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           REFORMATION
           AND
           DESOLATION
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Sermon
           tending
           to
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Symptomes
           of
           a
           People
           to
           whom
           God
           will
           by
           no
           meanes
           be
           reconciled
           .
        
         
           Preached
           to
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           at
           their
           late
           solemne
           Fast
           ,
           
             Decemb.
          
           22.
           1641.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Stephen
             Marshall
          
           B.
           D.
           Minister
           of
           
             Finchingfield
          
           in
           ESSEX
           .
        
         
           Published
           by
           order
           of
           that
           House
           .
        
         
           
             Zeph.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Gather
             your selves
             together
             ,
             yea
             gather
             together
             O
             Nation
             not
             desired
             ,
             before
             the
             decree
             bring
             forth
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           SAMUEL
           GELLIBRAND
           ,
           at
           the
           Brasen
           Serpent
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           1642.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           now
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           IT
           pleased
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           to
           require
           my
           service
           in
           preaching
           at
           the
           late
           solemne
           and
           religious
           afflicting
           your
           soules
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           which
           not
           only
           my
           duty
           but
           experience
           of
           your
           former
           acceptance
           of
           my
           endeavours
           ,
           made
           me
           yeeld
           a
           ready
           obedience
           .
           But
           although
           I
           knew
           your
           goodnesse
           would
           beare
           with
           that
           weaknesse
           which
           would
           be
           discovered
           in
           speaking
           to
           so
           grave
           and
           judicious
           an
           auditory
           ;
           yet
           could
           I
           not
           expect
           to
           receive
           so
           large
           a
           testimony
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           your
           acceptation
           ,
           but
           thanks
           ,
           as
           I
           and
           my
           Colleague
           have
           done
           ,
           much
           lesse
           that
           you
           should
           so
           expresly
           send
           to
           have
           them
           published
           ;
           because
           now
           what
           blame
           shall
           be
           cast
           upon
           my
           insufficiency
           in
           handling
           and
           prosecuting
           such
           a
           subject
           ,
           must
           in
           some
           sort
           reflect
           upon
           your selves
           .
           For
           my selfe
           I
           answer
           all
           objections
           against
           my
           sending
           them
           abroad
           ,
           with
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           yours
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           fit
           for
           me
           to
           yeeld
           unto
           your
           disposing
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           maine
           lesson
           handled
           ,
           the
           Lord
           grant
           that
           our
           seeking
           him
           while
           he
           may
           be
           found
           ,
           may
           prevent
           us
           from
           being
           a
           further
           proofe
           of
           it
           to
           other
           Nations
           ,
           and
           succeeding
           generations
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           the
           same
           Lord
           guide
           and
           blesse
           unto
           
           us
           ,
           and
           reward
           into
           your
           owne
           bosomes
           ,
           and
           your
           posterities
           ,
           all
           the
           many
           ,
           long
           ,
           and
           unwearied
           labours
           which
           you
           have
           undergone
           ,
           and
           still
           continue
           in
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           the
           reformation
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           peace
           and
           prosperity
           of
           the
           whole
           Realme
           .
           This
           is
           so
           generally
           desired
           and
           sought
           for
           at
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           that
           I
           hope
           the
           God
           who
           heareth
           prayers
           ,
           will
           not
           leave
           the
           happinesse
           imperfect
           ,
           which
           he
           seemes
           to
           have
           prepared
           by
           your
           meanes
           ,
           nor
           deprive
           us
           of
           the
           good
           which
           you
           are
           working
           .
           To
           his
           wisedome
           ,
           protection
           ,
           mercy
           ,
           and
           grace
           ,
           he
           leaves
           you
           ,
           who
           is
           your
           daily
           Remembrancer
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           
             STEPHEN
             MARSHALL
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           at
           the
           late
           Fast
           ,
           before
           the
           COMMONS
           House
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             2
             KINGS
             23.
             26.
             
             Read
             also
             Vers.
             25.
             
          
           
             
               
                 And
                 like
                 unto
                 him
              
               (
               that
               is
               King
               
                 Iosiah
                 )
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 King
                 before
                 him
                 hat
                 turned
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 with
                 all
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 all
                 his
                 soule
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 all
                 his
                 might
                 according
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Law
                 of
              
               Moses
               ;
               
                 neither
                 afterwards
                 arose
                 any
                 like
                 unto
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Notwithstanding
                 the
                 Lord
                 turned
                 not
                 from
                 the
                 fiercenesse
                 of
                 his
                 great
                 wrath
                 ,
                 wherewith
                 his
                 anger
                 was
                 kindled
                 against
              
               Judah
               ,
               
                 because
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 provocations
                 that
              
               Manasseh
               
                 had
                 provoked
                 him
                 withall
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           THis
           King
           
             Iosiah
          
           (
           Right
           Honourable
           and
           beloved
           )
           may
           most
           truly
           bee
           counted
           ,
           not
           onely
           one
           of
           the
           Worthies
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           also
           one
           of
           the
           worlds
           wonders
           :
           There
           is
           hardly
           any
           thing
           recorded
           of
           him
           but
           what
           is
           wonderfull
           ,
           his
           very
           birth
           was
           wonderfull
           ,
           he
           being
           prophesied
           of
           by
           name
           about
           three
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           yeares
           before
           hee
           was
           borne
           :
           And
           
           
           
           therein
           fore-promised
           to
           doe
           those
           great
           thinges
           which
           he
           effected
           against
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           the
           reliques
           of
           Idolatry
           .
           And
           it
           was
           as
           wonderfull
           to
           thinke
           in
           what
           a
           desperate
           condition
           ,
           and
           time
           of
           the
           Church
           he
           was
           borne
           ,
           in
           the
           darkest
           midnight
           of
           apostasie
           ,
           when
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           were
           carried
           away
           captive
           ,
           and
           
             Iudah
          
           and
           
             Benjamin
          
           onely
           left
           ,
           and
           they
           (
           as
           farre
           as
           the
           eye
           of
           man
           could
           see
           )
           wholly
           and
           generally
           fallen
           from
           the
           Lord
           their
           God
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Idols
           and
           Idolatries
           ;
           when
           the
           very
           Temple
           of
           God
           was
           made
           a
           denne
           of
           Idols
           ;
           nay
           ,
           
           his
           Altar
           the
           onely
           Altar
           of
           Israel
           destroied
           ,
           to
           make
           roome
           for
           Altars
           erected
           to
           Idols
           :
           When
           the
           true
           Church
           had
           hardly
           any
           visible
           being
           upon
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           yea
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           in
           the
           darkest
           times
           of
           Antichristianity
           ;
           the
           true
           Church
           of
           Christ
           was
           never
           more
           invisible
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           about
           that
           time
           when
           
             Iosiah
          
           was
           borne
           .
           And
           it
           was
           another
           wonder
           ,
           that
           in
           such
           a
           strong
           faction
           as
           Idolatry
           then
           had
           ,
           that
           any
           could
           possibly
           so
           prevaile
           in
           the
           Court
           as
           to
           give
           such
           education
           to
           the
           young
           Prince
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           lesse
           wonderfull
           that
           by
           that
           time
           he
           was
           but
           sixteen
           years
           old
           ,
           hee
           stood
           out
           a
           perfect
           godly
           man
           ,
           undertaking
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           such
           a
           perfect
           
           heart
           to
           make
           the
           most
           compleat
           and
           absolute
           reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           that
           ever
           was
           wrought
           by
           any
           mortall
           man
           since
           God
           had
           a
           Church
           on
           earth
           .
           But
           the
           successe
           of
           his
           labours
           seems
           to
           me
           the
           most
           wonderfull
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           whether
           you
           looke
           upon
           the
           successe
           it
           had
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           the
           successe
           it
           had
           with
           God
           .
        
         
           The
           successe
           with
           the
           people
           was
           this
           ,
           that
           although
           at
           
             Iosiahs
          
           first
           appearing
           as
           a
           right
           Orient
           ,
           and
           illustrious
           Starre
           in
           a
           darke
           night
           there
           was
           hardly
           any
           visible
           worship
           
           or
           worshipper
           to
           bee
           found
           ;
           yet
           hee
           carried
           all
           before
           him
           like
           a
           torrent
           ,
           and
           walked
           like
           a
           man
           of
           fire
           ,
           (
           as
           his
           name
           signifies
           the
           fire
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           and
           brought
           the
           whole
           Nation
           so
           about
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           scarce
           ever
           such
           a
           Covenant
           made
           as
           hee
           procured
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           by
           a
           prevailing
           party
           ,
           but
           the
           universality
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           joined
           with
           him
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           continued
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           held
           close
           to
           it
           all
           the
           time
           that
           
             Iosiah
          
           lived
           in
           the
           world
           .
           
           This
           was
           the
           successe
           that
           hee
           found
           among
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           the
           successe
           that
           all
           this
           found
           with
           God
           is
           yet
           more
           wonderfull
           ,
           and
           this
           my
           Text
           will
           tell
           you
           of
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           not
           withstanding
           such
           a
           rare
           man
           was
           thus
           wonderfully
           stirred
           up
           ,
           thus
           miraculously
           carried
           on
           with
           such
           a
           perfect
           heart
           ,
           with
           such
           an
           unanimous
           consent
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           to
           set
           upon
           the
           worke
           of
           reforming
           Religion
           ;
           and
           did
           it
           so
           as
           never
           mortall
           man
           did
           the
           like
           before
           ,
           nor
           any
           arose
           afterward
           like
           unto
           him
           ;
           yet
           
             notwithstanding
             all
             this
             the
             Lord
             turned
             not
             away
             from
             the
             fiercenesse
             of
             his
             great
             wrath
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
           And
           so
           now
           you
           see
           my
           Text
           is
           a
           description
           of
           the
           altogether
           hopelesse
           and
           helplesse
           condition
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           though
           there
           was
           a
           Physitian
           risen
           up
           who
           had
           found
           out
           the
           most
           pretious
           balme
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           and
           faithfully
           applyied
           it
           ,
           yet
           the
           hurt
           of
           Gods
           people
           could
           receive
           no
           cure
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           die
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           may
           be
           reduced
           to
           these
           two
           heads
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           you
           have
           their
           miserable
           and
           forlorne
           estate
           in
           these
           words
           .
           
             (
             Notwithstanding
             the
             Lord
             turned
             not
             from
             the
             fiercenesse
             of
             his
             great
             wrath
             which
             was
             kindlcd
             ,
             against
             Iudah
             .
             )
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           you
           have
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           what
           it
           was
           
           that
           made
           God
           irreconciliably
           and
           inexorably
           set
           against
           them
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             Because
             of
             all
             the
             provocations
             wherewith
          
           Manasses
           
             had
             provoked
             him
             ;
          
           though
           hee
           were
           dead
           betweene
           thirty
           and
           forty
           yeares
           before
           
             Iosiah
          
           ended
           his
           dayes
           ,
           yet
           his
           provocations
           were
           the
           cause
           that
           God
           would
           never
           bee
           reconciled
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           though
           hee
           was
           reconciled
           to
           
             Manasses
          
           person
           before
           hee
           dyed
           .
           I
           purpose
           not
           any
           exact
           or
           large
           handling
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           possible
           to
           bee
           done
           in
           one
           Sermon
           :
           I
           shall
           onely
           cull
           out
           such
           things
           as
           are
           most
           intended
           by
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           most
           sutable
           to
           the
           occasion
           of
           our
           meeting
           .
        
         
           
           And
           first
           ,
           let
           us
           in
           a
           few
           words
           consider
           it
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           former
           Verse
           ,
           and
           secondly
           ,
           as
           it
           lyes
           in
           it selfe
           .
           As
           it
           stands
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           former
           description
           made
           of
           
             Iosiah
             ,
          
           and
           the
           high
           praises
           which
           God
           there
           bestowes
           upon
           him
           ,
           I
           thence
           observe
           ,
           That
           
             when
             God
             raises
             up
             any
             excellent
             instruments
             to
             appear
             in
             his
             cause
             ,
             they
             are
             most
             graciously
             accepted
             with
             him
             ,
             though
             their
             endeavours
             should
             come
             to
             nothing
             :
          
           There
           shall
           be
           glory
           and
           honour
           ,
           and
           immortality
           ,
           and
           eternall
           life
           to
           themselves
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           indignation
           ,
           and
           wrath
           ,
           tribulation
           ,
           anguish
           and
           woe
           ,
           upon
           the
           people
           whom
           they
           would
           willingly
           doe
           good
           unto
           .
           This
           you
           see
           plainly
           in
           this
           Text
           ,
           
             Ioshiah
          
           sets
           up
           a
           building
           which
           was
           instantly
           throwne
           downe
           sticke
           and
           stone
           ,
           yet
           never
           man
           received
           better
           wages
           and
           greater
           reward
           than
           hee
           did
           .
           God
           hath
           raised
           up
           many
           instruments
           to
           doe
           him
           service
           who
           have
           had
           admirable
           successe
           in
           their
           way
           .
           
             Moses
          
           brought
           Gods
           people
           out
           of
           the
           bondage
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           carried
           them
           through
           a
           desolate
           ,
           
           wastefull
           ,
           howling
           wildernesse
           ,
           and
           that
           miraculously
           for
           forty
           yeares
           together
           :
           
             Ioshua
          
           gave
           them
           the
           
           possession
           of
           the
           promised
           land
           ,
           and
           left
           them
           in
           it
           in
           peace
           .
           
             David
          
           subdued
           all
           their
           enemies
           about
           them
           ,
           untill
           they
           were
           all
           
             put
             under
             the
             soles
             of
             their
             feet
             ,
             leaving
          
           
           
             them
             neither
             adversary
             nor
             evill
             occurrent
             .
             Solomon
          
           built
           Gods
           Temple
           ,
           and
           established
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           purity
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           the
           Common-wealth
           with
           admirable
           peace
           and
           prosperity
           ;
           yet
           ,
           not
           any
           of
           these
           more
           magnified
           by
           the
           Lord
           than
           
             Iosiah
             ,
          
           whose
           work
           came
           to
           nothing
           .
           This
           is
           my
           first
           observation
           ;
           and
           it
           hath
           these
           two
           
             branches
             ;
          
           first
           it
           implies
           that
           
             the
             endevours
             of
             rare
             Instruments
             may
             come
             to
          
           
           
             nothing
             ,
          
           that
           men
           may
           bee
           stirred
           up
           with
           admirable
           spirits
           to
           attempt
           great
           things
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           their
           work
           miscarry
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           
             though
             their
             work
             come
             to
             nothing
             ,
             yet
             themselves
             shall
             be
             highly
             magnified
             with
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           I
           could
           easily
           give
           abundant
           testimonies
           and
           instances
           
           of
           such
           whom
           God
           hath
           raised
           up
           with
           extraordinary
           spirits
           ;
           men
           that
           wee
           might
           think
           had
           been
           fit
           to
           carry
           the
           world
           before
           them
           who
           have
           effected
           little
           or
           nothing
           :
           
             Elias
          
           for
           one
           ,
           a
           man
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           made
           of
           fire
           ,
           who
           at
           one
           time
           called
           a
           
             Parliament
          
           of
           the
           
             King
             ,
          
           and
           
             all
             the
             Heads
             of
             Israel
             together
             ,
          
           convinced
           them
           of
           their
           halting
           between
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Baal
             ,
          
           and
           wrought
           so
           at
           
           the
           present
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           people
           cryed
           out
           
             the
             Lord
             is
             God
             ,
          
           and
           seemed
           to
           have
           their
           
             hearts
             brought
             back
             again
             to
             the
             Lord
             their
             God
             ;
          
           and
           likewise
           that
           eight
           hundred
           Idolatrous
           Priests
           and
           false
           Prophets
           were
           put
           to
           the
           sword
           ;
           yet
           the
           very
           next
           day
           ,
           he
           was
           faine
           to
           run
           away
           to
           save
           his
           life
           ,
           undertaking
           a
           journey
           of
           forty
           dayes
           to
           keepe
           himselfe
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           
             Iezabel
             .
             Ieremy
          
           was
           another
           rare
           man
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           zealous
           Instruments
           
           that
           ever
           God
           employed
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           he
           said
           of
           himselfe
           that
           he
           was
           a
           man
           of
           contention
           to
           all
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           
           Gods
           word
           was
           in
           him
           like
           fire
           in
           his
           bones
           which
           hee
           could
           not
           keep
           in
           ;
           yet
           this
           man
           in
           his
           almost
           forty
           years
           
           preaching
           ,
           could
           neither
           prevaile
           with
           King
           nor
           Princes
           ,
           Prophets
           .
           Priests
           ,
           nor
           people
           ,
           all
           grew
           worse
           and
           worse
           ,
           and
           himselfe
           in
           the
           end
           was
           carried
           away
           by
           a
           rebellions
           company
           into
           that
           accursed
           land
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           there
           died
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           hath
           beene
           often
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           seene
           it
           fit
           for
           reasons
           best
           knowne
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           to
           let
           abundance
           
           of
           the
           Worthies
           whom
           he
           hath
           employed
           even
           (
           so
           far
           as
           men
           could
           judge
           )
           to
           perish
           in
           the
           worke
           he
           hath
           set
           them
           about
           .
        
         
           
           But
           secondly
           ,
           what
           ever
           their
           successe
           hath
           beene
           amongst
           men
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           never
           a
           whit
           lesse
           regarded
           ,
           or
           rewarded
           by
           the
           Lord
           ;
           for
           this
           the
           Scripture
           is
           plaine
           ,
           
             Esay
          
           49.
           5.
           
           There
           the
           Prophet
           in
           Christs
           name
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           owne
           name
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           name
           of
           all
           Gods
           instruments
           ,
           concludes
           ,
           
             That
             though
             they
             spend
             their
             strength
             for
             nought
             ,
             and
             in
             vaine
             ;
             yet
             surely
             their
             worke
             is
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             though
             the
             people
             be
             not
             gathered
             yet
             they
             shall
             be
             glorious
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             their
             God
             will
             bee
             their
             strength
             .
          
           And
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           15.
           
           
             We
             are
             a
             sweet
             savour
             to
             God
             in
             them
             that
             perish
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             them
             that
             are
             saved
             .
          
        
         
           And
           there
           is
           plaine
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           because
           sincere
           endeavours
           to
           doe
           Gods
           service
           is
           our
           whole
           worke
           ,
           but
           the
           successe
           of
           these
           endeavours
           is
           Gods
           worke
           .
           Now
           the
           Lord
           hath
           tied
           himselfe
           in
           his
           covenant
           to
           reward
           every
           man
           according
           to
           his
           owne
           worke
           ,
           and
           not
           according
           to
           the
           worke
           of
           another
           :
           God
           never
           required
           at
           the
           hands
           
           of
           any
           Minister
           to
           save
           soules
           ;
           or
           at
           the
           hand
           of
           any
           Magistrate
           to
           preserve
           a
           Nation
           ,
           of
           any
           husbandman
           to
           produce
           a
           crop
           out
           of
           the
           ground
           ,
           &c.
           this
           belongs
           only
           to
           himselfe
           ;
           he
           only
           requires
           at
           their
           hands
           to
           be
           his
           servants
           ,
           to
           obey
           his
           will
           ;
           wherein
           if
           they
           be
           faithfull
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           misse
           of
           their
           reward
           .
           God
           compares
           
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           and
           other
           of
           his
           servants
           ,
           to
           nursing
           fathers
           ,
           and
           nursing
           mothers
           :
           Now
           you
           that
           are
           persons
           of
           quality
           ,
           if
           you
           put
           forth
           a
           childe
           to
           nurse
           ,
           and
           can
           have
           perfect
           information
           that
           the
           nurse
           loves
           ,
           attends
           ,
           suckles
           your
           childe
           ,
           and
           performes
           all
           the
           duties
           belonging
           to
           a
           nursing
           mother
           ;
           this
           nurse
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           by
           you
           esteemed
           and
           rewarded
           ,
           whether
           the
           childe
           live
           or
           die
           :
           yea
           it
           may
           be
           the
           more
           when
           the
           childe
           dies
           ,
           because
           you
           see
           her
           afflicted
           in
           losing
           your
           childe
           which
           she
           would
           gladly
           have
           enjoyed
           .
        
         
           
           I
           doe
           but
           name
           this
           ,
           you
           are
           wise
           to
           apply
           it
           to
           your selves
           ,
           you
           (
           Right
           honourable
           and
           beloved
           )
           are
           employed
           in
           great
           services
           ,
           God
           hath
           raised
           you
           up
           to
           attempt
           glorious
           things
           for
           his
           name
           ,
           for
           the
           purging
           of
           his
           house
           ,
           and
           the
           establishing
           of
           this
           great
           people
           in
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           
             Gospel
             :
          
           how
           farre
           God
           will
           use
           any
           of
           you
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ;
           and
           how
           farre
           this
           unworthy
           Nation
           will
           acknowledge
           your
           indefatigable
           paines
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ;
           as
           yet
           you
           have
           the
           prayers
           and
           blessings
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           ,
           high
           and
           low
           ,
           rich
           and
           poore
           ,
           that
           wish
           well
           to
           Sion
           .
           But
           however
           goe
           on
           ,
           yee
           Worthies
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           with
           sincere
           hearts
           to
           doe
           what
           God
           requires
           at
           your
           hands
           ;
           and
           whether
           this
           Nation
           be
           gathered
           or
           not
           ,
           you
           shall
           be
           
             glorious
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             will
             be
             your
             strength
             .
             Iosiah
          
           you
           see
           had
           the
           greatest
           commendation
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           notwithstanding
           
           the
           Lord
           turned
           not
           from
           his
           fierce
           wrath
           :
           and
           this
           is
           all
           I
           have
           to
           say
           from
           the
           connexion
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           that
           God
           magnified
           
             Iosiah
             ,
          
           though
           his
           work
           came
           to
           nothing
           .
        
         
           Now
           let
           us
           consider
           them
           in
           themselves
           ,
           where
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           before
           so
           
             grave
          
           and
           
             intelligent
          
           Assembly
           ,
           to
           waste
           the
           time
           in
           analysing
           or
           giving
           the
           grammaticall
           interpretation
           of
           so
           plaine
           and
           easie
           a
           Text
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           take
           up
           three
           doctrinall
           observations
           (
           which
           you
           will
           see
           to
           lie
           clearly
           in
           the
           words
           )
           and
           handle
           them
           as
           the
           Lord
           shall
           please
           to
           enable
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           permit
           ;
           whereof
           the
           first
           is
           :
        
         
           
           
             That
             Gods
             wrath
             is
             a
             most
             fearfull
             and
             dreadfull
             thing
             when
             it
             is
             once
             throughly
             kindled
             :
          
        
         
           
           The
           second
           and
           maine
           doctrine
           is
           ,
           
             That
             the
             sins
             of
             a
             Church
             and
             people
             may
             come
             to
             that
             height
             ,
             and
             Gods
             wrath
             may
             be
             kindled
             to
             that
             heat
             ,
             notwithstanding
             their
             reformation
             ,
             God
             will
             inexorably
             goe
             on
             to
             a
             desolation
             .
          
           Notwithstanding
           all
           that
           
             Iosiah
          
           did
           ,
           the
           Lord
           turned
           not
           from
           his
           fierce
           wrath
           .
        
         
           
           The
           third
           is
           ,
           this
           being
           done
           for
           
             Manassehs
          
           provocations
           ,
           I
           observe
           ,
           
             That
             the
             sins
             of
             one
             generation
             may
             be
             the
             ground
             and
             cause
             of
             the
             destruction
             and
             ruine
             of
             the
             succeeding
             generation
             .
          
           The
           abominations
           that
           
             Manasses
          
           committed
           and
           commanded
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           were
           the
           cause
           why
           God
           was
           unappeasably
           bent
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           generation
           that
           lived
           after
           him
           .
        
         
           
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           ,
           That
           
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             greatly
             kindled
             ,
             is
             extreame
             fierce
             ,
          
           or
           it
           is
           a
           most
           dreadfull
           thing
           to
           bee
           under
           Gods
           wrath
           when
           it
           is
           once
           kindled
           .
           Mark
           how
           the
           words
           here
           are
           
             eg'd
             ,
          
           how
           wonderfully
           emphaticall
           ,
           how
           dreadfully
           expressed
           .
           
           God
           turned
           not
           from
           the
           
             fiercenesse
          
           of
           his
           
             great
             wrath
             ,
          
           wherewith
           his
           
             anger
          
           was
           
             kindled
             .
             David
          
           saith
           ,
           if
           his
           
           wrath
           be
           kindled
           but
           
             a
             little
             ,
          
           blessed
           are
           they
           that
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           implying
           their
           misery
           that
           be
           under
           it
           ;
           but
           when
           there
           is
           the
           
             fiercenesse
          
           of
           his
           
             great
             wrath
             ,
          
           they
           are
           miserable
           
             indeed
          
           who
           are
           under
           that
           .
        
         
           
           In
           clearing
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           briefly
           discusse
           two
           or
           three
           questions
           ,
           and
           then
           endeavour
           (
           as
           the
           Lord
           shall
           help
           me
           )
           to
           set
           it
           home
           to
           you
           in
           an
           application
           .
        
         
           
           
             What
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             is
             ?
          
           what
           is
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Scripture
           speaks
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           such
           dreadfull
           things
           ?
        
         
           
           In
           men
           we
           use
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           anger
           or
           wrath
           is
           
             perturbatio
             concitati
             animi
             ,
          
           the
           perturbation
           of
           a
           troubled
           spirit
           ;
           but
           in
           God
           it
           is
           
             tranquilla
             constitutio
             justi
             supplicii
             ,
          
           a
           calme
           and
           quiet
           appointment
           of
           just
           punishment
           .
           Plainly
           ,
           
             wrath
          
           or
           
             anger
          
           in
           God
           is
           never
           attributed
           to
           him
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           any
           
             troublesome
             passion
             ,
          
           or
           
             affection
             ;
          
           but
           only
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             effect
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           wrath
           or
           anger
           is
           attributed
           to
           God
           ,
           not
           
             secundùm
             perturbationis
             affectum
             ,
          
           but
           
             secundùm
             ultionis
             effectum
             .
          
           In
           a
           word
           then
           ,
           Gods
           wrath
           is
           nothing
           but
           his
           
             revenging
             justice
             ;
          
           which
           justice
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           it
           
             simply
             burnes
          
           against
           sinne
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           calls
           his
           
             anger
             :
          
           when
           it
           doth
           more
           fiercely
           
             excandescere
             ,
          
           or
           sparkle
           out
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           his
           
             wrath
             :
          
           the
           same
           
             justice
             ,
          
           when
           it
           pronounceth
           
             sentence
             ,
          
           is
           called
           his
           
             judgement
             ;
          
           when
           it
           is
           brought
           into
           
             execution
             ,
          
           it
           is
           called
           his
           
             vengeance
             :
          
           so
           that
           
             wrath
             ,
             anger
             ,
             judgement
             ,
          
           and
           
             vengeance
          
           in
           God
           are
           all
           
             one
             :
          
           Gods
           
             wrath
          
           is
           his
           
             revenging
             justice
             ,
          
           and
           when
           I
           say
           ,
           his
           wrath
           (
           when
           greatly
           kindled
           )
           is
           exceeding
           fierce
           ,
           I
           meane
           it
           is
           a
           dreadfull
           ,
           horrid
           ,
           and
           fearefull
           thing
           to
           fall
           
           under
           the
           dint
           of
           Gods
           revenging
           justice
           .
        
         
           
           How
           may
           the
           fiercenesse
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           appeare
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           briefly
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           any
           tongue
           to
           set
           it
           forth
           .
           
             Moses
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             no
             man
             knowes
             the
             power
             of
          
           
           
             Gods
             wrath
             :
          
           God
           is
           not
           easily
           provoked
           ,
           hee
           is
           slow
           to
           wrath
           :
           his
           wrath
           is
           as
           a
           great
           Bell
           long
           raising
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           is
           once
           up
           ,
           makes
           such
           a
           dreadfull
           sound
           ,
           as
           no
           tongue
           can
           expresse
           .
           Many
           a
           poore
           soule
           feeles
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           it
           ,
           whole
           Nations
           have
           laine
           under
           it
           ;
           but
           never
           was
           any
           creature
           able
           to
           say
           what
           the
           power
           of
           Gods
           fierce
           
             wrath
          
           is
           .
           But
           if
           you
           will
           give
           your
           reverent
           attention
           one
           quarter
           of
           an
           houre
           ,
           I
           shall
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           out
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           open
           something
           ,
           which
           may
           in
           some
           degree
           make
           you
           conceive
           ,
           how
           fearfull
           the
           
             wrath
          
           of
           God
           is
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           once
           
             kindled
             .
          
           And
           doe
           not
           think
           that
           I
           shall
           speak
           of
           what
           concerns
           strangers
           ,
           and
           not
           your selves
           ;
           for
           I
           greatly
           feare
           ,
           that
           before
           we
           part
           it
           will
           be
           too
           evident
           ,
           that
           this
           fierce
           wrath
           is
           kindled
           against
           some
           of
           our
           owne
           soules
           who
           are
           here
           present
           .
           Indeed
           your
           calling
           and
           meeting
           this
           day
           for
           
             humiliation
             ,
             fasting
             ,
          
           and
           
             prayer
          
           seemes
           to
           tell
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           you
           beleeve
           that
           Gods
           wrath
           is
           kindled
           ;
           and
           therefore
           being
           kindled
           ,
           it
           is
           fit
           you
           should
           know
           what
           kinde
           of
           
             flame
          
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Consider
           by
           what
           dreadfull
           comparisons
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           useth
           to
           set
           out
           the
           
             fiercenesse
          
           of
           Gods
           
             wrath
             .
          
           As
           the
           
             roaring
             〈◊〉
             a
             Lyon
             :
          
           the
           Lyon
           hath
           roared
           ,
           
           who
           will
           not
           tremble
           ?
           the
           Lord
           hath
           uttered
           his
           voice
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           fear
           ?
           To
           a
           
             terrible
             earth-quake
             ,
          
           that
           makes
           
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           hills
           to
           quake
           and
           tremble
           .
           But
           most
           usually
           it
           is
           set
           out
           by
           
             devouring
             fire
             ,
          
           the
           most
           
             terrible
          
           of
           all
           the
           creatures
           which
           Gods
           hand
           hath
           
           made
           ▪
           and
           mark
           what
           
             kind
             of
             fire
          
           it
           is
           :
           Sometimes
           it
           is
           compared
           to
           a
           
             shower
          
           of
           fire
           ;
           God
           raines
           downe
           upon
           the
           
             wicked
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             and
             horrible
             tempest
             :
          
           raining
           downe
           of
           snares
           ,
           and
           fire
           ,
           and
           brimstone
           ,
           is
           a
           
             horrible
          
           
           
             tempest
          
           indeed
           .
           If
           any
           mortall
           man
           had
           stood
           with
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           seene
           the
           Lord
           raining
           downe
           flakes
           of
           
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           upon
           
             Sodom
          
           and
           
             Gomorrha
             ,
          
           hee
           would
           have
           thought
           it
           an
           horrible
           tempest
           .
           Yea
           it
           is
           compared
           to
           a
           
             lake
          
           or
           
             river
          
           of
           fire
           ,
           
             Esai
             .
             30.
             ult.
          
           The
           breath
           of
           the
           Lord
           (
           speaking
           of
           Tophet
           )
           like
           a
           
             river
             of
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             kindles
             it
             .
          
           Imagine
           the
           anger
           of
           the
           Lord
           thus
           set
           out
           ,
           as
           if
           from
           Gods
           
             nostrils
             ,
          
           and
           out
           of
           
             his
             mouth
          
           should
           come
           huge
           
             lakes
          
           or
           
             floods
          
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ,
           streaming
           out
           upon
           the
           people
           with
           whom
           hee
           is
           angry
           :
           What
           dreadfull
           things
           are
           these
           ?
           Yet
           further
           ,
           Gods
           wrath
           is
           set
           out
           to
           bee
           such
           a
           fire
           as
           is
           altogether
           
             irresistible
             ;
          
           so
           that
           the
           poore
           creatures
           on
           whom
           it
           falls
           ,
           cannot
           possibly
           stand
           before
           it
           :
           and
           therefore
           usually
           when
           God
           is
           said
           to
           arise
           in
           
             wrath
          
           and
           
             fury
             ,
          
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           bee
           the
           vessels
           of
           this
           wrath
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           bee
           
             wax
             ,
          
           and
           
             straw
             ,
          
           and
           
             stubble
             ,
             dry
             leaves
             ,
          
           and
           
             rotten
             hedges
             ;
          
           and
           what
           are
           these
           to
           stand
           before
           huge
           stormes
           and
           floods
           ,
           lakes
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ?
        
         
           And
           as
           it
           is
           
             irresistible
             ,
          
           so
           it
           is
           
             intolerable
             ;
          
           which
           is
           usually
           set
           out
           by
           
             weeping
          
           and
           
             wailing
             ,
          
           and
           
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             .
          
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           Such
           a
           fire
           ,
           when
           once
           throughly
           kindled
           ,
           can
           
             never
             be
             quenched
             .
          
           There
           bee
           two
           expressions
           (
           among
           many
           others
           )
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           bee
           very
           dreadfull
           ,
           to
           this
           purpose
           :
           The
           one
           is
           
             Deuter.
          
           32.
           26.
           
           Where
           the
           Lord
           saith
           ,
           that
           a
           
             fire
             is
             kindled
             in
             his
             anger
             ;
          
           and
           mark
           what
           a
           fire
           it
           is
           ,
           
             it
             shall
             burne
             to
             the
             lowest
             hell
             ,
             
             and
             shall
             consume
             the
             earth
             with
             her
             encrease
             ,
             and
             set
             on
             fire
             the
             foundations
             of
             the
             Mountaines
             .
          
           Such
           a
           fire
           as
           when
           once
           kindled
           burnes
           up
           Mountaines
           ,
           earth
           ,
           and
           world
           ,
           and
           all
           ,
           and
           never
           rests
           till
           it
           abide
           in
           hell
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           bottome
           ,
           and
           there
           it
           burnes
           for
           ever
           .
           The
           other
           is
           in
           
             Nahum
          
           〈◊〉
           .
           where
           Gods
           fury
           and
           fierce
           anger
           is
           compared
           to
           fire
           which
           
             throwes
             down
             rocks
             ,
             licks
             up
             the
             sea
             ,
             burnes
             up
             the
             forrests
             ,
             melis
             and
             burnes
             the
             earth
             and
             world
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             dwells
             therein
             .
          
           Certainly
           ,
           that
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           dreadfull
           and
           horrid
           thing
           which
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           thus
           describes
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           Consider
           some
           of
           the
           
             effects
          
           of
           Gods
           
             wrath
             ,
          
           and
           then
           you
           will
           conceive
           in
           some
           measure
           what
           it
           is
           .
           The
           throwing
           of
           many
           millions
           of
           Angels
           out
           of
           heaven
           into
           the
           lowest
           hell
           ,
           was
           nothing
           but
           the
           effect
           of
           Gods
           
             wrath
             .
          
           The
           opening
           the
           flood-gate
           of
           all
           sin
           and
           misery
           upon
           all
           mankind
           ,
           was
           nothing
           but
           an
           effect
           of
           Gods
           
             wrath
             .
          
           The
           deluge
           that
           over-whelmed
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           all
           the
           plagues
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           burning
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           the
           earths
           opening
           and
           swallowing
           up
           
             Korah
          
           and
           his
           company
           ,
           all
           the
           famine
           ,
           pestilence
           ,
           blood
           ,
           that
           ever
           the
           world
           lay
           under
           ,
           are
           but
           so
           many
           effects
           of
           Gods
           
             wrath
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           the
           dreadfull
           appearance
           at
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Potentates
          
           and
           
             Princes
          
           of
           the
           world
           will
           bee
           humble
           Suiters
           to
           the
           hills
           and
           mountaines
           to
           fall
           on
           them
           ,
           will
           bee
           nothing
           but
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           Lords
           comming
           in
           
             wrath
             ,
          
           to
           render
           vengeance
           to
           his
           enemies
           .
           Yea
           ,
           to
           be
           thrown
           to
           all
           eternity
           into
           the
           pit
           of
           hell
           ,
           into
           utter
           darknesse
           ,
           into
           the
           fire
           that
           never
           is
           quenched
           ,
           and
           among
           wormes
           that
           shall
           never
           cease
           gnawing
           ,
           all
           these
           are
           nothing
           but
           to
           be
           under
           the
           
             wrath
             of
             God
             .
          
           But
           above
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           if
           ten
           thousand
           more
           could
           bee
           named
           ,
           
           that
           one
           effect
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           Lords
           powring
           out
           his
           viall
           of
           his
           revenging
           justice
           upon
           the
           body
           and
           soule
           of
           our
           
             blessed
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           is
           most
           able
           to
           in
           forme
           us
           ,
           how
           
             great
          
           and
           
             fierce
          
           the
           
             wrath
          
           of
           God
           is
           :
           that
           when
           he
           had
           but
           
             one
             Son
          
           who
           was
           his
           
             fellow
          
           (
           as
           the
           Prophet
           saith
           ,
           
             Awake
             sword
             ,
             and
             smite
             the
             man
             that
             is
             my
             fellow
             ;
             )
          
           
           yet
           this
           revenging
           justice
           being
           powred
           out
           upon
           him
           ,
           made
           him
           (
           who
           in
           his
           person
           was
           no
           other
           than
           God
           himself
           ,
           yet
           in
           his
           humane
           nature
           )
           when
           this
           Cup
           was
           put
           into
           his
           hand
           ,
           yea
           the
           very
           
             first
             taste
             of
             it
             ,
          
           made
           him
           
             sweat
             drops
             of
             blood
             trickling
             down
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
          
           in
           a
           
           cold
           winters
           night
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           had
           drunk
           it
           off
           ,
           it
           made
           him
           cry
           out
           in
           the
           anguish
           of
           his
           soule
           ,
           
             My
             God
             ,
             My
             God
             ,
             why
             hast
             thou
             forsaken
             me
             ?
          
           These
           effects
           may
           helpe
           us
           to
           conceive
           what
           a
           dreadfull
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           wrestle
           with
           the
           
             wrath
          
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           
           But
           thirdly
           ,
           Were
           I
           able
           to
           open
           the
           thing
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           let
           you
           see
           it
           in
           the
           
             causes
             ,
          
           you
           would
           instantly
           conclude
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           beyond
           all
           apprehension
           .
           Conceive
           it
           thus
           ,
           The
           revenging
           justice
           of
           God
           is
           
             Gods
             opposing
             himselfe
             against
             the
             creature
             ;
          
           When
           God
           takes
           his
           creature
           into
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           almighty
           power
           upholds
           the
           being
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           feele
           what
           the
           Lord
           Jehovah
           can
           doe
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           against
           it
           .
           This
           no
           living
           creature
           can
           conceive
           .
           When
           God
           hath
           only
           
             hid
          
           himselfe
           from
           his
           
             dearest
             friends
             ,
          
           this
           very
           hiding
           of
           himselfe
           hath
           been
           so
           dreadfull
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           made
           them
           goe
           
             roaring
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ,
             dryed
             up
             their
             moisture
             ,
             neade
             their
             lives
             uncomfortable
             ,
          
           and
           a
           burden
           to
           themselves
           ,
           turned
           all
           other
           comforts
           into
           gall
           and
           worm-wood
           .
           Now
           if
           onely
           an
           
             Eclipse
          
           of
           his
           loving
           countenance
           bee
           thus
           
             intolerable
             ,
          
           what
           is
           it
           for
           God
           to
           fall
           upon
           a
           creature
           
           as
           his
           enimy
           ?
           When
           a
           poore
           worme
           must
           not
           only
           stand
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           a
           huge
           rock
           falling
           upon
           it
           ,
           but
           of
           an
           almighty
           God
           .
           You
           that
           have
           large
           thoughts
           may
           now
           easily
           conceive
           what
           a
           fearefull
           thing
           the
           
             wrath
          
           of
           God
           is
           .
        
         
           
           The
           third
           Question
           is
           ;
           
             Against
             whom
          
           is
           this
           wrath
           of
           God
           thus
           kindled
           ?
        
         
           
           I
           Answer
           ;
           First
           ,
           Gods
           wrath
           may
           be
           kindled
           
             mildly
             ,
          
           and
           
             gently
          
           against
           his
           owne
           
             deare
             children
             ,
          
           when
           they
           walke
           not
           faithfully
           in
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           when
           they
           lay
           aside
           their
           filiall
           obedience
           ,
           when
           they
           give
           occasion
           to
           his
           enimies
           to
           blaspheme
           his
           Name
           :
           though
           hee
           
           will
           not
           suffer
           all
           his
           indignation
           to
           arise
           ,
           yet
           his
           fatherly
           displeasure
           may
           bee
           kindled
           against
           them
           .
           And
           even
           this
           fatherly
           wrath
           ,
           this
           gentle
           wrath
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           bee
           not
           a
           contradiction
           to
           call
           it
           so
           )
           these
           small
           drops
           of
           his
           displeasure
           ,
           are
           more
           unsupportable
           to
           them
           than
           all
           the
           miseries
           of
           the
           world
           :
           Yea
           ,
           they
           could
           more
           willingly
           submit
           to
           the
           torments
           in
           hell
           (
           provided
           that
           Gods
           countenance
           did
           but
           shine
           upon
           them
           )
           than
           to
           undergoe
           that
           which
           this
           wrath
           of
           God
           sometimes
           distills
           upon
           them
           :
           And
           yet
           all
           this
           while
           wee
           may
           truly
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           children
           
             under
             wrath
             ,
          
           but
           not
           the
           children
           
             of
             wrath
             ;
          
           not
           the
           people
           of
           his
           wrath
           ,
           not
           the
           vessels
           of
           his
           wrath
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           will
           know
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           are
           the
           people
           against
           whom
           God
           hath
           indignation
           for
           ever
           ;
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           it
           you
           in
           this
           expression
           ordinarily
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           
             children
             of
             Belial
             ;
          
           so
           they
           are
           usually
           called
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           as
           will
           not
           beare
           
             Gods
             yoke
             ;
          
           master-lesse
           children
           ,
           yoke-lesse
           children
           :
           And
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           they
           are
           called
           
             children
             of
          
           
           
           
             disobedience
             ;
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             For
             which
             things
             sake
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             commeth
             on
             the
             children
             of
             disobedience
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           who
           these
           children
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             disobedience
          
           are
           ,
           I
           must
           a
           little
           explaine
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Application
           will
           bee
           easie
           .
           I
           say
           therefore
           that
           these
           children
           that
           will
           not
           carry
           the
           yoke
           ,
           are
           ,
           First
           ,
           
             all
             unbeleevers
             .
          
           I
           doe
           not
           meane
           
             Negative
             unbeleevers
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           those
           that
           doe
           not
           beleeve
           in
           Christ
           ,
           because
           they
           never
           heard
           of
           him
           ;
           but
           
             Positive
             unbeleevers
             ,
          
           who
           have
           had
           the
           glorious
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           shining
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           
             Lord
             Iesus
          
           hath
           been
           freely
           offered
           ,
           as
           a
           Saviour
           to
           deliver
           them
           from
           wrath
           to
           come
           ;
           and
           yet
           they
           refuse
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           and
           to
           accept
           of
           him
           ,
           
             as
             hee
             offers
             ,
             himselfe
             in
             his
             Gospel
             ;
          
           because
           they
           doe
           not
           like
           to
           take
           him
           upon
           such
           hard
           termes
           :
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           rests
           upon
           these
           men
           .
           Turne
           but
           to
           
             Iohn
             3.
             ult.
             Hee
             that
             beleeves
             in
             Christ
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           hee
           that
           beleeves
           not
           is
           a
           damned
           man
           :
           and
           how
           ?
           
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             abides
             on
             him
             .
          
           Mark
           that
           expression
           ,
           
             abides
             on
             him
             :
          
           The
           wrath
           of
           God
           takes
           up
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           his
           
             habitation
          
           in
           an
           unbeleever
           .
           So
           that
           what
           Gods
           grace
           sometimes
           said
           of
           
             Solomons
          
           Temple
           ,
           
             Here
             will
             I
             dwell
             for
             I
             have
             a
             delight
             in
             it
             :
          
           So
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           seemes
           to
           say
           of
           an
           unbeleever
           ,
           
             Here
             I
             will
             dwell
             ,
          
           here
           I
           will
           abide
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           children
           of
           disobedience
           and
           sonnes
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           are
           such
           ,
           whose
           lives
           and
           conversations
           are
           contrary
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           who
           as
           they
           will
           not
           take
           
             Christ
          
           to
           be
           their
           
             portion
          
           by
           faith
           ,
           so
           they
           will
           not
           take
           Christs
           
             word
          
           in
           the
           Gospel
           to
           be
           their
           
             guide
             ;
          
           but
           they
           will
           live
           indeed
           without
           all
           yoke
           ,
           doing
           what
           is
           good
           in
           their
           owne
           eyes
           ;
           these
           are
           the
           sonnes
           of
           
             Belial
             .
          
           You
           may
           see
           a
           notable
           description
           of
           them
           in
           the
           prophesie
           of
           
             Zacharie
             ,
             ch.
             7.
             v.
          
           8.
           where
           the
           wilfull
           disobedience
           ,
           
           obstinate
           stubbornesse
           and
           intractablenesse
           is
           expressed
           by
           divers
           similitudes
           ,
           all
           tending
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           
             They
             refuse
             to
             hearken
             ,
             stop
             their
             eares
             ,
          
           as
           not
           willing
           to
           hear
           Gods
           counsel
           ,
           they
           pull'd
           away
           the
           shoulder
           ,
           as
           an
           Oxe
           or
           Bullock
           that
           shrinks
           back
           from
           the
           yoak
           ,
           or
           as
           one
           that
           should
           carry
           a
           burthen
           ,
           pulls
           away
           his
           shoulder
           ,
           when
           he
           should
           take
           it
           ,
           and
           lets
           it
           fall
           :
           so
           these
           deale
           with
           the
           easie
           yoak
           ,
           and
           the
           light
           burthen
           of
           Gods
           commandements
           .
           Yea
           ,
           they
           make
           their
           hearts
           as
           an
           
             Adamant
             Stone
             ;
          
           there
           is
           in
           them
           a
           stiffe
           and
           wilfull
           resolution
           to
           sin
           ,
           whereby
           their
           hearts
           are
           as
           intractable
           to
           any
           goodnesse
           ,
           as
           the
           hardest
           sort
           of
           stones
           ,
           Flints
           ,
           or
           Diamonds
           are
           to
           be
           wrought
           by
           the
           toole
           into
           any
           fashion
           we
           desire
           :
           when
           you
           have
           said
           all
           you
           can
           against
           their
           wantonnesse
           ,
           uncleannesse
           ,
           prophanness
           ,
           pride
           ,
           covetousness
           ,
           &c.
           you
           prevaile
           no
           more
           than
           when
           an
           hammer
           strikes
           upon
           an
           anvile
           :
           Their
           hearts
           can
           easily
           reject
           all
           yee
           cannot
           beat
           a
           splinter
           off
           from
           them
           :
           then
           immediately
           it
           followes
           in
           the
           next
           verse
           ,
           
             Therefore
             there
             came
             a
             great
             wrath
             from
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hostes
             .
          
           These
           are
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           these
           are
           the
           
             vessels
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             .
          
        
         
           
           Now
           to
           apply
           this
           to
           our selves
           ,
           it
           might
           first
           teach
           all
           who
           are
           reconciled
           to
           
             God
          
           by
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           what
           infinite
           cause
           they
           have
           every
           day
           of
           their
           life
           ,
           to
           blesse
           that
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           
             appointed
          
           them
           unto
           
             wrath
             ,
          
           but
           by
           the
           blood
           of
           his
           own
           sonne
           ,
           hath
           delivered
           them
           from
           
             wrath
             to
             come
             ,
          
           and
           provided
           for
           them
           everlasting
           glory
           and
           happinesse
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           may
           likewise
           teach
           all
           that
           feare
           God
           never
           to
           envie
           the
           prosperous
           estate
           of
           any
           child
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           though
           waters
           of
           a
           full
           cup
           be
           wrung
           out
           for
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           swim
           in
           wealth
           and
           honour
           ,
           and
           pomp
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           have
           all
           their
           hearts
           can
           desire
           ,
           
           and
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           account
           it
           their
           glory
           that
           they
           carry
           not
           the
           Lords
           yoak
           ,
           never
           
             envie
             their
             lot
             ;
          
           If
           any
           here
           knew
           of
           half
           a
           score
           good
           fellowes
           set
           at
           a
           banquet
           of
           wine
           ,
           furnished
           with
           all
           the
           helps
           of
           mirth
           and
           jollity
           ,
           if
           hee
           knew
           withall
           ,
           that
           the
           shot
           to
           be
           payd
           for
           it
           ,
           must
           be
           every
           mans
           
             heart
             blood
             ,
          
           he
           would
           be
           loath
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           pack
           with
           them
           .
           I
           confesse
           it
           is
           hard
           not
           to
           be
           troubled
           at
           the
           prosperity
           of
           wicked
           men
           :
           even
           
             David
          
           and
           
             Ieremy
          
           found
           it
           a
           hard
           thing
           not
           to
           envie
           
           their
           prosperity
           .
           But
           stay
           till
           the
           shot
           be
           payd
           ,
           enquire
           how
           able
           they
           will
           be
           to
           undergoe
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           enter
           into
           the
           
             Sanctuary
             ,
             understand
             their
             end
             ,
          
           and
           thy
           envie
           will
           bee
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           but
           these
           I
           intended
           not
           to
           insist
           upon
           .
        
         
           
           There
           is
           one
           only
           proper
           use
           for
           the
           present
           occasion
           and
           that
           is
           this
           ;
           you
           are
           met
           this
           day
           together
           to
           
             Fast
          
           and
           
             Pary
          
           and
           
             mourne
          
           before
           the
           
             Lord
             ;
          
           and
           (
           as
           I
           touched
           before
           )
           
             hereby
          
           you
           acknowledge
           that
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           is
           kindled
           ,
           and
           that
           your selves
           are
           called
           to
           take
           a
           course
           to
           turn
           away
           Gods
           wrath
           :
           and
           I
           verily
           believe
           this
           is
           the
           very
           end
           you
           aymed
           at
           ,
           in
           calling
           us
           the
           unworthy
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           to
           your
           help
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           wee
           might
           bee
           assistant
           to
           you
           in
           whatever
           might
           turn
           away
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           from
           you
           .
           Now
           two
           things
           were
           at
           large
           pressed
           upon
           you
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           as
           well
           befitting
           the
           work
           of
           this
           day
           .
           The
           one
           was
           to
           
             rent
             ,
          
           and
           
             break
             ,
          
           and
           
             teare
          
           every
           one
           of
           your
           
             hearts
          
           in
           the
           
             sense
          
           of
           your
           
             sins
             ,
          
           kindly
           and
           throughly
           to
           humble
           you
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           .
           The
           other
           was
           to
           provoke
           you
           to
           a
           
             strong
             resolution
          
           to
           leave
           the
           waies
           of
           sin
           in
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           two
           things
           ,
           
             humiliation
          
           and
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           stands
           the
           very
           life
           of
           unfained
           repentance
           ,
           and
           the
           spirituall
           part
           of
           a
           Religious
           Fast
           ;
           without
           which
           all
           our
           abstinence
           
           and
           sackcloth
           ,
           and
           bodily
           exercises
           in
           watching
           ,
           hearing
           ,
           &c.
           are
           meere
           abominations
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           .
           I
           rejoyce
           that
           you
           had
           these
           things
           set
           so
           home
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           some
           of
           my
           work
           being
           thereby
           spared
           .
           But
           the
           bringing
           this
           lesson
           home
           ,
           if
           God
           set
           
           it
           on
           to
           your
           hearts
           ,
           may
           help
           to
           fasten
           the
           counsell
           given
           you
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           
             as
             a
             nayle
             in
             a
             sure
             place
             .
          
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           further
           your
           humiliation
           and
           reformation
           from
           the
           meditation
           of
           the
           fearfulnesse
           and
           dreadfulnesse
           of
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           therefore
           entreat
           you
           all
           ,
           (
           Honourable
           and
           beloved
           )
           since
           you
           have
           vouchsafed
           to
           call
           for
           the
           labour
           of
           a
           poor
           man
           to
           help
           you
           ,
           let
           mee
           be
           as
           free
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           were
           so
           many
           meane
           people
           :
           my
           duty
           this
           day
           is
           to
           doe
           that
           which
           
             Ieremy
          
           did
           :
           
             God
          
           calls
           him
           in
           
           a
           
             mourning
             time
             ,
          
           and
           saith
           ,
           goe
           to
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           
             Queen
             ,
          
           and
           say
           
             come
             yee
             down
             ,
          
           sit
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           
             humble
             your selves
             :
          
           So
           I
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           comedown
           ,
           forget
           that
           any
           of
           you
           are
           
             Earles
          
           or
           
             Lords
             ,
             Knights
             ,
          
           or
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           lay
           for
           a
           while
           these
           thoughts
           aside
           ;
           and
           give
           mee
           leave
           to
           ask
           you
           two
           or
           three
           Questions
           ,
           and
           be
           so
           faithfull
           to
           your
           own
           soules
           as
           to
           think
           how
           you
           can
           answer
           them
           before
           the
           Lord
           .
           Are
           yee
           not
           children
           of
           
             Belial
             ?
          
           (
           that
           is
           the
           very
           thing
           which
           you
           must
           answer
           in
           your
           own
           bosome
           )
           
             that
             is
             ,
          
           are
           there
           not
           amongst
           you
           such
           as
           
             refuse
          
           to
           carry
           the
           
             yoak
          
           of
           
             Christ
             ?
          
           who
           will
           not
           take
           Christ
           to
           be
           your
           Saviour
           as
           he
           offers
           himselfe
           to
           you
           in
           his
           Gospel
           ?
           you
           will
           have
           him
           upon
           other
           termes
           than
           to
           make
           him
           your
           
             King
             ,
             Prophet
             ,
          
           and
           
             Priest
             ;
          
           you
           would
           have
           him
           to
           deliver
           you
           from
           hell
           ,
           but
           hee
           shall
           not
           bee
           your
           Lord
           ,
           so
           ,
           as
           for
           you
           to
           resigne
           up
           your selves
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           dutifull
           wife
           resignes
           up
           her selfe
           to
           her
           husband
           .
           And
           for
           your
           
             conversations
             ,
          
           you
           will
           doe
           
           what
           is
           good
           in
           your
           own
           sight
           ;
           if
           you
           have
           a
           minde
           to
           sweare
           you
           will
           sweare
           ,
           you
           will
           lie
           ,
           bee
           uncleane
           ,
           dissemble
           ,
           these
           things
           please
           you
           well
           and
           you
           will
           doe
           them
           .
           Now
           hear
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           what
           thy
           outward
           quality
           or
           condition
           is
           I
           know
           not
           :
           but
           this
           I
           know
           ,
           persons
           of
           your
           quality
           do
           not
           use
           much
           to
           be
           scared
           ;
           men
           are
           affraid
           to
           speak
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           make
           you
           tremble
           :
           but
           you
           must
           be
           scared
           ,
           or
           we
           shall
           doe
           no
           good
           to
           you
           .
           You
           are
           now
           called
           to
           have
           your
           hearts
           rent
           ,
           I
           have
           that
           to
           say
           ,
           might
           rent
           the
           very
           cawle
           of
           your
           heart
           ,
           even
           this
           ,
           oh
           thou
           miserable
           and
           wretched
           worme
           !
           
             great
             is
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             that
             is
             kindled
             against
             thee
             .
          
           This
           
             terrible
             Lyon
             roares
          
           against
           thee
           ,
           a
           dreadfull
           fire
           is
           kindled
           ,
           a
           horrible
           tempest
           is
           ready
           to
           fall
           upon
           thy
           head
           ,
           showers
           and
           floods
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           are
           even
           ready
           to
           be
           powred
           out
           upon
           thee
           :
           how
           art
           thou
           able
           
             to
             live
             with
             everlasting
             burnings
             ?
             how
             wilt
             thou
             dwell
             with
             devouring
             fire
             ?
          
           Thou
           that
           art
           crushed
           before
           a
           moth
           ,
           
             how
             can
             thy
             heart
             endure
             ,
             or
             thy
             hands
             be
             strong
             in
             the
             day
             that
             God
             shall
             deale
             with
             thee
             ?
          
           Thou
           that
           dar'st
           not
           think
           of
           lying
           
             one
             day
          
           upon
           a
           
             wrack
             ,
          
           that
           canst
           not
           endure
           for
           
             two
          
           or
           
             three
          
           dayes
           to
           be
           
             wrung
          
           with
           the
           
             cholick
             ,
          
           that
           art
           not
           able
           to
           beare
           the
           thoughts
           of
           lying
           under
           the
           tearing
           of
           a
           
             Quartane
             Ague
          
           from
           
             Michaelmas
          
           to
           
             Easter
             ;
          
           how
           wilt
           thou
           bee
           able
           to
           stand
           under
           the
           fall
           of
           such
           a
           huge
           rock
           as
           the
           wrath
           of
           the
           Almighty
           God
           ?
           which
           every
           moment
           is
           ready
           to
           break
           downe
           upon
           thee
           .
           How
           wilt
           thou
           doe
           when
           these
           rivers
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           shall
           be
           powred
           out
           upon
           thee
           ?
           and
           thou
           no
           more
           able
           to
           stand
           before
           them
           ,
           than
           a
           few
           dry
           leaves
           are
           able
           to
           resist
           the
           huge
           breaking
           in
           of
           many
           waters
           ?
           Oh
           beloved
           ,
           would
           you
           with
           due
           care
           apply
           these
           things
           to
           your
           own
           hearts
           ,
           and
           present
           them
           to
           your
           souls
           as
           things
           present
           ,
           
           how
           would
           they
           bring
           down
           the
           most
           stubborn
           spirit
           !
           how
           would
           they
           help
           to
           
             break
          
           the
           
             hardest
          
           of
           your
           hearts
           before
           the
           
             Lord
             !
          
        
         
           
           But
           there
           are
           two
           things
           which
           keep
           most
           people
           frombeing
           affected
           with
           them
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           These
           things
           are
           looked
           upon
           as
           things
           
             a
             farre
             off
             :
          
           Now
           it
           is
           a
           rule
           in
           
             Opticks
             ,
          
           That
           things
           farre
           off
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           
             marvellous
             great
             ,
          
           yet
           seeme
           
             very
             little
             :
          
           a
           Starre
           that
           is
           bigger
           than
           all
           the
           earth
           ,
           seemes
           no
           bigger
           than
           a
           candle
           being
           many
           miles
           distant
           from
           us
           .
           So
           while
           men
           look
           at
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           
             they
          
           did
           at
           the
           Prophets
           Vision
           ,
           
             The
             Vision
             that
             he
             sees
             is
             for
             many
             dayes
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             he
             prophesies
             of
          
           
           
             the
             times
             that
             are
             farre
             off
             :
          
           And
           put
           the
           evill
           day
           from
           them
           :
           All
           these
           threatnings
           are
           but
           light
           matters
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           fares
           with
           most
           men
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           as
           with
           some
           men
           that
           have
           shrewish
           wives
           ;
           though
           their
           businesse
           lie
           within
           doors
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           no
           heart
           to
           be
           there
           for
           feare
           of
           chiding
           :
           So
           though
           it
           be
           the
           most
           necessary
           work
           to
           think
           of
           these
           things
           ;
           yet
           because
           their
           unquiet
           consciences
           upon
           the
           least
           serious
           meditation
           ,
           are
           ready
           to
           gnaw
           and
           teare
           them
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           sleep
           uncomfortably
           ,
           they
           labour
           to
           drive
           off
           the
           thought
           of
           this
           thing
           as
           farre
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           think
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           due
           to
           sinne
           ,
           from
           yeers
           end
           to
           yeeres
           end
           .
           Whereas
           if
           men
           would
           bring
           it
           in
           
             rempraesentem
             ,
          
           and
           keep
           their
           eyes
           open
           to
           behold
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           which
           
             unavoydably
          
           will
           come
           upon
           them
           ,
           how
           admirably
           would
           it
           work
           upon
           mens
           hearts
           !
        
         
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           a
           story
           which
           I
           have
           often
           read
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           a
           certaine
           
             Christian
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
          
           who
           being
           on
           a
           time
           marvellous
           sad
           and
           heavie
           ,
           his
           brother
           that
           was
           a
           resolute
           Courtier
           would
           needs
           know
           what
           he
           ailed
           ;
           Oh
           brother
           ,
           
           (
           saith
           he
           ,
           )
           I
           have
           been
           a
           great
           sinner
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           how
           I
           shall
           appeare
           before
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           judgment
           :
           These
           are
           (
           said
           his
           brother
           )
           melancholy
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           toy
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           Gallants
           use
           to
           doe
           :
           The
           
             King
          
           replyes
           nothing
           for
           the
           present
           ;
           but
           the
           
             custome
          
           of
           that
           Countrey
           was
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Executioner
           of
           justice
           came
           and
           sounded
           a
           Trumpet
           before
           any
           mans
           doore
           ,
           the
           man
           was
           presently
           to
           be
           led
           to
           execution
           :
           the
           King
           in
           the
           dead
           time
           of
           the
           night
           sends
           his
           Deaths-man
           ,
           and
           causeth
           him
           to
           sound
           his
           Trumpet
           before
           his
           brothers
           doore
           ,
           who
           hearing
           and
           seeing
           the
           messenger
           of
           death
           ,
           springs
           in
           
             pale
          
           and
           
             trembling
          
           into
           his
           brothers
           presence
           ,
           and
           beseeches
           the
           King
           to
           let
           him
           know
           wherein
           hee
           had
           offended
           .
           O
           Brother
           ,
           replyes
           the
           King
           ,
           thou
           hast
           loved
           me
           ,
           and
           never
           offended
           me
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           sight
           of
           my
           Executioner
           so
           dreadfull
           to
           thee
           ;
           and
           shall
           not
           I
           ,
           so
           great
           a
           sinner
           ,
           feare
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           judgment
           before
           Jesus
           Christ
           ?
           If
           we
           would
           thus
           suppose
           with
           
             Hierom
             ,
          
           that
           we
           heard
           this
           Trumpet
           sounding
           ,
           
             Arise
             ye
             dead
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             judgment
             ,
          
           it
           would
           work
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
           O
           set
           yóur
           selves
           therefore
           in
           Gods
           presence
           ,
           and
           behold
           the
           Lord
           shaking
           his
           lap
           ,
           (
           as
           
             Nehemiah
          
           when
           hee
           shook
           his
           lap
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           so
           God
           shake
           
           out
           everyman
           from
           his
           house
           :
           )
           Thus
           will
           I
           shake
           into
           eternall
           destruction
           all
           the
           children
           of
           
             Belial
             ,
          
           and
           then
           evidence
           be
           brought
           in
           against
           thee
           ,
           (
           how
           great
           soever
           thou
           art
           amongst
           men
           )
           that
           thou
           hast
           a
           huge
           pile
           of
           sin
           heaped
           up
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           still
           hast
           gone
           on
           to
           adde
           drunkennesse
           to
           thirst
           ,
           opposing
           God
           ,
           his
           wayes
           ,
           and
           his
           cause
           ,
           refusing
           grace
           offered
           freely
           not
           willing
           to
           be
           at
           peace
           with
           God
           ,
           while
           thou
           hast
           any
           meanes
           to
           fight
           against
           him
           :
           when
           all
           these
           things
           shallbe
           laid
           open
           before
           thee
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           thy
           iust
           reward
           )
           
           God
           strike
           theea
           full
           blow
           ,
           and
           sinke
           thee
           to
           the
           bottome
           of
           hell
           ,
           where
           thou
           shalt
           wish
           that
           thou
           hadst
           been
           a
           toad
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           one
           in
           desperation
           sometimes
           wished
           )
           that
           thou
           mightst
           live
           there
           a
           thousand
           yeers
           ,
           so
           thou
           mightst
           have
           any
           hope
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           might
           cease
           towards
           thee
           .
           Would
           not
           these
           things
           then
           work
           upon
           thee
           ?
           Couldst
           thou
           then
           passe
           such
           a
           day
           as
           this
           ,
           without
           trembling
           ?
           Couldst
           thou
           be
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           thy
           heart
           rent
           and
           torn
           ?
           Be
           perswaded
           therefore
           once
           more
           to
           bring
           it
           home
           to
           thy
           own
           soule
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           as
           he
           said
           of
           his
           green
           fig
           ,
           this
           grew
           in
           
             Carthage
          
           yesterday
           :
           This
           wrath
           ,
           this
           sea
           of
           misery
           may
           break
           in
           upon
           me
           the
           next
           moment
           :
           I
           am
           yet
           joviall
           and
           merry
           ,
           but
           Gods
           vengeance
           with
           woollen
           feet
           follows
           me
           close
           at
           the
           back
           ,
           
           and
           will
           overtake
           me
           ;
           if
           I
           cannot
           mourn
           at
           the
           hearing
           of
           wrath
           ,
           I
           must
           burn
           at
           the
           feeling
           of
           it
           .
           The
           good
           Lord
           melt
           our
           hearts
           with
           the
           feare
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           lest
           we
           be
           swallowed
           up
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           for
           the
           
             second
             part
             ,
          
           for
           your
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           would
           the
           Lord
           make
           this
           day
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           
             Reformation
          
           to
           
           this
           honourable
           Assembly
           ,
           what
           glorious
           things
           would
           be
           done
           by
           you
           !
           Now
           what
           more
           effectuall
           motive
           ,
           what
           
             Furies
          
           whip
           would
           more
           restraine
           from
           the
           practise
           
           of
           sin
           ,
           or
           more
           drive
           to
           seek
           a
           shelter
           under
           the
           wing
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           to
           get
           into
           the
           
             safe
             condition
          
           of
           the
           servants
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           the
           beholding
           of
           this
           
             devouring
             fire
             ,
          
           these
           everlasting
           burnings
           ,
           which
           sinfull
           men
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           abide
           ?
           I
           know
           such
           is
           the
           depravation
           of
           mans
           nature
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           were
           any
           possibility
           of
           avoiding
           Gods
           wrath
           without
           leaving
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           many
           men
           would
           resolve
           with
           that
           wicked
           
             Cardinall
          
           not
           to
           leave
           their
           part
           in
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           for
           their
           part
           in
           
             Paradise
             :
          
           
           And
           with
           that
           
             noble
             man
          
           (
           which
           
             Luther
          
           speaks
           of
           )
           who
           professed
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           life
           of
           going
           from
           whore-house
           to
           whore-house
           might
           last
           ever
           ,
           hee
           would
           not
           envie
           any
           mans
           going
           to
           heaven
           .
           But
           this
           will
           not
           last
           ;
           
             There
             is
             great
             wrath
             prepared
             for
             the
             workers
             of
             iniquity
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           my
           humble
           request
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           of
           you
           finde
           your
           hearts
           unwilling
           to
           submit
           to
           that
           godly
           counsell
           ,
           given
           you
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           of
           turning
           to
           God
           ,
           doe
           but
           think
           what
           your
           sinnes
           ,
           which
           you
           
             prize
          
           so
           much
           ,
           will
           
             cost
          
           you
           .
           They
           say
           the
           Pope
           hath
           a
           book
           called
           
             Taxa
             camerae
             Apostolicae
             ,
          
           wherein
           men
           may
           know
           the
           
             rate
          
           of
           any
           sinne
           ;
           upon
           what
           termes
           a
           man
           may
           keep
           a
           whore
           ,
           be
           a
           Sodomite
           ,
           or
           murder
           his
           Father
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           here
           is
           a
           
             rate-book
             ,
          
           where
           any
           of
           you
           may
           know
           what
           a
           beloved
           sinne
           will
           
             cost
          
           you
           ;
           not
           a
           farthing
           token
           lesse
           ,
           than
           to
           lie
           under
           the
           devouring
           fire
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           to
           all
           eternity
           .
           Porters
           will
           try
           their
           burthens
           upon
           their
           shoulders
           before
           they
           engage
           themselves
           to
           carry
           it
           ,
           doe
           thou
           so
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           Master
           
             Bilney
          
           when
           he
           thought
           he
           should
           be
           burnt
           ,
           he
           would
           put
           his
           finger
           into
           the
           candle
           to
           see
           how
           he
           could
           endure
           burning
           ,
           doe
           thou
           often
           so
           ;
           goe
           often
           alone
           and
           say
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           sinne
           marvellous
           pleasant
           ,
           such
           a
           sinne
           gaines
           me
           thus
           much
           every
           yeere
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           wrath
           to
           come
           :
           And
           therefore
           as
           
             Elihu
          
           said
           to
           
             Iob
             ,
             Because
             there
             is
          
           
           
             wrath
             ,
             beware
             lest
             he
             take
             thee
             away
             with
             his
             stroak
             ;
             a
             great
             ransome
             cannot
             deliver
             thee
             ,
             hee
             will
             not
             esteeme
             thy
             riches
             ,
             no
             not
             gold
             ,
             nor
             all
             the
             forces
             of
             strength
             .
          
           
           Fourthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           there
           is
           one
           use
           peculiar
           to
           you
           that
           be
           our
           
             Noble
             Senators
             ,
          
           the
           
             Lords
             and
             Commons
          
           gathered
           in
           
             Parliament
             :
          
           wee
           know
           your
           care
           is
           for
           our
           good
           ,
           but
           this
           I
           humbly
           propound
           to
           you
           ,
           you
           will
           
           never
           doe
           us
           good
           ,
           if
           
             Gods
             wrath
          
           bee
           not
           taken
           away
           from
           us
           :
           were
           you
           so
           many
           
             Gamaliels
             ,
          
           so
           many
           
             Hemans
             ,
          
           so
           many
           
             Solomons
             ,
          
           so
           many
           
             Angels
          
           gathered
           together
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           one
           heart
           to
           study
           Englands
           good
           ;
           you
           can
           doe
           
             England
          
           no
           good
           ,
           if
           
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
          
           which
           is
           kindled
           against
           it
           ,
           be
           not
           pacified
           .
           And
           therefore
           let
           your
           great
           study
           bee
           both
           to
           finde
           out
           what
           hath
           kindled
           Gods
           wrath
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           what
           may
           remove
           it
           from
           us
           :
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           bee
           able
           to
           give
           you
           further
           knowledge
           in
           the
           next
           and
           maine
           lesson
           to
           which
           now
           I
           passe
           ,
           
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           
           That
           
             the
             sins
             of
             a
             people
             may
             come
             to
             that
             passe
             ,
             and
             Gods
             wrath
             may
             bee
             kindled
             to
             that
             heigth
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             their
             reformation
             ,
             God
             will
             goe
             on
             to
             a
             desolation
             .
          
           In
           handling
           whereof
           I
           shall
           (
           the
           Lord
           helping
           mee
           )
           discusse
           these
           three
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           I
           shall
           open
           the
           thing
           in
           
             Thesi
             ,
          
           clear
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           I
           can
           make
           you
           understand
           it
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           enquire
           
             in
             hypothesi
             ,
          
           whether
           it
           concerne
           
             us
          
           or
           not
           ;
           whether
           our
           Nation
           ,
           Church
           ,
           or
           State
           ,
           may
           bee
           thought
           to
           be
           in
           any
           danger
           of
           it
           .
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           make
           some
           uses
           which
           may
           bee
           fitting
           for
           such
           an
           Assembly
           as
           this
           is
           .
        
         
           For
           clearing
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           these
           three
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           I
           will
           demonstrate
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           will
           enquire
           whether
           the
           signes
           of
           it
           may
           be
           known
           ,
           and
           how
           farre
           they
           may
           be
           known
           :
           Whether
           the
           Lord
           hath
           left
           any
           foot-steps
           or
           rules
           for
           us
           to
           prognosticate
           by
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           judge
           when
           a
           people
           is
           come
           to
           that
           passe
           :
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           ,
           Thirdly
           ,
           what
           those
           tokens
           are
           :
           And
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           speak
           plainly
           and
           freely
           of
           them
           all
           .
        
         
         
           
           For
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           were
           there
           no
           other
           Instance
           to
           be
           found
           in
           any
           other
           story
           ,
           but
           this
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           it
           were
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           that
           such
           a
           thing
           may
           bee
           .
           That
           which
           hath
           been
           already
           ,
           may
           bee
           so
           againe
           .
           
             Iosiah
             ,
          
           
           we
           see
           ,
           wrought
           such
           a
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             whole
             Kingdome
             did
             ,
             all
             his
             dayes
             ,
             follow
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             notwith
             standing
             all
             this
             ,
             God
             turned
             not
             from
             his
             fierce
             wrath
             ;
          
           but
           went
           on
           to
           destroy
           them
           .
           The
           Lord
           threatens
           else-where
           that
           he
           would
           doe
           it
           ,
           
             Zeph.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
             Gather
             your selves
             together
             before
             the
             decree
             bring
             forth
             ,
             before
             the
             day
             passe
             as
             the
             chaffe
             ,
             before
             the
             fierce
             anger
             of
             the
             Lord
             come
             upon
             you
             :
          
           As
           if
           he
           should
           have
           said
           ,
           The
           
             decree
          
           is
           not
           
             yet
          
           come
           forth
           ;
           but
           if
           once
           it
           bring
           forth
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           too
           
             late
          
           for
           you
           to
           seek
           for
           mercy
           .
           There
           be
           other
           examples
           (
           though
           not
           so
           full
           as
           this
           )
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           this
           truth
           :
           As
           
             Nineveh
          
           for
           one
           :
           The
           Lord
           sent
           the
           Prophet
           
             Ionah
          
           to
           preach
           
             repentance
          
           or
           
             destruction
          
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           you
           know
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           The
           
             King
          
           laid
           aside
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           called
           them
           all
           to
           repentance
           ;
           and
           repent
           they
           did
           ;
           and
           God
           saw
           their
           works
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           while
           forbore
           that
           City
           ;
           and
           
           yet
           the
           judgement
           of
           most
           Interpreters
           is
           ,
           that
           within
           fourty
           years
           after
           ,
           the
           City
           was
           destroyed
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           same
           age
           wherein
           the
           Reformation
           was
           made
           .
        
         
           That
           Instance
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           is
           most
           remarkable
           ,
           in
           our
           Saviour
           
             Christs
          
           time
           :
           
             Iohn
             Baptist
          
           came
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           
             turned
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             parents
             to
             the
             children
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             to
             the
             parents
             ;
             made
             ready
             a
             people
             prepared
             for
             the
             Lord
             ;
             there
             went
             out
             to
             him
             Ierusalem
             and
             all
             Iudea
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             region
             about
             Iordan
             ,
             and
             were
             baptized
             of
             him
             ,
             confessing
             their
             sins
             .
          
           And
           Christ
           had
           so
           many
           followers
           ,
           that
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           said
           ,
           all
           
             the
             world
             went
             after
             him
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           body
           of
           their
           Nation
           .
           And
           the
           Apostles
           converted
           so
           many
           ,
           that
           they
           said
           to
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           that
           
           
           there
           were
           many
           
             myriads
             ,
          
           many
           ten
           thousands
           of
           
             Iewes
          
           
           
             that
             beleeve
             ,
             who
             are
             all
             zealous
             ▪
          
           yet
           notwithstanding
           ,
           in
           that
           very
           age
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Gospel
           wrought
           thus
           effectually
           among
           them
           ,
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           came
           upon
           that
           Nation
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           and
           scattered
           them
           over
           all
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           likewise
           recorded
           of
           the
           
             Romane
             Empire
             ,
          
           which
           for
           a
           matter
           of
           sixe
           or
           seven
           hundred
           yeares
           had
           been
           a
           dreadfull
           enemy
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           first
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           ●ewes
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           against
           the
           Christians
           (
           while
           it
           was
           unconverted
           ;
           in
           
             Constantines
          
           time
           the
           Empire
           turned
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           very
           
             first
             age
             of
             the
             Empires
             Christianity
             ,
          
           came
           the
           destruction
           and
           dissolution
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           there
           is
           a
           truth
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           Gods
           wrath
           may
           be
           so
           far
           kindled
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           accept
           of
           no
           attonement
           ,
           but
           will
           inexorably
           proceed
           to
           desolation
           .
        
         
           
           The
           second
           Question
           is
           ,
           Whether
           this
           may
           be
           known
           ;
           whether
           we
           may
           possibly
           find
           out
           any
           direction
           ,
           whereby
           to
           iudge
           of
           Gods
           purpose
           of
           thus
           comming
           against
           a
           people
           .
           
             Answ.
          
           And
           for
           that
           ,
           I
           confesse
           ,
           a
           great
           many
           men
           ,
           especially
           such
           as
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           have
           any
           dangerous
           truth
           preached
           to
           them
           ,
           doe
           thinke
           that
           all
           preaching
           and
           study
           ,
           in
           such
           points
           as
           these
           ,
           is
           of
           no
           more
           certainty
           ,
           than
           the
           iudgement
           of
           
             judiciall
             Astrology
             :
          
           Tell
           them
           of
           wrath
           to
           come
           ,
           or
           desolation
           of
           Churches
           ,
           or
           destruction
           of
           Common-wealths
           ;
           they
           look
           on
           such
           as
           shall
           tell
           them
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           as
           upon
           a
           company
           of
           
             ignorant
          
           people
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           of
           their
           
             Authors
             faith
             ;
          
           or
           esteem
           them
           as
           
             proud
             men
             ,
          
           who
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           more
           acquaintance
           with
           Gods
           secrets
           than
           their
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           must
           adventure
           upon
           such
           high
           points
           ;
           or
           at
           best
           ,
           conceive
           them
           to
           be
           
             sullen
             ,
             discontented
             ,
             melancholick
             people
             ,
          
           who
           look
           on
           
           every
           thing
           with
           black
           spectacles
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           themselves
           will
           never
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           any
           can
           give
           them
           rules
           of
           directions
           to
           judge
           in
           this
           kind
           :
           But
           you
           are
           wise
           :
           and
           if
           you
           please
           to
           take
           two
           or
           three
           places
           of
           Scripture
           into
           your
           serious
           thoughts
           ,
           you
           will
           conclude
           quickly
           ▪
           that
           this
           is
           a
           point
           may
           be
           known
           :
           The
           one
           is
           
             Ierem.
          
           8.
           7.
           where
           the
           Lord
           blames
           the
           stupidity
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           whereas
           
             the
             Stork
             in
             the
             heavens
             knowes
             her
             appointed
             times
             ;
             and
             the
             Turtle
             ,
             and
             the
             Crane
             ,
             and
             the
             Swallow
             observe
             the
             times
             of
             their
             comming
             ;
             but
             his
             people
             would
             not
             know
             the
             judgements
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           arguing
           them
           to
           bee
           more
           filly
           and
           simply
           than
           the
           very
           birds
           and
           fowles
           ,
           who
           could
           observe
           what
           seasons
           were
           fit
           or
           unfit
           for
           their
           staying
           or
           removing
           in
           such
           or
           such
           a
           Countrey
           ;
           and
           Gods
           people
           remained
           ignorant
           of
           the
           seasons
           of
           Gods
           approaching
           judgements
           .
           Another
           place
           you
           shall
           find
           
             Hos.
          
           7.
           9.
           where
           the
           Lord
           saith
           of
           
             Ephraim
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           ten
           Tribs
           ,
           
             gray
             haires
             are
             scattered
             here
             and
             there
             upon
             him
             ,
             yet
             hee
             knowes
             it
             not
             :
          
           The
           meaning
           ,
           plainly
           ,
           is
           this
           ;
           That
           as
           gray
           hairs
           are
           remembrances
           ,
           and
           plain
           tokens
           of
           declining
           old
           age
           comming
           upon
           men
           ;
           so
           there
           were
           symptomes
           and
           tokens
           of
           
             Ephraims
          
           ruine
           comming
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           would
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           it
           .
           Our
           blessed
           
             Saviour
          
           also
           in
           
             Mat.
             16.
             v.
          
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           tells
           his
           hearers
           ,
           that
           
             they
             could
          
           make
           Almanacks
           for
           weather
           ,
           and
           
             discerne
             the
             face
             of
             the
             skie
             ,
             and
             yet
             could
             not
             discerne
             the
             signes
             of
             the
             times
             ,
          
           (
           implying
           that
           Prognostications
           might
           also
           bee
           made
           ,
           if
           men
           would
           study
           the
           right
           way
           )
           whereby
           they
           might
           know
           what
           God
           intends
           to
           doe
           with
           a
           people
           .
           So
           then
           ,
           there
           is
           one
           step
           gained
           ,
           that
           
             something
          
           may
           be
           known
           of
           Gods
           approaching
           judgements
           .
        
         
         
           
           But
           that
           I
           may
           not
           deliver
           any
           thing
           but
           what
           you
           shall
           have
           a
           sull
           suffrage
           for
           ,
           I
           adde
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           and
           confesse
           ,
           that
           because
           all
           seasons
           are
           in
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           and
           all
           people
           under
           his
           absolute
           prerogative
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           if
           hee
           pleaseth
           ,
           hee
           may
           destroy
           a
           Nation
           for
           
             one
             sinne
             ;
          
           and
           againe
           ,
           if
           hee
           pleaseth
           ,
           hee
           can
           exercise
           
             so
             much
             mercy
             ,
          
           that
           
             no
             sinnes
          
           of
           a
           people
           can
           set
           any
           bounds
           or
           limits
           thereunto
           ;
           nothing
           but
           his
           owne
           holy
           will
           setting
           limits
           to
           his
           patience
           ,
           long-suffering
           and
           mercy
           ;
           and
           because
           also
           God
           doth
           alwayes
           beare
           such
           a
           tender
           regard
           to
           his
           
             owne
             children
             ,
          
           that
           where-ever
           they
           live
           ,
           hee
           doth
           often
           for
           their
           sakes
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           
             reverse
          
           his
           sentence
           of
           desolation
           .
           In
           regard
           of
           these
           things
           and
           some
           others
           which
           might
           bee
           
           suggested
           ,
           I
           thinke
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           no
           mortall
           man
           can
           possibly
           determine
           when
           the
           
             precise
             time
          
           of
           this
           or
           that
           Nations
           utter
           ruine
           is
           certainly
           come
           .
           What
           Christ
           said
           of
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ,
           may
           fitly
           bee
           applyed
           here
           ,
           
             the
             very
             day
             and
             houre
          
           of
           the
           last
           Judgement
           
             no
             man
             knowes
             ,
          
           but
           only
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           the
           Sonne
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           is
           revealed
           from
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           that
           also
           since
           his
           Resurrection
           ;
           but
           yet
           there
           bee
           signes
           whereby
           wee
           may
           know
           the
           approaching
           of
           that
           
           day
           :
           So
           wee
           may
           say
           of
           this
           ,
           though
           wee
           cannot
           know
           the
           very
           time
           of
           a
           Nations
           desolation
           ;
           yet
           wee
           may
           know
           when
           the
           ruine
           of
           it
           comes
           neere
           at
           hand
           .
           And
           what
           learned
           men
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           studied
           for
           the
           
             Philosophers
             stone
             ,
          
           though
           they
           could
           never
           finde
           out
           the
           
             Elixar
             ;
          
           yet
           in
           their
           search
           after
           
             it
          
           they
           have
           found
           out
           
             many
             excellent
             things
             ,
          
           admirably
           usefull
           for
           mankinde
           :
           so
           in
           this
           search
           if
           wee
           cannot
           determine
           that
           such
           a
           Nation
           will
           infallibly
           
           bee
           ruined
           ,
           yet
           wee
           may
           certainly
           finde
           such
           things
           as
           thereby
           to
           learne
           what
           to
           
             feare
             ,
          
           what
           to
           
             expect
             ,
          
           what
           to
           
             pray
             against
             ,
          
           what
           to
           
             strive
             after
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           so
           consequently
           the
           handling
           of
           this
           question
           may
           bee
           exceedingly
           usefull
           to
           such
           an
           Assembly
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           now
           called
           to
           speak
           to
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           This
           then
           is
           a
           second
           step
           that
           wee
           may
           know
           such
           things
           as
           may
           make
           us
           feare
           desolation
           ,
           and
           consequently
           labour
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           or
           prepare
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           maine
           question
           is
           to
           enquire
           what
           are
           the
           Tokens
           ,
           the
           
             gray
             haires
             ,
          
           the
           
             flourishing
             of
             the
             Almond
             tree
             ,
          
           whereby
           wee
           may
           guesse
           at
           
             mans
             going
             to
             his
             long
             home
             .
          
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           Politicians
           ,
           and
           some
           Divines
           will
           tell
           you
           of
           the
           fatall
           period
           of
           Kingdoms
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           their
           youth
           ,
           their
           strength
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           time
           their
           declination
           ;
           and
           shew
           by
           abundance
           of
           experience
           ,
           that
           States
           seldome
           continue
           above
           five
           or
           six
           hundred
           years
           without
           some
           fatall
           change
           :
           But
           we
           must
           goe
           by
           a
           surer
           rule
           than
           this
           .
           It
           is
           not
           length
           of
           time
           ,
           which
           makes
           God
           weary
           of
           shewing
           mercy
           ;
           but
           ,
           what
           
             Solomon
          
           saith
           of
           
           Kings
           ,
           
             for
             the
             transgressions
             of
             a
             land
             many
             are
             the
             Princes
             thereof
             :
          
           so
           for
           the
           
             transgressions
          
           of
           a
           land
           ,
           and
           the
           transgressions
           
             only
             ,
          
           many
           are
           the
           ruines
           thereof
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           one
           rule
           which
           God
           hath
           alwayes
           proceeded
           by
           in
           the
           dissolution
           of
           Churches
           and
           Kingdoms
           ever
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           this
           .
           That
           whensoever
           the
           sins
           of
           any
           
             Church
             ,
             Nation
             ,
             City
             ,
          
           
           
             Family
             ,
          
           or
           
             Person
          
           (
           you
           may
           take
           it
           as
           large
           or
           as
           narrow
           as
           you
           will
           )
           are
           come
           to
           a
           full
           measure
           ,
           then
           God
           infallibly
           brings
           ruine
           upon
           them
           .
           This
           is
           the
           rule
           which
           
           I
           shall
           make
           plaine
           to
           you
           :
           God
           hath
           set
           severall
           vessels
           to
           limit
           the
           sinnes
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           beyond
           which
           they
           shall
           not
           goe
           ;
           as
           once
           God
           said
           to
           the
           waves
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           
             hitherto
             thou
             shalt
             goe
             ,
             but
             here
             ▪
             thy
             proud
             waves
             shall
             be
             staied
             :
          
           so
           God
           hath
           said
           of
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Nations
           ,
           Families
           ,
           Persons
           :
           thus
           farre
           I
           will
           forbeare
           thee
           ,
           but
           farther
           thy
           wickednesse
           shall
           not
           exceed
           ;
           then
           comes
           thy
           end
           .
           Take
           foure
           or
           five
           cleare
           evidences
           for
           it
           in
           the
           Scripture
           .
           First
           that
           speech
           of
           God
           to
           
             Abraham
             :
          
           I
           will
           give
           thy
           posterity
           all
           this
           land
           ,
           but
           not
           yet
           ,
           because
           
             the
             iniquity
             of
             the
             Amorites
             is
             not
             yet
          
           
           
             full
             :
          
           though
           they
           were
           
             Amorites
             ,
          
           God
           would
           beare
           with
           them
           ,
           till
           their
           iniquities
           were
           come
           to
           the
           full
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           would
           spare
           them
           no
           longer
           .
           Another
           is
           
             Zachary
          
           5.
           verse
           6.
           
           The
           prophet
           in
           a
           vision
           saw
           an
           
             Ephah
             ,
          
           a
           thing
           like
           a
           bushell
           ,
           and
           moreover
           the
           Lord
           told
           him
           ,
           
             this
             is
             the
             resemblance
             of
             the
             Ephah
             ,
             throughout
             all
             the
             earth
             :
          
           as
           if
           God
           should
           have
           said
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           only
           proper
           to
           this
           people
           ,
           but
           this
           rule
           I
           go
           by
           throughout
           the
           whole
           world
           :
           and
           what
           was
           that
           ?
           the
           
             Ephah
          
           is
           brought
           out
           ,
           and
           into
           the
           Ephah
           is
           cast
           a
           
             Woman
             ;
          
           this
           woman
           sate
           and
           filled
           the
           Ephah
           :
           then
           one
           brings
           a
           talent
           of
           lead
           for
           a
           cover
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           stops
           the
           mouth
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           shuts
           the
           woman
           in
           ;
           then
           come
           two
           women
           with
           the
           wind
           in
           their
           wings
           ,
           and
           they
           take
           up
           the
           Ephah
           and
           carry
           it
           between
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ,
           and
           place
           it
           in
           the
           land
           of
           
             Shinar
          
           or
           Babylon
           ,
           there
           to
           build
           it
           an
           house
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           it
           upon
           its
           own
           base
           .
           Now
           what
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           all
           this
           ?
           there
           is
           one
           word
           in
           the
           vision
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           
             key
          
           to
           open
           this
           
             lock
             ,
             viz.
             this
             is
             wickednesse
             :
          
           the
           meaning
           whereof
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Lord
           had
           brought
           the
           Jewes
           from
           the
           captivity
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           where
           they
           had
           
           beene
           seventy
           yeeres
           :
           as
           soone
           as
           they
           came
           home
           ;
           though
           they
           turned
           not
           to
           idolatry
           ,
           yet
           they
           proved
           stark
           naught
           .
           God
           sets
           them
           their
           Ephah
           ,
           puts
           their
           iniquity
           into
           a
           vessell
           ,
           and
           doth
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           say
           ,
           Goe
           on
           ,
           till
           yee
           have
           filled
           the
           Ephah
           ;
           but
           as
           soone
           as
           that
           is
           full
           ,
           I
           will
           clap
           a
           talent
           of
           lead
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           take
           a
           course
           yee
           shall
           sinne
           no
           longer
           in
           this
           land
           ,
           but
           will
           scatter
           you
           into
           
             Mesopotamia
             ,
          
           into
           the
           land
           of
           
             Shinar
             ,
          
           and
           there
           be
           as
           wicked
           as
           yee
           will
           .
           So
           you
           see
           when
           the
           measure
           is
           full
           ,
           then
           vengeance
           comes
           .
        
         
           Take
           another
           instance
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           of
           
             Iames
          
           verse
           15.
           
           
             When
             lust
             hath
             conceived
             ,
             it
             brings
             forth
             sinne
             ;
             and
             sinne
             when
             it
             is
             finished
             ,
             brings
             forth
             death
             ;
          
           which
           is
           of
           the
           same
           interpretation
           with
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           shewes
           us
           sins
           progresse
           in
           the
           rising
           ,
           reigning
           ,
           and
           ruine
           .
           First
           a
           man
           hath
           
             lust
             ,
          
           a
           wicked
           corrupt
           heart
           that
           hee
           brings
           into
           the
           world
           ;
           every
           man
           ▪
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           with
           a
           heart
           full
           of
           lust
           ,
           now
           this
           lust
           brings
           forth
           iniquity
           ;
           God
           leaves
           people
           to
           goe
           on
           in
           wickednesse
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           such
           as
           he
           means
           to
           save
           ;
           and
           when
           their
           sinne
           is
           
             perfected
             ,
          
           it
           brings
           forth
           death
           ;
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           the
           full
           fourty
           weeks
           ,
           and
           hath
           gone
           the
           full
           time
           ,
           then
           comes
           destruction
           .
           Take
           yet
           two
           instances
           more
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           fourteenth
           of
           the
           Revelation
           verse
           14
           ,
           &c.
           in
           the
           Parables
           of
           the
           vintage
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           harvest
           ;
           when
           they
           were
           ripe
           ,
           then
           ruine
           comes
           .
           Till
           then
           God
           useth
           to
           beare
           with
           people
           :
           
             smaller
             judgements
          
           often
           come
           before
           sinne
           is
           ripe
           ,
           and
           are
           removed
           againe
           ;
           but
           when
           once
           the
           measure
           is
           full
           ,
           then
           God
           saith
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Nahum
          
           chap.
           1.
           verse
           6.
           
           
             He
             will
             make
             an
             utier
             end
             ,
             affliction
             shall
             not
             rise
             up
             the
             second
             time
             ;
          
           hee
           will
           
           so
           doe
           it
           at
           once
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           feare
           a
           second
           .
        
         
           
           Now
           if
           by
           the
           way
           you
           desire
           to
           know
           why
           God
           defers
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           rather
           cuts
           not
           off
           wicked
           men
           sooner
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           it
           should
           suffice
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           his
           
             will
          
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           but
           further
           he
           doth
           it
           ,
           partly
           that
           they
           may
           be
           for
           
             exercise
          
           to
           his
           people
           to
           
             purge
          
           and
           
             humble
             them
             ,
          
           as
           
             Ashur
          
           was
           his
           rod
           to
           whip
           his
           people
           ,
           before
           the
           rod
           was
           
           burnt
           .
           And
           partly
           to
           declare
           his
           long-suffering
           ,
           and
           patience
           ,
           thereby
           to
           leave
           them
           without
           excuse
           if
           they
           prove
           incorrigible
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           this
           is
           for
           salvation
           
           to
           some
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           are
           to
           be
           gathered
           in
           :
           and
           this
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           meanes
           ,
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           3.
           9.
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           Lord
           defers
           his
           comming
           to
           judgement
           ,
           because
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           Jews
           is
           first
           to
           be
           gathered
           in
           .
           So
           that
           as
           the
           Angel
           staid
           till
           
             Lot
          
           was
           plucked
           out
           of
           
             Sodom
             :
          
           so
           God
           hath
           some
           brands
           to
           snatch
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           for
           whose
           sakes
           he
           defers
           the
           execution
           of
           vengeance
           against
           them
           ,
           whose
           sins
           call
           for
           it
           .
           For
           these
           causes
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           others
           not
           known
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           secret
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           doth
           God
           deferre
           the
           full
           execution
           of
           his
           wrath
           till
           sinne
           be
           ripe
           .
        
         
           
           But
           how
           may
           wee
           judge
           when
           the
           sins
           of
           a
           people
           grow
           to
           the
           full
           ?
           I
           answer
           (
           and
           but
           briefly
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           not
           be
           burthensome
           to
           an
           attentive
           auditory
           ;
           the
           spirit
           is
           willing
           ,
           but
           the
           flesh
           is
           weak
           in
           the
           best
           ;
           )
           to
           finde
           out
           sinnes
           fulnesse
           foure
           things
           must
           come
           into
           consideration
           .
           First
           ,
           what
           kindes
           of
           sinnes
           they
           
           are
           which
           are
           land-destroying
           sinnes
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           
             quantity
          
           of
           these
           sinnes
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           
             aggravation
          
           of
           them
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           upshot
           of
           all
           ,
           the
           
             incorrigiblenesse
          
           of
           them
           .
        
         
         
           
           First
           ,
           the
           kinds
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           meane
           thus
           ,
           there
           was
           never
           any
           Church
           or
           Nation
           without
           sinne
           ,
           but
           all
           sinnes
           are
           not
           Church-wasting
           sinnes
           ,
           nor
           Land-destroying
           sins
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           sins
           which
           are
           called
           abominations
           ,
           such
           as
           make
           
             a
             land
             spue
             out
             the
             inhabitants
             :
          
           
           
             such
             as
             make
             God
             drive
             them
             out
             :
          
           And
           they
           are
           some
           against
           the
           first
           Table
           ,
           some
           against
           the
           second
           Table
           .
           Against
           the
           first
           Table
           ,
           first
           ,
           the
           sin
           of
           Idolatry
           .
           Evermore
           as
           Idols
           come
           in
           ,
           God
           
           goes
           out
           :
           When
           there
           was
           an
           
             Image
             of
             jealousie
             set
             up
             ,
             God
             goes
             farre
             from
             his
             Sanctuary
             .
          
           God
           likes
           no
           such
           neighbours
           .
           When
           
             Ephraim
             offended
             in
             Baal
             ,
             he
             dies
             for
             it
             :
             when
             the
             meane
             man
             bowes
             himself
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             man
             humbles
             himselfe
          
           to
           stockes
           and
           stones
           ,
           God
           will
           spare
           them
           no
           longer
           .
           When
           the
           
           glory
           due
           to
           Jehovah
           ,
           is
           communicated
           to
           dumbe
           Idols
           ,
           this
           God
           will
           bear
           at
           no
           peoples
           hand
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           plaine
           ,
           this
           is
           as
           the
           marriage
           bed
           to
           God
           ,
           this
           provokes
           his
           jealousie
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           rage
           ,
           then
           
             he
             will
             accept
             of
             no
             ransome
             :
          
           This
           therefore
           is
           the
           
             abomination
             that
             makes
             all
             desolation
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           sins
           of
           
             prophaning
             ,
             contemning
             ,
             scorning
             and
             persecuting
             of
             Gods
             holy
             things
             ,
             his
             holy
             day
             ,
             his
             holy
             servants
             .
          
           I
           joyne
           all
           these
           sinnes
           together
           ,
           because
           they
           come
           all
           from
           the
           same
           roote
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           malignancy
           against
           God
           :
           God
           himselfe
           is
           prophaned
           ,
           sleighted
           ,
           contemned
           in
           all
           these
           .
           Thou
           hast
           
             despised
             my
             holy
             things
             ,
             and
             prophaned
             my
             Sabbaths
             ,
          
           therefore
           
             thou
             hast
             caused
             thy
             day
             to
             draw
          
           
           
             neere
             .
          
           God
           therefore
           would
           make
           
             Moab
          
           as
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           children
           of
           
             Ammon
          
           as
           
             Gomorrah
             ,
             because
             they
             reviled
             his
             people
             ;
          
           but
           there
           is
           one
           proofe
           may
           serve
           in
           stead
           of
           an
           hundred
           .
           
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           36.
           
           The
           Lord
           did
           a
           long
           time
           beare
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           when
           once
           they
           came
           to
           that
           passe
           they
           
             polluted
             his
             House
             ,
             despised
             his
             Word
             ,
             mooked
             his
             messengers
             ,
             misused
             his
             Prophets
             ,
             his
             wrath
             grew
             hot
             against
             them
             till
             there
             was
             no
             remedy
             .
          
           God
           could
           thē
           beare
           them
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           utterly
           would
           destroy
           them
           .
           And
           it
           is
           our
           Country-man
           ,
           
             Venerable
             Bedes
          
           observation
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           old
           Britains
           grew
           to
           that
           height
           of
           sinne
           ,
           as
           to
           cast
           
             odium
             in
             religionis
             professores
             ,
             tanquam
             in
             adversaries
             ,
          
           God
           presently
           sent
           in
           the
           Saxons
           ;
           who
           destroyed
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           
           There
           are
           also
           some
           sinnes
           against
           the
           second
           Table
           which
           greatly
           helpe
           to
           fill
           the
           measure
           of
           a
           peoples
           iniquity
           :
           As
           first
           ,
           such
           sinnes
           as
           are
           destructive
           to
           humane
           society
           ,
           cruelty
           ,
           bloud
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           deceit
           ,
           these
           were
           the
           sinnes
           which
           brought
           the
           flood
           upon
           the
           world
           of
           the
           ungodly
           .
           These
           are
           the
           sins
           which
           the
           King
           of
           
             Nineveh
          
           saw
           would
           
           ruine
           him
           and
           his
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           sensuall
           lusts
           of
           drunkennesse
           and
           whoredome
           ;
           I
           joine
           these
           sinnes
           together
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           usually
           joined
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           seldome
           severed
           in
           mens
           practice
           :
           And
           you
           shall
           cleerly
           in
           the
           search
           of
           the
           Scripture
           finde
           them
           to
           be
           among
           the
           abominations
           which
           helpe
           to
           fill
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           a
           peoples
           sin
           ,
           and
           prepares
           them
           for
           judgement
           .
           
             I
             have
             seen
             a
             horrible
             thing
             in
             the
             house
             of
             Israel
          
           (
           saith
           God
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           sinnes
           which
           
           made
           God
           hew
           them
           downe
           )
           
             there
             is
             the
             whoredome
             of
             Ephraim
             ;
             whoredome
             and
             wine
             ,
             and
             new
             mine
             take
             away
             their
             heart
             :
          
           This
           was
           one
           of
           the
           things
           that
           made
           God
           have
           controversie
           with
           the
           
           land
           to
           make
           it
           mourne
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           them
           all
           away
           .
           
           I
           have
           not
           time
           to
           prosecute
           these
           things
           ,
           you
           shall
           easily
           finde
           that
           these
           are
           gray
           haires
           in
           any
           Nation
           where
           ever
           they
           are
           found
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           quantity
           of
           these
           sinnes
           is
           very
           
           considerable
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           universall
           ,
           no
           Nation
           ever
           was
           without
           them
           ,
           but
           when
           once
           they
           come
           to
           spread
           as
           a
           Gangrene
           over
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           then
           the
           measure
           quickly
           growes
           full
           :
           When
           all
           flesh
           had
           corrupted
           their
           wayes
           ,
           then
           the
           flood
           came
           rushing
           in
           :
           When
           
             from
             the
             crowne
             of
             the
             head
             ,
             to
             the
             sole
             of
             the
             foot
             ,
             the
             whole
             body
             was
             full
             of
          
           
           
             wounds
             ,
             and
             bruses
             ,
             and
             putrified
             sores
             ,
          
           then
           it
           was
           to
           no
           purpose
           for
           God
           to
           strike
           them
           any
           more
           with
           any
           hope
           of
           healing
           .
        
         
           You
           shall
           finde
           in
           the
           24.
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           〈◊〉
           notable
           description
           of
           Jerusalems
           condition
           when
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
          
           
           came
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           compares
           the
           City
           to
           a
           great
           pot
           ,
           whereinto
           all
           the
           choice
           peeces
           were
           put
           to
           bee
           boiled
           ,
           the
           thigh
           and
           the
           shoulder
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           choice
           bones
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           all
           rotten
           flesh
           whose
           scumme
           would
           not
           boile
           out
           ,
           meaning
           ,
           that
           the
           Princes
           and
           Rulers
           ,
           Prophets
           and
           Priests
           and
           People
           were
           all
           overspread
           with
           abominable
           wickednesses
           .
           So
           in
           the
           22.
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           all
           states
           are
           brought
           in
           ,
           the
           Prophets
           
           devouring
           soules
           ,
           the
           Priests
           violating
           the
           Law
           ,
           prophaning
           holy
           things
           ,
           Princes
           and
           Rulers
           oppressing
           ,
           the
           people
           robbing
           ,
           &c.
           then
           God
           powres
           out
           his
           indignation
           ,
           and
           consumes
           them
           with
           the
           fire
           of
           his
           wrath
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           must
           be
           understood
           with
           this
           caution
           ,
           
           that
           when
           I
           say
           all
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           as
           if
           God
           would
           spare
           a
           people
           untill
           the
           whole
           multitude
           grew
           wicked
           ,
           and
           none
           remaining
           on
           his
           side
           :
           
           God
           had
           seven
           thousand
           in
           Israel
           who
           were
           faithfull
           to
           him
           in
           the
           worst
           time
           of
           
             Ahabs
          
           apostacy
           ;
           but
           the
           meaning
           is
           ,
           when
           the
           number
           of
           such
           as
           abstain
           from
           these
           abominations
           ,
           is
           so
           small
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           considerable
           ,
           to
           God
           they
           are
           alwaies
           considerable
           ,
           but
           not
           alwaies
           considerable
           as
           to
           the
           turning
           away
           of
           judgement
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           preventing
           of
           ruine
           .
           Ten
           righteous
           men
           would
           have
           been
           considerable
           in
           Sodom
           for
           the
           sparing
           of
           it
           ,
           when
           five
           would
           not
           .
           So
           the
           sum
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           these
           abominations
           are
           generally
           spread
           ,
           and
           very
           few
           in
           comparison
           abstaining
           from
           them
           ,
           a
           people
           growes
           ripe
           apace
           for
           destruction
           .
        
         
           
           3.
           
           The
           third
           thing
           considerable
           ,
           is
           the
           aggravation
           of
           these
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           therein
           I
           shall
           only
           give
           this
           one
           briefe
           rule
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           places
           and
           Countries
           ,
           houses
           ,
           families
           ,
           or
           persons
           ,
           the
           more
           mercy
           ,
           light
           and
           meanes
           these
           sinnes
           are
           committed
           against
           ,
           the
           sooner
           is
           the
           vessel
           of
           their
           iniquity
           come
           to
           the
           full
           .
           Amos
           3.
           2.
           
           
             You
             onely
             have
             I
             knowne
             of
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             will
             visite
             you
             for
             all
             your
             iniquities
             ,
             Ezek.
             9.
             
             God
             begins
             at
             his
             sanctuary
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             with
             the
             antient
             men
             ,
          
           who
           had
           stood
           longest
           before
           him
           .
           And
           
             Daniel
          
           makes
           this
           the
           reason
           why
           God
           brought
           a
           greater
           evill
           upon
           them
           than
           upon
           any
           other
           Nation
           ,
           because
           no
           other
           Nation
           had
           enjoyed
           the
           like
           meanes
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           sinne
           ,
           or
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           repentance
           .
           And
           in
           the
           22.
           of
           
             Esay
             .
          
           The
           valley
           of
           vision
           had
           the
           greatest
           burthen
           of
           wrath
           of
           all
           others
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           people
           of
           Israel
           ,
           to
           whom
           God
           had
           sent
           all
           his
           Prophets
           from
           time
           to
           time
           .
           And
           there
           is
           great
           reason
           why
           sinnes
           against
           light
           and
           covenants
           ,
           mercies
           and
           
           Conscience
           should
           be
           most
           provoking
           ;
           It
           is
           thus
           even
           amongst
           all
           ingenuous
           men
           ,
           he
           that
           
             eateth
             my
             bread
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           
             David
             ,
             hath
             lift
             up
             his
             heele
             against
             mee
             ,
          
           if
           it
           had
           been
           a
           stranger
           ,
           I
           could
           have
           borne
           it
           :
           Is
           
           this
           thy
           kindnesse
           to
           thy
           friend
           ,
           could
           
             unnaturall
             Absolon
          
           say
           to
           
             Hushai
             ?
          
           This
           then
           is
           a
           plaine
           case
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           mercies
           a
           people
           sinne
           against
           ,
           the
           greater
           is
           their
           sin
           ,
           and
           the
           sooner
           comes
           their
           judgement
           .
        
         
           
           4.
           
           The
           last
           thing
           considerable
           to
           finde
           out
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           sinne
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Incorrigiblenesse
          
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Lord
           grant
           that
           we
           can
           quit
           our selves
           of
           this
           ,
           we
           shall
           yet
           doe
           well
           :
           by
           this
           
             Incorrigiblenesse
             ,
          
           I
           meane
           ,
           when
           the
           sinnes
           of
           a
           people
           are
           growne
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           too
           strong
           for
           the
           
             mounds
          
           and
           bankes
           which
           God
           hath
           set
           to
           keep
           them
           in
           compasse
           .
           Now
           God
           hath
           set
           Foure
           Boundaries
           for
           sinne
           ,
           and
           when
           sin
           is
           growne
           too
           strong
           for
           
             all
             these
             ,
          
           you
           may
           conclude
           that
           (
           reserving
           or
           excepting
           what
           God
           may
           doe
           in
           his
           absolute
           prerogative
           )
           if
           he
           goe
           by
           his
           wonted
           rules
           ,
           that
           Nation
           is
           going
           to
           her
           long
           home
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           God
           hath
           set
           
             Conscience
          
           and
           
             shame
          
           to
           be
           
           boundaries
           among
           all
           people
           ,
           to
           keep
           sin
           in
           compasse
           :
           Conscience
           to
           make
           them
           stand
           in
           awe
           of
           God
           :
           shame
           to
           make
           them
           stand
           in
           feare
           of
           men
           :
           These
           two
           God
           hath
           set
           up
           (
           as
           his
           Officers
           and
           heraulds
           )
           in
           all
           mens
           hearts
           ;
           and
           when
           once
           men
           
           can
           run
           into
           sin
           ,
           as
           the
           
             horse
             into
             the
             battell
             ,
             rejoycing
             to
             doe
             evill
             ,
             proclaiming
             their
             sins
             as
             Sodom
             ,
             not
             being
             ashamed
             and
             past
             all
             feeling
             ,
          
           there
           is
           one
           bank
           broken
           downe
           ,
           one
           Boundary
           plucked
           up
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           another
           bank
           that
           God
           hath
           set
           ,
           is
           
           the
           
             example
             ,
          
           and
           
             conversation
             ,
          
           and
           
             prayers
          
           of
           his
           
             owne
             people
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           scatters
           here
           and
           there
           amongst
           men
           ,
           and
           great
           is
           the
           power
           and
           force
           of
           their
           presence
           to
           keep
           sinne
           in
           compasse
           ,
           partly
           by
           the
           
           
             Majestie
          
           of
           the
           
             Image
             of
             God
             ,
          
           shining
           in
           them
           ,
           partly
           by
           their
           
             holy
             examples
             ,
          
           partly
           by
           their
           
             wise
          
           and
           
             seasonable
             counsells
             ,
             admonitions
             ,
             reprehensions
          
           partly
           by
           their
           
             prayers
             ,
          
           whereby
           they
           bring
           downe
           
             restraining
          
           
           
             and
             constraining
             grace
             :
          
           Now
           when
           these
           are
           either
           
             taken
          
           away
           from
           a
           place
           by
           
             death
          
           or
           
             driven
          
           
           away
           by
           
             persecution
             ,
          
           as
           
             Lot
          
           out
           of
           
             Sodom
             ;
          
           or
           living
           amongst
           them
           ,
           God
           takes
           off
           their
           edge
           to
           
           pray
           no
           longer
           ,
           as
           
             Abraham
          
           for
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           or
           
             Ieremy
          
           for
           the
           
             Iewes
             :
          
           There
           is
           a
           second
           Boundary
           pulled
           up
           .
        
         
           
           The
           third
           is
           ,
           that
           of
           
             Magistrates
          
           and
           
             Ministers
             ,
          
           whom
           God
           hath
           invested
           with
           his
           owne
           authoritie
           ,
           and
           put
           upon
           them
           some
           beames
           of
           his
           owne
           Majestie
           and
           Image
           ,
           put
           his
           sword
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           armes
           them
           with
           power
           to
           keep
           sin
           in
           ,
           and
           beat
           it
           downe
           ;
           The
           
             Magistrate
          
           having
           the
           sword
           of
           
             Iustice
             ,
          
           and
           thereby
           being
           made
           
             custos
             utriusque
             tabulae
             ;
          
           and
           
             Ministers
          
           having
           the
           
             sword
          
           of
           the
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           these
           two
           are
           strong
           Rampires
           ,
           and
           Banks
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           to
           hinder
           sinnes
           course
           ,
           they
           are
           Physitians
           to
           the
           hurts
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           and
           when
           once
           the
           sins
           of
           a
           Land
           grow
           too
           strong
           for
           these
           ,
           farewell
           all
           ,
           you
           will
           soone
           heare
           the
           daies
           of
           their
           visitation
           are
           at
           hand
           .
           And
           this
           is
           done
           in
           three
           Cases
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           when
           
             Magistrates
          
           and
           
             Ministers
          
           take
           sinnes
           part
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           joyning
           with
           God
           against
           sin
           ,
           they
           joyne
           with
           sin
           against
           God
           :
           as
           if
           the
           
             dogges
          
           should
           joyne
           with
           the
           
             wolves
          
           against
           
           the
           
             sheep
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Shepheards
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           it
           was
           in
           
             Ieremies
             time
             ,
          
           he
           found
           the
           people
           harder
           than
           a
           rock
           to
           be
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           but
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Surely
             these
             are
             poore
             and
             foolish
             ,
             who
             know
             not
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Lord
             I
             will
             get
             me
             to
             the
             great
             men
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             I
             will
             speake
             to
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             knowne
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             judgement
             of
             their
             God
             ;
          
           but
           were
           they
           such
           ,
           or
           did
           they
           so
           ?
           marke
           what
           follows
           ,
           
             these
             have
             altogether
             broken
             the
             yoke
             ,
             and
             burst
             the
             bands
             ,
          
           in
           stead
           of
           maintaining
           Gods
           yoke
           ,
           and
           strengthening
           Gods
           hands
           ,
           they
           broke
           them
           a
           pieces
           :
           and
           what
           followes
           ,
           
             therefore
             a
             Lyon
          
           
           
             out
             of
             the
             forrest
             shall
             slay
             them
             ,
             an
             evening
             Wolfe
             shall
             spoile
             them
             ,
             a
             Leopard
             shall
             watch
             over
             the
             cities
             ,
             every
             one
             that
             goes
             out
             shall
             bee
             torne
             in
             pieces
             .
          
           Thus
           it
           was
           likewise
           in
           
             Hoseaes
          
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Prophet
             was
             a
             foole
             ,
             and
             the
             spirituall
             man
             was
             mad
          
           when
           
             the
             Princes
             would
             be
             drunke
             with
             bottles
             of
             wine
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Thus
           it
           was
           in
           
             Ezekiels
          
           time
           (
           as
           
           was
           before
           touched
           )
           immediately
           before
           their
           desolation
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           when
           
             Magistrates
          
           or
           
             Ministers
          
           are
           
             dastardly
             ,
          
           when
           they
           are
           
             affraid
          
           of
           sin
           and
           sinners
           ,
           and
           dare
           not
           appeare
           for
           God
           ,
           when
           such
           men
           have
           
             God
             ,
             Conscience
             ,
          
           their
           
             office
             ,
          
           the
           
             lawes
             ,
          
           all
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           and
           yet
           dare
           not
           appeare
           against
           Idolatry
           ,
           prophanenesse
           ,
           violence
           ,
           sensuality
           ,
           as
           it
           showes
           the
           men
           to
           be
           of
           a
           
             base
             spirit
             ,
          
           so
           it
           argues
           the
           sins
           of
           that
           place
           to
           be
           of
           great
           strength
           ,
           even
           fit
           for
           judgment
           .
           Thus
           it
           was
           in
           the
           22.
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           verse
           .
           30.
           when
           all
           such
           were
           growne
           corrupt
           ,
           I
           
             sought
             for
             a
             mā
             among
             them
             ,
          
           that
           is
           
             some
             Phinehas
             to
             stand
             in
             the
             gap
             ,
             to
             make
             up
             the
             hedge
             ,
          
           some
           zealous
           Ministers
           
           to
           stand
           up
           and
           mediate
           with
           God
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           testifie
           in
           their
           ministery
           against
           them
           ,
           
             but
             I
             found
             none
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             powred
             out
             my
             indignation
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           in
           case
           any
           
             Magistrates
          
           or
           
             Ministers
          
           doe
           appeare
           on
           Gods
           part
           ,
           as
           
             Iosiah
             ,
             Ieremiah
             ,
          
           and
           others
           did
           in
           these
           forlorne
           times
           ,
           yet
           they
           prove
           too
           weake
           stakes
           ,
           they
           are
           able
           to
           doe
           nothing
           ;
           the
           inundation
           of
           wickednesse
           beares
           them
           downe
           ,
           and
           runs
           over
           their
           heads
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           when
           some
           Magistrates
           take
           part
           with
           sinne
           ,
           others
           afraid
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           remainder
           ,
           who
           are
           faithfull
           can
           prevaile
           nothing
           ,
           this
           Rampire
           is
           likewise
           overthrowne
           .
        
         
           
           4.
           
           There
           is
           but
           one
           more
           ,
           which
           when
           it
           is
           likewise
           cast
           downe
           ,
           destruction
           is
           at
           the
           very
           doore
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           Gods
           lesser
           judgements
           :
           God
           sometimes
           keepes
           petty-sessions
           ,
           to
           prevent
           great
           
             Assizes
             ,
          
           inferior
           executions
           ,
           to
           prevent
           utter
           desolations
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           prevaile
           not
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           certaine
           token
           of
           extreame
           wrath
           .
           Sometimes
           
             God
             afflicts
             neighbour
             Nations
             ,
             destroying
             their
             Cities
             ,
             that
             the
             rest
             might
             receive
             Instruction
             ,
             and
             their
             dwelling
             not
             be
             cut
             off
             :
          
           As
           Judges
           will
           hang
           up
           
           a
           thiefe
           upon
           a
           Gibbet
           ,
           to
           keepe
           others
           from
           the
           gallowes
           .
           
             I
             have
             overthrown
             some
             of
             you
          
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           
             as
             Sodom
             ,
             I
             have
             smitten
             you
             with
             blasting
             and
             mildew
             ,
             I
             have
             sent
             among
             you
             the
             pestilence
             ,
             yet
             yee
             have
          
           
           
             not
             turned
             to
             me
             ,
             why
             should
             ye
             be
             smitten
             any
             more
             ?
          
           You
           shall
           see
           this
           notably
           expressed
           in
           the
           24.
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             .
          
           Where
           God
           compares
           
             Ierusalem
          
           to
           a
           pot
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           to
           flesh
           boyling
           in
           the
           pot
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           boyling
           would
           not
           ferch
           out
           their
           scum
           ,
           
           no
           threatnings
           ,
           no
           visitations
           ,
           no
           inferiour
           Judgements
           could
           prevaile
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           still
           their
           scumme
           ,
           their
           blood
           ,
           their
           filthinesse
           and
           lewdnesse
           abode
           in
           them
           ;
           marke
           then
           in
           the
           13.
           v.
           what
           doome
           God
           gives
           of
           them
           ,
           
             because
             I
             have
             purged
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             wast
             not
             purged
             ,
          
           I
           have
           tryed
           all
           means
           to
           doe
           thee
           good
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           not
           bee
           reformed
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             never
             be
             purged
             from
             thy
             filthines
             any
             more
             ,
             till
             I
             have
             caused
             my
             fury
             to
             rest
             upon
             thee
             ,
             I
             the
             Lord
             have
             spoken
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             doe
             it
             .
          
           And
           that
           example
           in
           the
           sixth
           of
           
             Ieremy
             ,
          
           is
           most
           remarkable
           ,
           where
           God
           useth
           such
           a
           parable
           as
           this
           ,
           
             the
             bellowes
             are
          
           
           
             burnt
             ,
             the
             lead
             is
             melted
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             the
             founder
             workes
             in
             vaine
             ,
             for
             the
             wicked
             are
             not
             taken
             away
             ,
             reprobate
             silver
             shau
             men
             call
             them
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             hath
             rejected
             them
             .
          
           God
           here
           compares
           himselfe
           to
           a
           Silver-smith
           ,
           who
           takes
           a
           piece
           of
           oare
           ,
           and
           tryes
           all
           his
           art
           to
           divide
           betwixt
           the
           drosse
           and
           the
           metall
           ,
           but
           cannot
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           throwes
           it
           away
           with
           indignation
           ,
           saith
           it
           is
           base
           stuffe
           ,
           on
           which
           hee
           will
           never
           bestow
           any
           more
           labour
           .
           So
           God
           seems
           to
           say
           ,
           my
           Ministers
           have
           spent
           their
           lungs
           ,
           dryed
           up
           their
           throats
           ,
           all
           my
           other
           judgements
           have
           been
           tryed
           ,
           but
           the
           wicked
           are
           not
           taken
           away
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           base
           drosse
           ,
           I
           will
           bestow
           no
           more
           paines
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           you
           understand
           what
           the
           gray
           hairs
           of
           a
           State
           or
           people
           are
           ,
           and
           when
           a
           people
           are
           ripe
           for
           destruction
           ,
           when
           the
           time
           is
           come
           that
           
             God
             will
             passe
             them
             no
             more
             ,
          
           you
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           enquire
           by
           what
           meanes
           he
           will
           doe
           it
           ,
           he
           hath
           all
           in
           his
           owne
           hands
           ,
           he
           hath
           famine
           ,
           and
           pestilence
           ,
           and
           sword
           ,
           &
           wilde
           beasts
           ,
           and
           fire
           ,
           and
           earthquakes
           ,
           &
           if
           none
           of
           
           all
           these
           doe
           it
           ,
           hee
           hath
           
             flies
             ,
          
           and
           
             lice
             ,
          
           and
           
             grashoppers
             ,
          
           &
           
             rats
             ,
          
           and
           
             mice
          
           enough
           to
           destroy
           the
           strongest
           Kingdome
           in
           the
           world
           in
           a
           moment
           ;
           if
           hee
           but
           whistle
           ,
           hisse
           ,
           or
           call
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           
           
             Objection
             .
          
           It
           is
           true
           may
           some
           say
           ,
           if
           people
           goe
           on
           in
           their
           wickednesse
           ,
           and
           prove
           Incorrigible
           ,
           no
           marvaile
           though
           God
           proceed
           thus
           against
           them
           :
           but
           that
           it
           should
           be
           the
           case
           of
           a
           people
           ,
           who
           set
           upon
           Reformation
           ,
           this
           is
           strange
           :
           And
           how
           wil
           this
           stand
           with
           the
           doctrine
           preached
           in
           the
           forenoon
           ,
           that
           
             whē
             a
             natiō
             repents
             ,
             God
             wil
             repent
             ,
          
           &
           c
           ?
        
         
           
             Answer
             .
          
           In
           such
           an
           assembly
           as
           this
           ,
           a
           short
           
           answere
           (
           if
           true
           )
           will
           satisfie
           .
           First
           ,
           God
           never
           promised
           that
           the
           sincere
           Reformation
           of
           a
           few
           should
           prevent
           the
           judgement
           of
           a
           multitude
           :
           if
           Gods
           time
           of
           Execution
           be
           come
           ,
           
             Noah
             ,
             Daniel
          
           and
           
             Iob
          
           shall
           deliver
           neither
           son
           ,
           nor
           daughter
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           turned
           home
           to
           God
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           answere
           ,
           
           that
           though
           the
           Nation
           joyned
           in
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           in
           
             sincerity
             ,
          
           if
           it
           had
           been
           sound
           ,
           the
           doctrine
           in
           the
           morning
           would
           have
           carried
           it
           away
           ,
           and
           I
           must
           have
           had
           another
           Interpretation
           of
           my
           Text
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           
             Iosiah
          
           carried
           it
           by
           his
           authoritie
           ,
           but
           the
           peoples
           hearts
           were
           not
           
             right
             .
          
           And
           
             Ieremy
          
           saith
           no
           lesse
           ,
           when
           I
           removed
           
           
             Samaria
          
           out
           of
           my
           sight
           ,
           
             her
             treacherous
             sister
             Iudah
             turned
             not
             to
             mee
             .
          
           Yes
           might
           the
           people
           say
           ,
           wee
           did
           turne
           to
           thee
           under
           good
           King
           
             Iosiah
             ,
          
           but
           it
           was
           
             but
             fainedly
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           and
           it
           appeares
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           for
           as
           soone
           as
           ever
           
             Iosiah
          
           was
           dead
           ,
           they
           made
           
             a
             universall
             Apostacie
             from
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           so
           their
           Reformation
           was
           but
           like
           that
           of
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           
             Iews
             in
             Christs
             time
             ,
          
           which
           our
           Lord
           
           
           compares
           to
           the
           uncleane
           spirit
           ,
           going
           out
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           returning
           againe
           with
           seven
           Devils
           worse
           then
           himselfe
           .
           As
           if
           
             England
          
           by
           the
           help
           of
           this
           noble
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           lay
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           to
           heart
           ,
           should
           joine
           in
           a
           reformation
           ,
           though
           against
           the
           haire
           ,
           it
           would
           come
           to
           nothing
           in
           the
           end
           .
           And
           so
           I
           have
           in
           some
           measure
           cleered
           this
           doctrine
           in
           
             Thesi
             ,
             how
             far
          
           the
           approaching
           ruine
           of
           a
           Nation
           may
           be
           knowne
           ,
           
             and
             what
          
           the
           signes
           of
           it
           are
           .
           The
           second
           followes
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ;
        
         
           
           Whether
           this
           concerne
           us
           .
           And
           what
           answer
           would
           you
           have
           me
           give
           you
           ?
           I
           could
           willingly
           answer
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           
             Daniel
          
           did
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             ,
          
           when
           he
           was
           to
           interpret
           a
           dreame
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           true
           exposition
           foretold
           
             Nebuchadnezzars
          
           
           fall
           :
           It
           is
           said
           
             Daniel
          
           stood
           still
           for
           an
           hour
           ,
           and
           his
           thoughts
           troubled
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           speakes
           out
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             the
             dreame
             be
             to
             them
             that
             hate
             thee
             ,
             and
             the
             interpretation
             of
             it
             to
             thine
             enemies
             .
          
           So
           say
           I
           ,
           Oh
           let
           the
           parallell
           of
           this
           be
           some
           other
           people
           :
           Oh
           that
           it
           might
           not
           fit
           
             England
             ,
          
           but
           doth
           it
           fit
           it
           ?
           Right
           honourable
           and
           beloved
           ,
           your
           great
           wisdomes
           ,
           your
           diligent
           inspection
           ,
           your
           ample
           intelligence
           ,
           your
           faithfulnesse
           and
           sincerity
           makes
           you
           better
           able
           to
           judge
           ,
           then
           my
           meannesse
           can
           attaine
           unto
           ,
           who
           am
           none
           of
           the
           wisest
           observers
           of
           the
           time
           ;
           but
           I
           must
           speake
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           speake
           ,
           I
           shall
           speake
           freely
           and
           humbly
           ,
           I
           would
           I
           could
           speake
           sorrowfully
           :
           I
           know
           I
           speake
           to
           wise
           men
           ,
           who
           can
           well
           judge
           what
           I
           say
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           I
           hope
           verily
           we
           are
           
             not
             yet
          
           come
           to
           that
           passe
           that
           God
           should
           say
           of
           us
           ,
           I
           will
           passe
           by
           
             England
          
           no
           more
           ;
           blessed
           bee
           God
           ,
           wee
           have
           a
           
           gracious
           King
           ,
           many
           Noble
           Peeres
           ,
           many
           excellent
           Commons
           ,
           who
           have
           already
           done
           great
           things
           for
           God
           ;
           I
           need
           not
           repeat
           them
           ,
           all
           the
           Kingdome
           knowes
           them
           to
           their
           comfort
           .
           Yea
           ,
           and
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           the
           same
           gracious
           Soveraigne
           
           and
           Honourable
           Assembly
           of
           Parliament
           doe
           yet
           enquire
           what
           is
           further
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           what
           wrath
           is
           kindled
           ,
           and
           how
           it
           may
           bee
           quenched
           ,
           and
           have
           called
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           to
           afflict
           themselves
           before
           God
           ,
           that
           his
           great
           wrath
           might
           bee
           turned
           away
           from
           us
           .
           And
           as
           yet
           wee
           have
           a
           sprinkling
           of
           
             Phinehazzes
             ,
          
           worthy
           Magistrates
           ,
           who
           in
           their
           severall
           Countries
           and
           Counties
           dare
           appeare
           in
           Gods
           cause
           against
           sinne
           ,
           and
           the
           boldest
           sinners
           .
           And
           wee
           have
           also
           a
           good
           sprinkling
           of
           faithfull
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           
             stand
             on
             the
             Watch
             towre
             ,
             and
             blow
             the
             Trumpet
             ,
             and
             give
             the
             people
             warning
             .
          
           And
           for
           ever
           blessed
           be
           the
           Lord
           (
           which
           is
           not
           the
           least
           pledge
           of
           our
           hopes
           ,
           for
           the
           lengthning
           out
           of
           our
           tranquility
           )
           we
           have
           many
           ten
           thousand
           Saints
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           not
           onely
           abstaine
           from
           the
           abomination
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           but
           mourne
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           give
           God
           no
           rest
           night
           nor
           day
           ,
           untill
           hee
           bow
           the
           heavens
           and
           come
           downe
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           for
           himselfe
           a
           glorious
           Throne
           amongst
           us
           :
           And
           unto
           these
           God
           hath
           made
           many
           promises
           of
           sparing
           the
           land
           for
           their
           sakes
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           posterities
           after
           them
           shall
           be
           blessed
           .
        
         
           
           But
           as
           I
           hope
           this
           ,
           so
           the
           Lord
           will
           bee
           a
           witnesse
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           feare
           whether
           
             all
             these
             persons
             ,
          
           and
           
             their
             graces
          
           doe
           beare
           
             a
             just
             proportion
          
           to
           the
           
             meanes
          
           and
           
             mercies
             ,
          
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           to
           
             England
             ;
          
           or
           to
           that
           
             huge
             Inundation
             of
             finne
             ,
          
           wherewith
           
           
             England
          
           is
           over-run
           at
           this
           day
           .
           And
           here
           ;
           had
           I
           a
           tongue
           to
           speake
           ,
           and
           you
           and
           I
           hearts
           and
           eyes
           to
           powre
           out
           teares
           and
           sorrow
           ,
           wee
           might
           make
           this
           place
           a
           
             Bochim
          
           a
           place
           of
           weepers
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           
           kinde
           of
           these
           sins
           doe
           not
           overflow
           us
           ?
           You
           will
           say
           at
           first
           ,
           not
           Idolatry
           ;
           but
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           neither
           were
           the
           
             Germanes
          
           carried
           away
           with
           Idolatry
           ,
           when
           their
           desolations
           broke
           in
           upon
           them
           ;
           nor
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           before
           their
           last
           destruction
           .
           The
           measure
           of
           our
           Iniquity
           may
           possibly
           be
           full
           ,
           though
           this
           sin
           come
           not
           in
           ;
           but
           God
           knowes
           ,
           and
           you
           know
           that
           we
           have
           not
           onely
           abundance
           of
           Idolatrous
           Papists
           ,
           who
           are
           proud
           ,
           insolent
           and
           daring
           ,
           but
           abundance
           of
           Popish
           Idolatrous
           spirits
           ,
           superstitiously
           addicted
           ,
           willing
           to
           embrace
           any
           thing
           that
           goes
           that
           way
           ,
           onely
           they
           will
           not
           have
           it
           goe
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Popery
           .
           And
           for
           the
           other
           sinnes
           of
           contempt
           of
           Gods
           holy
           Ordinances
           ,
           his
           day
           ,
           his
           servants
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           wayes
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           cruelty
           ,
           defrauding
           of
           brethren
           ,
           the
           sensuall
           sinnes
           of
           uncleannesse
           ,
           especially
           that
           of
           drunkennesse
           ;
           Goe
           but
           to
           the
           places
           of
           greatest
           resorts
           ,
           Market-Townes
           ,
           populous
           Cities
           ,
           and
           Fayres
           ,
           &c.
           and
           your
           hearts
           would
           tremble
           to
           thinke
           ,
           how
           our
           Land
           is
           overspread
           with
           these
           :
           Oh
           Beloved
           ,
           the
           
           generality
           of
           the
           people
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           is
           extreamly
           wicked
           ,
           and
           which
           argues
           our
           case
           to
           bee
           most
           miserable
           ,
           it
           seemes
           to
           beare
           downe
           ,
           and
           to
           break
           over
           all
           our
           Bankes
           ,
           multitudes
           sinning
           with
           a
           whores
           forehead
           ,
           proclaiming
           their
           sinnes
           as
           
             Sodom
             :
          
           And
           the
           
             vox
             populi
          
           is
           ;
           that
           many
           of
           the
           Nobles
           ,
           Magistrates
           ,
           
           Knights
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           persons
           of
           great
           Quality
           are
           arrand
           Traytors
           and
           Rebells
           against
           
           God
           ,
           taking
           part
           with
           wicked
           men
           ,
           and
           wicked
           causes
           against
           the
           Truth
           ,
           Patrons
           of
           Ale-houses
           and
           disorders
           ,
           checking
           inferiour
           Officers
           ,
           who
           discover
           any
           zeal
           for
           God
           against
           an
           ill
           cause
           :
           That
           in
           many
           of
           their
           families
           (
           not
           to
           mention
           Religion
           )
           there
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           face
           of
           Civility
           :
           Many
           others
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           seem
           to
           wish
           well
           ,
           dare
           not
           draw
           out
           the
           sword
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           them
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           others
           borne
           downe
           in
           their
           places
           with
           the
           torrent
           of
           wickednesse
           .
           And
           as
           for
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           how
           many
           sad
           complaints
           and
           petitions
           hath
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           received
           
           against
           many
           hundreds
           of
           them
           ?
           multitudes
           of
           them
           rotten
           and
           unsound
           in
           their
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           so
           vitious
           and
           corrupt
           in
           their
           lives
           ,
           that
           they
           fulfill
           that
           which
           Archbishop
           
             Abbot
          
           said
           in
           his
           
             Lectures
          
           upon
           
             Ionah
             ,
          
           professing
           that
           his
           heart
           bled
           within
           him
           ,
           to
           thinke
           of
           the
           miserable
           condition
           of
           the
           precious
           soules
           of
           many
           people
           who
           had
           such
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           
             Iohannes
             Aventinuus
          
           speakes
           of
           ,
           who
           (
           if
           they
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Ministery
           )
           would
           not
           bee
           thought
           fit
           hog-heards
           to
           keepe
           swine
           .
           Besides
           thousands
           of
           others
           ,
           who
           (
           God
           knowes
           )
           want
           either
           will
           or
           skill
           to
           doe
           the
           Lords
           worke
           faithfully
           .
           And
           the
           residue
           who
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           give
           the
           people
           warnning
           ,
           and
           to
           teach
           them
           the
           good
           way
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           have
           been
           a
           long
           time
           both
           downe
           and
           opposed
           as
           the
           troublers
           of
           our
           
             Israel
             .
          
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           what
           ever
           our
           Ministers
           are
           ,
           or
           doe
           ,
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           land
           are
           too
           strong
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           our
           people
           remaine
           unsubdued
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
           Yea
           which
           is
           yet
           worse
           ,
           the
           very
           judgements
           of
           God
           have
           wrought
           little
           upon
           us
           ,
           all
           the
           long
           and
           
           heavy
           
             pressures
          
           of
           the
           
             Neighbour
             Churches
             ,
          
           his
           rods
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           terrible
           and
           wasting
           
             pestilences
          
           and
           
             famine
             ,
          
           his
           
             blasting
          
           all
           our
           
             enterprises
             ,
          
           his
           scaring
           us
           with
           
             rumors
             of
             warres
             and
             bloud
          
           prevaile
           nothing
           ;
           wee
           still
           grow
           worse
           and
           worse
           :
           Indeed
           if
           any
           sin
           grow
           out
           of
           fashion
           ,
           (
           as
           cloathes
           doe
           )
           then
           wee
           leave
           it
           ,
           otherwise
           wee
           goe
           on
           boldly
           and
           impudently
           ,
           let
           God
           threaten
           or
           doe
           what
           he
           will
           .
           And
           all
           these
           evils
           are
           aggravated
           by
           being
           committed
           
           against
           greater
           meanes
           and
           mercies
           ,
           than
           any
           nation
           under
           Heaven
           enjoyes
           this
           day
           besides
           our selves
           .
        
         
           And
           which
           is
           yet
           sadder
           ,
           (
           oh
           that
           I
           were
           mistakē
           upon
           condition
           I
           were
           tyed
           to
           a
           recantation
           )
           our
           dealing
           
             this
             last
             year
          
           is
           more
           injurious
           against
           God
           ,
           than
           heretofore
           .
           The
           Lord
           hath
           gathered
           such
           an
           Assembly
           of
           Noble
           Peeres
           and
           Commons
           ,
           who
           have
           done
           such
           great
           things
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           us
           began
           to
           hope
           our
           
             Pilgrimage
          
           through
           this
           wildernesse
           had
           beene
           almost
           ended
           ,
           and
           that
           
             England
          
           would
           
             now
          
           turne
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             and
             become
             a
             people
             zealous
             of
          
           
           
             good
             workes
             :
          
           But
           verily
           so
           far
           as
           I
           can
           understand
           ,
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Nation
           makes
           little
           other
           use
           of
           all
           the
           mercies
           of
           this
           last
           yeare
           ,
           but
           to
           abuse
           all
           the
           liberties
           procured
           both
           for
           Church
           and
           Common
           
           wealth
           ,
           to
           greater
           and
           bolder
           sinning
           against
           God
           :
           and
           now
           also
           ,
           which
           yet
           speakes
           more
           sadly
           ,
           the
           
             Lord
             God
          
           beginnes
           to
           appeare
           against
           us
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           permitting
           many
           
             unexpected
             blocks
          
           and
           
             rubbs
             ,
          
           huge
           trees
           cast
           in
           the
           way
           of
           our
           Worthies
           that
           they
           cannot
           march
           on
           in
           their
           strength
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           much
           
             expected
             Reformation
          
           stickes
           long
           in
           the
           birth
           ;
           but
           God
           hath
           drawne
           out
           ,
           and
           fourbished
           
           the
           sword
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           begin
           to
           drinke
           blood
           in
           the
           Neighbour
           Nation
           ,
           which
           when
           it
           once
           begins
           to
           drinke
           ,
           seldome
           is
           put
           up
           againe
           ,
           till
           it
           bee
           drunke
           with
           blood
           :
           this
           God
           hath
           suffered
           to
           bee
           drawne
           out
           upon
           our
           deare
           brethren
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           upon
           our
           owne
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           a
           Nation
           ,
           by
           whom
           (
           though
           they
           may
           seeme
           contemptible
           to
           some
           ,
           as
           being
           barbarous
           ,
           unarmed
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           )
           wee
           may
           feare
           that
           God
           will
           plague
           us
           ,
           because
           wee
           have
           not
           laboured
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           God
           and
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           
             Mene
             tekel
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           grant
           that
           being
           put
           into
           the
           ballance
           we
           be
           not
           found
           too
           light
           .
        
         
           
           What
           shall
           wee
           doe
           then
           ?
           First
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           
             not
             that
             England
             shall
             be
             ruined
             ;
          
           I
           say
           not
           so
           :
           but
           beleeve
           that
           great
           is
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           which
           is
           kindled
           against
           us
           ,
           that
           wee
           stand
           upon
           ill
           termes
           before
           
           him
           ;
           that
           though
           he
           may
           save
           us
           by
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           yet
           if
           hee
           proceed
           with
           us
           at
           common
           Law
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           usuall
           rule
           with
           other
           Nations
           ,
           wee
           are
           in
           great
           danger
           to
           be
           utterly
           lost
           .
           I
           presse
           this
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           a
           secure
           nation
           ,
           not
           willing
           to
           beleeve
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           disturbe
           our
           ease
           .
           One
           
             Zedekiah
          
           who
           will
           preach
           pleasing
           
           things
           ,
           shall
           bee
           beleeved
           more
           then
           twenty
           
             Micaiahs
             :
          
           such
           as
           tell
           us
           wee
           are
           the
           most
           flourishing
           Church
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           strongest
           people
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           all
           other
           Nations
           court
           us
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           owne
           hands
           full
           ,
           the
           Irish
           be
           onely
           discontented
           ,
           weake
           men
           ,
           and
           will
           soone
           be
           quieted
           :
           such
           I
           say
           shall
           be
           beleeved
           more
           then
           an
           hundred
           
             Ieremies
             ,
          
           who
           would
           put
           us
           in
           feare
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           that
           
             Honorius
          
           the
           Emperour
           lying
           at
           his
           pleasure
           at
           
             Ravenna
             ,
          
           
           when
           newes
           was
           brought
           him
           that
           
             Rome
          
           was
           taken
           and
           spoyled
           ,
           hee
           thought
           they
           had
           meant
           a
           fighting
           Cock
           which
           he
           called
           
             Rome
             :
          
           so
           when
           we
           are
           told
           of
           danger
           ,
           wee
           slight
           all
           that
           is
           spoken
           ,
           &
           believe
           nothing
           in
           that
           kind
           :
           But
           the
           Lord
           grant
           that
           this
           security
           of
           ours
           bee
           not
           a
           
             Calme
          
           before
           an
           
             earthquake
             :
             When
             they
             say
             peace
             ,
             peace
             ,
             then
             sudden
             destruction
          
           
           
             comes
             upon
             them
             .
          
           But
           let
           us
           
             believe
          
           and
           
             tremble
             :
          
           the
           
             Wise
             man
             never
             hides
             himself
             till
             he
             sees
             the
             evill
             comming
             ;
          
           and
           
           the
           first
           step
           to
           
             Ninevehs
          
           peace
           was
           their
           believing
           that
           
             God
          
           was
           comming
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           
           But
           you
           will
           say
           that
           is
           the
           way
           to
           discourage
           men
           ,
           &
           you
           do
           not
           well
           to
           discourage
           thē
           in
           whose
           hand
           &
           courage
           our
           welfare
           lyes
           .
           Oh
           beloved
           ,
           let
           me
           not
           be
           so
           interpreted
           ;
           were
           this
           objection
           fit
           in
           other
           cases
           ?
           suppose
           one
           should
           come
           and
           truly
           tell
           us
           the
           
             enemy
          
           were
           landed
           ,
           the
           
             Sea
          
           were
           broke
           in
           ,
           the
           
             House
          
           or
           
             City
             ,
          
           were
           on
           fire
           ,
           were
           it
           fit
           to
           object
           ,
           oh
           say
           not
           so
           ,
           you
           will
           discourage
           men
           ?
           Discourage
           or
           not
           discourage
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           not
           told
           ,
           how
           shall
           the
           enemy
           be
           driven
           back
           ,
           the
           
           breach
           of
           waters
           stopped
           ,
           or
           the
           fire
           quenched
           ?
           But
           neither
           need
           this
           discourage
           ,
           but
           rather
           furnish
           us
           with
           matter
           of
           humiliation
           &
           action
           .
           
             Iosiah
             sate
             down
             and
             wept
             ,
          
           when
           he
           understood
           Gods
           wrath
           was
           kindled
           ,
           &
           
             fell
             to
             reformation
             .
             Ezra
             rent
             his
             garment
             and
             plucked
             off
             his
             haire
             ,
          
           and
           
             fell
             to
             his
             work
             ,
          
           &
           so
           let
           us
           do
           :
           Let
           us
           believe
           that
           Gods
           displeasure
           is
           against
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           
             feare
          
           before
           this
           
             Great
          
           God
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           get
           his
           wrath
           turned
           quite
           away
           ;
           &
           that
           is
           the
           second
           Use
           .
        
         
           2
           Let
           us
           all
           labour
           in
           the
           right
           way
           to
           turn
           this
           wrath
           of
           
           God
           from
           us
           ,
           &
           that
           ,
           First
           ,
           by
           mourning
           under
           it
           ;
           God
           looks
           we
           should
           be
           ashamed
           when
           he
           spits
           in
           our
           face
           ,
           and
           takes
           it
           wonderfull
           unkindly
           ,
           if
           we
           
             tremble
             not
          
           when
           this
           
             Lion
             roares
             .
          
           Consider
           seriously
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           
             Esay
          
           22.
           
           There
           you
           shal
           see
           an
           enemy
           was
           comming
           against
           
             Ierusalem
          
           &
           God
           was
           much
           displeased
           ,
           because
           they
           took
           not
           the
           right
           way
           for
           their
           safety
           ,
           and
           so
           ill
           that
           he
           said
           that
           iniquity
           should
           never
           be
           purged
           from
           thē
           till
           they
           dyed
           ,
           &
           yet
           see
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           
             they
             scoured
             
             up
             their
             armour
             ,
          
           they
           
             gathered
             the
             waters
             ,
          
           that
           the
           enemy
           might
           have
           no
           benefit
           by
           them
           ,
           they
           
             repaired
             the
             breaches
             in
             the
             wals
             ,
             made
             a
             deep
             ditch
          
           for
           greater
           fortification
           :
           what
           hurt
           was
           there
           in
           all
           this
           ?
           Oh
           but
           they
           begun
           at
           the
           wrong
           end
           :
           the
           Lord
           called
           thē
           to
           
             weeping
             and
             mourning
             ,
             and
             to
             baldnes
             ,
             and
             to
             girding
             with
             sackcloth
             ,
          
           to
           tremble
           before
           him
           because
           of
           his
           wrath
           ,
           and
           this
           they
           regarded
           not
           ,
           and
           therefore
           God
           would
           never
           pardon
           it
           .
           Till
           therfore
           we
           mourn
           because
           of
           
             Gods
          
           displeasure
           ,
           all
           other
           meanes
           of
           welfare
           will
           faile
           of
           that
           comfortable
           effect
           which
           we
           desire
           .
           I
           know
           the
           world
           makes
           a
           scorn
           of
           this
           ,
           
             you
             are
             one
             of
             the
             mourners
             ,
          
           but
           let
           our
           soules
           be
           numbred
           among
           those
           
             mourners
             ;
          
           God
           will
           
             restore
             comfort
             to
             these
             mourners
             :
          
           and
           no
           man
           knowes
           the
           power
           which
           these
           poore
           mourners
           have
           to
           turne
           away
           Gods
           wrath
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           must
           mourn
           for
           this
           fulnesse
           of
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           so
           every
           one
           must
           help
           to
           
             empty
             the
             vessel
             ,
          
           as
           we
           have
           helped
           to
           fill
           it
           :
           the
           fuller
           our
           vessel
           is
           with
           sin
           ,
           the
           neerer
           our
           ruine
           is
           ,
           &
           if
           we
           could
           knock
           out
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           vessel
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           meanes
           empty
           it
           ,
           Gods
           wrath
           would
           passe
           away
           with
           our
           sins
           :
           oh
           help
           to
           empty
           it
           ,
           your
           Atheisme
           ,
           your
           prophanenesse
           ,
           your
           opposing
           of
           good
           men
           ,
           &
           good
           causes
           ,
           your
           adulteries
           ,
           lies
           ,
           &c.
           get
           them
           out
           by
           all
           meanes
           ;
           all
           Gods
           threatnings
           speak
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           the
           waves
           of
           the
           Sea
           seemed
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           Mariners
           in
           the
           first
           of
           
             Ionah
             .
             Ionah
          
           had
           told
           them
           that
           the
           tempest
           came
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           till
           he
           was
           cast
           over
           the
           sea
           would
           never
           be
           quiet
           ,
           yet
           they
           rowed
           hard
           to
           carry
           
             Ionah
             to
             land
             ,
          
           but
           the
           waves
           seemed
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           cast
           
             Ionah
          
           over
           board
           ,
           or
           we
           wil
           fetch
           you
           over-board
           .
           Out
           therfore
           with
           your
           lusts
           ,
           God
           hath
           no
           other
           quarrell
           against
           us
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           
             afflict
             us
             willingly
             ,
          
           he
           saith
           to
           us
           as
           
             Ioab
          
           said
           to
           the
           wise
           woman
           of
           
             Abel
             ,
          
           
           farre
           be
           it
           from
           me
           to
           swallow
           up
           or
           destroy
           a
           City
           in
           Israel
           deliver
           only
           
             Sheba
             the
             Son
             of
             Bichri
             ,
          
           or
           throw
           his
           head
           over
           the
           wall
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           gone
           .
           Do
           thou
           so
           ,
           finde
           out
           all
           thy
           beloved
           sins
           ,
           say
           to
           thy
           darling
           lust
           ,
           as
           
             Iunius
             Brutus
          
           said
           to
           his
           
             son
             ,
             thou
             villain
             ,
             shal
             I
             nourish
             thee
             to
             destroy
             the
             Common-wealth
             ?
             &
             stabs
             
             him
             :
          
           shal
           I
           walk
           in
           these
           wayes
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           ?
           the
           Lord
           rather
           strike
           me
           dead
           with
           a
           Thunderbolt
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           every
           one
           ,
           begin
           to
           sweep
           before
           our
           own
           door
           ,
           and
           we
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           the
           whole
           street
           may
           be
           made
           cleane
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           and
           lastly
           (
           right
           Honourable
           &
           Beloved
           )
           you
           are
           to
           be
           our
           Physitians
           ,
           and
           repairers
           of
           our
           breaches
           ;
           the
           
             horns
          
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           begin
           to
           push
           at
           us
           ,
           you
           are
           the
           
             Carpenters
          
           that
           must
           cut
           off
           these
           horns
           :
           I
           therefore
           make
           this
           humble
           fuit
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           you
           have
           besought
           his
           Matie
           to
           call
           a
           day
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           throughout
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           we
           hope
           we
           shall
           have
           many
           more
           ,
           till
           the
           fierce
           wrath
           of
           God
           be
           turned
           away
           )
           so
           in
           all
           your
           thoughts
           to
           do
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           &
           
             Ireland
          
           good
           ,
           you
           would
           set
           down
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           turning
           away
           of
           Godswrath
           is
           of
           greatest
           consequence
           :
           if
           you
           let
           God
           go
           on
           to
           be
           angry
           ,
           do
           what
           you
           can
           we
           shal
           lose
           all
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           .
           Thus
           did
           
             Iosiah
             ,
          
           when
           once
           he
           understood
           out
           of
           the
           
           Book
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Lords
             wrath
          
           was
           kindled
           ,
           he
           presently
           sends
           to
           
             Hulda
          
           the
           Prophetesse
           ,
           to
           enquire
           what
           was
           to
           be
           done
           that
           they
           might
           quench
           it
           ,
           esteeming
           all
           other
           busines
           unseasonable
           and
           fruitless
           ,
           while
           that
           fire
           was
           burning
           .
           And
           here
           I
           shall
           only
           in
           a
           few
           words
           commend
           to
           you
           the
           example
           and
           practice
           of
           this
           brave
           King
           ,
           whom
           this
           Text
           so
           magnifies
           .
           1.
           
           He
           
             mourns
             ,
          
           and
           cals
           all
           the
           people
           to
           mourn
           with
           
           him
           :
           and
           that
           through
           Gods
           mercy
           you
           have
           done
           .
           2.
           
           He
           goes
           out
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           whereof
           you
           heard
           more
           in
           the
           forenoon
           ,
           &
           breaking
           down
           all
           the
           
             Images
             and
             relicks
             of
             Idolatry
             :
          
           the
           Lord
           set
           it
           close
           to
           your
           hearts
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           leave
           nothing
           which
           is
           contrary
           to
           Gods
           pure
           worship
           .
           3.
           
           
             He
             executed
             the
             justice
             and
             vengeance
             of
             God
             upon
             the
             Instruments
             of
             the
             kingdoms
             ruine
             ,
             the
             idolatrous
             Priests
             ,
             digging
             the
             very
             bones
             of
             some
             of
             them
             out
             of
             their
             graves
             :
          
           the
           same
           Lord
           direct
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           your
           great
           wisedomes
           you
           may
           be
           as
           the
           Angels
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           discern
           what
           is
           to
           be
           done
           with
           them
           who
           have
           been
           the
           troublers
           of
           our
           peace
           ,
           &
           the
           greatest
           kindlers
           of
           Gods
           
           wrath
           against
           us
           :
           spare
           whom
           ye
           may
           spare
           with
           Gods
           good
           will
           ;
           but
           remember
           ,
           it
           is
           foolish
           pity
           that
           destroyes
           a
           City
           let
           not
           the
           men
           escape
           ,
           whom
           God
           appoints
           out
           to
           punishment
           .
           4.
           
           He
           resolves
           to
           
             reform
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             worship
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             set
             it
             up
             ,
             and
             maintain
             it
             according
             to
             the
             word
             :
          
           and
           
           to
           that
           end
           he
           cals
           together
           the
           
             Priests
             ,
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             the
             Elders
             of
             Iudah
             and
             Ierusalem
             ,
             &
             with
             them
             enters
             into
             a
             covenant
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             walk
             after
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             his
             commandments
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           O
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           put
           it
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           you
           all
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ;
           you
           know
           what
           you
           have
           bin
           often
           petitioned
           for
           ,
           
             the
             God
             of
             all
             wisdom
          
           direct
           you
           in
           due
           time
           to
           proceed
           in
           this
           cause
           ,
           and
           if
           in
           your
           wisdomes
           you
           shall
           find
           it
           fitting
           that
           a
           
             grave
             Synod
             of
             Divines
          
           should
           be
           called
           ,
           to
           
             inform
          
           your
           
             consciences
          
           what
           is
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           follow
           the
           direction
           of
           Gods
           word
           in
           it
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           And
           then
           fo●
           the
           manner
           .
           Hee
           did
           all
           
             according
             to
             Gods
             law
             ,
          
           he
           consulted
           not
           with
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           enquired
           not
           into
           terms
           o●
           
           policy
           ,
           how
           far
           the
           state
           would
           bear
           it
           ,
           or
           how
           far
           the
           people
           would
           concur
           without
           grumbling
           :
           but
           did
           according
           to
           〈◊〉
           which
           God
           had
           appointed
           in
           his
           word
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           he
           did
           it
           with
           
             zeal
             and
             fervency
             ,
          
           he
           laid
           not
           out
           his
           strength
           in
           his
           own
           cause
           ,
           &
           then
           use
           diversions
           and
           diminutions
           in
           Gods
           cause
           but
           there
           was
           his
           strength
           laid
           out
           ,
           where
           he
           knew
           Gods
           iealousie
           lay
           .
           The
           Lord
           make
           you
           such
           
             Iosiahs
             ,
          
           such
           zealous
           men
           what
           
             Anakims
          
           or
           
             Gyants
          
           would
           you
           prove
           ;
           you
           might
           (
           with
           
             Briareus
          
           the
           
             Gyant
          
           with
           100
           hands
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           Poets
           feign
           
           take
           thunder-bolts
           out
           of
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           save
           you selvs
           ,
           your
           families
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           .
           Go
           on
           ,
           ye
           
             Worthies
             of
             t
             〈…〉
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           thus
           deliver
           us
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           healing
           ,
           any
           deliverance
           ,
           you
           shall
           be
           our
           Saviours
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           none
           ,
           you
           may
           
           with
           
             Iosiah
          
           get
           the
           iudgment
           respited
           for
           your
           life
           time
           :
           le
           〈…〉
           the
           
             worst
          
           come
           ,
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Lord
           shall
           not
           only
           be
           yo
           〈…〉
           
             reward
             ,
          
           but
           your
           
             rereward
             ,
          
           your
           
             safety
             :
          
           you
           shall
           deliver
           yo
           〈…〉
           
             soules
             ,
          
           and
           your
           
             children
          
           after
           you
           shall
           be
           blessed
           .
           Do
           th
           〈…〉
           and
           the
           Lord
           God
           be
           with
           you
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A52049e-240
           
             Introduction
             .
          
           
             1
             King.
             1●
             
          
           
             Introduction
             .
          
           
             2
             Chr
             33.
             
          
           
             2
             Chro.
             34.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Chr.
             2
             4
             31.
             32.
             33
             
          
           
             The
             scope
             of
             the
             Text
             and
             parts
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Observation
             from
             the
             connexion
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             5.
             
             Josh.
             23.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             King.
             53.
             4
             
          
           
             In
             two
             branches
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Branch
             ,
             The
             endeavours
             of
             rare
             instruments
             may
             come
             to
             nothing
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             King.
             18
             19.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             15.
             10.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             20.
             9.
             
          
           
             See
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             Matth.
             23.
             34.
             37.
             
             Act.
             7.
             52.
             
             Heb
             11.
             37.
             38.
             
          
           
             Second
             Branch
             .
             Yet
             themselves
             highly
             magnified
             and
             rewarded
             by
             God
             .
          
           
             Esay
             49.
             2.
             3.
             1.
             Thes.
             2.
             7
             
          
           
             Application
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Doct.
             1.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             3.
             
          
           
             First
             Doctrine
             from
             the
             Text
             ,
             that
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             is
             exceeding
             fierce
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             2.
             
          
           
             Explain
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Quest
               .
            
             1.
             
             What
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             is
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             The
             fiercenesse
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             
          
           
             
               Quest
               .
               2.
               
               Answ.
            
             Psal.
             9●
             .
             11
             The
             fiercenesse
             of
             it
             illustrated
             from
             divers
             comparisons
             .
          
           
             Amos
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             18.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             〈◊〉
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1●
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             By
             the
             effects
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Zach.
             13.
             7.
             
          
           
             Luk
             ,
             22.
             41
             
          
           
             3.
             
             From
             the
             cause
             of
             its
             
          
           
             
               Quest
            
             3.
             
             Who
             are
             the
             objects
             of
             this
             wrath
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             Deut.
             4.
             21.
             2
             Sam.
             11.
             27.
             
             Psa.
             89
             ,
             3●
             .
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Applic●●
             .
             To
             praise
             God
             for
             deliverance
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             2
             Not
             to
             covie
             the
             prosperity
             of
             such
             as
             are
             under
             it
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             73.
             3.
             Ier
             12.
             1.
             
          
           
             3
             To
             help
             forward
             our
             repentance
             .
          
           
             In
             humiliation
             for
             sin
             ,
             which
             hath
             kindled
             it
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             13
             1●
             
          
           
             How
             this
             may
             bee
             done
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             12.
             27.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             5.
             1●
             .
          
           
             Rarò
             antecedentem
             scelestum
             descruit
             pede
             poena
             claudo
             ,
             
               Horace
               .
            
          
           
             2
             For
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             Meditation
             of
             wrath
             how
             it
             may
             promote
             it
             .
             Esay
             33.
             14.
             
          
           
             Iob
             36.
             18.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             To
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             o
             make
             it
             their
             great
             care
             to
             pacific
             it
             .
          
           
             Doct.
             2
             :
             In
             reformation
             God
             may
             goe
             on
             to
             desolation
             
          
           
             God
             may
             go
             on
             to
             desolation
             .
          
           
             Proved
             by
             Scripture
             .
             2
             Chro.
             34.
             
          
           
             Ionah
             3.
             
          
           
             Act.
             21
             2●
             .
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             That
             this
             may
             be
             known
             .
          
           
             And
             how
             far
             it
             may
             be
             known
             .
          
           
             Psa.
             106
             23
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             36
             
          
           
             And
             how
             it
             may
             be
             known
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             28.
             
          
           
             Fulnesse
             of
             sin
             the
             evidence
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             15.
             16.
             
          
           
             Why
             God
             defers
             till
             sin
             be
             full
             .
          
           
             Esay
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             How
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             a
             Peoples
             sin
             may
             be
             known
             .
          
           
             What
             sins
             are
             desolating
             sins
             .
          
           
             Idolatry
             .
          
           
             Levit.
             18.
             28
             
             Deut.
             9
             5.
             
          
           
             Ezek
             8.
             
             Ezek.
             43.
             8.
             
             Hos.
             13.
             
          
           
             Esay
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             Prophanesse
             and
             contempt
             of
             Gods
             Ordinances
             ,
             day
             ,
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             22.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             Zeph.
             28.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Sins
             destructive
             to
             humane
             society
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             11.
             
             Jon.
             3.
             8.
             
             Ezek.
             22.
             3.
             4.
             6.
             9.
             12.
             
             Hos
             12
             7.
             
             Hos.
             4.
             2.
             
             Sensuall
             lusts
             of
             drunkennesse
             and
             uncleannesse
             .
          
           
             Hos.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             4.
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             Esay
             28.
             1.
             3.
             ver.
             7.
             8.
             
             The
             generality
             of
             these
             sins
             .
             Gen.
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             Esay
             1.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             15.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Yet
             to
             be
             understood
             with
             a
             caution
             .
          
           
             The
             aggravation
             of
             these
             sins
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             9.
             12.
             
             This
             is
             the
             very
             argument
             of
             the
             whole
             Chapter
             of
             the
             second
             of
             
               Ieremy
               .
            
             See
             also
             Mic.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             41
             9.
             2.
             Sam.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Incorrigiblenesse
             of
             these
             sins
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             too
             strong
             for
             
          
           
             Conscience
             and
             shame
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             2.
             14.
             
             Es.
             3
             9.
             
          
           
             For
             prayers
             examples
             &
             counsells
             of
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             Iob
             22.
             ult.
          
           
             Esay
             .
             57.
             1.
             Gen.
             19.
             
          
           
             18.
             
             Gen.
             33.
             
             Ier.
             14
             11.
             
          
           
             For
             Magistrates
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             which
             comes
             to
             passe
             either
             ,
          
           
             When
             they
             take
             part
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             9.
             7
             ,
          
           
             Ezek.
             22.
             15.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ordare
             not
             oppose
             it
             .
          
           
             See
             also
             Ier.
             5.
             1.
             
             Or
             doing
             their
             duty
             cannot
             yet
             prevaile
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             judgements
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             Zeph.
             3.
             6
             7.
             
          
           
             Ames
             4.
             
          
           
             V.
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             What
             kind
             of
             Reformation
             may
             meet
             with
             desolation
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             18.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ezek
             4.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             3.
             20.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             22.
             43.
             44
             ,
             45.
             
          
           
             Whether
             this
             may
             be
             thought
             to
             bee
             our
             own
             case
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             4
             19.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             hoped
             that
             we
             are
             not
             yet
             in
             that
             condition
             .
          
           
             And
             why
             .
          
           
             Yet
             feared
             that
             we
             are
             very
             neare
             it
             .
          
           
             because
             all
             these
             sinnes
             are
             found
             amongst
             us
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             in
             great
             measure
             ,
             which
             prevailes
             
          
           
             over
             Magistrates
             .
          
           
             Ministers
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             very
             judgements
             .
          
           
             and
             mercies
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             And
             God
             begins
             to
             appeare
             against
             us
             .
          
           
             and
             wherein
             .
          
           
             Application
             to
             our selves
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             to
             beleeve
             that
             we
             are
             in
             danger
             ,
          
           
             1
             King
             22.
             
             Which
             we
             are
             loth
             to
             doe
             .
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             5.
             3.
             Prov.
             22.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ion.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             But
             till
             we
             doe
             it
             our
             danger
             encreases
             :
          
           
             And
             wee
             shal
             never
             use
             the
             rightmeans
             for
             sa●●●
             .
             2
             
               Kings
            
             22.
             
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
            
             To
             prevent
             it
             ,
             First
             by
             mourning
             for
             it
             .
             
               Num.
               12
               14
               Amos
               3.
               v
            
             9
             &c.
             
          
           
             By
             p
             〈…〉
             onall
             〈…〉
             formation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam
             ,
             20.
             20.
             
          
           
             What
             the
             Parliament
             should
             do
             for
             our
             safety
             .
          
           
             Following
             Iosiahs
             example
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             mourning
             ,
             because
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             .
             2
             
               Kin.
               2●
               .
               11
               ,
               &c.
            
             2
             Rooting
             out
             idolatry
             ,
             &c.
             
             3
             Inexecution
             of
             Gods
             vengeance
             upon
             his
             enemies
             .
          
           
             1
             
               Kin.
            
             20.
             42
             4.
             
             Insetting
             up
             and
             maintaining
             Gods
             true
             Religion
             and
             Worship
             .
             2
             
               Kin
               23.
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Exactly
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Word
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             with
             all
             their
             strength
             .
          
           
             Encouragement
             thereunto
             .
             
               Obad.
               21.
               
               Esay
            
             58.
             8.