
           there
           is
           in
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           made
           ours
           ,
           that
           
           whosoever
           hath
           tasted
           of
           the
           sweetness
           of
           this
           comfort
           is
           indiffererent
           to
           all
           earthly
           things
           ;
           and
           insensible
           of
           those
           extream
           differences
           of
           events
           ,
           wherewith
           others
           are
           perplexed
           ;
           How
           can
           he
           be
           dejected
           with
           the
           want
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           who
           is
           possessed
           of
           him
           that
           possesseth
           all
           things
           ?
           How
           can
           he
           be
           over-affected
           with
           trivial
           profits
           ,
           or
           pleasures
           ,
           who
           is
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           God
           of
           all
           comfort
           ?
           Is
           Christ
           mine
           therefore
           ?
           How
           can
           I
           fail
           of
           all
           contentment
           ?
           How
           can
           he
           complain
           to
           want
           light
           ,
           that
           dwels
           
             in
             the
          
           midst
           of
           the
           Sun
           ?
           How
           can
           he
           complain
           of
           thirst
           ,
           out
           of
           whose
           belly
           flow
           rivers
           of
           living
           water
           ?
           
           What
           can
           
           I
           wish
           ,
           that
           my
           Christ
           is
           not
           to
           me
           ?
           Would
           I
           have
           meat
           and
           drink
           ?
           
           My
           flesh
           is
           meat
           indeed
           ;
           and
           my
           blood
           is
           drink
           indeed
           :
           Would
           I
           have
           cloathing
           ?
           But
           ,
           
           put
           ye
           on
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           :
           Would
           I
           have
           medicine
           ?
           
           He
           is
           the
           Tree
           of
           life
           ,
           the
           leaves
           whereof
           are
           for
           the
           healing
           of
           the
           Nations
           :
           Would
           I
           have
           safety
           ,
           and
           protection
           ?
           He
           truly
           is
           my
           strength
           ,
           and
           my
           salvation
           ;
           
           he
           is
           my
           defence
           ,
           so
           as
           I
           shall
           not
           fall
           ;
           in
           God
           is
           my
           health
           and
           my
           glory
           ;
           the
           Rock
           of
           my
           might
           ,
           and
           in
           God
           is
           my
           trust
           :
           Would
           I
           have
           direction
           ?
           
           I
           am
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           :
           Would
           I
           have
           life
           ?
           Christ
           is
           to
           
           me
           to
           live
           ;
           
           I
           am
           the
           Resurrection
           and
           the
           Life
           :
           Would
           I
           have
           all
           spiritual
           good
           things
           ?
           
           We
           are
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           who
           of
           God
           is
           made
           unto
           us
           Wisdome
           ,
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           Sanctification
           ,
           and
           Redemption
           .
        
         
           Oh
           the
           happy
           condition
           of
           the
           man
           that
           is
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           hath
           Christ
           in
           him
           !
           Shall
           I
           account
           him
           rich
           ,
           that
           hath
           store
           of
           Oxen
           ,
           and
           Sheep
           ,
           and
           Horses
           ,
           and
           Camels
           ;
           that
           hath
           heaps
           of
           metals
           ,
           and
           some
           spots
           of
           ground
           ?
           and
           shall
           I
           not
           account
           him
           infinitely
           more
           rich
           ,
           that
           owns
           and
           enjoyes
           him
           whose
           the
           earth
           is
           ,
           and
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           it
           ;
           whose
           Heaven
           is
           ,
           and
           
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           ?
           Shall
           I
           justly
           account
           that
           man
           great
           ,
           whom
           the
           King
           will
           honor
           ,
           and
           place
           near
           to
           himself
           ;
           and
           shall
           I
           not
           esteem
           that
           man
           more
           honourable
           ,
           whom
           the
           King
           of
           Heaven
           is
           pleased
           to
           admit
           unto
           such
           Partnership
           of
           glory
           ,
           as
           to
           profess
           ;
           To
           him
           that
           overcommeth
           will
           I
           grant
           to
           sit
           with
           me
           in
           my
           Throne
           ,
           
           even
           as
           I
           also
           overcame
           ,
           and
           am
           set
           down
           with
           my
           Father
           in
           his
           Throne
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           true
           word
           of
           Saint
           Augustine
           ,
           that
           every
           soul
           is
           either
           Christs
           Spouse
           ,
           or
           the
           Devils
           Harlot
           :
           Now
           if
           we
           be
           matched
           to
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Lord
           of
           glory
           ;
           what
           a
           blessed
           union
           is
           here
           ?
           
           What
           can
           he
           withhold
           from
           us
           ,
           that
           hath
           given
           us
           himself
           ?
           I
           could
           envy
           the
           devotion
           of
           that
           man
           (
           though
           otherwise
           mis-placed
           )
           whom
           S.
           Bernard
           heard
           to
           spend
           the
           night
           in
           no
           other
           words
           then
           ,
           
             Deus
             meus
             &
             omnia
          
           ;
           My
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           ;
           Certainly
           ,
           he
           who
           hath
           that
           God
           ,
           hath
           more
           then
           all
           things
           ;
           he
           that
           wants
           him
           (
           whatever
           else
           he
           seems
           to
           possess
           )
           hath
           less
           then
           nothing
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XXII
           .
           
           Holy
           resolutions
           :
           1.
           
           That
           our
           present
           estate
           is
           best
           for
           us
           ▪
        
         
           AFter
           these
           serious
           considerations
           ,
           and
           meet
           dispositions
           ,
           
           shall
           in
           the
           last
           follow
           certain
           firm
           resolutions
           for
           the
           full
           actuating
           our
           contentment
           :
           And
           first
           ,
           we
           must
           resolve
           (
           out
           of
           the
           infallible
           grounds
           of
           divine
           Providence
           ,
           formerly
           spoken
           of
           )
           that
           the
           present
           estate
           wherein
           weare
           ,
           is
           certainly
           the
           best
           for
           us
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           herein
           absolutely
           captivate
           our
           understanding
           ,
           and
           will
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           the
           highest
           :
           How
           unmeet
           Judges
           are
           flesh
           and
           blood
           of
           the
           best
           fitness
           of
           a
           condition
           for
           us
           ?
           As
           some
           palates
           (
           which
           are
           none
           of
           the
           wholsomest
           )
           like
           nothing
           but
           
             sweet
             meats
          
           ,
           so
           our
           nature
           would
           be
           fed
           up
           with
           the
           only
           delicacies
           of
           pleasures
           ;
           and
           prosperity
           ;
           
           according
           to
           the
           false
           principle
           of
           Arristippus
           ,
           that
           he
           only
           is
           Happy
           ,
           which
           is
           delighted
           ;
           but
           the
           All-wise
           God
           knows
           another
           diet
           more
           fit
           for
           our
           Health
           ,
           and
           therefore
           graciously
           
             tempers
             our
          
           dishes
           with
           the
           tart
           sauces
           of
           affliction
           :
           The
           Mother
           of
           the
           two
           Sons
           of
           Zebedee
           ,
           and
           her
           ambitious
           Children
           ,
           are
           all
           for
           the
           chief
           Peerage
           in
           the
           Temporal
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           he
           calls
           them
           to
           a
           bitter
           Cup
           ,
           and
           a
           bloody
           Baptism
           rather
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           a
           far
           greater
           Honour
           then
           that
           they
           sued
           for
           :
           There
           is
           no
           Earthly
           Estate
           absolutely
           good
           for
           all
           Persons
           ;
           like
           as
           no
           gale
           can
           serve
           for
           all
           Passengers
           .
           In
           Africk
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           the
           
           North
           wind
           brings
           Clouds
           ,
           and
           the
           South
           wind
           clears
           up
           :
           That
           plant
           which
           was
           starved
           in
           one
           Soil
           ,
           in
           another
           prospers
           ;
           Yea
           ,
           that
           which
           in
           some
           climate
           is
           poyson
           ,
           proves
           wholsome
           in
           another
           :
           Some
           one
           Man
           if
           he
           had
           anothers
           blessings
           ,
           would
           run
           wild
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           had
           some
           other
           Mans
           Crosses
           ,
           would
           be
           desperate
           ;
           The
           infinite
           wisdom
           of
           the
           great
           Governour
           of
           the
           World
           allots
           every
           one
           his
           due
           proportion
           ;
           
           The
           fitches
           are
           not
           threshed
           with
           a
           threshing
           instrument
           ;
           neither
           is
           a
           Cart-wheel
           turned
           about
           upon
           the
           Cummin
           ;
           but
           the
           fitches
           are
           beaten
           out
           with
           a
           staff
           ,
           and
           the
           Cummin
           with
           a
           rod
           ,
           saith
           Esay
           .
           And
           
           no
           otherwise
           in
           matter
           of
           prosperity
           ;
           Josephs
           Coat
           may
           be
           party-coloured
           ,
           and
           Benjamins
           mess
           may
           be
           five
           times
           so
           much
           as
           any
           of
           his
           Brethren
           .
           
           It
           is
           marvel
           if
           they
           who
           did
           so
           much
           envy
           Joseph
           for
           his
           dream
           of
           Superiority
           ,
           did
           not
           also
           envy
           Benjamin
           for
           so
           large
           a
           service
           ,
           and
           so
           Rich
           gifts
           at
           his
           parting
           ;
           this
           it
           seems
           gave
           occasion
           for
           the
           good
           Patriarchs
           fear
           ,
           when
           he
           charged
           them
           ,
           
           
             See
             that
             you
             fall
             not
             out
             by
             the
             way
          
           ;
           But
           there
           had
           been
           no
           reason
           for
           so
           impotent
           an
           envy
           ;
           whiles
           the
           gift
           is
           free
           ,
           and
           each
           speeds
           above
           his
           desert
           ,
           who
           can
           have
           cause
           to
           repine
           ?
           It
           is
           enough
           that
           Joseph
           knew
           a
           just
           reason
           
           of
           so
           unequal
           a
           distribution
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           hidden
           from
           themselves
           .
           The
           Elder
           Brother
           may
           grudge
           the
           fat
           Calf
           ,
           and
           the
           prime
           Robe
           to
           the
           returned
           Unthrift
           ,
           but
           the
           Father
           knows
           reason
           to
           make
           that
           difference
           .
           God
           is
           Infinitely
           just
           ,
           and
           Infinitely
           Merciful
           in
           dispensing
           both
           his
           Favours
           and
           Punishment
           .
           In
           both
           kinds
           every
           Man
           hath
           that
           which
           is
           fittest
           for
           him
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           that
           which
           Gods
           will
           hath
           designed
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           will
           is
           the
           most
           absolute
           rule
           of
           justice
           :
           Now
           if
           we
           can
           so
           frame
           our
           will
           to
           his
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           so
           too
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           be
           other
           then
           Contented
           ?
           Do
           we
           Suffer
           ?
           There
           is
           more
           intended
           to
           
           us
           then
           our
           smart
           :
           It
           was
           a
           good
           speech
           of
           Seneca
           ,
           though
           a
           Heathen
           ,
           (
           what
           pity
           it
           is
           that
           he
           was
           so
           ?
           )
           I
           give
           thanks
           to
           my
           infirmity
           ,
           which
           forces
           me
           not
           to
           be
           able
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           which
           I
           ought
           not
           will
           to
           do
           ;
           If
           we
           lose
           without
           ,
           
           so
           as
           we
           gain
           within
           ;
           if
           in
           the
           perishing
           of
           the
           outward
           Man
           ,
           the
           inward
           Man
           be
           renued
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           complain
           ,
           much
           to
           rejoyce
           :
           Do
           I
           Live
           in
           a
           mean
           Estate
           ?
           If
           it
           were
           better
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           worse
           ;
           more
           proud
           ,
           more
           careless
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           woful
           improvement
           were
           this
           ?
           What
           a
           strange
           Creature
           would
           Man
           be
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           what
           he
           would
           wish
           himself
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           he
           would
           
           be
           wickedly
           pleasant
           ,
           carelesly
           Prophane
           ,
           vainly
           proud
           ,
           proudly
           oppressive
           ,
           dissolutely
           wanton
           ,
           impetuously
           self-willed
           ;
           and
           shortly
           ,
           his
           own
           Idol
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Idolater
           ;
           His
           Maker
           knows
           how
           to
           frame
           him
           better
           ;
           it
           is
           our
           ignorance
           and
           unthankfulness
           ,
           if
           we
           submit
           not
           to
           his
           good
           pleasure
           :
           To
           conclude
           ,
           we
           Pray
           every
           day
           ,
           
             Thy
             will
             be
             done
          
           ;
           What
           Hypocrites
           are
           we
           ,
           if
           we
           Pray
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           Act
           another
           ?
           If
           we
           murmur
           at
           what
           we
           wish
           ?
           All
           is
           well
           between
           Heaven
           and
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           think
           our selves
           Happy
           to
           be
           what
           God
           will
           have
           us
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           SECT
           .
           XXIII
           .
           Two
           Resolutions
           to
           abate
           of
           our
           desires
           .
        
         
           SEcondly
           ,
           we
           must
           resolve
           to
           abate
           of
           our
           desires
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           the
           illimitedness
           of
           our
           ambitious
           ,
           and
           covetous
           thoughts
           ,
           that
           is
           guilty
           of
           our
           unquietness
           ;
           Every
           Man
           would
           be
           ,
           and
           have
           more
           then
           he
           is
           ;
           and
           is
           therefore
           Sick
           of
           what
           he
           is
           not
           .
           It
           was
           a
           True
           word
           of
           Democritus
           ,
           If
           we
           desire
           not
           much
           ,
           we
           shall
           think
           a
           little
           much
           :
           And
           it
           is
           sutable
           to
           one
           of
           the
           rules
           of
           S.
           Augustine
           ;
           It
           is
           better
           to
           need
           less
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           more
           :
           Paul
           ,
           the
           richest
           Poor
           man
           ,
           (
           as
           Ambrose
           well
           )
           
           could
           say
           ,
           
           As
           having
           all
           things
           ,
           yet
           possessing
           nothing
           :
           It
           is
           not
           for
           a
           Christian
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Dragons
           temper
           ,
           which
           they
           say
           is
           so
           ever
           thirsty
           ,
           that
           no
           water
           will
           quench
           his
           drought
           ;
           and
           therefore
           never
           hath
           his
           mouth
           shut
           ;
           nor
           ,
           with
           the
           daughters
           of
           the
           Horse-leach
           to
           cry
           always
           ,
           
           Give
           ,
           Give
           ;
           He
           must
           confine
           his
           desires
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           to
           no
           over
           large
           compass
           ;
           and
           must
           say
           to
           them
           ,
           
           as
           God
           doth
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           Hitherto
           shalt
           thou
           come
           ,
           and
           no
           further
           ;
           and
           here
           shall
           thy
           proud
           Waves
           be
           stayed
           .
        
         
           What
           a
           cumber
           it
           is
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           have
           too
           much
           ?
           to
           be
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Surena
           the
           Parthian
           Lord
           ▪
           that
           
           could
           never
           remove
           his
           Family
           with
           less
           then
           a
           thousand
           Camels
           ?
           What
           is
           this
           ,
           but
           Tortoise-like
           ,
           to
           be
           clogg'd
           with
           a
           weighty
           shel
           ,
           which
           we
           cannot
           drag
           after
           us
           ,
           but
           with
           pain
           ?
           Or
           like
           the
           Ostrich
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           held
           down
           with
           an
           heavy
           body
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           have
           no
           use
           of
           our
           Wings
           ?
           Whereas
           the
           nimble
           Lark
           rises
           ,
           &
           mounts
           with
           ease
           ,
           and
           Sings
           chearfully
           in
           her
           flight
           .
           How
           many
           have
           we
           known
           ,
           that
           have
           found
           too
           much
           flesh
           a
           burden
           ?
           And
           when
           they
           have
           found
           their
           Blood
           too
           rank
           ,
           have
           been
           glad
           to
           pay
           for
           the
           letting
           it
           out
           ?
           It
           was
           the
           word
           of
           that
           old
           and
           famous
           Lord
           Keeper
           Bacon
           ,
           the
           eminent
           Head
           of
           
           a
           noble
           ,
           and
           witty
           family
           ,
           
             Mediocria
             firma
          
           :
           There
           is
           neither
           safety
           ,
           nor
           true
           pleasure
           in
           excess
           :
           It
           was
           a
           wise
           and
           just
           answer
           of
           Zenò
           the
           Philosopher
           ,
           who
           reproving
           the
           superfluity
           of
           a
           Feast
           ,
           and
           hearing
           by
           way
           of
           defence
           that
           the
           Maker
           of
           it
           was
           a
           great
           Rich
           Man
           ,
           and
           might
           well
           spare
           it
           ,
           said
           ;
           If
           thy
           Cook
           shall
           over-salt
           thy
           broth
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           is
           chid
           for
           it
           ,
           shall
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           store
           enough
           of
           Salt
           lying
           by
           me
           ,
           wouldst
           thou
           take
           this
           for
           a
           fair
           answer
           ?
        
         
           My
           Son
           ,
           
           eat
           thou
           honey
           ,
           saith
           Solomon
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           good
           :
           But
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           for
           the
           preventing
           all
           immoderation
           ,
           he
           adds
           soon
           after
           ;
           Hast
           thou
           found
           Hony
           ?
           
           Eat
           
           so
           much
           as
           is
           sufficient
           for
           thee
           ,
           
           lest
           thou
           be
           filled
           therewith
           :
           If
           our
           appetite
           cary
           us
           too
           far
           ,
           we
           may
           easily
           surfet
           ;
           this
           (
           which
           is
           the
           emblem
           of
           Pleasure
           )
           must
           be
           tasted
           (
           as
           Dionysius
           the
           Sophist
           said
           of
           old
           )
           on
           the
           tip
           of
           the
           Finger
           ;
           not
           be
           sup't
           up
           in
           the
           hollow
           of
           the
           hand
           ;
           It
           is
           with
           our
           desires
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           with
           weak
           Stomachs
           ,
           the
           quantity
           offends
           ,
           even
           where
           the
           Food
           is
           not
           unwholsome
           ;
           and
           if
           heed
           be
           not
           taken
           ,
           one
           bit
           draws
           on
           another
           ,
           till
           Nature
           be
           overlaid
           ;
           Both
           Pleasures
           and
           profits
           (
           if
           way
           be
           given
           to
           them
           )
           have
           too
           much
           power
           to
           debauch
           the
           mind
           ,
           and
           to
           work
           it
           to
           a
           kind
           of
           insatiableness
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           thirst
           
           that
           is
           caused
           with
           drunkenness
           ;
           and
           the
           wanton
           appetite
           ,
           like
           as
           they
           said
           of
           Messalina
           ,
           may
           be
           wearied
           ,
           but
           cannot
           be
           satisfied
           ;
           It
           is
           good
           therefore
           to
           give
           austere
           repulses
           to
           the
           first
           overtures
           of
           inordinate
           desires
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           strong
           denials
           to
           the
           first
           unruly
           motions
           of
           our
           Hearts
           ;
           For
           ,
           S.
           Chrysostome
           well
           ;
           Pleasure
           is
           like
           a
           Dog
           ,
           which
           being
           coyed
           ,
           and
           stroaked
           ,
           follows
           us
           at
           the
           Heels
           ,
           but
           if
           rated
           ,
           and
           beaten
           off
           ,
           is
           driven
           away
           from
           us
           with
           ease
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           for
           the
           Christian
           Heart
           to
           be
           taken
           up
           with
           other
           desires
           such
           as
           wherein
           there
           can
           be
           no
           danger
           of
           immoderateness
           :
           These
           are
           
           the
           Holy
           longings
           after
           grace
           and
           goodness
           ;
           This
           only
           Covetousness
           ,
           this
           ambition
           is
           pleasing
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Infinitely
           beneficial
           to
           the
           Soul.
           
           
             Blessed
             are
             they
             which
             Hunger
             and
             Thirst
             after
             Righteousness
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             be
             filled
             :
          
           Spiritual
           Blessings
           are
           the
           true
           Riches
           ,
           whereof
           we
           can
           never
           have
           enough
           .
           S.
           Ambrose
           said
           truly
           ,
           No
           Man
           is
           indeed
           wealthy
           ,
           that
           cannot
           carry
           away
           what
           he
           hath
           with
           him
           :
           What
           is
           left
           behind
           ,
           
           is
           not
           ours
           ,
           
           but
           other
           Mens
           ;
           Contemn
           thou
           whiles
           thou
           art
           alive
           ,
           that
           which
           thou
           canst
           not
           enjoy
           when
           thou
           art
           Dead
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           this
           Earthly
           trash
           ,
           and
           the
           vain
           delights
           of
           the
           
           flesh
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           so
           fondly
           doted
           on
           ;
           we
           cannot
           carry
           them
           indeed
           away
           with
           us
           ,
           but
           the
           sting
           of
           the
           guilty
           mis-enjoying
           of
           them
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           stick
           by
           us
           ;
           and
           ,
           to
           our
           sorrow
           ,
           attend
           us
           both
           in
           Death
           and
           Judgment
           :
           In
           summ
           therefore
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           be
           truly
           Contented
           ,
           &
           Happy
           ,
           our
           Hearts
           can
           never
           be
           enough
           enlarged
           in
           our
           desires
           of
           Spiritual
           and
           Heavenly
           things
           ,
           never
           too
           much
           contracted
           in
           our
           desires
           of
           Earthly
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           SECT
           .
           XXIV
           .
           3.
           
           A
           Resolution
           to
           inure
           our selves
           to
           digest
           smaller
           discontentments
           .
        
         
           OUr
           Third
           Resolution
           must
           be
           to
           inure
           our selves
           to
           digest
           smaller
           Discontentments
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           exercise
           thereof
           ,
           to
           enable
           our selves
           for
           greater
           :
           As
           those
           that
           drink
           Medicinal
           Waters
           ,
           begin
           First
           with
           smaller
           quantities
           ,
           &
           by
           degrees
           arise
           ,
           at
           last
           ,
           to
           the
           highest
           of
           their
           prescribed
           measure
           ;
           or
           as
           the
           wise
           Lacedemonians
           ,
           by
           early
           scourgings
           of
           their
           Boys
           ,
           inured
           them
           in
           their
           riper
           Years
           to
           more
           painful
           Sufferings
           :
           A
           strong
           Milo
           takes
           up
           his
           Calf
           
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           by
           continual
           practice
           is
           now
           able
           to
           cary
           it
           when
           it
           is
           grown
           a
           Bull.
           
        
         
           Such
           is
           our
           self-love
           ,
           that
           we
           affect
           ever
           to
           be
           served
           of
           the
           best
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           take
           great
           exceptions
           at
           small
           failings
           :
           We
           would
           walk
           always
           in
           smooth
           and
           even
           Paths
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           no
           hinderances
           in
           our
           passage
           ;
           but
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           remedy
           ,
           we
           must
           meet
           with
           rubs
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           cross
           shinnes
           ,
           and
           take
           falls
           too
           in
           our
           way
           :
           Every
           one
           is
           willing
           and
           desirous
           to
           enjoy
           (
           as
           they
           say
           the
           City
           of
           Rhodes
           doth
           )
           a
           perpetual
           Sun-shine
           ;
           but
           we
           cannot
           (
           if
           we
           be
           Wise
           )
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           meet
           with
           change
           of
           weather
           ;
           with
           rainy
           days
           ,
           &
           
           sometimes
           storms
           and
           tempests
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           our
           wisdom
           to
           make
           Provision
           accordingly
           :
           And
           some
           whiles
           to
           abide
           a
           wetting
           ;
           that
           ,
           if
           need
           be
           ,
           we
           may
           endure
           a
           drenching
           also
           .
           It
           was
           the
           policy
           of
           Jacob
           ,
           
           when
           he
           was
           to
           meet
           with
           his
           Brother
           Esau
           (
           whom
           he
           feared
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           but
           found
           a
           Friend
           )
           to
           send
           the
           droves
           first
           ,
           then
           his
           Hand-maids
           ,
           and
           their
           Children
           ;
           then
           Leah
           ,
           with
           her
           Children
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           ,
           came
           Joseph
           and
           Rachel
           ;
           as
           one
           that
           would
           adventure
           the
           less
           dear
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           and
           
             (
             if
             it
             must
             be
          
           )
           to
           prepare
           himself
           for
           his
           dearest
           loss
           .
           
           S.
           Pauls
           companions
           in
           his
           perilous
           Sea-voyage
           ,
           first
           lighten
           the
           Ship
           
           of
           less
           necessaries
           ,
           then
           they
           cast
           out
           the
           tackling
           ,
           then
           the
           Wheat
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           themselves
           .
           It
           is
           the
           use
           that
           wise
           Socrates
           made
           of
           the
           sharp
           Tongues
           of
           his
           cross
           and
           unquiet
           Wives
           ,
           to
           prepare
           his
           patience
           for
           publique
           Sufferings
           .
           Surely
           ,
           he
           that
           cannot
           endure
           a
           frown
           ,
           will
           hardly
           take
           a
           blow
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           doubles
           under
           a
           light
           Cross
           ,
           will
           sink
           under
           a
           heavier
           ;
           and
           contrarily
           ,
           that
           good
           Martyr
           prepares
           his
           whole
           Body
           for
           the
           Faggot
           ,
           with
           burning
           his
           Hand
           in
           the
           Candle
           .
           I
           remember
           Seneca
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           his
           Epistles
           ,
           rejoyces
           much
           to
           tell
           with
           what
           patient
           temper
           he
           took
           it
           ,
           that
           comming
           inexpectedly
           to
           his
           
           Countrey-House
           ,
           he
           found
           all
           things
           so
           discomposed
           ,
           that
           no
           provision
           was
           ready
           for
           him
           ;
           finding
           more
           contentment
           in
           his
           own
           quiet
           apprehension
           of
           these
           wants
           ,
           then
           trouble
           in
           that
           unreadiness
           :
           And
           thus
           ,
           should
           we
           be
           affected
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ;
           Those
           that
           promised
           me
           help
           ,
           have
           disappointed
           me
           :
           That
           Friend
           ,
           on
           whom
           I
           relyed
           ,
           hath
           failed
           my
           trust
           :
           The
           summ
           that
           I
           expected
           ,
           comes
           not
           in
           at
           the
           day
           :
           My
           Servant
           slackens
           the
           business
           injoyned
           him
           :
           The
           Beast
           that
           I
           esteemed
           highly
           ,
           is
           lost
           :
           The
           Vessel
           in
           which
           I
           shipped
           some
           commodities
           ,
           is
           wrackt
           :
           My
           diet
           and
           attendance
           must
           be
           abated
           ;
           I
           must
           be
           dislodged
           
           of
           my
           former
           habitation
           ;
           how
           do
           I
           put
           over
           these
           occurrences
           ?
           If
           I
           can
           make
           light
           work
           of
           these
           lesser
           Crosses
           ,
           I
           am
           in
           a
           good
           posture
           to
           entertain
           greater
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           not
           a
           little
           expedient
           ,
           to
           thwart
           our
           appetite
           in
           those
           things
           wherein
           we
           placed
           much
           delight
           ;
           and
           to
           torture
           our
           curiosity
           in
           the
           delay
           of
           those
           Contentments
           ,
           which
           we
           too
           eagerly
           affected
           :
           It
           was
           a
           noble
           and
           exemplary
           Government
           of
           these
           passions
           ,
           which
           we
           find
           in
           King
           David
           ,
           who
           being
           extreamly
           thirsty
           ,
           and
           longing
           for
           a
           speedy
           refreshment
           ,
           could
           say
           ;
           
             Oh
             that
             one
             would
             give
             me
             drink
             of
             the
             water
             of
             the
             Well
             of
             Bethlehem
             !
          
           
           
           but
           when
           he
           saw
           that
           Water
           purchased
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           lives
           of
           three
           of
           his
           Worthies
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           brought
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           drink
           it
           ,
           but
           poured
           it
           out
           unto
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           Have
           I
           a
           mind
           to
           some
           one
           curious
           dish
           above
           the
           rest
           ?
           I
           will
           put
           my
           knife
           to
           my
           Throat
           ,
           and
           not
           humour
           my
           Palate
           so
           far
           as
           to
           taste
           of
           it
           :
           Do
           I
           receive
           a
           Letter
           of
           News
           from
           a
           farr
           Countrey
           ,
           over-night
           ?
           It
           shall
           keep
           my
           pillow
           warm
           till
           the
           morning
           :
           Do
           my
           importunate
           recreations
           call
           me
           away
           ?
           They
           shall
           ,
           against
           the
           hair
           ,
           be
           forcibly
           adjourned
           till
           a
           further
           leisure
           :
           Out
           of
           this
           ground
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           ancient
           Votaries
           
           observed
           such
           austerity
           ,
           and
           rigor
           in
           their
           Diet
           ,
           Clothes
           ,
           Lodging
           ;
           as
           those
           that
           knew
           how
           requisite
           it
           is
           that
           Nature
           should
           be
           held
           short
           of
           her
           demands
           ;
           &
           continually
           exercised
           with
           denials
           ▪
           lest
           shee
           grow
           too
           wanton
           ,
           and
           impetuous
           in
           her
           desires
           :
           That
           which
           was
           of
           old
           given
           as
           a
           rule
           to
           Monastick
           Persons
           ,
           is
           fit
           to
           be
           extended
           to
           all
           Christians
           ;
           They
           may
           not
           have
           a
           Will
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           but
           must
           frame
           themselves
           to
           such
           a
           condition
           ,
           and
           cariage
           ,
           as
           seems
           best
           to
           their
           Superiour
           ;
           If
           therefore
           it
           please
           my
           God
           to
           send
           me
           some
           little
           Comfort
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           that
           as
           an
           earnest
           of
           more
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           exercise
           me
           
           with
           lesser
           Crosses
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           them
           as
           preparatives
           to
           greater
           ;
           and
           endeavour
           to
           be
           thankful
           for
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           patient
           in
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           contented
           with
           Gods
           hand
           in
           both
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XXV
           .
           4.
           
           A
           Resolution
           to
           be
           frequent
           and
           fervent
           in
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           OUr
           last
           Resolution
           must
           be
           ,
           to
           be
           frequent
           and
           fervent
           in
           our
           Prayers
           to
           the
           Father
           of
           all
           Mercies
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           Work
           our
           Hearts
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           this
           constant
           state
           of
           Contentation
           ;
           without
           which
           we
           can
           neither
           consider
           the
           things
           that
           belong
           
           to
           our
           inward
           Peace
           ,
           nor
           dispose
           our selves
           towards
           it
           ,
           nor
           resolve
           ought
           for
           the
           effecting
           it
           ;
           without
           which
           ,
           all
           our
           Considerations
           ,
           all
           our
           Dispositions
           ,
           all
           our
           Resolutions
           ,
           are
           vain
           and
           fruitless
           .
           Justly
           therefore
           doth
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           ,
           
           after
           his
           charge
           of
           avoiding
           all
           Carefulness
           for
           these
           earthly
           things
           ,
           enforce
           the
           necessity
           of
           our
           Prayers
           and
           Supplications
           ,
           and
           making
           our
           requests
           known
           unto
           God
           ;
           who
           both
           knows
           our
           need
           ,
           and
           puts
           these
           requests
           into
           our
           Mouths
           :
           When
           we
           have
           all
           done
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           requests
           of
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           that
           must
           free
           them
           from
           cares
           ,
           and
           frame
           them
           to
           a
           perfect
           
           Contentment
           :
           There
           may
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           dull
           and
           stupid
           neglect
           ,
           which
           possessing
           the
           Soul
           may
           make
           it
           insensible
           of
           Evil
           Events
           ,
           in
           some
           natural
           dispositions
           ;
           but
           a
           true
           temper
           of
           a
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           estate
           of
           the
           Soul
           upon
           good
           grounds
           can
           never
           be
           attained
           without
           the
           inoperation
           of
           that
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           
           from
           whom
           every
           good
           gift
           ,
           and
           every
           perfect
           giving
           proceedeth
           :
           It
           is
           here
           contrary
           to
           these
           Earthly
           Occasions
           :
           With
           Men
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           ever
           craving
           ,
           is
           never
           contented
           ;
           but
           with
           God
           ,
           he
           cannot
           want
           Contentment
           that
           prays
           always
           .
           If
           we
           be
           not
           unacquainted
           with
           our selves
           ,
           we
           are
           so
           conscious
           of
           our
           
           own
           weakness
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           every
           puff
           of
           Temptation
           is
           able
           to
           blow
           us
           over
           ;
           they
           are
           only
           our
           Prayers
           that
           must
           stay
           us
           from
           being
           carried
           away
           with
           the
           violent
           assaults
           of
           Discontentment
           ;
           under
           which
           ,
           a
           Praying
           Soul
           can
           no
           more
           miscarry
           ,
           then
           an
           Indevout
           Soul
           can
           enjoy
           safety
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           XXVI
           .
           The
           difficulty
           of
           knowing
           how
           to
           abound
           ;
           and
           the
           ill
           consequences
           of
           not
           knowing
           it
           .
        
         
           LEt
           this
           be
           enough
           for
           the
           Remedy
           of
           those
           distempers
           which
           arise
           from
           an
           adverse
           Condition
           ;
           As
           
           for
           Prosperity
           ,
           every
           man
           thinks
           himself
           wise
           and
           able
           enough
           to
           know
           how
           to
           govern
           it
           ,
           and
           himself
           in
           it
           ;
           an
           happy
           estate
           (
           we
           imagine
           )
           will
           easily
           manage
           it self
           without
           too
           much
           care
           ;
           Give
           me
           but
           Sea-Room
           ,
           faith
           the
           confident
           Mariner
           ,
           and
           let
           me
           alone
           ,
           what
           ever
           tempest
           arise
           :
           Surely
           ,
           the
           great
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           had
           never
           made
           this
           holy
           boast
           of
           his
           divine
           skill
           ,
           [
           I
           know
           how
           to
           abound
           ]
           if
           it
           had
           been
           so
           easie
           a
           matter
           as
           the
           World
           conceives
           it
           :
           Meer
           Ignorance
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           Self-experience
           ,
           is
           Guilty
           of
           this
           Errour
           .
        
         
           Many
           a
           one
           abounds
           in
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           ,
           who
           a
           
           no
           less
           in
           miseries
           and
           vexation
           :
           Many
           a
           one
           is
           caried
           away
           with
           an
           unruly
           greatness
           ,
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           Body
           ,
           Soul
           ,
           Estate
           ;
           The
           World
           abounds
           every
           where
           with
           Men
           that
           do
           abound
           ,
           and
           yet
           do
           not
           know
           how
           to
           abound
           :
           And
           those
           especially
           in
           three
           ranks
           ;
           The
           Proud
           ,
           the
           Covetous
           ,
           the
           Prodigal
           ;
           The
           Proud
           is
           thereby
           transported
           to
           forget
           God
           ;
           the
           Covetous
           ,
           his
           Neighbour
           ;
           the
           Prodigal
           ,
           Himself
           .
        
         
           Both
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           are
           of
           a
           swelling
           Nature
           ;
           raising
           a
           Man
           up
           not
           above
           others
           ,
           but
           above
           himself
           ;
           equalling
           him
           to
           the
           Powers
           Immortal
           ;
           yea
           ,
           exalting
           him
           above
           all
           that
           is
           
           called
           God
           ;
           Oh
           that
           vile
           dust
           and
           ashes
           should
           be
           raised
           to
           that
           height
           of
           Insolence
           as
           to
           hold
           contestation
           with
           its
           Maker
           !
           
           Who
           is
           the
           Lord
           ?
           Saith
           the
           King
           of
           Egypt
           :
           I
           shall
           be
           like
           to
           the
           Highest
           ;
           
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           none
           besides
           me
           ,
           saith
           the
           King
           of
           Babylon
           ;
           
             The
             Voice
             of
             God
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             not
             of
             Man
          
           ,
           goes
           down
           with
           Herod
           :
           And
           how
           will
           that
           Spirit
           trample
           upon
           Men
           ,
           that
           dare
           vie
           with
           the
           Almighty
           ?
           Hence
           are
           all
           the
           heavy
           oppressions
           ,
           Bloody
           Tyrannies
           ,
           imperious
           domineerings
           ,
           scornful
           insultations
           ,
           merciless
           outrages
           ,
           that
           are
           so
           rife
           amongst
           Men
           ,
           even
           from
           hence
           ,
           that
           they
           know
           not
           how
           to
           abound
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Covetous
           Man
           abounds
           with
           bags
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           with
           sorrows
           ;
           verifying
           the
           experience
           of
           Wise
           Solomon
           ;
           
           There
           is
           a
           fore
           evil
           which
           I
           have
           seen
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           Riches
           kept
           for
           the
           owners
           thereof
           ,
           to
           their
           hurt
           ;
           what
           he
           hath
           got
           with
           unjustice
           ,
           he
           keeps
           with
           care
           ,
           leaves
           with
           grief
           ,
           and
           reckons
           for
           with
           torment
           ;
           I
           cannot
           better
           compare
           these
           Money-mongers
           then
           to
           Bees
           ;
           they
           are
           busie
           gatherers
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           for
           themselves
           ;
           their
           Masters
           can
           have
           no
           part
           of
           their
           Honey
           till
           it
           be
           taken
           from
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           a
           sting
           ready
           for
           every
           one
           that
           approaches
           their
           Hive
           ;
           and
           their
           lot
           at
           the
           last
           is
           burning
           .
           
           What
           maceration
           is
           there
           here
           with
           feares
           and
           jealousies
           ▪
           what
           cruel
           extortion
           and
           oppression
           exercised
           upon
           other
           ?
           And
           all
           from
           no
           other
           ground
           then
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           know
           not
           how
           to
           abound
           ?
        
         
           The
           Prodigal
           feasts
           and
           sports
           like
           an
           Athenian
           ,
           spends
           like
           an
           Emperour
           ;
           and
           is
           ready
           to
           say
           as
           Heliogabalus
           did
           of
           Old
           ,
           
           Those
           Cates
           are
           best
           ,
           that
           cost
           dearest
           ;
           caring
           more
           for
           an
           empty
           reputation
           of
           a
           short
           gallantry
           ,
           then
           for
           the
           comfortable
           subsistence
           of
           himself
           ,
           his
           Family
           ,
           his
           Posterity
           :
           Like
           Cleopes
           the
           Vain
           Egyptian
           King
           ,
           which
           was
           fain
           to
           prostitute
           his
           Daughter
           for
           the
           finishing
           of
           his
           
           Pyramid
           :
           This
           Man
           lavisheth
           out
           not
           his
           own
           meanes
           alone
           ,
           but
           his
           poor
           neighbours
           ;
           running
           upon
           the
           score
           with
           all
           Trades
           that
           concern
           back
           or
           belly
           ;
           undoing
           more
           with
           his
           debts
           ,
           then
           he
           can
           pleasure
           with
           his
           entertainments
           ;
           none
           of
           all
           which
           should
           be
           done
           ,
           if
           he
           knew
           how
           to
           abound
           .
        
         
           Great
           skill
           therefore
           is
           required
           to
           the
           Governing
           of
           a
           plentiful
           and
           prosperous
           Estate
           ,
           so
           as
           it
           may
           be
           safe
           and
           comfortable
           to
           the
           owner
           ,
           and
           beneficial
           unto
           others
           ;
           Every
           Corporal
           may
           know
           how
           to
           Order
           some
           few
           Files
           ,
           but
           to
           marshal
           many
           Troops
           in
           a
           Regiment
           ,
           many
           Regiments
           in
           a
           whole
           Body
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           
           quires
           the
           skill
           of
           an
           experienced
           General
           .
           But
           the
           rules
           and
           limits
           of
           Christian
           moderation
           ,
           in
           the
           use
           of
           our
           Honours
           ,
           Pleasures
           ,
           Profits
           ,
           I
           have
           at
           large
           laid
           forth
           in
           a
           former
           Discourse
           ;
           thither
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           send
           the
           benevolent
           Reader
           ;
           beseeching
           God
           to
           bless
           unto
           him
           these
           and
           all
           other
           Labours
           ,
           to
           the
           Happy
           furtherance
           of
           his
           Grace
           and
           Salvation
           .
           Amen
           .
           *
           ⁎
           *
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45310-e930
           
             Phil.
             4.
             11.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e1000
           
             Si
             sedeas
             requies
             est
             magna
             laboris
             ;
             Si
             multum
             sedeas
             ,
             labor
             est
             .
             Tert.
             Carm.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             30
             8.
             
          
           
             Senec.
             de
             Tranquil
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e1130
           
             Psal
             .
             23.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             34
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             25.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             20.
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             7.
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             6.
             33.
             
          
           
             Rev
             ,
             36.
             9.
             11.
             
          
           
             Jonah
             4
             9.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             30.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e1430
           
             Jer.
             10.
             19.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e1570
           
             *
             Galba
             Otho
             Vitellius
             Ael
             ,
             Pertinax
             Didius
             .
             Anno
             D.
             1275.
             1276.
             
             Gregor
             .
             10
             Innocent
             5
             Hadrian
             5
             Johan
             .
             20
             vel
             21
             Nicolaus
             3
             ▪
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             31.
             
          
           
             Gen
             15.
             10
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             23.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             23.
             5.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             29.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ludo.
             Vives
             in
             3.
             
             De
             Civit
             censura
             notatus
             Vellosillo
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             ult
             .
             Penult
             .
          
           
             Ecc.
             11.
             10.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             6.
             28.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e2390
           
             Psa
             .
             69.
             22
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e2630
           
             Dan.
             1
             ,
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             38.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e3050
           
             Ps
             .
             132.
             1.
             
          
           
             G.
             Naz.
             Carm.
             de
             calam
             .
             suis
             .
          
           
             Greg
             ,
             l.
             7.
             
          
           
             Epi.
             12.
             7.
             
          
           
             In
             vita
             Melanct.
             
          
           
             Shicardus
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e3270
           
             Ambros
             .
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             Epist
             .
             29.
             
          
           
             Hieron
             .
          
           
             Ep.
             ad
             Hedibium
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             Lucii
             ad
             Episc
             .
          
           
             Gall.
             &
             Hisp
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e3610
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             Paulo
             primo
             Eremitae
             in
             spelunca
             viventi
             palma
             &
             cibum
             &
             vestimentum
             praebebat
             ;
             quod
             cum
             impossible
             videatur
             ,
             Jesum
             testor
             &
             Angelos
             vidisse
             me
             Monachos
             ,
             de
             quibus
             unus
             per
             30.
             annos
             clausus
             ,
             herdeaceo
             pane
             &
             lutulenta
             aqua
             vixit
             .
             Hieron
             .
             de
             vita
             Pauli
             .
             Revelatur
             Antonio
             nonagenario
             ,
             de
             Paulo
             agente
             jam
             113.
             annum
             ,
             esse
             alium
             se
             sanctiorem
             Monachum
             ,
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Plin.
             l.
             26.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             Hugo
             .
             Instit
             .
             Mona
             .
             Reg.
             S.
             Columb
             .
          
           
             Senec.
             Epist
             .
             88.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e3850
           
             Job
             18.
             4.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             7.
             9.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             30.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             15.
             2.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             15.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ps
             .
             37.
             7.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             12.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e4090
           
             Ps
             .
             103.
             9.
             
          
           
             Job
             .
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Livius
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             17.
             
          
           
             Acts
             7.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e4300
           
             Inter
             opera
             Ambrosii
             D●moribus
             Brachmannorum
             .
          
           
             1
             Kings
             18.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             6.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
          
           
             Mat.
             8.
             20.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e4590
           
             Heb.
             9.
             27.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             23.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e4730
           
             Gal.
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             Job
             .
             14.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e4910
           
             Gen.
             18.
             27
             
          
           
             Pirke
             Av●oth
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             32.
             10.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             3.
             34.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             39.
             40.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             85.
             33.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e5180
           
             Phil
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             1.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             5.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             54.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             139.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             10
             ,
             11
             
          
           
             Ps
             .
             68.
             20.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e5330
           
             Joh.
             7.
             38.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             6.
             55.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             22.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ps
             .
             62.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             27.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             11.
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             30.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             3.
             23.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e5520
           
             Rom.
             7.
             19.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             28.
             27.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             43.
             34.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             45.
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             16.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e5760
           
             Ambros
             .
             de
             vitiorum
             &
             virtutum
             conflictu
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             30.
             15.
             
          
           
             Job
             .
             38.
             11.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             24.
             13.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             25.
             16.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             25.
             16.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ambros
             .
          
           
             Epist
             .
             27.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e6070
           
             Gen.
             32.
             26.
             
             &
             33.
             5
             ,
             6.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Act.
             27.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             23.
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e6320
           
             Phil.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             1.
             17.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45310-e6380
           
             Exod.
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             14.
             14.
             
          
           
             Act.
             12.
             22
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             5.
             13.
             
          
           
             Aelius
             Lamprid.