Divine poems (by way of paraphrase) on the Ten commandments illustrated with twelve copper plates, shewing how personal punishments has been inflicted on the transgressors of these Commandments, as is recorded in the Holy Scriptures : also a metrical paraphrase upon the Creed and Lords prayer / written by George Wither.
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             Divine poems (by way of paraphrase) on the Ten commandments illustrated with twelve copper plates, shewing how personal punishments has been inflicted on the transgressors of these Commandments, as is recorded in the Holy Scriptures : also a metrical paraphrase upon the Creed and Lords prayer / written by George Wither.
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           Divine
           Poems
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Paraphrase
           )
           ON
           THE
           TEN
           Commandments
           .
           Illustrated
           with
           Twelve
           Copper
           Plates
           ,
           shewing
           how
           Personal
           Punishments
           has
           been
           inflicted
           on
           the
           Transgressors
           of
           these
           Commandments
           ,
           as
           is
           Recorded
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scripture
           .
           
             Never
             before
             printed
          
           .
           Also
           a
           Metrical
           Paraphrase
           upon
           the
           Creed
           and
           Lords
           Prayer
           .
           Written
           by
           
             George
             Wither
          
           
             Esque
          
           Author
           of
           
             Brittains
             Remembrancer
          
           .
        
         
           Psal
           .
           119.
           5.
           
        
         
           Would
           God
           my
           ways
           were
           so
           directed
           that
           I
           might
           keep
           thy
           Statutes
           .
        
         
           
             Licensed
             according
             to
             Order
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             S.
          
           And
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             R.
             Janeway
          
           in
           
             Queens
             Head
             Ally
          
           in
           
             Pater
             Noster
             Row.
          
           1688.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           all
           such
           as
           have
           formerly
           been
           Friends
           to
           the
           Author
           ,
           his
           Daughter
           and
           only
           surviving
           Child
           Dedicates
           these
           Meditations
           .
        
         
           IT
           was
           seldom
           my
           Fathers
           practice
           ,
           (
           especially
           of
           late
           years
           ,
           )
           to
           Dedicate
           his
           Works
           to
           particular
           or
           great
           Persons
           ;
           And
           did
           I
           attempt
           any
           euch
           thing
           now
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           afraid
           lest
           I
           might
           disturb
           his
           rest
           in
           the
           Grave
           .
           All
           you
           therefore
           that
           had
           a
           
           kindness
           as
           well
           for
           his
           Person
           as
           his
           Works
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           accept
           of
           my
           good
           will
           in
           sending
           this
           Relique
           of
           his
           abroad
           in
           publick
           ;
           Which
           though
           it
           hath
           been
           written
           some
           considerable
           time
           ,
           is
           but
           lately
           minded
           or
           come
           to
           hand
           .
           And
           however
           it
           happened
           to
           be
           bundled
           up
           with
           other
           old
           Writings
           (
           where
           I
           found
           it
           )
           yet
           I
           verily
           believe
           it
           was
           designed
           for
           the
           Press
           by
           thos
           many
           alterations
           he
           had
           made
           ,
           which
           had
           so
           blur'd
           the
           Original
           Copy
           ,
           that
           I
           
           was
           forced
           to
           get
           it
           Transcribed
           before
           it
           was
           fit
           for
           my self
           or
           any
           body
           else
           to
           read
           :
           And
           having
           now
           perused
           it
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           in
           conscience
           conceal
           such
           necessary
           Truths
           as
           are
           therein
           contained
           ,
           in
           hopes
           that
           it
           may
           take
           the
           effect
           himself
           desires
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Reader
           exprest
           in
           his
           Prayer
           ;
           believing
           ,
           that
           that
           good
           Spirit
           which
           first
           dictated
           those
           Petitionary
           words
           will
           accompany
           them
           to
           the
           Worlds
           end
           .
           And
           then
           I
           also
           believe
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           have
           
           done
           in
           making
           this
           publick
           will
           be
           acceptable
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           which
           that
           it
           may
           ,
           shall
           ever
           be
           the
           Prayers
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             assured
             Friend
             in
             all
             Offices
             of
             Love
             and
             Service
             E.
             B.
             
          
           
             From
             my
             Lodgings
             at
             Mr.
             Snowdens
             a
             Printer
             ,
             at
             the
             lower
             end
             of
             Great
             Carter-lane
             ,
             
               the
               23d
               of
               April
               ,
               1688.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           THE
           Copper
           Plates
           mentioned
           in
           my
           Fathers
           following
           Epistle
           ,
           in
           some
           of
           his
           removals
           from
           one
           Habitation
           to
           another
           have
           been
           lost
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           get
           new
           ones
           made
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           IN
           that
           great
           Plague
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           I
           believe
           )
           was
           the
           most
           contagious
           Pestilence
           that
           euer
           afflicted
           this
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           enclose
           me
           there
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           me
           grace
           to
           make
           such
           observations
           upon
           his
           Justice
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           (
           however
           others
           esteem
           of
           them
           )
           shall
           never
           of
           me
           be
           forgotten
           during
           life
           .
        
         
           A
           while
           before
           this
           last
           Visitation
           ,
           the
           same
           gracious
           God
           provided
           me
           a
           little
           place
           to
           escape
           unto
           ,
           where
           I
           did
           but
           only
           
           hear
           of
           that
           which
           my
           Brethren
           suffered
           ,
           and
           therefore
           (
           as
           I
           may
           well
           fear
           )
           was
           not
           so
           sensible
           of
           their
           misery
           as
           I
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           .
        
         
           Yet
           I
           was
           not
           altogether
           without
           Meditations
           as
           became
           the
           time
           ,
           (
           but
           as
           the
           necessities
           wherewithal
           God
           hath
           yet
           exercised
           me
           would
           give
           leave
           )
           endeavoured
           to
           employ
           some
           hours
           in
           the
           consideration
           of
           things
           pertinent
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           my
           Preserver
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           not
           appear
           less
           thankful
           for
           this
           deliverance
           ,
           which
           was
           without
           Terror
           ,
           than
           I
           seemed
           to
           be
           for
           that
           which
           I
           obtained
           with
           fear
           and
           danger
           .
        
         
           Part
           of
           my
           Musings
           were
           upon
           the
           
             Moral
             Law
          
           ,
           the
           neglect
           whereof
           (
           being
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           Plagues
           )
           is
           never
           impertinently
           thought
           upon
           ,
           much
           less
           when
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           is
           extended
           to
           chastise
           us
           for
           infringment
           of
           the
           same
           .
           And
           what
           I
           then
           meditated
           ,
           
           is
           now
           offered
           unto
           the
           publick
           view
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           the
           oftner
           occasion
           me
           and
           others
           to
           be
           mindful
           of
           our
           Duties
           .
        
         
           Neither
           my
           Estate
           ,
           nor
           the
           place
           I
           lived
           in
           would
           afford
           me
           the
           use
           of
           Books
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           therefore
           instead
           of
           them
           I
           perused
           mine
           own
           Heart
           to
           to
           see
           what
           I
           could
           read
           there
           :
           For
           in
           the
           
             Heart
             of
             Man
          
           it
           was
           originally
           written
           .
           And
           though
           our
           corruption
           hath
           now
           so
           defaced
           it
           that
           we
           need
           some
           helps
           to
           explain
           the
           essential
           meaning
           of
           the
           Holy
           Text
           long
           since
           written
           in
           Stone
           ;
           Yet
           if
           we
           would
           but
           be
           so
           diligent
           as
           good
           Antiquaries
           in
           examining
           defective
           Inscriptions
           upon
           decayed
           Monuments
           ,
           we
           might
           sometime
           find
           the
           Truth
           more
           certainly
           than
           by
           trusting
           over-confidently
           to
           the
           search
           of
           others
           ,
           who
           many
           times
           deliver
           their
           own
           Fancies
           instead
           of
           the
           right
           meaning
           of
           Gods
           Law.
           
        
         
         
           Others
           I
           confess
           (
           though
           not
           many
           in
           the
           
             English
             Tongue
          
           )
           have
           to
           this
           purpose
           devulged
           large
           Commentaries
           But
           some
           want
           Money
           to
           purchase
           them
           ,
           and
           some
           want
           leisure
           to
           peruse
           them
           :
           for
           they
           are
           so
           large
           that
           many
           Readers
           had
           rather
           venture
           to
           break
           all
           the
           Commandments
           than
           to
           scan
           over
           those
           Tracts
           ;
           and
           yet
           perhaps
           these
           brief
           Meditations
           have
           expressed
           somewhat
           which
           is
           not
           found
           in
           any
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           profess
           not
           (
           as
           I
           have
           elsewhere
           said
           )
           to
           teach
           the
           Learned
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           unto
           them
           a
           Remembrancer
           only
           of
           what
           they
           already
           know
           (
           which
           will
           otherwhile
           happen
           by
           this
           means
           even
           when
           they
           take
           up
           my
           Books
           to
           peruse
           them
           with
           contempt
           rather
           than
           for
           any
           better
           end
           )
           yet
           they
           who
           are
           as
           Ingenious
           as
           Learned
           ,
           have
           entertained
           them
           with
           good
           respect
           as
           not
           unuseful
           .
        
         
         
           The
           same
           Spiritual
           nourishment
           which
           others
           have
           tendred
           more
           artificially
           dressed
           for
           the
           publick
           Feasts
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           I
           have
           here
           and
           elsewhere
           indifferently
           fitted
           for
           their
           private
           refreshments
           ,
           who
           are
           best
           nourished
           with
           plain
           Diet
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           heretofore
           wanted
           either
           opportunities
           or
           due
           care
           to
           come
           to
           those
           Repasts
           .
           And
           if
           I
           can
           but
           find
           means
           to
           relieve
           the
           Blind
           and
           Lame
           in
           understanding
           ,
           till
           a
           more
           powerful
           means
           shall
           fetch
           them
           from
           the
           Hedges
           and
           High-way-sides
           to
           be
           Guests
           at
           the
           great
           Banquet
           ,
           I
           shall
           hope
           to
           have
           done
           somewhat
           worth
           my
           pains
           .
        
         
           Ignorant
           persons
           may
           be
           advantaged
           hereby
           mediately
           or
           immediately
           ;
           by
           receiving
           Information
           or
           occasion
           of
           Reformation
           :
           yea
           the
           Composing
           thereof
           in
           Verse
           will
           cause
           many
           to
           be
           the
           more
           delighted
           therewith
           ;
           Some
           the
           better
           to
           remember
           it
           ,
           others
           out
           of
           curiosity
           to
           take
           
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           may
           afterward
           give
           it
           more
           serious
           entertainment
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           all
           good
           men
           will
           afford
           it
           a
           favourable
           censure
           so
           far
           as
           it
           shall
           deliver
           the
           Truth
           .
        
         
           So
           far
           only
           I
           desire
           it
           should
           be
           allowed
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           desire
           do
           humbly
           submit
           the
           same
           to
           the
           Censure
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Success
           to
           Gods
           blessing
           .
           
             Which
             I
             beseech
             Oh
             Glorious
             God
             so
             to
             manifest
             in
             this
          
           Mite
           
             vouchsafed
             out
             of
             the
             Infinite
             treasury
             of
             thy
             holy
          
           Spirit
           ,
           
             that
             like
             a
             grain
             of
             Mustard
             Seed
             it
             may
             be
             fruitful
             to
             the
             encrease
             of
          
           Piety
           
             beyond
             the
             expectation
             answerable
             to
             so
             despised
             a
             means
             :
             For
             some
             in
             these
             days
             have
             perverted
             the
             plain
             meaning
             of
             thy
             Law
             ;
             yea
             some
             have
             lately
             strived
             both
             by
             their
             words
             and
             works
             to
             make
             the
             same
             wholly
             void
             and
             of
             no
             use
             ,
             that
             they
             seem
             either
             not
             to
             have
             known
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             quite
             forgotten
             ;
             That
          
           thy
           Truth
           remaineth
           from
           
           one
           Generation
           to
           another
           ,
           
             or
             That
          
           thy
           righteousness
           is
           an
           everlasting
           righteousness
           ,
           
             in
             so
             much
             that
             we
             may
             justly
             repeat
             unto
             thee
             this
          
           complaint
           
             of
             thy
             Prophet
          
           David
           ;
           Lord
           it
           is
           time
           for
           thee
           to
           lay
           to
           thine
           hand
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           destroyed
           thy
           Law.
           
             Hear
             my
             prayer
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             am
             small
             ,
             and
             of
             no
             reputation
             ,
             yet
             since
             I
             would
             not
             forget
             thy
             Law
             ,
             deliver
             me
             from
             mine
             Oppressors
             ,
             and
             so
             teach
             me
             thy
             Statutes
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             keep
             them
             unto
             the
             end
             ;
             yea
             though
             the
             proud
             have
             me
             in
             derision
             ,
             and
             almost
             made
             an
             end
             of
             me
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             yet
             let
             my
             heart
             be
             made
             so
             upright
             in
             thy
             Statutes
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             not
             be
             ashmed
             to
             remember
             thy
             promise
             made
             to
             thy
             Servant
             ,
             even
             that
             wherein
             thou
             hast
             caused
             me
             to
             trust
             ;
             Let
             it
             quicken
             me
             ,
             and
             be
             my
             comfort
             in
             my
             troubles
             .
             For
             thou
             art
             all
             my
             portion
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             determined
             to
             keep
          
           
           
             thy
             word
             ;
             Before
             I
             was
             afflicted
             I
             went
             so
             much
             astray
             that
             it
             was
             good
             for
             me
             to
             have
             some
             troubles
             .
             O
             let
             me
             hereafter
             be
             always
             exercised
             in
             thy
             Law
             ;
             Let
             it
             be
             a
             Lanthorn
             unto
             my
             feet
             ,
             and
             a
             Light
             unto
             my
             path
             .
             Look
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             be
             merciful
             unto
             me
             as
             thou
             usest
             to
             be
             unto
             those
             who
             love
             thy
             name
             .
             Let
             the
             proud
             be
             ashamed
             that
             they
             have
             dealt
             falsly
             with
             me
             .
             Let
             such
             as
             fear
             thee
             be
             turned
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             comfort
             thou
             me
             according
             to
             the
             years
             wherein
             I
             have
             been
             afflicted
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             see
             it
             may
             glorifie
             thy
             name
             ,
             for
             mine
             eyes
             have
             almost
             failed
             with
             waiting
             for
             thy
             assurance
             .
             Though
             I
             have
             gone
             astray
             like
             a
             Sheep
             ,
             yet
             seek
             thy
             Servant
             ,
             and
             deal
             with
             me
             according
             to
             thy
             mercy
             .
             Let
             all
             these
             my
             Supplications
             come
             before
             thee
             ,
             that
             my
             Soul
             may
             live
             ,
             that
             my
             Lips
             may
             praise
             thee
             ,
             and
             that
             my
          
           
           
             Tongue
             may
             sing
             of
             thy
             Goodness
             and
             Mercy
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             ,
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           among
           other
           kindnesses
           vouchsafed
           in
           your
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           I
           received
           from
           you
           the
           Copper
           Plates
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           made
           use
           of
           in
           this
           Book
           .
           The
           words
           which
           I
           have
           added
           unto
           those
           dumb
           Figures
           will
           make
           them
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           much
           more
           profitable
           ,
           and
           cause
           them
           to
           be
           a
           means
           of
           publishing
           those
           Caveats
           and
           Universal
           Duties
           which
           are
           pertinent
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           the
           General
           well-being
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           two
           things
           were
           the
           proper
           ends
           of
           our
           Creation
           ,
           and
           ought
           also
           to
           be
           the
           chief
           care
           of
           our
           life
           .
        
         
           To
           those
           ends
           therefore
           ,
           and
           that
           your
           cost
           might
           not
           be
           unprofitably
           bestowed
           ,
           I
           have
           returned
           the
           Coppies
           of
           those
           Figures
           which
           you
           gave
           me
           ,
           illustrated
           with
           
           such
           Meditations
           as
           my
           leisure
           and
           ability
           could
           afford
           .
           And
           they
           do
           now
           as
           well
           speak
           as
           make
           signs
           what
           is
           prepared
           for
           wilful
           Transgressors
           of
           these
           Laws
           ,
           whereby
           if
           God
           may
           receive
           any
           honour
           ,
           or
           his
           Children
           profit
           ,
           I
           desire
           it
           may
           be
           some
           honour
           and
           advantage
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           desire
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             Hearty
             and
             Well-wishing
             Friend
             GEO.
             WITHER
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Decalogue
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 And
                 these
                 wordes
                 which
                 I
                 Command
                 th●
                 this
                 day
                 shal
                 be
                 in
                 thine
                 heart
                 .
                 And
                 thou
                 shall
                 rehearse
                 them
                 Continually
                 unto
                 thy
                 children
                 and
                 shalt
                 talke
                 of
                 them
                 when
                 thou
                 〈◊〉
                 in
                 thine
                 house
                 and
                 as
                 thou
                 walkest
                 by
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 thou
                 liest
                 downe
                 &
                 when
                 thou
                 risest
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 thou
                 shalt
                 binde
                 them
                 for
                 a
                 signe
                 vpon
                 〈…〉
                 they
                 Shal
                 be
                 as
                 〈…〉
                 thine
                 eies
                 Also
                 thou
                 shalt
                 write
                 them
                 vpon
                 the
                 postes
                 of
                 thine
                 house
                 and
                 vpon
                 thy
                 gate●
              
               
                 6
                 Deut
                 :
                 6
                 .
                 7-8.9
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   I
                   THOV
                   SHALT
                   HAVE
                   NONE
                   OTHER
                   GODS
                   BVT
                   ME
                
                 
                   II
                   THOV
                   SHALT
                   NOT
                   MAKE
                   TO
                   THY SELFE
                   ANY
                   GRAVEN
                   YMAGE
                
                 
                   III
                   THOV
                   SHALT
                   NOT
                   TAKE
                   Y
                   e
                   NAME
                   OF
                   Y
                   e
                   LORD
                   THY
                   GOD
                   IN
                   VAINE
                
                 
                   IIII
                   REMEMBER
                   THAT
                   THOV
                   KEEP
                   HOLY
                   Y
                   e
                   SABBOTH
                   DAY
                
                 
                   V
                   HONOR
                   THY
                   FATHER
                   AND
                   THY
                   MOTHER
                
                 
                   VI
                   THOV
                   SHALT
                   DO
                   NO
                   MVRDER
                
                 
                   VII
                   THOV
                   SHALT
                   NOT
                   COMMIT
                   ADVLTERIE
                
                 
                   VIII
                   THOV
                   SHALT
                   NOT
                   STEALE
                
                 
                   IX
                   THOV
                   SHALT
                   NOT
                   BEARE
                   FALSE
                   WITNESSE
                
                 
                   X
                   THOV
                   SHALT
                   NOT
                   COVET
                
              
            
             
               
                 Beholde
                 I
                 see
                 before
                 you
                 this
                 day
                 a
                 blessing
                 and
                 a
                 Curse
                 ;
                 The
                 blessing
                 if
                 ye
                 Obey
                 the
                 Comaundements
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 your
                 GOD
                 which
                 I
                 Cōmand
                 you
                 this
                 day
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 Curse
                 if
                 ye
                 wil
                 not
                 obey
                 y
                 ●
                 Commandements
                 of
                 y
                 e
                 Lord
                 your
                 GOD
                 but
                 t●●ne
                 Out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 which
                 I
                 Command
                 you
                 this
                 day
                 to
                 go
                 after
                 other
                 gods
                 which
                 ye
                 haue
                 not
                 known
                 .
              
               
                 ●●
                 Deut
                 26
                 27
                 28
                 
              
            
             
               Optimum
               ●●t
               aliena
               frui
               insania
            
          
        
         
           
             Happy
             shall
             that
             man
             become
             ,
          
           
             Who
             this
             Law
             departs
             not
             from
             :
          
           
             Blessings
             will
             descend
             on
             him
             ,
          
           
             From
             the
             Mount
             of
             Gerizim
             ;
          
           
             But
             from
             Ebal
             they
             shall
             hear
          
           
             Curses
             ,
             who
             rebellious
             are
             .
          
           
             Death
             ,
             for
             them
             ,
             attending
             stands
             ,
          
           
             Who
             shall
             break
             these
             just
             Commands
             ;
          
           
             And
             to
             those
             who
             them
             obey
             ,
          
           
             God
             proposeth
             life
             for
             aye
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             Prologue
          
           
             
               Let
               All
               
                 these
                 following
                 Lessons
                 learn
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 For
                 all
                 Mankind
                 these
                 Laws
                 concern
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               ALL
               you
               who
               Sons
               by
               Grace
               or
               Nature
               be
               ,
            
             
               Give
               ear
               to
               what
               my
               Muses
               preach
               to
               me
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               what
               I
               now
               do
               purpose
               to
               declare
               ,
            
             
               No
               less
               ,
               than
               
                 Universal
                 Statutes
              
               are
               ,
            
             
               Which
               every
               Child
               of
               Adam
               (
               here
               beneath
               )
            
             
               Must
               keep
               in
               person
               ,
               on
               the
               pain
               of
               Death
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               by
               a
               
                 faithful
                 Penitence
              
               procure
            
             
               An
               
                 able
                 Pledge
              
               ,
               to
               pay
               his
               Forfeiture
               .
            
          
           
             
               You
               ,
               who
               by
               Nature
               ,
               had
               the
               means
               to
               know
            
             
               What
               Duties
               ,
               Creatures
               to
               their
               Maker
               owe
               ;
            
             
               Read
               here
               ,
               what
               by
               God's
               Finger
               once
               was
               writ
            
             
               Within
               your
               hearts
               ;
               that
               you
               may
               practise
               it
               .
            
             
               And
               having
               lost
               that
               Light
               which
               Nature
               gave
               ,
            
             
               Take
               what
               you
               may
               by
               
               Grace's
               tender
               have
               .
            
             
               On
               fleshly
               Tables
               once
               again
               renew
            
             
               The
               fair
               impression
               which
               at
               first
               he
               drew
               :
            
             
             
               For
               ,
               't
               was
               your
               Sin
               which
               thence
               Gods
               Law
               did
               blot
            
             
               And
               ,
               Ignorance
               therefore
               excuseth
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               You
               ,
               whom
               the
               
                 special
                 grace
              
               of
               our
               Creator
            
             
               Brought
               by
               his
               power
               Almighty
               thro'
               the
               Water
            
             
               Of
               sound
               Baptism
               ,
               (
               and
               ,
               within
               the
               Flood
            
             
               Of
               his
               dear
               Sons
               most
               pure
               and
               pretious
               Blood
               ;
            
             
               Drown'd
               all
               that
               
                 Hoast
                 of
                 Sins
              
               ,
               which
               our
               
                 Grand
                 Foe
              
            
             
               Had
               mustred
               ,
               for
               our
               final
               overthrow
               :
               )
            
             
               Observe
               you
               also
               ,
               this
               renowned
               Law
               ,
            
             
               To
               keep
               it
               ,
               with
               a
               loving
               filial
               awe
               ,
            
             
               Lest
               (
               though
               you
               scap'd
               enraged
               Pharoh's
               Hoast
               )
            
             
               Your
               entrance
               to
               the
               promis'd
               Rest
               be
               crost
               :
            
             
               And
               lest
               your
               following
               what
               your
               Lust
               deviz'd
            
             
               You
               ,
               in
               your
               lawless
               wandrings
               be
               surpriz'd
            
             
               By
               those
               (
               yet
               living
               Tyrants
               )
               who
               possess
            
             
               The
               passages
               ,
               of
               this
               Lifes
               Wilderness
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               though
               in
               Act
               we
               cannot
               keep
               entire
            
             
               So
               strict
               a
               Law
               ,
               we
               may
               in
               our
               desire
               ;
            
             
               And
               where
               Desire
               is
               not
               perverted
               quite
               ,
            
             
               We
               have
               a
               ready
               means
               to
               set
               it
               right
               .
            
             
               If
               any
               say
               or
               think
               this
               Obligation
            
             
               Pertaineth
               only
               to
               the
               
                 Jewish
                 Nation
              
               ;
            
             
               They
               are
               deceiv'd
               ;
               for
               if
               they
               well
               compare
            
             
               These
               Precepts
               ,
               to
               those
               Laws
               which
               written
               are
            
             
               Within
               our
               hearts
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               out
               of
               doubt
            
             
               That
               ,
               these
               ,
               are
               but
               the
               same
               transcribed
               out
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               Stone
               ,
               they
               were
               engraven
               long
               ago
            
             
               Lest
               all
               the
               World
               should
               quite
               forgetful
               grow
            
             
             
               Of
               these
               their
               Duties
               .
               To
               the
               Jews
               God
               gave
               them
            
             
               To
               be
               preserv'd
               from
               loss
               :
               From
               them
               we
               have
               them
            
             
               Distinguish'd
               by
               
                 two
                 Tables
              
               to
               be
               known
               ,
            
             
               From
               Laws
               ,
               that
               were
               peculiars
               of
               their
               own
               :
            
             
               And
               though
               some
               literal
               circumstance
               be
               found
            
             
               Appearing
               to
               oblige
               beyond
               the
               Bound
            
             
               Of
               
                 Legal
                 Ceremonies
              
               ,
               which
               to
               some
            
             
               A
               means
               of
               stumbling
               and
               offence
               become
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               they
               ,
               that
               meekly
               minded
               are
               ,
               shall
               see
            
             
               The
               Essence
               whole
               ,
               and
               so
               distinct
               to
               be
            
             
               From
               what
               is
               meerly
               Jewish
               ;
               that
               no
               Doubt
            
             
               Shall
               give
               the
               weaker
               conscience
               thereabout
               ;
            
             
               For
               that
               which
               is
               essential
               may
               be
               '
               spide
            
             
               From
               what
               should
               only
               for
               a
               time
               abide
            
             
               As
               evidently
               as
               our
               bodies
               are
            
             
               Discerned
               from
               the
               ground
               which
               once
               we
               were
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               is
               the
               Abstract
               of
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               ;
            
             
               And
               that
               which
               every
               
                 Reasonable
                 Creature
              
            
             
               Which
               hath
               a
               Body
               ,
               must
               submit
               unto
               ,
            
             
               With
               Incorporials
               ,
               we
               have
               nought
               to
               do
               :
            
             
               Nor
               us
               ,
               to
               search
               concerns
               it
               any
               way
            
             
               What
               Law
               they
               are
               obliged
               to
               obey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Salvation
               comes
               not
               by
               this
               Law
               indeed
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               knowledge
               of
               our
               Sin
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               need
               ,
            
             
               A
               Saviour
               for
               it
               ,
               by
               this
               Law
               is
               taught
               ;
            
             
               Till
               which
               be
               known
               ,
               no
               safety
               can
               be
               wrought
               .
            
          
           
             
               T
               is
               true
               ,
               
                 we
                 can
                 keep
                 it
              
               ,
               yet
               it
               may
            
             
               
                 Keep
                 us
              
               ,
               from
               running
               quite
               out
               of
               the
               way
               ;
            
             
             
               Or
               ,
               keep
               us
               humble
               ,
               That
               the
               
                 works
                 of
                 Grace
              
               ,
            
             
               May
               in
               our
               hearts
               ,
               the
               better
               take
               their
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               maketh
               no
               man
               pure
               ;
               Yet
               't
               is
               a
               Glass
            
             
               By
               which
               the
               fairest
               of
               old
               Adams
               race
            
             
               May
               view
               themselves
               deform'd
               ,
               and
               also
               see
            
             
               In
               what
               defects
               they
               should
               repaired
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 It
                 makes
                 not
                 streight
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               it
               may
               supply
            
             
               A
               helpful
               means
               ,
               our selves
               to
               rectify
               .
            
             
               
                 It
                 gives
                 not
                 sight
              
               ;
               but
               they
               that
               see
               may
               find
            
             
               It
               yieldeth
               light
               to
               those
               who
               grow
               not
               blind
               ,
            
             
               By
               wilful
               faults
               ;
               and
               Stubbornly
               contemn
            
             
               Those
               Beams
               of
               Grace
               ,
               which
               might
               enlighten
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 It
                 gives
                 not
                 strength
                 to
                 go
                 ,
              
               (
               we
               must
               confess
               )
            
             
               But
               ,
               yet
               ,
               it
               shews
               a
               way
               to
               happiness
               ;
            
             
               And
               ,
               they
               who
               can
               but
               love
               it
               ,
               when
               they
               know
               it
               ,
            
             
               Shall
               either
               be
               vouchsafed
               strength
               to
               go
               it
               .
            
             
               By
               mediate
               help
               ,
               or
               by
               immediate
               Grace
               ,
            
             
               Exalted
               be
               to
               their
               desired
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               cannot
               merit
               Love
               ,
               But
               it
               may
               shew
               ,
            
             
               Whether
               ,
               or
               no
               ,
               
                 our
                 Love
              
               be
               false
               or
               true
               .
            
             
               Though
               't
               is
               not
               life
               ;
               It
               is
               the
               
                 death
                 of
                 Sin
              
               ,
            
             
               Whereby
               the
               life
               of
               grace
               doth
               first
               begin
            
             
               To
               shew
               that
               
                 living
                 Faith
              
               ,
               wherein
               consists
            
             
               The
               truth
               of
               their
               profession
               who
               are
               
               Christ's
               ;
            
             
               And
               they
               are
               not
               suspected
               without
               cause
               ,
            
             
               False
               Christians
               ,
               who
               conform
               not
               to
               these
               Laws
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               is
               a
               needful
               Tutor
               ,
               though
               it
               stand
            
             
               With
               looks
               still
               frowning
               ,
               and
               with
               Rod
               in
               hand
            
             
             
               'T
               is
               truly
               Good
               though
               Ill
               thereby
               we
               know
               ,
            
             
               And
               oft
               befriends
               us
               ,
               though
               it
               seem
               a
               Foe
               .
            
             
               It
               all
               condemns
               not
               ,
               though
               it
               puts
               in
               fear
               ,
            
             
               It
               brings
               to
               Christ
               ;
               and
               then
               it
               leaves
               us
               there
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               brief
               ,
               this
               Law
               shall
               ever
               be
               in
               force
               ,
            
             
               Though
               from
               Believers
               God
               remove
               the
               Curse
               .
            
             
               It
               shall
               in
               Essence
               never
               fail
               a
               jot
               ,
            
             
               (
               Although
               some
               Accidents
               continue
               not
               )
            
             
               And
               therefore
               ,
               they
               whose
               Faith
               shall
               them
               prefer
               ,
            
             
               Observe
               it
               as
               a
               good
               REMEMBRANCER
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               these
               for
               comfort
               and
               encouragement
               ,
            
             
               The
               promise
               which
               attends
               it
               we
               present
            
             
               With
               all
               the
               circumstances
               ,
               which
               may
               give
            
             
               Assurances
               ,
               of
               what
               they
               well
               believe
               ;
            
             
               Without
               those
               Plagues
               or
               Terrors
               which
               we
               find
            
             
               Presented
               to
               correct
               a
               slavish
               mind
               ,
            
             
               For
               they
               that
               love
               their
               Founder
               need
               no
               bands
            
             
               But
               love
               to
               keep
               them
               true
               to
               these
               commands
               .
            
             
               Love
               is
               the
               Laws
               fulfilling
               ,
               't
               is
               that
               end
            
             
               To
               which
               both
               Laws
               and
               all
               
                 good
                 Actions
              
               tend
               :
            
             
               And
               he
               that
               Loves
               ,
               unto
               himself
               is
               made
            
             
               A
               Law
               ,
               whereto
               we
               nothing
               need
               to
               add
               .
            
             
               Before
               the
               rest
               ,
               our
               Muse
               ,
               to
               fright
               them
               sets
            
             
               The
               Tipes
               of
               punishments
               ,
               and
               horrid
               Threats
               :
            
             
               If
               either
               ,
               may
               bring
               home
               the
               Soul
               that
               errs
               ,
            
             
               God's
               be
               the
               praise
               ,
               the
               Comfort
               of
               it
               theirs
               .
            
             
               And
               let
               me
               share
               the
               prayers
               and
               the
               bliss
            
             
               Of
               those
               that
               shall
               pe
               profited
               by
               this
               .
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Commandment
             I.
             
             
               
                 I
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 have
                 none
                 other
                 Gods
                 but
                 me
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Pharoh
                 ,
                 by
                 great
                 wonders
                 wrought
              
               
                 To
                 acknowledge
                 God
                 was
                 brought
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 had
                 Reasons
                 light
                 to
                 see
              
               
                 Who
                 ,
                 his
                 only
                 God
                 should
                 be
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Had
                 he
                 well
                 that
                 Guift
                 employ'd
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Special
                   Grace
                
                 ,
                 had
                 been
                 enjoy'd
                 ;
              
               
                 But
                 ,
                 no
                 use
                 thereof
                 he
                 made
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 so
                 ,
                 lost
                 the
                 gift
                 he
                 had
                 ;
              
               
                 Stubborn
                 too
                 ,
                 the
                 Fool
                 did
                 grow
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 ran
                 headlong
                 to
                 his
                 woe
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             Command
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Serve
                 but
              
               one
               God
               ,
               
                 and
                 let
                 him
                 be
              
            
             
               That
               God
               
                 who
                 made
                 and
                 ransom'd
                 thee
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               TO
               such
               as
               love
               ,
               our
               God
               of
               Love
               makes
               known
            
             
               A
               Duty
               ,
               and
               a
               benefit
               ,
               bestown
               ;
            
             
               That
               they
               might
               know
               the
               object
               of
               their
               Creed
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               in
               the
               way
               of
               Righteousness
               proceed
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               by
               the
               Preface
               (
               of
               what
               follows
               here
               )
            
             
               A
               freedom
               from
               a
               Bondage
               doth
               appear
               .
            
             
               And
               by
               the
               Substance
               of
               this
               great
               Command
               ,
            
             
               A
               Duty
               we
               may
               likewise
               understand
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               them
               whom
               no
               kind
               usage
               may
               perswade
            
             
               From
               sinful
               Paths
               (
               till
               they
               afraid
               are
               made
               )
            
             
               We
               here
               exhibit
               Pharoh
               ,
               as
               a
               chief
            
             
               Of
               those
               ,
               who
               suffered
               for
               an
               Unbelief
            
             
               Join
               with
               contempt
               of
               God
               ;
               that
               ,
               such
               from
               thence
            
             
               Might
               moved
               be
               to
               faithful
               penitence
               ,
            
             
               To
               them
               that
               shall
               with
               Reverence
               and
               fear
            
             
               Receive
               the
               holy
               precept
               which
               they
               hear
               ,
            
             
               We
               shew
               with
               love
               and
               mercy
               how
               they
               may
            
             
               Observe
               the
               Streight
               ,
               and
               Shun
               the
               crooked
               way
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               There
               is
               one
               God
               alone
               ;
               That
               God
               is
               he
            
             
               By
               whom
               we
               formed
               and
               reformed
               be
               ,
            
             
               And
               they
               who
               serve
               another
               ,
               or
               deny
            
             
               His
               Attributes
               ,
               commit
               impiety
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               God
               ,
               (
               that
               's
               God
               indeed
               )
               though
               he
               might
               say
               ,
            
             
               
                 My
                 will
                 and
                 pleasure
                 is
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 obey
              
            
             
               
                 Me
                 only
                 as
                 your
                 Lord
              
               ,
               (
               and
               unto
               us
            
             
               No
               reason
               render
               ,
               why
               it
               should
               be
               thus
               )
            
             
               Proceeds
               not
               so
               ;
               but
               hath
               declared
               why
            
             
               We
               should
               accept
               him
               for
               our
               Deity
               ,
            
             
               And
               peradventure
               this
               vouchsafed
               he
            
             
               To
               teach
               them
               knowledge
               who
               his
               Viccars
               be
               ;
            
             
               And
               shew
               to
               us
               (
               by
               being
               meek
               and
               kind
               )
            
             
               How
               from
               false
               Gods
               the
               true
               one
               we
               may
               find
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               to
               be
               God
               is
               to
               be
               good
               ,
               and
               so
            
             
               In
               
                 Goodness
                 infinite
              
               ,
               to
               overflow
               ,
            
             
               That
               all
               may
               tast
               thereof
               (
               excepting
               none
               )
            
             
               Such
               is
               my
               God
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               God
               alone
               .
            
             
               The
               Egyptian
               Bondage
               ,
               tipified
               all
            
             
               The
               Race
               of
               Adam
               ,
               in
               their
               native
               Thrall
               ,
            
             
               And
               as
               their
               temporal
               Saviour
               ,
               Moses
               than
               ,
            
             
               Left
               not
               behind
               one
               hoof
               ,
               much
               less
               a
               man
               ,
            
             
               Inslav'd
               to
               Pharoh
               ,
               so
               the
               blessed
               Son
            
             
               Of
               this
               Great
               God
               hath
               ransom'd
               every
               one
            
             
               From
               that
               sad
               house
               of
               Bondage
               and
               of
               pain
            
             
               Where
               we
               ,
               without
               Redemption
               else
               had
               lain
               .
            
             
               For
               which
               great
               favour
               ,
               he
               from
               us
               doth
               crave
               ,
            
             
               That
               we
               no
               other
               God
               ,
               but
               him
               should
               have
               .
            
             
             
               And
               that
               we
               love
               him
               with
               a
               Reverent
               awe
               ,
            
             
               Which
               is
               the
               whole
               fulfilling
               of
               this
               Law
            
          
           
             
               This
               Gracious
               God
               ,
               by
               many
               is
               rejected
               ,
            
             
               And
               as
               they
               understand
               ,
               or
               stand
               affected
               ,
            
             
               They
               take
               ,
               or
               make
               up
               
                 New
                 ones
              
               of
               such
               things
            
             
               As
               almost
               to
               contempt
               ,
               the
               Godhead
               brings
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               of
               himself
               would
               make
               some
               Deity
            
             
               Who
               his
               own
               power
               so
               much
               doth
               magnify
               ,
            
             
               As
               if
               by
               that
               he
               thought
               to
               gain
               access
            
             
               To
               present
               and
               to
               future
               happiness
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               makes
               the
               World
               his
               God
               who
               thinketh
               fit
            
             
               To
               love
               ,
               to
               follow
               ,
               serve
               ,
               and
               honour
               it
               ;
            
             
               As
               many
               do
               ,
               and
               they
               who
               much
               incline
            
             
               To
               love
               this
               God
               ,
               are
               enemies
               to
               mine
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               makes
               his
               Lust
               a
               God
               who
               doth
               fulfil
            
             
               In
               every
               thing
               his
               own
               unbridled
               Will
               :
            
             
               This
               Tyrant
               many
               serve
               ;
               Yea
               this
               is
               He
            
             
               Who
               makes
               them
               Bondslaves
               ,
               whom
               God
               setteth
               free
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               makes
               the
               worst
               men
               Gods
               who
               doth
               obey
            
             
               Their
               Pleasures
               ,
               in
               an
               unapproved
               way
               ,
            
             
               Or
               their
               imperious
               threatning
               so
               much
               feareth
            
             
               As
               think
               it
               from
               his
               Duty
               him
               deterreth
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               makes
               the
               Devil
               ,
               God
               ;
               who
               doth
               believe
               ,
            
             
               By
               evil
               means
               good
               blessings
               to
               receive
               ;
            
             
               Which
               very
               many
               (
               very
               often
               )
               doe
            
             
               Whose
               words
               deny
               him
               ,
               and
               defie
               him
               too
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               some
               of
               us
               not
               only
               Guilty
               stand
            
             
               Of
               being
               breakers
               of
               this
               first
               Command
               ,
            
             
             
               By
               serving
               Gods
               beside
               ;
               (
               and
               more
               than
               )
               him
               ,
            
             
               Who
               from
               
                 Death
                 ,
                 Sin
              
               and
               Hell
               ,
               did
               us
               redeem
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               either
               we
               neglect
               him
               also
               quite
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               practise
               works
               to
               him
               so
               opposite
               ,
            
             
               That
               into
               worse
               impieties
               we
               fall
            
             
               Than
               such
               ,
               as
               yet
               ,
               confess
               no
               God
               at
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               by
               
                 distrust
                 ,
                 self-love
                 ,
                 backsliding
                 fear
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Inconstancy
                 ,
                 Presumption
              
               ,
               fruitless
               Care
               ,
            
             
               
                 Impatience
                 ,
                 Grudging
                 ,
                 Frowardness
              
               or
               Pride
               ,
            
             
               With
               other
               such
               ;
               our
               God
               we
               have
               deny'd
            
             
               More
               oft
               than
               once
               ,
               and
               oftner
               fear
               we
               shall
            
             
               Into
               this
               error
               through
               our
               frailty
               fall
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Law
               ,
               (
               in
               some
               degree
               )
               is
               also
               broke
               ,
            
             
               Unless
               we
               ,
               to
               our
               powers
               ,
               due
               care
               have
               took
            
             
               To
               Shun
               each
               cause
               of
               breaking
               it
               ;
               The
               Chief
            
             
               Is
               Ignorance
               ,
               (
               the
               ground
               of
               misbelief
               .
               )
            
             
               The
               next
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               oft
               ,
               and
               willingly
            
             
               Among
               Professors
               of
               Idolatry
               .
            
             
               The
               Third
               is
               
                 Servile
                 fear
              
               ,
               which
               many
               ways
            
             
               The
               Heart
               unto
               Idolatry
               betrays
               .
            
             
               The
               last
               (
               not
               least
               )
               is
               when
               the
               sway
               we
               give
            
             
               To
               any
               Lust
               or
               Sin
               :
               For
               (
               thus
               believe
               )
            
             
               Such
               men
               ,
               to
               gain
               the
               full
               of
               their
               delight
               ,
            
             
               Will
               change
               their
               God
               ,
               or
               leave
               Religion
               quite
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               they
               who
               hate
               at
               first
               so
               gross
               a
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               Are
               by
               the
               Devil
               this
               way
               hooked
               in
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Meditation
               here
               had
               found
               an
               end
            
             
               But
               that
               there
               are
               ,
               some
               others
               who
               offend
            
             
             
               Against
               this
               Law
               ,
               in
               such
               a
               high
               Degree
            
             
               As
               that
               they
               must
               not
               quite
               unmention'd
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               truest
               God
               ,
               confessed
               is
               by
               them
            
             
               Their
               only
               God
               :
               They
               serve
               and
               honour
               him
            
             
               In
               outward
               shew
               ;
               and
               if
               believe
               we
               may
               ,
            
             
               What
               they
               themselves
               have
               pleased
               been
               to
               say
               ,
            
             
               They
               love
               him
               too
               ;
               But
               either
               they
               mistake
               him
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               by
               their
               own
               Invention
               ,
               so
               new
               Make
               him
               ,
            
             
               That
               though
               they
               speak
               him
               ,
               by
               a
               gracious
               Name
               ,
            
             
               The
               goodness
               of
               his
               nature
               ,
               they
               defame
            
             
               By
               making
               him
               the
               Authour
               to
               have
               bin
            
             
               And
               cause
               original
               of
               every
               Sin
               :
            
             
               For
               in
               affirming
               that
               the
               fall
               of
               Man
               ,
            
             
               And
               Sin
               ,
               and
               Death
               from
               Gods
               meer
               will
               began
               ,
            
             
               They
               say
               no
               less
               ,
               although
               they
               praise
               him
               much
            
             
               For
               being
               good
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               some
               few
               such
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               say
               of
               these
               I
               am
               no
               whit
               afraid
               ,
            
             
               As
               of
               old
               Idol-Makers
               ,
               hath
               been
               said
               ,
            
             
               Their
               God
               and
               they
               are
               like
               ,
               for
               on
               their
               Will
            
             
               They
               ground
               their
               practices
               (
               which
               must
               be
               still
            
             
               Supposed
               Just
               )
               and
               some
               ,
               perchance
               ,
               of
               them
            
             
               Would
               be
               as
               cruel
               as
               they
               fancy
               him
            
             
               But
               that
               their
               
                 Finite
                 Natures
              
               cannot
               reach
            
             
               The
               Tyranies
               which
               they
               of
               him
               do
               preach
               .
            
          
           
             
               Let
               us
               of
               such
               impieties
               beware
               ,
            
             
               What
               we
               conceive
               of
               God
               let
               us
               have
               care
               ,
            
             
               And
               not
               (
               with
               foolish
               Hereticks
               )
               suppose
            
             
               By
               teaching
               common
               truths
               ,
               and
               making
               shows
            
             
             
               Of
               holy
               piety
               to
               keep
               Gods
               eye
            
             
               From
               seeing
               when
               we
               wrong
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               if
               he
               be
               displeas'd
               with
               such
               as
               make
            
             
               
                 Good
                 Creatures
              
               of
               his
               Godhead
               ,
               to
               partake
               ,
            
             
               How
               much
               more
               cause
               have
               they
               his
               wrath
               to
               fear
               ,
            
             
               Who
               make
               him
               worse
               than
               his
               
                 worst
                 Creatures
              
               are
               ?
            
             
               And
               that
               prime
               Attribute
               have
               overthrown
               ,
            
             
               By
               which
               ,
               he
               chiefly
               to
               be
               God
               is
               known
               ?
            
             
               For
               ,
               none
               are
               bound
               to
               serve
               him
               (
               by
               this
               Law
               )
            
             
               But
               such
               as
               he
               did
               out
               of
               bondage
               draw
               .
            
             
               For
               if
               he
               drew
               not
               all
               ,
               then
               some
               there
               be
            
             
               Who
               ,
               though
               they
               have
               a
               God
               ,
               ours
               is
               not
               he
               ,
            
             
               At
               least
               in
               such
               a
               manner
               as
               may
               give
            
             
               These
               Unbelievers
               courage
               to
               believe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Their
               God
               they
               say
               did
               some
               unhappy
               make
            
             
               To
               shew
               his
               power
               ;
               and
               for
               his
               Glorys
               sake
               ;
            
             
               My
               God
               is
               he
               ,
               who
               pittied
               their
               Estates
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               these
               do
               fancy
               hopeless
               Reprobates
            
             
               An
               Issue
               leaving
               out
               of
               that
               temptation
               ,
            
             
               In
               which
               they
               lying
               to
               their
               Just
               damnation
               ,
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               day
               of
               wrath
               no
               sinners
               made
            
             
               But
               such
               as
               do
               abuse
               the
               Grace
               they
               had
               .
            
             
               Their
               God
               is
               he
               ,
               who
               forc'd
               mankind
               to
               fall
            
             
               And
               mine
               is
               he
               ,
               who
               did
               Redeem
               us
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               sweet
               Redeemer
               ,
               so
               my
               heart
               incline
               ,
            
             
               That
               ,
               I
               may
               always
               keep
               this
               Law
               of
               thine
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             II.
             
             
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 make
                 to
                 thy selfe
                 any
                 Graven
                 image
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Superstition
               here
               is
               free
            
             
               If
               her
               Idols
               rais'd
               may
               be
               ;
            
             
               And
               with
               Zeal
               the
               same
               pursues
            
             
               If
               will
               worship
               she
               may
               use
               .
            
             
               When
               ,
               she
               should
               obey
               or
               hear
            
             
               Sacrifice
               ,
               she
               doth
               prepare
               .
            
             
               Such
               Religion
               to
               profess
            
             
               Is
               but
               irreligeousness
               :
            
             
               And
               for
               that
               presumptions
               vain
               ,
            
             
               Many
               Israelites
               were
               slain
               .
            
          
           
             
             Command
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Let
                 every
              
               Hand
               and
               Heart
               refrain
            
             
               An
               Image
               
                 of
                 our
              
               God
               ,
               
                 to
                 fain
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               THree
               thousand
               suffered
               by
               their
               brethrens
               hand
               ,
            
             
               For
               offering
               violence
               to
               this
               Command
               ;
            
             
               And
               for
               committing
               of
               the
               same
               offence
               ,
            
             
               The
               Sword
               hath
               been
               in
               action
               ,
               ever
               since
               ,
            
             
               (
               Some
               where
               or
               other
               )
               to
               the
               devastation
            
             
               Of
               many
               a
               powerful
               and
               renowned
               Nation
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               to
               adore
               one
               Godhead
               ,
               and
               no
               moe
               ,
            
             
               Save
               him
               ,
               to
               whom
               such
               Duty
               all
               men
               owe
               ,
            
             
               Sufficeth
               not
               ,
               unless
               our
               adoration
            
             
               Be
               such
               as
               may
               obtain
               his
               approbation
               .
            
             
               A
               
                 forged
                 worship
              
               meriteth
               a
               Rod
            
             
               As
               truly
               as
               a
               falsified
               God
               ;
            
             
               And
               such
               as
               do
               their
               own
               Religion
               frame
               ,
            
             
               Serve
               but
               their
               Fancies
               ;
               though
               God
               bear
               the
               name
               .
            
          
           
             
               When
               
                 humane
                 wit
              
               ,
               had
               fool'd
               away
               the
               notion
            
             
               Of
               Gods
               true
               Being
               ,
               and
               of
               true
               Devotion
               ,
            
             
               She
               calling
               to
               remembrance
               that
               each
               Creature
            
             
               Had
               in
               it
               some
               impression
               of
               his
               nature
               ,
            
             
             
               Did
               blindly
               seek
               him
               ,
               by
               that
               couz'ning
               light
               ,
            
             
               And
               lost
               at
               last
               the
               knowledge
               of
               him
               quite
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               some
               did
               make
               him
               Figures
               like
               their
               own
               ;
            
             
               Some
               like
               to
               beasts
               ,
               and
               some
               like
               
                 forms
                 unknown
              
               :
            
             
               Then
               by
               degrees
               the
               Devil
               screwed
               in
            
             
               To
               seem
               a
               God
               ,
               and
               made
               the
               foulest
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               Thought
               pious
               worship
               :
               For
               ,
               though
               vile
               it
               be
            
             
               To
               picture
               him
               whose
               form
               we
               cannot
               see
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               ascribe
               to
               him
               imperfect
               features
            
             
               Who
               gave
               their
               bodies
               to
               the
               fairest
               Creatures
               ;
            
             
               And
               in
               whose
               Essence
               all
               perfections
               are
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               in
               their
               wickedness
               they
               staid
               not
               there
               ,
            
             
               By
               wicked
               Ceremonies
               they
               invited
            
             
               The
               world
               to
               think
               the
               Godhead
               was
               delighted
            
             
               With
               hellish
               actions
               for
               their
               living
               seed
               ,
            
             
               In
               horrid
               wise
               to
               death
               did
               often
               bleed
            
             
               As
               acceptable
               offerings
               murtherous
               hands
            
             
               Were
               thought
               the
               Actors
               of
               his
               just
               Commands
               .
            
             
               And
               
                 drunken
                 Riots
              
               with
               
                 lascivious
                 Games
              
            
             
               Seem'd
               holy
               Duties
               and
               had
               holy
               Names
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               did
               the
               Gentiles
               only
               thus
               misdo
            
             
               But
               many
               Jews
               ,
               and
               many
               Christians
               too
               ,
            
             
               The
               self
               same
               sins
               in
               Essence
               did
               commit
               ,
            
             
               Though
               with
               new
               Vizzards
               they
               had
               covered
               it
               .
            
             
               For
               how
               much
               better
               are
               their
               Festivals
            
             
               Then
               Bacchanalian
               Riots
               ,
               in
               whose
               Halls
            
             
               And
               Parlours
               are
               assembled
               (
               in
               the
               stead
            
             
               Of
               those
               poor
               Souls
               ,
               whom
               Charity
               should
               feed
               )
            
             
             
               A
               Rout
               of
               
                 Roaring
                 Ruffins
              
               ,
               who
               are
               there
            
             
               For
               nothing
               but
               to
               drink
               ,
               or
               game
               and
               swear
               ?
            
             
               Except
               it
               be
               that
               they
               might
               soon
               undo
            
             
               Those
               fools
               which
               do
               abuse
               Gods
               bounty
               so
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mens
               follies
               make
               them
               frequently
               to
               err
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               then
               ,
               they
               Vice
               for
               Vertue
               do
               prefer
               .
            
             
               Their
               Superstition
               ,
               makes
               them
               think
               amiss
            
             
               Of
               God
               ;
               And
               then
               their
               service
               of
               him
               ,
               is
            
             
               Accordingly
               devis'd
               :
               they
               favour
               not
            
             
               That
               worship
               ,
               which
               their
               wit
               hath
               not
               begot
               .
            
             
               They
               fear
               him
               Tyrant-like
               ,
               and
               dream
               that
               he
            
             
               Is
               pleas'd
               with
               such
               like
               works
               as
               Tyrants
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               Carnal
               wisdom
               ,
               cannot
               be
               content
               ,
            
             
               Unless
               it
               may
               be
               suffered
               to
               invent
               ,
            
             
               The
               Scoenes
               ,
               which
               make
               her
               
                 Stage
                 Religion
              
               seem
            
             
               To
               Superarrogate
               in
               her
               esteem
               .
            
             
               Some
               ,
               tho'
               they
               Scoff
               Idolatry
               ,
               are
               hardly
               brought
            
             
               To
               serve
               a
               God
               of
               whom
               they
               have
               not
               thought
               .
            
             
               A
               
                 circumscribed
                 Form
              
               ,
               to
               which
               ,
               they
               may
            
             
               Address
               themselves
               ,
               in
               that
               corporeal
               way
               ,
            
             
               Which
               they
               affect
               and
               therefore
               up
               they
               rear
            
             
               Such
               Calves
               ,
               as
               to
               their
               Fancies
               do
               appear
               :
            
             
               Yea
               sometime
               such
               Ideas
               they
               devise
               ,
            
             
               As
               Piety
               would
               hate
               ,
               and
               wit
               despise
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               others
               are
               too
               homely
               ,
               and
               too
               bold
            
             
               Another
               way
               ,
               and
               no
               man
               layeth
               hold
            
             
               Upon
               the
               Truth
               ,
               who
               thinks
               to
               seize
               thereon
               ,
            
             
               By
               searching
               for
               it
               ,
               in
               himself
               alone
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               These
               Sins
               against
               this
               Precept
               justly
               blam'd
            
             
               As
               thereto
               accessary
               have
               been
               nam'd
               ,
            
             
               In
               what
               we
               mused
               ,
               on
               the
               Law
               before
            
             
               To
               which
               are
               added
               here
               ,
               three
               other
               more
               ,
            
             
               Vain
               Curiosity
               ,
               blind
               Superstition
               ,
            
             
               Prophaneness
               ,
               and
               a
               changeable
               Condition
               .
            
          
           
             
               By
               these
               we
               are
               perverted
               ,
               yea
               ,
               by
               these
            
             
               Our
               God
               is
               formed
               as
               our
               fancies
               please
               ;
            
             
               Sometime
               (
               like
               those
               of
               whom
               the
               Psalmist
               speaks
               )
            
             
               The
               God
               which
               to
               it self
               mans
               Fancy
               makes
               ;
            
             
               Is
               either
               blind
               or
               careless
               .
               God
               ,
               (
               says
               one
               )
            
             
               
                 Beholdeth
                 not
                 those
                 evils
                 that
                 are
                 done
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Tush
                 ,
                 God
                 regardeth
                 not
              
               ,
               another
               says
               ,
            
             
               The
               folly
               or
               perverseness
               of
               our
               waies
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               others
               make
               unto
               themselves
               ,
               a
               God
            
             
               So
               mild
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               never
               us'd
               a
               Rod.
            
             
               And
               ,
               some
               again
               do
               fancy
               him
               to
               be
            
             
               So
               cruel
               ;
               that
               their
               God
               appears
               to
               me
            
             
               To
               be
               that
               Saturn
               ,
               now
               set
               up
               again
               ,
            
             
               Who
               (
               as
               the
               ancient
               heathen
               Poets
               fain
               )
            
             
               Devour'd
               his
               Children
               ;
               And
               they
               fain
               him
               ,
               for
            
             
               That
               which
               the
               God-like
               nature
               doth
               abhor
               .
            
          
           
             
               These
               Evils
               to
               prevent
               ;
               This
               Law
               divine
            
             
               The
               wandring
               
                 humane
                 Fancy
              
               doth
               confine
            
             
               All
               men
               in
               Sacred
               worshipings
               restraining
            
             
               As
               well
               ,
               from
               
                 Intellectual
                 Objects
              
               faining
               ,
            
             
               As
               from
               Corporeal
               forms
               :
               And
               him
               God
               threats
            
             
               Who
               due
               performance
               of
               this
               Law
               forgets
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               For
               God
               himself
               who
               knoweth
               best
               how
               far
            
             
               By
               representments
               ,
               it
               convenient
               were
               ,
            
             
               To
               shadow
               forth
               his
               nature
               ,
               did
               devize
            
             
               As
               many
               and
               as
               few
               as
               might
               suffize
               .
            
          
           
             
               God
               knew
               ,
               that
               if
               mans
               frailty
               might
               not
               see
            
             
               Some
               objects
               ,
               whereupon
               might
               fixed
               be
            
             
               His
               weak
               Devotion
               ,
               he
               would
               either
               make
            
             
               
                 Vain
                 Fictions
              
               ,
               or
               Devotion
               ,
               quite
               forsake
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               therefore
               ,
               pleas'd
               ,
               his
               goodness
               to
               prepare
            
             
               Those
               objects
               for
               the
               Jews
               ,
               which
               fitting
               were
            
             
               For
               them
               ,
               such
               was
               the
               Serpent
               made
               of
               brass
            
             
               Till
               by
               Idolators
               abus'd
               it
               was
               .
            
             
               Such
               were
               their
               Temple
               and
               the
               Mercy
               Seat
            
             
               On
               which
               or
               towards
               which
               their
               eyes
               were
               set
               ,
            
             
               In
               their
               Devotion
               ;
               that
               the
               wandring
               sence
            
             
               There
               being
               fixed
               ,
               Faith
               might
               raise
               from
               thence
            
             
               The
               safer
               flight
               ,
               and
               that
               Religion
               may
            
             
               A
               body
               have
               ,
               wherein
               her
               Soul
               may
               stay
               ,
            
             
               For
               ,
               doubtless
               that
               Religion
               is
               untrue
               ,
            
             
               Which
               hath
               no
               outward
               shape
               for
               men
               to
               view
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               the
               Jews
               :
               Our
               weakness
               ,
               tendring
               too
            
             
               God
               ,
               hath
               vouchsaft
               the
               like
               ,
               for
               us
               to
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               hath
               advanc'd
               for
               us
               to
               look
               upon
            
             
               The
               Image
               of
               his
               
                 Crucified
                 Son
              
               ,
            
             
               And
               limb'd
               him
               in
               his
               word
               with
               such
               dimensions
            
             
               As
               may
               ,
               and
               should
               employ
               our
               Apprehensions
               ,
            
             
               Without
               all
               vain
               additions
               of
               our
               own
               ,
            
             
               Until
               ,
               the
               Essence
               of
               it
               ,
               may
               be
               known
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Nor
               
                 of
                 our selves
              
               nor
               
                 to
                 our selves
              
               was
               made
            
             
               This
               Image
               ;
               But
               ,
               the
               same
               ,
               from
               God
               we
               had
               .
            
             
               He
               set
               it
               up
               ,
               for
               us
               to
               fall
               before
               it
               ;
            
             
               To
               contemplate
               ;
               to
               honour
               ;
               to
               adore
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Image
               he
               that
               faithfully
               shall
               view
               ,
            
             
               Thereby
               ,
               that
               long
               left
               Image
               may
               renew
               ,
            
             
               Wherein
               Mankind
               was
               framed
               by
               God's
               hand
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               that
               likeness
               we
               shall
               ever
               stand
               .
            
          
           
             
               Still
               praised
               be
               that
               Image
               ,
               which
               hath
               power
            
             
               To
               perfect
               such
               Imperfectness
               as
               our
               :
            
             
               And
               let
               all
               those
               who
               shall
               the
               same
               despise
            
             
               Be
               guilty
               of
               the
               worst
               Idolatries
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oh
               Christ
               so
               perfect
               my
               renewed
               will
            
             
               That
               I
               this
               holy
               precept
               may
               fulfil
               .
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             III.
             
             
               
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   not
                   take
                   y
                   e
                   name
                   of
                   y
                   e
                   Lord
                   thy
                   God
                   in
                   vaine
                   &c
                
                 III
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Curses
                   ,
                   Blasphemies
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Oaths
                 ,
              
               
                 Some
                 ,
                 can
                 vary
                 as
                 their
                 Cloaths
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 ,
                 the
                 Ruffin
                 ,
                 now
                 ,
                 begins
              
               
                 To
                 seek
                 fashionable
                 sins
                 ,
              
               
                 No
                 more
                 fearing
                 to
                 blaspheme
                 ,
              
               
                 Than
                 to
                 take
                 a
                 praiseful
                 Theme
                 ;
              
            
             
               
                 But
                 the
                 Sin
                 they
                 count
                 so
                 small
                 ,
              
               
                 Doth
                 aloud
                 for
                 vengeance
                 call
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 ,
                 in
                 Figure
                 here
                 we
                 view
              
               
                 What
                 for
                 this
                 offence
                 was
                 due
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             Command
             .
             III.
             
          
           
             
               
                 If
                 thou
                 wilt
                 free
                 be
                 kept
                 from
                 blame
              
               ;
            
             
               Take
               not
               in
               vain
               ,
               GOD's
               holy
               NAME
               .
            
          
           
             
               TO
               fright
               Blasphemers
               ,
               we
               present
               them
               with
            
             
               An
               Emblem
               ,
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               Shelomith
               :
            
             
               (
               Who
               worthily
               ,
               condemned
               was
               to
               dye
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               Stoned
               for
               his
               daring
               Blasphemy
               :
               )
            
             
               For
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               Crime
               now
               ripened
               in
               excess
               ,
            
             
               Though
               branded
               with
               a
               horrid
               Guiltiness
               :
            
             
               And
               of
               this
               Blott
               ,
               (
               who
               ever
               standeth
               free
               )
            
             
               All
               these
               that
               follow
               deeply
               Guilty
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               
                 Common
                 Swearer
              
               :
               For
               ,
               his
               impious
               tongue
            
             
               Not
               only
               to
               the
               Godhead
               ,
               offers
               wrong
               ;
            
             
               But
               ,
               (
               to
               his
               power
               )
               he
               sometime
               rends
               and
               tears
            
             
               Christ's
               holy
               Body
               ,
               when
               he
               vainly
               swears
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               that
               affecteth
               cursings
               groweth
               foul
               ,
            
             
               By
               what
               this
               Law
               forbids
               ,
               For
               ;
               on
               the
               Soul
            
             
               Which
               loves
               to
               Curse
               ,
               these
               plagues
               are
               often
               brought
            
             
               Which
               to
               befall
               another
               ,
               are
               besought
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               are
               not
               in
               a
               mean
               degree
               to
               blame
               ,
            
             
               Who
               shall
               prophane
               the
               great
               
               Almighty's
               name
            
             
             
               Through
               Levity
               ,
               as
               when
               him
               name
               they
               shall
               ,
            
             
               For
               trifling
               Causes
               ;
               or
               ,
               no
               cause
               at
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               ,
               
                 that
                 with
                 Oaths
                 ,
                 protests
                 in
                 matters
                 vain
              
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               
                 swearers
                 for
                 Truths
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 himself
                 doth
                 fain
              
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               
                 tells
                 for
                 certain
                 ,
                 an
                 uncertain
                 thing
              
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               
                 vows
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 neglects
                 to
                 bring
              
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               
                 maketh
                 vows
                 of
                 what
                 are
                 not
                 allowed
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 Things
                 lawful
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 things
                 comely
                 to
                 be
                 vowed
              
               :
            
             
               Even
               he
               who
               ere
               he
               be
               that
               shall
               transgress
            
             
               These
               ways
               ,
               is
               tainted
               with
               a
               guiltiness
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               all
               these
               ways
               ,
               Gods
               name
               is
               vainly
               used
               ;
            
             
               And
               such
               offences
               cannot
               be
               excused
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               these
               we
               add
               our
               Scevites
               ,
               who
               presume
            
             
               The
               power
               of
               Exorcisms
               to
               assume
               ,
            
             
               And
               work
               by
               Conjurations
               of
               such
               kind
               ,
            
             
               As
               may
               no
               lawful
               approbation
               find
               ,
            
             
               And
               much
               from
               these
               ,
               those
               Cheaters
               differ
               not
               ,
            
             
               Who
               by
               confederacy
               the
               name
               have
               got
               ,
            
             
               Of
               eunning
               men
               or
               women
               ,
               and
               pretend
               ,
            
             
               To
               know
               black
               Arts
               and
               Practice
               ,
               to
               defend
            
             
               Our
               bodies
               ,
               or
               to
               keep
               our
               goods
               from
               harms
               ,
            
             
               By
               wicked
               Spels
               ;
               prophaning
               in
               the
               Charms
               ,
            
             
               The
               names
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               portions
               of
               his
               Writ
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               in
               such
               Actions
               they
               dishonour
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               is
               he
               better
               who
               delights
               to
               make
               ,
            
             
               
                 Gods
                 Truth
              
               a
               Theam
               for
               vain
               discourses
               sake
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               thence
               extracteth
               Jests
               ;
               or
               ,
               reads
               ,
               or
               hears
            
             
               His
               Word
               ,
               with
               heedless
               Eyes
               ,
               with
               careless
               Ears
               ,
            
             
             
               Or
               unprepared
               Heart
               .
               Nor
               ,
               are
               they
               less
            
             
               Prophane
               ;
               who
               to
               conceal
               their
               wickedness
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               meerly
               to
               be
               deemed
               men
               devout
               :
            
             
               Still
               at
               their
               Girdles
               bear
               ,
               
                 Gods
                 Book
              
               about
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               Study
               holy
               Scriptures
               to
               devise
               :
            
             
               A
               Cloak
               for
               Sins
               ;
               and
               proofs
               for
               Heresies
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               truths
               pervert
               their
               falshoods
               to
               maintain
               ,
            
             
               For
               ,
               all
               of
               these
               assume
               
                 Gods
                 Name
                 in
                 vain
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               of
               the
               like
               offence
               partakers
               are
               ,
            
             
               Who
               (
               as
               they
               term
               it
               )
               make
               a
               
                 Holy
                 War
              
            
             
               For
               Christ
               ;
               And
               in
               his
               name
               do
               that
               pretend
               ,
            
             
               Which
               is
               for
               some
               concealed
               wicked
               end
               .
            
             
               All
               they
               who
               pray
               for
               these
               ,
               (
               by
               name
               of
               such
               ,
            
             
               Do
               fight
               Gods
               Battles
               )
               do
               offend
               as
               much
            
             
               If
               they
               shall
               know
               it
               ;
               For
               ,
               accursed
               is
            
             
               Such
               bold
               and
               bloody
               policy
               as
               this
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               plots
               Treason
               ,
               or
               invents
               a
               Lie
               ,
            
             
               The
               Cause
               of
               God
               or
               Truth
               to
               justifie
               ;
            
             
               Doth
               Stray
               as
               wide
               :
               For
               ,
               to
               assist
               his
               Foes
               ,
            
             
               These
               in
               Gods
               Name
               ;
               within
               his
               Ensign
               goes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Moreover
               they
               are
               guilty
               of
               this
               Crime
            
             
               Who
               in
               
                 undecent
                 manner
              
               or
               
                 ill
                 time
              
            
             
               Reprove
               ,
               or
               threat
               ,
               or
               comfort
               ,
               or
               apply
            
             
               Gods
               promises
               ,
               or
               Judgments
               ,
               or
               deny
               ,
            
             
               Their
               needful
               application
               in
               
                 Gods
                 Name
              
               ,
            
             
               When
               time
               ,
               and
               place
               for
               them
               require
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               of
               the
               Service
               ,
               careless
               they
               appear
               ,
            
             
               Pertaining
               unto
               him
               ,
               whose
               name
               they
               bear
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               He
               breaks
               this
               Law
               who
               runs
               ere
               he
               besent
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               Gods
               name
               speaks
               what
               God
               never
               meant
               ,
            
             
               He
               that
               from
               
                 Holy
                 Orders
              
               ,
               goeth
               back
               ,
            
             
               And
               by
               his
               Idleness
               becometh
               slack
            
             
               In
               Duties
               of
               his
               Calling
               ;
               or
               (
               grown
               rich
               ,
            
             
               By
               
                 Church
                 promotions
              
               )
               thinks
               it
               overmuch
               ,
            
             
               To
               execute
               that
               Function
               as
               he
               ought
               ,
            
             
               To
               which
               with
               wealth
               and
               honour
               he
               is
               brought
               ,
            
             
               Even
               he
               ,
               what
               fair
               excuse
               so
               ere
               he
               make
               ,
            
             
               Is
               justly
               said
               
                 Gods
                 name
                 in
                 vain
                 to
                 take
                 .
              
            
             
               For
               ,
               if
               he
               proveth
               guiltless
               ,
               he
               receiv'd
            
             
               A
               dispensation
               ,
               more
               than
               I
               believ'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               Prayer
               without
               Faith
               ;
               a
               formal
               mention
            
             
               Of
               Gods
               due
               praise
               ,
               without
               a
               due
               intention
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               vain
               or
               complemental
               Salutations
               ,
            
             
               Without
               Sincerity
               are
               prophanations
            
             
               Against
               this
               Law
               ,
               though
               many
               men
               have
               thought
               ,
            
             
               That
               these
               are
               signs
               of
               persons
               better
               taught
               .
            
             
               Dissembling
               Fasts
               ;
               Thanksgivings
               mumbled
               out
               ,
            
             
               With
               babling
               Repititions
               ,
               (
               and
               devout
               ,
               )
            
             
               In
               nought
               but
               feigned
               Term
               or
               length
               of
               Time
               ,
            
             
               Do
               make
               men
               guilty
               ,
               likewise
               ,
               of
               this
               Crime
               ;
            
             
               Nay
               many
               Sermons
               of
               the
               
                 vulgar
                 strain
              
               ,
            
             
               Are
               taking
               of
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               in
               vain
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               that
               his
               Church
               or
               Chappel
               hath
               bedeckt
               ,
            
             
               And
               yet
               
                 Gods
                 living
                 Temples
              
               doth
               neglect
               .
            
             
               He
               ,
               that
               a
               love
               to
               those
               ,
               doth
               seem
               to
               carry
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               leaves
               defac'd
               his
               outward
               Sanctuary
               ;
            
             
             
               He
               that
               to
               bend
               his
               body
               is
               asham'd
               ,
            
             
               When
               he
               shall
               here
               his
               blessed
               Saviour
               nam'd
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               without
               an
               
                 inward
                 Adoration
              
               ,
            
             
               Bows
               outwardly
               ,
               or
               ,
               with
               an
               Affectation
               ,
            
             
               To
               mimick
               Gestures
               ;
               or
               ,
               performs
               the
               same
               ,
            
             
               Unto
               the
               vocal
               sounding
               of
               the
               Name
               ,
            
             
               Or
               either
               practiseth
               ,
               or
               leaves
               undone
               ,
            
             
               Such
               Duties
               in
               Contempt
               of
               any
               one
               :
            
             
               Even
               He
               (
               though
               to
               be
               guiltless
               he
               pretends
               ,
               )
            
             
               Against
               this
               Third
               Commandement
               offends
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               none
               this
               holy
               precept
               more
               have
               broke
            
             
               Than
               they
               ,
               who
               on
               themselves
               Christs
               name
               have
               took
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               live
               like
               Infidels
               ,
               excepting
               those
               ,
            
             
               Who
               guild
               Hypocrisy
               with
               Godly
               shows
               ,
            
             
               And
               under
               pious
               habits
               use
               to
               prey
               ,
            
             
               On
               those
               ,
               (
               who
               being
               more
               sincere
               than
               they
               )
            
             
               Are
               threatned
               ,
               and
               suppose
               all
               well
               bestown
               ,
            
             
               While
               these
               will
               take
               ;
               till
               nothing
               is
               their
               own
               .
            
             
               God
               keep
               his
               Lambs
               from
               these
               as
               from
               the
               worst
            
             
               Of
               all
               Dissembers
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               accurst
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Faults
               condemn'd
               ,
               seem
               nothing
               to
               have
               bin
            
             
               To
               this
               abhorred
               Hell
               begotten
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               Are
               
                 Drunken
                 Jollities
                 ,
                 vnbridled
                 passion
              
               ,
            
             
               A
               
                 wicked
                 Custom
                 ,
                 Slight
                 consideration
              
               ,
            
             
               And
               evil
               Narture
               (
               but
               much
               blame
               is
               cast
               ,
               On
               Tutors
               and
               some
               Parents
               for
               the
               last
               ,
               )
            
             
               All
               these
               must
               therefore
               shunned
               be
               by
               him
               ,
            
             
               That
               would
               not
               
                 Swear
                 ,
                 For-swear
                 ,
                 Curse
              
               nor
               Blaspheme
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               This
               must
               be
               likewise
               heeded
               ,
               that
               unless
            
             
               We
               still
               (
               on
               all
               occasions
               )
               do
               confess
               ,
            
             
               The
               Name
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               Sanctifie
               it
               too
               ,
            
             
               By
               such
               good
               Duties
               ,
               as
               we
               ought
               to
               do
               :
            
             
               (
               As
               in
               Relieving
               those
               who
               in
               his
               
                 Name
                 ,
              
               )
            
             
               Shall
               ask
               (
               without
               abusing
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               )
            
             
               In
               swearing
               by
               it
               ,
               when
               just
               cause
               requires
               ,
            
             
               In
               suffering
               for
               it
               ,
               (
               though
               by
               Sword
               and
               Fires
               )
            
             
               When
               God
               may
               be
               dishonour'd
               ,
               by
               a
               base
            
             
               Forsaking
               of
               our
               Faith
               ,
               or
               of
               our
               Place
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               if
               we
               be
               not
               ready
               to
               our
               might
               ,
            
             
               In
               all
               Gods
               Attributes
               to
               do
               him
               right
               ;
            
             
               And
               honour
               him
               ,
               in
               Deed
               ,
               in
               Word
               ,
               and
               Thought
               ,
            
             
               In
               what
               we
               can
               ,
               (
               although
               not
               as
               we
               ought
               )
            
             
               We
               faulter
               in
               our
               Duty
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               plain
               ,
            
             
               We
               do
               profess
               to
               bear
               Gods
               name
               in
               vain
               .
            
          
           
             
               "
               My
               Heart
               LORD
               GOD
               so
               settle
               in
               thy
               way
            
             
               "
               That
               I
               this
               Law
               ,
               may
               never
               disobey
               .
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             IV.
             
             
               
                 IIII.
                 
                   Remember
                   that
                   thou
                   keep
                   holy
                   y
                   e
                   Sabbath
                   day
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 'T
                 is
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Common
                 Creed
              
               
                 That
                 he
                 gather'd
                 Sticks
                 for
                 need
                 ,
              
               
                 Who
                 for
                 
                   Sabbath
                   breaking
                
                 dy'd
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 all
                 wants
                 were
                 so
                 supply'd
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 it
                 seems
                 he
                 did
                 transgress
                 ,
              
               
                 By
                 Contempt
                 ,
                 or
                 Carelessness
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 He
                 commits
                 the
                 same
                 offence
                 ,
              
               
                 '
                 Gainst
                 this
                 Precepts
                 moral
                 sence
                 ,
              
               
                 Who
                 the
                 Christian
                 Sabbaths
                 wrongs
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 a
                 Plague
                 to
                 him
                 belongs
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             Command
             .
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               
                 To
                 hallow
                 ,
                 do
                 not
                 thou
                 forget
              
            
             
               
                 Those
                 times
                 ,
                 which
              
               God
               
                 apart
                 hath
                 set
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               YOu
               that
               our
               Christian
               Sabbath
               do
               despise
               ,
            
             
               Behold
               this
               Figure
               with
               regardful
               eyes
               :
            
             
               For
               ,
               though
               on
               us
               this
               Precept
               doth
               not
               lay
            
             
               The
               Ceremonial
               service
               of
               the
               day
               ;
            
          
           
             
               Or
               ,
               to
               a
               Jewish
               Sabbath
               ,
               us
               confine
               ;
            
             
               It
               n'retheless
               ,
               a
               Duty
               doth
               enjoin
               ,
            
             
               Which
               no
               man
               living
               can
               be
               freed
               from
            
             
               Till
               to
               the
               general
               Judgment
               Christ
               shall
               come
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               Nature
               urges
               ,
               that
               convenient
               Rest
               ,
            
             
               Should
               be
               allowed
               both
               to
               Man
               and
               Beast
               ,
            
             
               Lest
               their
               corporeal
               substance
               should
               miscarry
            
             
               Before
               the
               time
               ;
               And
               't
               is
               as
               necessary
               ,
            
             
               The
               Soul
               should
               have
               some
               leisure
               to
               attend
            
             
               His
               will
               ,
               on
               whom
               her
               being
               doth
               depend
               .
            
          
           
             
               Freemen
               ,
               may
               rest
               their
               bodies
               when
               they
               please
               ,
            
             
               And
               Wise
               men
               ,
               know
               how
               for
               to
               take
               their
               ease
               :
            
             
               But
               ,
               lab'ring
               Beasts
               ,
               and
               Men
               who
               are
               depraved
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               they
               whom
               wants
               ,
               or
               Tyrants
               have
               enslaved
               ,
            
             
             
               Had
               restless
               lived
               ,
               till
               their
               life
               time
               ended
               ,
            
             
               Unless
               this
               holy
               Law
               had
               them
               befriended
               ;
            
             
               And
               they
               who
               to
               the
               flesh
               most
               favour
               show
            
             
               For
               Soul
               affairs
               ,
               but
               little
               time
               allow
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               God
               at
               first
               foresaw
               ,
               and
               for
               that
               cause
            
             
               (
               Though
               in
               Mans
               heart
               he
               then
               ingrav'd
               his
               Laws
            
             
               Essential
               ,
               and
               long
               oblig'd
               him
               not
            
             
               To
               such
               additions
               as
               time
               since
               begot
               )
            
             
               Yet
               when
               he
               found
               that
               error
               and
               transgression
            
             
               Had
               wholly
               rased
               out
               the
               first
               impression
               ;
            
             
               To
               stop
               Corruptions
               Growth
               ,
               he
               afterward
            
             
               To
               Rites
               ,
               to
               times
               ,
               and
               places
               had
               regard
               .
            
          
           
             
               All
               men
               at
               first
               had
               liberty
               to
               take
            
             
               What
               daies
               they
               pleased
               holydaies
               to
               make
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               for
               convenient
               Rest
               .
               Nor
               did
               from
               all
            
             
               This
               freedom
               cease
               when
               God
               the
               Jews
               did
               call
            
             
               To
               keep
               their
               Sabbaths
               ;
               For
               ,
               to
               
                 one
                 set
                 day
              
            
             
               No
               Nation
               were
               oblig'd
               save
               only
               they
               ;
            
             
               Nor
               ,
               had
               the
               Gentiles
               any
               other
               ties
            
             
               Save
               to
               observe
               it
               in
               a
               moral
               wise
               ,
            
             
               So
               far
               as
               might
               preserve
               unto
               the
               Creature
            
             
               The
               freedom
               and
               well
               being
               of
               its
               nature
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               Law
               concerning
               Rest
               and
               
                 holy
                 Dues
              
            
             
               Confin'd
               indeed
               the
               people
               of
               the
               Jews
            
             
               To
               
                 one
                 set
                 day
              
               ,
               even
               one
               set
               day
               in
               seven
               ,
            
             
               To
               them
               were
               Ceremonies
               also
               given
            
             
               Concerning
               it
               ;
               which
               no
               man
               might
               transgress
            
             
               (
               Save
               in
               great
               need
               )
               without
               much
               guiltiness
            
             
             
               That
               Law
               ,
               which
               nature
               simply
               had
               received
            
             
               At
               our
               first
               being
               was
               to
               them
               derived
            
             
               With
               such
               like
               Accidents
               as
               might
               be
               best
            
             
               To
               keep
               them
               firm
               ,
               and
               bring
               in
               all
               the
               rest
            
             
               In
               Gods
               appointed
               season
               to
               embrace
            
             
               The
               
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
              
               in
               the
               
                 Law
                 of
                 Grace
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Their
               Customs
               and
               their
               Ceremonial
               day
            
             
               With
               Christ
               was
               buried
               and
               so
               swept
               away
               .
            
             
               When
               he
               arose
               from
               death
               ,
               that
               to
               renew
            
             
               And
               celebrate
               the
               Sabbath
               of
               the
               Jew
               ,
            
             
               We
               are
               no
               more
               obliged
               than
               to
               rear
            
             
               Their
               Temple
               ,
               and
               to
               build
               their
               Altar
               here
               ,
            
             
               And
               yet
               ,
               lest
               man's
               corruption
               and
               the
               lack
            
             
               Of
               Accidents
               ,
               might
               bring
               the
               Substance
               back
               .
            
             
               Even
               to
               the
               first
               neglect
               ,
               Christ
               dist
               instate
            
             
               His
               Church
               with
               power
               to
               change
               or
               abrogate
            
             
               The
               Circumstances
               of
               this
               Law
               ,
               so
               far
            
             
               As
               needful
               seem'd
               ,
               Provided
               that
               it
               were
            
             
               Essentially
               preserved
               ,
               and
               in
               this
            
             
               She
               hath
               performed
               what
               required
               is
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               though
               the
               time
               be
               changed
               ,
               it
               retains
            
             
               The
               same
               proportion
               ;
               It
               for
               use
               remains
            
             
               The
               same
               in
               Essence
               ,
               and
               that
               being
               so
            
             
               The
               same
               obedience
               ,
               is
               now
               due
               thereto
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               to
               what
               Circumstance
               the
               Church
               thinks
               fit
               ,
            
             
               To
               help
               continue
               the
               right
               use
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Now
               therefore
               ,
               though
               that
               every
               day
               be
               free
            
             
               For
               works
               which
               truly
               necessary
               be
               ;
            
             
             
               And
               ,
               though
               those
               Worshipers
               which
               are
               sincere
            
             
               May
               worship
               any
               day
               or
               any
               where
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               none
               can
               without
               guiltiness
               despise
            
             
               The
               
                 Places
                 ,
                 Rites
              
               or
               Times
               ,
               of
               Sacrifice
            
             
               Appointed
               by
               the
               Church
               ,
               while
               they
               accord
            
             
               What
               may
               be
               authorized
               by
               the
               word
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Law
               is
               therefore
               broke
               when
               we
               despise
            
             
               The
               
                 Fastings
                 ,
                 Feastings
              
               ,
               or
               Solemnities
            
             
               The
               Church
               appoints
               ,
               or
               if
               we
               shall
               deny
            
             
               Such
               daies
               to
               honour
               and
               to
               sanctify
            
             
               By
               rest
               from
               Common
               Labours
               ,
               whensoere
            
             
               We
               may
               without
               much
               damage
               ,
               them
               forbear
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               if
               we
               vilify
               those
               Christian
               Rites
            
             
               Whereto
               the
               publick
               discipline
               invites
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               them
               perform
               not
               on
               their
               proper
               day
            
             
               As
               often
               as
               conveniently
               we
               may
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Law
               is
               broke
               ,
               if
               to
               our
               lab'ring
               Beast
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               Servant
               ,
               we
               allow
               not
               so
               much
               rest
            
             
               As
               nature
               shall
               require
               ,
               and
               may
               conduce
            
             
               To
               keep
               them
               able
               for
               our
               lawful
               use
               .
            
             
               Or
               ,
               if
               we
               shun
               not
               all
               occasious
               too
            
             
               Whereby
               we
               may
               against
               this
               Law
               misdo
               .
            
             
               And
               they
               are
               these
               ;
               A
               
                 hardned
                 heart
              
               ,
               a
               mind
            
             
               Prophane
               ,
               and
               unto
               Greediness
               inclin'd
               ,
            
             
               A
               false
               belief
               ;
               
                 false
                 liberty
                 ;
                 false
                 knowledge
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Frequenting
                 of
                 the
                 Company
                 and
                 Colledge
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Off
                 false
                 believers
              
               ;
               (
               From
               whom
               
                 self
                 will
                 pride
              
            
             
               And
               Superstition
               no
               man
               can
               divide
               .
            
             
             
               Let
               no
               man
               then
               that
               lawless
               freedom
               take
            
             
               Which
               may
               occasion
               strife
               or
               scandals
               make
               ,
            
             
               By
               needless
               Labours
               ,
               nor
               mis-censure
               them
            
             
               Who
               take
               some
               liberties
               which
               they
               condemn
               ,
            
             
               In
               things
               indifferent
               ,
               and
               shall
               not
               move
            
             
               In
               such
               gainst
               which
               their
               Governors
               approve
               ;
            
             
               And
               in
               their
               manners
               let
               them
               peaceful
               be
               ,
            
             
               Though
               they
               in
               their
               opinions
               disagree
               .
            
          
           
             
               Let
               not
               those
               times
               the
               Church
               hath
               set
               apart
            
             
               To
               rest
               the
               body
               ,
               to
               instruct
               the
               heart
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               preserve
               a
               due
               Commemoration
            
             
               Of
               every
               blessed
               means
               of
               our
               Salvation
               ,
            
             
               Be
               judged
               vain
               ,
               or
               ,
               that
               they
               do
               not
               draw
            
             
               Authority
               sufficient
               for
               this
               Law
               :
            
             
               But
               let
               them
               know
               for
               Truth
               ,
               though
               not
               for
               news
               ,
            
             
               That
               all
               the
               Feasts
               and
               Sabbaths
               of
               the
               Jews
            
             
               Were
               but
               the
               Types
               of
               ours
               ;
               and
               that
               if
               they
            
             
               Shall
               for
               the
               Shades
               the
               Substance
               cast
               away
               ,
            
             
               They
               are
               unwise
               ;
               and
               guilty
               of
               offence
            
             
               Against
               this
               Precept
               in
               the
               moral
               sense
               .
            
          
           
             
               Let
               those
               who
               for
               the
               bodies
               ease
               and
               pleasure
            
             
               Part
               of
               this
               time
               allow
               ;
               preserve
               the
               measure
            
             
               That
               's
               justly
               due
               ,
               and
               in
               due
               manner
               too
            
             
               Do
               that
               which
               is
               allowable
               to
               do
               :
            
             
               Not
               for
               the
               Soul
               's
               well
               being
               caring
               less
            
             
               Than
               to
               prevent
               the
               Bodies
               weariness
               .
            
          
           
             
               Let
               them
               who
               of
               the
               Soul
               most
               heedful
               seem
               ,
            
             
               Remember
               ,
               still
               ,
               the
               Body
               to
               esteem
               .
            
             
             
               A
               Portion
               of
               that
               Manhood
               ,
               for
               whose
               sake
            
             
               Our
               Sabbath-maker
               did
               all
               Sabbaths
               make
               ,
            
             
               And
               give
               it
               so
               much
               liberty
               as
               may
            
             
               Make
               pleasant
               all
               the
               Duties
               of
               the
               day
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               since
               no
               private
               Spirit
               can
               impose
            
             
               A
               Rule
               for
               all
               ;
               let
               all
               be
               rul'd
               by
               those
            
             
               Who
               by
               a
               publick
               Spirit
               come
               to
               learn
            
             
               What
               may
               a
               publick
               body
               best
               concern
               .
            
          
           
             
               Or
               ,
               if
               among
               us
               any
               one
               shall
               deem
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               truer
               way
               made
               known
               to
               him
               ;
            
             
               So
               let
               him
               walk
               that
               he
               himself
               approve
            
             
               To
               be
               in
               all
               his
               waies
               a
               Child
               of
               Love.
            
             
               For
               sure
               I
               am
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               common
               peace
            
             
               He
               keep
               until
               humility
               increase
               ,
            
             
               True
               knowledge
               in
               him
               he
               ,
               then
               plain
               will
               see
            
             
               Who
               best
               expounds
               this
               
                 Law
                 the
                 Church
              
               or
               He.
               
            
          
           
             
               Come
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               
                 so
                 sanctify
                 my
                 heart
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 That
                 from
                 this
              
               Law
               
                 I
                 never
                 may
                 depart
              
               .
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             V.
             
             
               
                 Honor
                 thy
                 Father
                 and
                 thy
                 Mother
                 ,
                 &c
              
            
          
           
             
               He
               that
               sought
               his
               
                 Fathers
                 death
              
            
             
               Sonless
               ,
               yielded
               up
               his
               breath
               .
            
             
               He
               ,
               that
               would
               his
               Prince
               have
               slain
               ,
            
             
               Had
               his
               pardon
               sent
               in
               vain
               ,
            
             
               For
               although
               the
               
                 King
                 for
                 gave
              
               ,
            
             
               Justice
               urg'd
               her
               due
               to
               have
               ,
            
             
               That
               Rebellious
               Children
               may
            
             
               Learn
               this
               precept
               to
               obey
               ,
            
             
               And
               the
               Subject
               stand
               in
               awe
            
             
               How
               he
               Sins
               against
               this
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
             Command
             .
             V.
             
          
           
             
               On
               them
               all
               honours
               due
               ,
               bestow
               ,
            
             
               Who
               ,
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               Parents
               go
               .
            
          
           
             
               WHat
               of
               Rebelling
               Subjects
               will
               become
               ,
            
             
               And
               graceless
               Children
               view
               in
               Absolom
               :
            
             
               For
               ,
               whose
               Offence
               the
               Earth
               did
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
            
             
               Refusal
               make
               his
               Bodies
               weight
               to
               bear
               ,
            
             
               And
               Heav'n
               rejects
               it
               ;
               that
               they
               might
               present
            
             
               Him
               hanging
               for
               a
               dreadful
               Monument
            
             
               Through
               Ages
               all
               ,
               to
               warn
               and
               keep
               in
               awe
            
             
               The
               sleighters
               and
               Infringers
               of
               this
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               This
               foremost
               Precept
               of
               the
               
                 second
                 Table
              
            
             
               Unto
               the
               first
               ,
               in
               this
               is
               answerable
            
             
               They
               both
               enjoyn
               and
               Honour
               where
               't
               is
               due
               ,
            
             
               Their
               differences
               are
               these
               which
               do
               ensue
               :
            
             
               Here
               blessing
               follows
               ;
               there
               it
               went
               before
            
             
               One
               Parent
               ,
               that
               concern'd
               ;
               This
               ,
               many
               more
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               that
               shall
               break
               this
               Precept
               ,
               maketh
               snares
            
             
               Wherein
               to
               hang
               himself
               at
               unawares
               ,
            
             
               And
               overthrows
               (
               as
               much
               as
               in
               him
               lies
               )
            
             
               All
               Common-weals
               ,
               and
               all
               Societes
               ;
            
             
             
               Yet
               ,
               some
               affect
               it
               not
               ,
               but
               loudly
               cry
            
             
               For
               times
               which
               may
               erect
               a
               Parity
               .
            
             
               And
               ,
               some
               who
               dream
               they
               keep
               it
               ,
               are
               to
               blame
            
             
               By
               being
               ignorant
               how
               far
               the
               Name
            
             
               Of
               Parent
               reacheth
               ,
               which
               we
               briefly
               show
               ,
            
             
               That
               they
               might
               better
               do
               and
               better
               know
               .
            
          
           
             
               We
               from
               the
               Parents
               of
               our
               bodies
               have
            
             
               A
               
                 natural
                 being
              
               ;
               and
               they
               justly
               crave
            
             
               To
               be
               obey'd
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               but
               in
               those
            
             
               Which
               either
               may
               Superior
               powers
               oppose
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               to
               some
               Being
               hurries
               us
               ,
               that
               shall
            
             
               Be
               worse
               ,
               than
               to
               have
               never
               been
               at
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               Beside
               these
               Parents
               ,
               we
               to
               many
               moe
            
             
               A
               Duty
               ,
               by
               this
               Obligation
               owe.
            
             
               The
               Fathers
               of
               our
               Country
               ,
               by
               this
               Law
            
             
               First
               claimeth
               of
               us
               ,
               
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Love
              
               and
               Awe
               ,
            
             
               And
               from
               himself
               ,
               the
               same
               Prerogatives
            
             
               To
               his
               Inferiour
               Magistrates
               derives
               .
            
          
           
             
               There
               is
               a
               Fatherhood
               in
               those
               that
               be
            
             
               Our
               Elders
               ,
               and
               our
               Betters
               in
               degree
               .
            
             
               Our
               Masters
               also
               ,
               may
               have
               warrant
               here
               ,
            
             
               To
               challenge
               from
               us
               ,
               Reverence
               and
               Fear
               .
            
             
               And
               Husbands
               also
               may
               infer
               from
               hence
            
             
               Good
               proof
               of
               right
               to
               their
               preheminence
               ;
            
             
               And
               if
               a
               witness
               wanted
               thereunto
               ,
            
             
               My
               Wife
               I
               know
               would
               say
               the
               same
               I
               do
               .
            
             
               And
               that
               ,
               I
               give
               God
               thanks
               for
               as
               a
               blessing
               ,
            
             
               That
               is
               not
               founnd
               in
               every
               mans
               possessing
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Our
               
                 Ghostly
                 Fathers
              
               by
               whose
               careful
               pain
            
             
               We
               are
               anew
               begot
               ,
               and
               born
               again
               ;
            
             
               (
               Ev'n
               to
               a
               life
               more
               excellent
               than
               that
               ,
            
             
               Whereto
               our
               fleshly
               Fathers
               us
               begat
               )
            
             
               Have
               Honours
               due
               ,
               no
               less
               than
               those
               to
               whom
               ,
            
             
               We
               Sons
               and
               Daughters
               in
               the
               Flesh
               become
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               and
               our
               Fathers
               in
               some
               sort
               they
               be
               ,
            
             
               Who
               ,
               from
               
                 Thrall
                 ,
                 Wants
              
               ,
               and
               Death
               ,
               hath
               set
               us
               free
               .
            
          
           
             
               All
               these
               from
               us
               an
               Honour
               may
               command
               ,
            
             
               According
               to
               the
               place
               wherein
               they
               stand
               ;
            
             
               To
               some
               of
               them
               we
               do
               not
               owe
               alone
               ,
            
             
               That
               Honour
               which
               may
               outwardly
               be
               done
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               that
               unfain'd
               respect
               ,
               which
               doth
               accord
               ,
            
             
               With
               bare
               Obedience
               .
               But
               we
               must
               afford
            
             
               All
               helps
               ,
               whereby
               we
               also
               ,
               may
               prevent
            
             
               The
               Want
               ,
               the
               Shame
               ,
               the
               Harm
               ,
               or
               Discontent
               ,
            
             
               Which
               may
               befall
               them
               ,
               we
               should
               meekly
               bear
            
             
               Their
               words
               and
               blows
               ,
               ev'n
               when
               unjust
               they
               are
               ;
            
             
               We
               should
               not
               pleasure
               take
               in
               any
               thought
               ,
            
             
               With
               which
               dishonour
               may
               to
               them
               be
               brought
               .
            
             
               Though
               they
               should
               curse
               us
               ,
               we
               must
               always
               bless
               ,
            
             
               Defend
               their
               lives
               and
               hide
               their
               nakedness
               ,
            
             
               We
               should
               not
               hear
               them
               wrong'd
               :
               nor
               should
               our
               tongue
            
             
               To
               all
               men
               tell
               it
               ,
               when
               they
               do
               us
               wrong
               ,
            
             
               But
               pray
               and
               strive
               ,
               that
               blameless
               we
               might
               prove
               ,
            
             
               How
               crookedly
               so
               '
               ere
               they
               please
               to
               move
               .
            
             
               For
               he
               alone
               who
               thus
               obey
               them
               shall
               ,
            
             
               Hath
               an
               
                 Obedience
                 Evangelical
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Among
               those
               many
               who
               these
               Laws
               do
               break
               ,
            
             
               And
               pass
               unheeded
               any
               breach
               to
               make
               ,
            
             
               On
               this
               Command
               ,
               who
               greatly
               are
               to
               blame
               ,
            
             
               In
               being
               disobedient
               to
               the
               same
               ,
            
             
               The
               first
               and
               worst
               are
               that
               ill
               tutor'd
               sect
               ,
            
             
               Who
               Magistrates
               ,
               and
               Rulers
               contradict
               ,
            
             
               They
               who
               at
               all
               Superiors
               madly
               strike
               ,
            
             
               And
               fain
               would
               have
               us
               honour'd
               all
               alike
               ,
            
             
               Are
               deeply
               guilty
               ,
               and
               this
               just
               command
               ,
            
             
               They
               frustrate
               make
               ;
               if
               ought
               I
               understand
               .
            
             
               The
               other
               sort
               ,
               doth
               Government
               forsake
               ,
            
             
               Of
               whom
               God
               pleas'd
               this
               gracious
               Law
               to
               make
               ,
            
             
               Do
               sometime
               also
               grievously
               transgress
               ,
            
             
               Against
               this
               Law
               when
               they
               by
               wilfulness
               ,
            
             
               By
               Pride
               ,
               or
               Cruelty
               ,
               provoke
               or
               stir
               ,
            
             
               Those
               to
               rebel
               ,
               who
               Sons
               or
               Vassals
               are
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               he
               that
               wilfully
               gives
               cause
               of
               ill
               ,
            
             
               Shares
               equal
               Guilt
               with
               him
               that
               acts
               it
               still
               .
            
             
               By
               sinning
               he
               brings
               others
               to
               be
               naught
               ,
            
             
               Then
               suffers
               by
               them
               ,
               for
               the
               Sin
               he
               taught
               .
            
             
               For
               they
               who
               Tyrannous
               Commands
               do
               lay
               ,
            
             
               Shall
               find
               their
               Servants
               treacherously
               obey
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Crimes
               forbidden
               here
               as
               having
               bin
               ,
            
             
               Occasions
               of
               a
               more
               immediate
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               Against
               this
               Law
               ;
               are
               
                 Envy
                 ,
                 Self-conceit
              
               ,
            
             
               Licentiousness
               (
               which
               thinketh
               over
               streight
               ,
            
             
               All
               tyes
               of
               
                 Government
                 .
                 )
                 Forgetfulness
              
               ,
            
             
               Of
               those
               Commodities
               which
               we
               possess
               .
            
             
             
               By
               them
               who
               Rule
               us
               likewise
               we
               may
               add
               ,
            
             
               Ingratitude
               ;
               Ill
               habits
               sooner
               had
               ,
            
             
               Than
               lost
               )
               Gross
               Rudeness
               ;
               and
               the
               Vice
               ,
            
             
               Whence
               most
               Sins
               flow
               insatiate
               Avarice
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               now
               remember
               that
               I
               named
               not
            
             
               Some
               other
               Parents
               overmuch
               forgot
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               a
               
                 Heavenly
                 Father
              
               unto
               whom
               ,
            
             
               His
               Children
               should
               more
               dutiful
               become
            
             
               Than
               yet
               they
               be
               .
               But
               ,
               what
               to
               him
               we
               owe
               ,
            
             
               The
               former
               Table
               of
               these
               Laws
               doth
               show
               .
            
          
           
             
               We
               have
               a
               Mother
               too
               ,
               which
               (
               more
               our
               Sin
               )
            
             
               Hath
               in
               this
               Age
               'ore
               much
               neglected
               bin
               ,
            
             
               Nay
               worse
               ;
               (
               I
               would
               it
               were
               untruly
               said
               )
            
             
               She
               hath
               dishonour'd
               been
               and
               disobey'd
               ,
            
             
               More
               like
               a
               cruel
               Step-dame
               than
               like
               her
               ,
            
             
               Within
               whose
               blessed
               Womb
               conceiv'd
               we
               were
               .
            
             
               I
               mean
               the
               holy
               Church
               the
               Spouze
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             
               For
               we
               her
               wholsome
               Discipline
               resist
               ,
            
             
               Her
               comely
               Ceremonies
               we
               despise
               ,
            
             
               Her
               Government
               we
               often
               Scandalize
               ,
            
             
               We
               slight
               her
               Blessings
               ,
               we
               her
               Counsels
               hate
               ,
            
             
               We
               of
               her
               Ornaments
               and
               her
               Estate
            
             
               Dispoil
               her
               ;
               her
               best
               Children
               we
               betray
               ,
            
             
               And
               when
               she
               would
               embrace
               we
               run
               away
               ,
            
             
               In
               all
               which
               things
               we
               disobey
               this
               Law
               ,
            
             
               And
               vengeance
               both
               on
               Soul
               and
               Body
               draw
               :
            
             
               God
               grant
               this
               wickedness
               we
               may
               repent
               ,
            
             
               Before
               he
               change
               into
               a
               Punishment
               ,
            
             
             
               The
               
                 Blessing
                 promis'd
              
               :
               For
               he
               from
               the
               Land
               ,
            
             
               Will
               root
               the
               breakers
               of
               this
               great
               Command
               ,
            
             
               That
               men
               may
               know
               the
               danger
               to
               contemn
               ,
            
             
               A
               good
               Condition
               ;
               when
               't
               is
               off'red
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               are
               already
               gone
               :
               And
               though
               few
               see
               ,
            
             
               Or
               will
               confess
               )
               that
               they
               afflicted
               be
            
             
               For
               this
               offence
               :
               yea
               though
               few
               think
               that
               they
               ,
            
             
               Were
               rooted
               out
               ,
               because
               they
               went
               away
            
             
               By
               their
               own
               choice
               :
               Yet
               God
               to
               them
               hath
               shew'd
            
             
               Their
               error
               by
               some
               Plagues
               which
               have
               ensu'd
               ;
            
             
               Since
               their
               departure
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               perceive
               ,
            
             
               How
               frowardly
               they
               did
               their
               Mother
               leave
               ;
            
             
               And
               that
               the
               truly
               penitent
               might
               there
               ,
            
             
               Enjoy
               the
               Blessing
               they
               did
               forfeit
               here
               .
            
             
               God
               open
               so
               their
               eyes
               in
               their
               distress
               ,
            
             
               And
               so
               instruct
               them
               in
               that
               Wilderness
               ,
            
             
               To
               which
               they
               run
               ,
               that
               (
               though
               like
               Sarahs
               Maid
               ,
            
             
               They
               fly
               from
               her
               with
               whom
               they
               should
               have
               staid
            
             
               They
               may
               divert
               our
               heavy
               Condemnation
               ,
            
             
               And
               leave
               a
               blessing
               to
               this
               Generation
               .
            
             
               Lord
               Grant
               thou
               this
               ,
               and
               that
               those
               may
               not
               shame
            
             
               Their
               Brethren
               who
               departed
               without
               blame
               ,
            
             
               To
               civilize
               the
               Lands
               which
               know
               not
               yet
               ,
            
             
               Their
               blindness
               ,
               nor
               what
               Sins
               they
               do
               commit
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 And
                 gracious
                 God
                 ,
                 preserve
                 a
                 Heart
                 in
                 me
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Which
                 to
                 this
              
               Law
               
                 may
                 still
                 obedient
                 be
              
               .
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             VI.
             
             
               
                 VI
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   do
                   no
                   murder
                   .
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Murther
                 leaves
                 a
                 bloody
                 stain
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 unpurged
                 will
                 remain
                 ,
              
               
                 Till
                 a
                 Flood
                 of
                 Tears
                 it
                 cost
                 ,
              
               
                 Or
                 till
                 blood
                 for
                 blood
                 be
                 lost
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Nor
                 
                   old
                   age
                
                 ,
                 nor
                 
                   length
                   of
                   time
                
              
               
                 Cleared
                 Joab
                 of
                 this
                 Crime
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 his
                 Power
                 ,
                 though
                 great
                 it
                 was
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 a
                 
                   priviledged
                   place
                
              
               
                 Could
                 his
                 head
                 from
                 vengeance
                 hide
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 for
                 this
                 Offence
                 he
                 dy'd
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             Command
             .
             VI.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Thy
                 Makers
              
               Image
               
                 do
                 not
                 spill
              
               ,
            
             
               Where
               God
               
                 commands
                 thee
                 not
                 to
                 kill
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               NOne
               had
               been
               safe
               ,
               unless
               the
               bloody
               sin
            
             
               Forbidden
               here
               ,
               had
               both
               restrained
               been
               ,
            
             
               And
               still
               pursued
               (
               mischiefs
               to
               prevent
               )
            
             
               With
               open
               and
               with
               secret
               punishment
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               Almighty
               God
               (
               who
               hath
               decreed
            
             
               That
               he
               who
               sheds
               his
               Brothers
               blood
               ,
               shall
               bleed
               )
            
             
               Attends
               it
               still
               with
               vengeance
               :
               and
               the
               Sword
            
             
               (
               According
               to
               the
               dreadful
               sounding
               word
            
             
               Pronounc'd
               long
               since
               to
               David
               )
               shall
               not
               leave
            
             
               Him
               or
               his
               house
               who
               doth
               of
               life
               bereave
            
             
               A
               guiltless
               man
               ;
               till
               for
               that
               crying
               guilt
               ,
            
             
               Some
               Blood
               of
               his
               untimely
               shall
               be
               spilt
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               though
               like
               him
               ,
               whom
               here
               we
               represent
            
             
               Men
               ,
               may
               by
               greatness
               ,
               keep
               off
               punishment
               ,
            
             
               Till
               they
               are
               old
               ,
               it
               will
               their
               heels
               pursue
               ,
            
             
               And
               give
               them
               at
               the
               last
               their
               
                 bloody
                 due
              
               ;
            
             
               For
               I
               have
               rarely
               heeded
               one
               in
               ten
               ,
            
             
               Of
               those
               rash-headed
               ,
               and
               fool-hardy
               men
               ,
            
             
             
               Who
               (
               as
               they
               fondly
               term
               it
               )
               
                 fairly
                 kill
              
               ;
            
             
               But
               ,
               they
               or
               theirs
               ,
               have
               either
               suffered
               still
               ,
            
             
               Deaths
               violent
               ;
               or
               
                 died
                 in
                 their
                 prime
              
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               Issueless
               ;
               for
               this
               Blood-spilling
               Crime
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               and
               for
               ought
               is
               known
               ,
               the
               self-same
               Doom
            
             
               On
               those
               who
               yet
               escape
               ,
               e're
               long
               may
               come
               .
            
             
               And
               if
               the
               
                 fair
                 done
              
               Murthers
               have
               these
               Fates
               ,
            
             
               How
               shall
               he
               scape
               that
               
                 foul
                 ones
              
               perpetrates
               !
            
             
               Of
               this
               offence
               ,
               let
               all
               men
               conscience
               make
            
             
               For
               their
               own
               weal
               ,
               or
               for
               their
               Childrens
               sake
            
             
               Whom
               they
               beget
               :
               For
               in
               the
               same
               degree
            
             
               Wherein
               they
               murther
               ,
               it
               repaid
               shall
               be
               ,
            
             
               On
               their
               own
               persons
               ,
               or
               on
               some
               of
               those
            
             
               By
               whom
               her
               due
               ,
               just
               vengeance
               may
               not
               lose
               .
            
          
           
             
               If
               thou
               hast
               took
               away
               the
               life
               of
               Fame
            
             
               From
               any
               ,
               thou
               shall
               suffer
               in
               thy
               Name
               .
            
             
               If
               by
               unchristian
               Anger
               ,
               or
               by
               hate
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               shalt
               occasion
               what
               may
               ruinate
            
             
               Anothers
               Being
               ;
               in
               thy
               Generation
               ,
            
             
               Or
               in
               thy self
               ,
               expect
               retaliation
               ;
            
             
               Unless
               Repentance
               in
               a
               Fount
               of
               tears
            
             
               Shall
               cleanse
               that
               stain
               ,
               which
               nothing
               else
               out-wears
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oppression
               makes
               the
               Poor
               his
               life
               to
               leese
            
             
               Like
               Poysons
               which
               destroy
               men
               by
               degrees
               ,
            
             
               With
               lingring
               Deaths
               ,
               and
               in
               an
               age
               or
               two
            
             
               That
               Sin
               doth
               all
               those
               Families
               undo
            
             
               Which
               were
               enrich'd
               thereby
               ,
               yea
               I
               have
               seen
            
             
               Their
               Sons
               who
               by
               oppression
               rais'd
               have
               been
               ,
            
             
             
               To
               fall
               from
               large
               Estates
               by
               some
               and
               some
            
             
               Till
               they
               to
               such
               base
               poverty
               have
               come
               ,
            
             
               As
               brought
               them
               to
               the
               Gallows
               :
               Therefore
               they
            
             
               Act
               murthers
               who
               take
               means
               of
               life
               away
            
             
               By
               an
               
                 oppressing
                 hand
              
               ;
               and
               murther
               not
            
             
               The
               poor
               alone
               ;
               but
               those
               whom
               they
               begot
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               is
               in
               Heart
               a
               Murtherer
               who
               prays
            
             
               For
               others
               deaths
               ;
               and
               in
               effect
               he
               slays
               ,
            
             
               Who
               can
               ,
               but
               will
               not
               save
               ,
               if
               to
               afford
            
             
               Deliverance
               ,
               with
               Justice
               will
               accord
               .
            
             
               Nor
               from
               this
               error
               are
               they
               counted
               free
               ,
            
             
               Who
               ,
               wittingly
               shall
               an
               occasion
               be
            
             
               To
               other
               men
               ,
               of
               that
               which
               may
               intice
            
             
               By
               word
               ,
               or
               by
               example
               to
               this
               vice
               .
            
             
               Such
               are
               those
               Hacksters
               ,
               (
               who
               themselves
               do
               name
            
             
               Men
               of
               the
               Sword
               )
               (
               but
               sure
               enough
               I
               am
               )
            
             
               (
               Men
               of
               a
               base
               Condition
               )
               these
               are
               they
            
             
               Who
               flesh
               our
               blooming
               Gentry
               in
               the
               way
            
             
               Of
               brutish
               Quarrels
               ,
               and
               their
               minds
               possess
            
             
               With
               Rage
               instead
               of
               sober
               Manliness
               .
            
          
           
             
               Just
               of
               their
               stamp
               ,
               are
               they
               who
               shall
               provoke
            
             
               Their
               Friends
               unto
               Revenge
               for
               what
               was
               spoke
            
             
               In
               drink
               or
               passion
               ;
               making
               them
               believe
            
             
               They
               were
               disgraced
               if
               they
               should
               forgive
               ;
            
             
               And
               so
               the
               Fools
               are
               urged
               to
               pursue
            
             
               Those
               wicked
               Counsels
               which
               at
               last
               they
               rue
               .
            
             
               Another
               way
               as
               faulty
               are
               those
               men
            
             
               Who
               publish
               by
               the
               tongue
               or
               by
               the
               pen
            
             
             
               Those
               Heresies
               and
               Fancies
               which
               undo
            
             
               (
               Here
               and
               for
               aye
               )
               themselves
               and
               others
               too
               .
            
             
               These
               last
               ,
               are
               out
               of
               question
               deeply
               dy'd
            
             
               In
               this
               
                 red
                 Crime
              
               ,
               though
               some
               of
               them
               can
               hide
            
             
               Their
               Guilt
               with
               holy
               shews
               .
               The
               former
               sort
            
             
               Though
               well
               esteem'd
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               none
               report
            
             
               Or
               take
               for
               Murtherers
               ,
               would
               soon
               be
               cast
            
             
               If
               an
               impartial
               verdict
               should
               be
               past
               .
            
          
           
             
               There
               is
               a
               murthering
               poyson
               in
               some
               words
            
             
               And
               Flatteries
               ,
               are
               otherwhile
               the
               Swords
            
             
               That
               Kill
               their
               hearers
               ,
               though
               when
               they
               infect
               ,
            
             
               They
               do
               not
               murther
               by
               a
               line
               direct
               .
            
          
           
             
               Moreover
               ,
               other
               while
               unkindness
               may
            
             
               Strike
               dead
               a
               Gentle
               heart
               ;
               and
               such
               as
               play
            
             
               False
               play
               in
               Love
               ,
               (
               as
               when
               they
               do
               allure
            
             
               And
               causlesly
               reject
               )
               may
               soon
               procure
            
             
               Untimely
               Death
               .
               But
               such
               like
               youthful
               Crimes
            
             
               Though
               jested
               at
               ,
               bring
               vengeance
               many
               times
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               that
               by
               lawful
               means
               doth
               blood
               require
            
             
               For
               blood
               unjustly
               Spilt
               ,
               with
               more
               desire
            
             
               To
               satisfy
               his
               rage
               ,
               than
               to
               prefer
            
             
               True
               Justice
               ,
               is
               a
               parcel
               Murtherer
               .
            
             
               And
               so
               are
               such
               ,
               who
               practise
               to
               encrease
            
             
               A
               publick
               Concord
               ,
               or
               mens
               private
               peace
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               some
               degree
               of
               Murtherers
               are
               they
            
             
               Who
               to
               their
               might
               remove
               not
               far
               away
            
             
               All
               such
               occasionings
               as
               may
               begin
            
             
               Or
               help
               to
               perfect
               this
               inhumane
               Sin
            
             
             
               And
               therefore
               by
               this
               Law
               we
               are
               forbidden
               ,
            
             
               To
               keep
               an
               Enmity
               in
               secret
               hidden
               ,
            
             
               That
               may
               provoke
               Revenge
               :
               which
               to
               prevent
            
             
               A
               Duty
               doth
               precede
               the
               Sacrament
            
             
               Of
               Christian
               Unity
               ;
               and
               they
               commit
            
             
               Against
               this
               Law
               who
               fail
               to
               practise
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Pride
                 ,
                 Wrath
                 ,
                 Scorn
                 ,
                 Avarice
                 ,
                 Wine
                 in
                 excess
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Wrongs
                 ,
                 Jeers
                 ,
                 Neglects
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Jests
                 with
                 bitterness
              
               ,
            
             
               With
               other
               such
               (
               which
               either
               are
               or
               draw
            
             
               Occasions
               on
               ,
               to
               violate
               this
               Law
               )
            
             
               Are
               breaches
               of
               it
               .
               And
               though
               few
               suspect
               ,
            
             
               (
               Because
               these
               are
               but
               breaches
               indirect
               )
            
             
               That
               such
               enormities
               unpunish't
               be
            
             
               (
               For
               that
               ,
               but
               seldom
               they
               inflicted
               see
            
             
               Immediate
               stripes
               )
               yet
               ,
               questionless
               ,
               by
               such
            
             
               Those
               troubles
               are
               brought
               on
               ,
               that
               shorten
               much
            
             
               The
               life
               of
               Man
               ;
               and
               thereby
               finish'd
               are
            
             
               His
               numbred
               years
               before
               he
               is
               aware
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Souldier
               (
               whom
               I
               had
               almost
               forgot
               )
            
             
               Is
               very
               peaceful
               ,
               if
               he
               murther
               not
               .
            
             
               To
               kill
               is
               his
               profession
               ;
               yet
               I
               say
               ,
            
             
               He
               murthers
               if
               his
               Prisner
               he
               shall
               slay
               ,
            
             
               The
               battel
               being
               past
               .
               The
               Voluntary
            
             
               Whom
               ,
               an
               ambitious
               Avarice
               doth
               carry
               ,
            
             
               To
               hostle
               Actions
               ,
               when
               his
               lawful
               Prince
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               sends
               nor
               calls
               him
               ,
               nor
               the
               just
               defence
            
             
               Of
               his
               own
               person
               ,
               or
               his
               Countries
               good
            
             
               Engageth
               to
               become
               a
               man
               of
               blood
               .
            
             
             
               Ev'n
               he
               may
               be
               suspected
               ,
               not
               to
               tread
            
             
               A
               path
               so
               noble
               ,
               and
               so
               warranted
            
             
               As
               he
               conceives
               :
               yet
               neither
               praise
               I
               them
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               do
               I
               peremptorily
               condemn
            
             
               Their
               practice
               ,
               but
               refer
               what
               I
               have
               said
               ,
            
             
               In
               their
               own
               conscience
               to
               be
               rightly
               weigh'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               "
               Lord
               give
               us
               eyes
               our
               Secret
               sins
               to
               see
               ,
            
             
               "
               While
               time
               and
               place
               to
               us
               vouchsafed
               be
               ,
            
             
               "
               That
               we
               may
               leave
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               Love
               embrace
            
             
               "
               Which
               will
               conceal
               them
               with
               her
               vail
               of
               grace
               .
            
             
               "
               For
               ,
               if
               with
               Joab
               we
               grow
               old
               in
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               "
               Which
               hath
               not
               really
               repented
               bin
               ,
            
             
               "
               Till
               thou
               growst
               angry
               ;
               vengeance
               will
               not
               tarry
            
             
               "
               But
               smites
               us
               dead
               ,
               ev'n
               in
               thy
               Sanctuary
               .
            
          
           
             
               "
               Thrice
               holy
               Trinity
               ,
               my
               Heart
               possess
               ,
            
             
               "
               And
               ,
               I
               ,
               this
               Precept
               ,
               never
               shall
               transgress
               .
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             VII
             .
             
               
                 VII
                 :
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 Commit
                 advlterie
                 .
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 When
                 this
                 Figure
                 thou
                 hast
                 ey'd
                 ,
              
               
                 Think
                 how
                 these
                 two
                 Wantons
                 dy'd
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 what
                 horror
                 was
                 therein
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 Death
                 took
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 Sin
                 ,
              
               
                 Hurrying
                 them
                 from
                 their
                 delight
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 an
                 
                   Everlasting
                   Night
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mind
                 it
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 mind
                 it
                 so
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 thou
                 still
                 may'st
                 careful
                 grow
                 ,
              
               
                 From
                 those
                 evils
                 to
                 be
                 free
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 this
                 Law
                 forbids
                 to
                 thee
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             Comman
             .
             VII
             .
          
           
             
               Commit
               thou
               no
               such
               Act
               unclean
               ,
            
             
               As
               here
               Adultery
               ,
               doth
               mean.
               
            
          
           
             
               BEhold
               this
               Figure
               ,
               you
               ,
               who
               take
               delight
               ,
            
             
               To
               give
               the
               Reins
               to
               wanton
               Appetite
               :
            
             
               And
               ,
               say
               within
               your selves
               ;
               
                 why
                 may
                 not
                 we
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Struck
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 in
                 our
                 Polutions
                 be
                 ,
              
            
             
               As
               well
               as
               these
               and
               others
               ,
               who
               have
               bin
               ,
            
             
               Attatched
               in
               the
               very
               Act
               of
               Sin
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Consider
               this
               and
               tremble
               :
               For
               no
               year
            
             
               Wheels
               round
               ,
               but
               ,
               we
               of
               one
               or
               other
               hear
            
             
               Thus
               taken
               ;
               That
               ,
               you
               might
               forsake
               the
               snare
               ,
            
             
               And
               others
               be
               forwarn'd
               of
               coming
               there
               .
            
          
           
             
               Permit
               Adultery
               ,
               and
               none
               shall
               breed
            
             
               Without
               a
               Mungrel
               and
               a
               mingled
               seed
               ,
            
             
               Allow
               such
               mixtures
               and
               none
               then
               shall
               know
               ,
            
             
               On
               whom
               the
               dues
               of
               birth-right
               to
               bestow
               ,
            
             
               Save
               a
               blest
               Faction
               .
               And
               what
               havoke
               then
            
             
               Will
               Trecherys
               and
               Murthers
               make
               of
               Men
               ?
            
             
               And
               ,
               who
               will
               careful
               be
               to
               foster
               that
            
             
               Which
               no
               man
               owns
               ,
               and
               Brutish
               Lust
               begat
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               So
               needful
               was
               this
               Law
               ,
               that
               here
               to
               dwell
            
             
               Without
               it
               ,
               were
               to
               live
               the
               life
               of
               Hell
            
             
               With
               Fiends
               incarnate
               ,
               whose
               licentiousness
            
             
               Their
               own
               and
               others
               mischiefs
               would
               increase
               .
            
          
           
             
               Be
               therefore
               thankful
               for
               it
               ;
               and
               declare
            
             
               Your
               thankfulness
               with
               diligence
               and
               care
            
             
               In
               keeping
               of
               it
               ;
               that
               you
               may
               have
               rest
            
             
               From
               sorrows
               here
               ,
               and
               be
               hereafter
               blest
               ,
            
             
               And
               lest
               your
               Duties
               from
               you
               ,
               may
               be
               hidden
               ,
            
             
               Observe
               that
               by
               this
               Precept
               is
               forbidden
               ,
            
             
               Not
               only
               such
               uncleanness
               as
               polluteth
            
             
               A
               Married
               Bed
               ;
               but
               ,
               that
               it
               those
               reputeth
               ,
            
             
               Offenders
               too
               ,
               who
               simply
               fornicate
            
             
               Or
               in
               a
               married
               or
               unmarried
               state
               ,
            
             
               Abuse
               their
               Members
               in
               the
               wanton
               fact
            
             
               Of
               any
               lawless
               or
               uncomely
               Act
               ;
            
             
               Which
               appertaineth
               to
               that
               fleshly
               sin
               ,
            
             
               Which
               by
               this
               Law
               hath
               interdicted
               bin
               .
            
             
               No
               breach
               of
               Wedlock
               was
               perchance
               in
               that
            
             
               Bold
               Zimri
               did
               with
               Cosbi
               perpetrate
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               vengeance
               followed
               on
               it
               ,
               to
               affright
            
             
               All
               those
               who
               in
               Laciviousness
               delight
               ,
            
             
               Young
               Onan
               climed
               not
               his
               neighbours
               bed
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               God
               for
               his
               transgression
               struck
               him
               dead
               .
            
             
               And
               let
               the
               shameless
               wantons
               of
               our
               days
               ,
            
             
               Who
               boast
               (
               as
               of
               a
               deed
               that
               merits
               praise
               )
            
             
               How
               many
               untouch't
               Virgins
               they
               deflowr'd
            
             
               Lest
               by
               a
               sudden
               Plague
               they
               be
               devour'd
               ,
            
             
             
               For
               less
               than
               that
               of
               which
               these
               villanies
               boast
               ,
            
             
               Full
               Three
               and
               Twenty
               Thousand
               lives
               did
               cost
            
             
               In
               one
               days
               round
               ;
               and
               it
               may
               forfeit
               them
            
             
               Their
               freedom
               in
               the
               new
               Jerusalem
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               shun
               gross
               wantonness
               will
               not
               suffice
               ,
            
             
               Unless
               the
               wandrings
               of
               Adulterous
               eyes
               ,
            
             
               Lascivious
               touches
               intermixt
               among
            
             
               The
               temptings
               of
               a
               lust
               provoking
               tongue
               ,
            
             
               Bewiching
               smiles
               ,
               And
               Gestures
               ,
               which
               intice
               ,
            
             
               Both
               mind
               and
               body
               to
               embrace
               this
               Vice
               ,
            
             
               With
               such
               like
               Cycean
               Charmings
               ,
               be
               supprest
               ,
            
             
               Which
               help
               transform
               a
               Man
               into
               a
               Beast
               ,
            
             
               Nay
               if
               the
               secret
               longings
               of
               the
               Heart
               ,
            
             
               We
               labour
               not
               (
               with
               all
               our
               strength
               )
               to
               thwart
               ,
            
             
               When
               they
               incline
               to
               Lust
               ;
               we
               thereby
               shall
            
             
               Be
               guilty
               ,
               though
               in
               Act
               we
               never
               fall
               .
            
          
           
             
               If
               therefore
               blameless
               we
               would
               still
               abide
               ,
            
             
               We
               must
               some
               precious
               Antidotes
               provide
            
             
               Against
               this
               Poyson
               .
               We
               must
               careful
               prove
            
             
               Far
               from
               us
               ,
               all
               occasions
               to
               remove
               ,
            
             
               Which
               may
               allure
               :
               And
               they
               are
               such
               as
               these
            
             
               Vain
               Songs
               and
               Poems
               ,
               which
               are
               made
               to
               please
            
             
               A
               wanton
               ear
               ,
               and
               movingly
               express
            
             
               The
               longings
               and
               the
               acts
               of
               Wantonness
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Obscoen
                 Discourse
                 ;
                 Lascivious
                 Company
              
               ;
            
             
               
                 The
                 giving
                 of
                 an
                 opportunity
              
               ,
            
             
               (
               That
               may
               be
               shunn'd
               )
               to
               such
               as
               we
               do
               know
            
             
               Are
               not
               so
               bashful
               as
               to
               let
               it
               go
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               These
               are
               occasions
               ,
               of
               especial
               note
               ,
            
             
               ●s
               Bounds
               to
               this
               Offence
               ,
               not
               so
               remote
               ,
            
             
               But
               ,
               that
               they
               bring
               it
               easily
               to
               pass
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               otherwhile
               before
               it
               purpos'd
               was
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               for
               that
               Cause
               ,
               this
               Law
               commands
               doth
               lay
            
             
               That
               we
               remove
               those
               from
               us
               far
               away
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               are
               those
               all
               the
               temptings
               unto
               lust
               ,
            
             
               But
               there
               be
               others
               which
               avoid
               we
               must
            
             
               As
               much
               as
               these
               ;
               Fantastical
               attires
               ,
            
             
               And
               wanton
               dressings
               kindle
               lustful
               Fires
               .
            
             
               This
               makes
               them
               so
               esteemed
               ,
               and
               so
               sought
               ,
            
             
               That
               otherwhile
               they
               are
               full
               dearly
               bought
               ,
            
             
               That
               some
               to
               play
               the
               Harlot
               have
               been
               fain
            
             
               Those
               various
               costly
               Dressings
               to
               maintain
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oft
               visitings
               ,
               and
               spending
               of
               the
               day
               ,
            
             
               With
               such
               as
               trifle
               half
               their
               time
               away
            
             
               ●n
               Complements
               ,
               (
               and
               intercourse
               between
            
             
               Each
               other
               ,
               but
               to
               see
               or
               to
               be
               seen
               .
               )
            
             
               Ev'n
               these
               things
               blow
               the
               Flame
               ,
               and
               many
               a
               one
            
             
               By
               such
               impertinencies
               ,
               is
               undone
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               faring
               delicately
               in
               excess
               ,
            
             
               The
               common
               sin
               of
               beastly
               Drunkenness
               ,
            
             
               Are
               here
               Attatch'd
               ,
               Arraign'd
               and
               Sentenced
               ,
            
             
               For
               often
               causing
               an
               Adulterous
               Bed.
            
             
               Constrained
               marriages
               made
               up
               by
               Friends
               ,
            
             
               For
               
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Wealth
              
               ,
               or
               such
               improper
               ends
               ,
            
             
               Both
               partys
               very
               frequently
               undo
               ,
            
             
               And
               cause
               Adulterys
               and
               Murthers
               too
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Where
               Youth
               and
               Age
               of
               too
               unequal
               years
            
             
               Together
               match
               ;
               both
               Jealousies
               and
               Fears
            
             
               Are
               Guests
               ,
               and
               rarely
               have
               such
               weddings
               bin
            
             
               Without
               occasions
               of
               this
               filthy
               sin
               .
            
             
               If
               ,
               therefore
               of
               this
               Crime
               we
               would
               be
               clear
               ,
            
             
               Let
               us
               endeavour
               alwaies
               to
               forbear
            
             
               All
               such
               as
               these
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               to
               eschew
            
             
               A
               gross
               Adultery
               ,
               and
               so
               pursue
            
             
               Each
               means
               which
               may
               be
               helpful
               to
               acquire
            
             
               A
               blameless
               practice
               and
               a
               clean
               desire
               .
            
             
               That
               we
               may
               Soul
               and
               Body
               beautify
            
             
               With
               every
               flower
               of
               Spotless
               Chastity
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               carnal
               whoredom
               was
               long
               since
               a
               gin
            
             
               By
               Satan
               forged
               for
               the
               bringing
               in
            
             
               Of
               Ghostly
               Fornications
               most
               impure
               ,
            
             
               And
               frequent
               Testimonies
               may
               assure
            
             
               That
               they
               who
               love
               strange
               flesh
               as
               many
               do
               ,
            
             
               Will
               change
               their
               God
               with
               small
               perswasions
               too
               .
            
          
           
             
               LORD
               from
               these
               vanities
               direct
               our
               eyes
            
             
               Which
               may
               at
               unawares
               the
               Heart
               surprize
               ;
            
             
               The
               Law
               within
               our
               members
               we
               do
               find
            
             
               Doth
               cross
               the
               Law
               that
               's
               grafted
               in
               our
               mind
               .
            
             
               That
               which
               we
               hate
               we
               are
               intic'd
               unto
               ,
            
             
               And
               what
               we
               love
               we
               often
               fail
               to
               do
               .
            
             
               Our
               Will
               thou
               hast
               renew'd
               but
               in
               the
               Deed
            
             
               We
               are
               not
               ,
               yet
               ,
               enabled
               to
               proceed
            
             
               With
               such
               a
               Constancy
               as
               we
               desire
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               with
               such
               pureness
               as
               thou
               dost
               require
               .
            
             
             
               Make
               perfect
               what
               in
               me
               thou
               hast
               begun
               ,
            
             
               Compel
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               after
               thee
               may
               run
               .
            
             
               ●et
               not
               the
               world
               adulterate
               in
               me
            
             
               The
               Love
               which
               I
               have
               promis'd
               unto
               thee
               ;
            
             
               Although
               my
               waies
               be
               crooked
               in
               thy
               sight
               ,
            
             
               ●
               reserve
               thou
               my
               affection
               still
               upright
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               let
               thy
               Love
               so
               keep
               my
               heart
               in
               awe
            
             
               That
               I
               may
               still
               be
               blameless
               of
               this
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             VIII
             .
             
               
                 VIII
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   not
                   steale
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               If
               a
               Souldier
               might
               not
               thieve
               ,
            
             
               No
               man
               may
               ,
               as
               I
               believe
               ;
            
             
               If
               such
               measure
               Achan
               find
            
             
               For
               a
               prey
               in
               war
               purloin'd
               ,
            
             
               What
               ,
               on
               these
               will
               Justice
               bring
            
             
               Who
               rob
               
                 Country
                 ,
                 Church
              
               and
               King
               ?
            
             
               With
               his
               Children
               Achan
               fell
            
             
               (
               Yet
               I
               hope
               their
               Souls
               are
               well
               .
               )
            
             
               But
               if
               these
               do
               not
               amend
            
             
               Greater
               Plagues
               for
               them
               attend
               .
            
          
           
             
             Comma
             .
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               
                 What
                 want
                 so
                 e're
                 oppress
                 thee
                 may
              
            
             
               Steal
               not
               ,
               
                 anothers
                 goods
                 away
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               LIght
               fingred
               Achan
               here
               doth
               figur'd
               stand
               ,
            
             
               Who
               for
               infringing
               of
               this
               Eight
               Command
               ,
            
             
               Brought
               both
               on
               him
               and
               his
               a
               fearful
               Doom
            
             
               To
               make
               it
               known
               to
               every
               age
               to
               come
               ,
            
             
               That
               Sacriledge
               and
               pilfring
               may
               undo
            
             
               Both
               such
               as
               use
               it
               ,
               and
               their
               Children
               too
               .
            
          
           
             
               So
               strongly
               are
               these
               Precepts
               knit
               together
               ,
            
             
               And
               have
               so
               much
               dependance
               each
               on
               other
               ,
            
             
               That
               none
               of
               their
               whole
               number
               can
               be
               mist
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               virtue
               perfect
               ,
               without
               all
               subsist
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               Families
               necessities
               ,
               who
               can
            
             
               Support
               aright
               or
               honour
               God
               or
               Man
            
             
               With
               due
               respects
               ?
               or
               fully
               exercise
            
             
               The
               praiseful
               work
               of
               Christian
               Charities
               ,
            
             
               Unless
               this
               righteous
               Law
               had
               been
               ordain'd
            
             
               Whereby
               each
               man
               his
               own
               might
               have
               retain'd
               ?
            
          
           
             
               The
               painful
               hand
               had
               wrought
               but
               for
               a
               prey
            
             
               For
               slothful
               Drones
               to
               spoil
               and
               steal
               away
               ,
            
             
             
               Did
               not
               this
               Law
               prevent
               ;
               and
               they
               should
               then
            
             
               Possess
               most
               wealth
               who
               were
               the
               strongest
               men
               .
            
          
           
             
               None
               would
               have
               labour'd
               but
               for
               present
               need
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               procure
               and
               keep
               ,
               whereon
               to
               feed
               ,
            
             
               Would
               so
               imploy
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               should
               not
               find
            
             
               A
               leisure
               hour
               to
               rectify
               the
               mind
               ,
            
             
               By
               knowledge
               ,
               or
               by
               seeking
               that
               which
               is
            
             
               The
               Essence
               of
               our
               Being
               ,
               and
               our
               bliss
               ,
            
             
               For
               ,
               as
               base
               Poverty
               hath
               dwelling
               there
            
             
               Where
               
                 lawless
                 living
              
               and
               disorders
               are
               ;
            
             
               So
               ,
               where
               that
               Poverty
               ,
               doth
               much
               abound
               ,
            
             
               A
               brutish
               Ignorance
               is
               alwayes
               found
               ,
            
             
               For
               ,
               though
               wealth
               makes
               none
               wiser
               ,
               yet
               ,
               it
               might
            
             
               Yield
               means
               of
               knowledge
               ,
               being
               us'd
               aright
               ;
            
             
               And
               equal
               are
               the
               sins
               ,
               to
               rob
               the
               rich
            
             
               As
               spoil
               the
               poor
               although
               they
               seem
               not
               such
               ,
            
             
               Since
               that
               which
               makes
               the
               difference
               in
               the
               facts
            
             
               Is
               in
               the
               sufferer
               ,
               not
               in
               him
               that
               Acts.
               
            
          
           
             
               Let
               no
               man
               therefore
               ,
               lay
               his
               hand
               on
               what
            
             
               Is
               portion
               of
               another
               mans
               Estate
               ,
            
             
               With
               purpose
               to
               defraud
               him
               ;
               lest
               it
               bring
            
             
               A
               Gangrene
               ,
               and
               become
               a
               cursed
               thing
               ,
            
             
               Which
               will
               devour
               what
               he
               before
               possessed
               ,
            
             
               And
               stop
               him
               in
               the
               way
               of
               being
               blessed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rob
               none
               ;
               But
               of
               all
               other
               shun
               the
               Theft
            
             
               By
               which
               poor
               widdows
               are
               of
               that
               bereft
            
             
               Which
               is
               their
               lively
               hood
               ,
               or
               that
               whereby
            
             
               The
               Fatherless
               compelled
               are
               to
               cry
            
             
             
               To
               God
               for
               vengeance
               .
               And
               be
               wary
               too
            
             
               Thou
               do
               not
               willfully
               thy self
               undo
            
             
               By
               execrable
               things
               ,
               lest
               
               Achan's
               Crime
            
             
               Bring
               on
               thee
               
               Achan's
               death
               ,
               in
               evil
               time
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               though
               Deaths
               due
               for
               every
               sin
               that
               's
               done
            
             
               Some
               louder
               cry
               ,
               and
               bring
               it
               sooner
               on
               .
            
          
           
             
               There
               are
               a
               thousand
               Thieveries
               by
               which
            
             
               The
               worldling
               is
               advanced
               to
               be
               rich
            
             
               With
               little
               sence
               of
               sin
               ,
               although
               they
               be
            
             
               Infringements
               of
               this
               Law
               in
               high
               degree
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Trades-man
               stealeth
               by
               a
               frequent
               lying
            
             
               In
               bargaining
               ,
               in
               selling
               and
               in
               buying
               ;
            
             
               And
               most
               he
               suffers
               by
               this
               fair-tongu'd
               thief
               ,
            
             
               Who
               entertains
               of
               him
               the
               best
               belief
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               Courtiers
               have
               their
               pilfrings
               ,
               which
               they
               call
            
             
               Their
               Fees
               or
               Vails
               ,
               whereby
               when
               dues
               are
               small
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               their
               expences
               large
               ,
               they
               soon
               grow
               great
               ,
            
             
               And
               keep
               their
               Master
               also
               in
               their
               Debt
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               
                 Royal
                 name
              
               is
               used
               to
               conceal
            
             
               Their
               frequent
               robbing
               of
               the
               Common
               weal.
               
            
          
           
             
               Some
               steal
               into
               Estates
               by
               their
               unjust
            
             
               Abuse
               ,
               by
               whom
               they
               have
               been
               put
               in
               trust
               ;
            
             
               And
               men
               so
               frequently
               this
               way
               misdo
               ,
            
             
               That
               such
               are
               counted
               
                 honest
                 Livers
              
               too
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               rob
               the
               Church
               (
               and
               this
               too
               is
               no
               news
               )
            
             
               By
               keeping
               from
               her
               Labourers
               their
               dues
               ,
            
             
               And
               by
               assuming
               as
               their
               own
               Estate
            
             
               What
               Piety
               to
               God
               did
               consecrate
            
          
           
             
             
               Some
               Church-men
               rob
               the
               Layty
               by
               taking
            
             
               That
               Calling
               on
               them
               without
               conscience
               making
            
             
               Of
               those
               performances
               ,
               for
               which
               God
               gave
            
             
               The
               portions
               and
               the
               places
               which
               they
               have
               ;
            
             
               And
               doubtless
               ,
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               such
               as
               they
            
             
               The
               Churches
               heritage
               is
               took
               away
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               by
               Authority
               or
               quirks
               of
               Law
            
             
               Raise
               projects
               from
               their
               neighbours
               to
               withdraw
            
             
               Their
               livelihood
               :
               Some
               others
               do
               no
               less
            
             
               By
               outward
               shews
               of
               strict
               Religiousness
               ,
            
             
               Or
               
                 cloked
                 honesty
              
               ,
               the
               latter
               sort
            
             
               Make
               means
               to
               Cousin
               by
               their
               
                 good
                 Report
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               wantons
               ,
               (
               guilty
               of
               no
               petty
               wrong
               )
            
             
               Steal
               Hearts
               ,
               which
               unto
               others
               do
               belong
               .
            
             
               Some
               steal
               both
               Goods
               and
               Persons
               .
               Thus
               do
               they
            
             
               Who
               take
               the
               heirs
               of
               mens
               Estates
               away
            
             
               Against
               their
               Wills
               ;
               And
               when
               this
               theft's
               begun
               ,
            
             
               Most
               commonly
               both
               parties
               are
               undone
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               steal
               the
               wit
               of
               others
               .
               And
               an
               Ass
            
             
               To
               be
               a
               witty
               Creature
               ,
               thus
               may
               pass
               .
            
             
               Some
               steal
               rewards
               and
               praises
               which
               are
               due
            
             
               To
               other
               men
               ;
               and
               these
               are
               not
               a
               few
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               steal
               preferments
               ,
               I
               could
               tell
               you
               how
               ,
            
             
               But
               will
               not
               ,
               lest
               indanger'd
               I
               may
               grow
            
             
               By
               babling
               of
               it
               ;
               or
               lest
               other
               some
            
             
               May
               by
               that
               means
               to
               wealth
               and
               greatness
               come
               ,
            
             
               Who
               do
               as
               yet
               retain
               their
               honesties
               ,
            
             
               Because
               they
               have
               not
               learn'd
               such
               tricks
               to
               rise
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Some
               steal
               mens
               good
               opinions
               ,
               by
               concealing
            
             
               Their
               own
               enormities
               ,
               and
               by
               revealing
            
             
               Their
               Neighbours
               errors
               ,
               with
               such
               shews
               of
               Ruth
            
             
               As
               if
               they
               were
               all
               Charity
               and
               Truth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Shun
               all
               such
               thievish
               Paths
               ,
               for
               he
               that
               follows
            
             
               These
               Tracts
               ,
               may
               peradventure
               scape
               the
               Gallows
               ,
            
             
               But
               shall
               not
               scape
               unpunish'd
               ,
               though
               God
               may
            
             
               Defer
               his
               wages
               till
               a
               longer
               day
               .
            
          
           
             
               As
               those
               are
               not
               excus'd
               ;
               So
               shall
               not
               he
            
             
               From
               our
               Infringement
               of
               this
               Law
               be
               free
               ,
            
             
               Who
               nourisheth
               a
               cause
               of
               this
               offence
            
             
               By
               Idleness
               ,
               by
               Prodigal
               expence
               ,
            
             
               By
               vicious
               gaming
               ,
               by
               regardlesness
            
             
               To
               husband
               wisely
               ,
               what
               he
               doth
               possess
            
             
               By
               keeping
               to
               himself
               what
               was
               bestown
            
             
               As
               well
               for
               others
               uses
               ,
               as
               his
               own
               ;
            
             
               Or
               by
               withdrawing
               (
               through
               deceit
               or
               might
               )
            
             
               The
               hirelings
               wages
               or
               the
               poor-mans
               right
            
             
               Whereby
               those
               may
               be
               driven
               to
               supply
            
             
               By
               stealth
               or
               fraud
               ,
               their
               griping
               poverty
               .
            
          
           
             
               More
               such
               occasions
               ,
               he
               himself
               may
               find
            
             
               Who
               doth
               examine
               with
               a
               single
               mind
            
             
               His
               private
               practices
               ,
               and
               how
               the
               end
            
             
               Of
               one
               thing
               on
               another
               doth
               depend
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oh
               Lord
               vouchsafe
               me
               grace
               to
               be
               content
            
             
               "
               With
               whatsoever
               thou
               to
               me
               hast
               lent
            
             
               "
               As
               long
               as
               life
               on
               me
               shall
               be
               bestown
               ,
            
             
               "
               Let
               me
               be
               fed
               and
               cloathed
               with
               my
               own
               ,
            
             
             
               "
               And
               ,
               not
               with
               that
               which
               being
               none
               of
               mine
            
             
               "
               May
               make
               my
               Neighbour
               want
               ,
               or
               else
               repine
               ;
            
             
               "
               If
               by
               a
               wilful
               or
               unwitting
               wrong
            
             
               "
               I
               have
               detained
               ought
               which
               doth
               belong
            
             
               "
               Unto
               my
               Neighbour
               ,
               Give
               me
               means
               and
               will
            
             
               "
               By
               restitution
               for
               my
               doing
               ill
            
             
               "
               To
               make
               amends
               ,
               or
               else
               do
               thou
               repay
               them
            
             
               "
               The
               dues
               which
               I
               unwillingly
               delay
               them
               .
            
             
               "
               Forgive
               thou
               also
               my
               unrighteousness
               ,
            
             
               "
               That
               it
               corrupt
               not
               that
               which
               I
               possess
               ,
            
             
               "
               Or
               marr
               my
               thrift
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               time
               to
               come
            
             
               "
               So
               wary
               keep
               me
               of
               departing
               from
            
             
               "
               This
               Law
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               still
               in
               heart
               and
               hand
            
             
               "
               Continue
               faithful
               unto
               this
               Command
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             IX
             .
             
               
                 IX
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   not
                   beare
                   false
                   witnes
                   against
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Who
               can
               hope
               for
               Justice
               where
            
             
               Magistrates
               false
               witness
               bear
               ?
            
             
               Or
               ,
               secure
               in
               falshood
               be
               ,
            
             
               When
               great
               Princes
               scape
               not
               free
               ?
            
             
               She
               who
               
               Naboth's
               death
               contriv'd
            
             
               Was
               in
               Wrath
               of
               life
               depriv'd
               ,
            
             
               And
               her
               flesh
               by
               Dogs
               was
               torn
            
             
               Though
               a
               Queen
               and
               Princely
               born
               ,
            
             
               That
               all
               others
               heed
               may
               take
            
             
               How
               this
               Precept
               they
               do
               break
               .
            
          
           
             
             Command
             .
             IX
             .
          
           
             
               In
               any
               case
               no
               witness
               bear
               ,
            
             
               Of
               things
               which
               false
               or
               doubtful
               are
               .
            
          
           
             
               VVEre
               this
               Edict
               omitted
               ,
               who
               could
               say
               ,
            
             
               He
               should
               enjoy
               his
               life
               or
               Goods
               a
               day
               ?
            
             
               If
               nigh
               his
               habitation
               chance
               to
               dwell
               ,
            
             
               Such
               Neighbours
               as
               the
               wicked
               Jesabel
               ,
            
             
               (
               And
               her
               curst
               Instruments
               :
               )
               whose
               downfall
               ,
               here
            
             
               Is
               typifi'd
               ,
               that
               such
               may
               stand
               in
               fear
               .
            
          
           
             
               Where
               could
               we
               be
               secure
               from
               perjur'd
               men
               ,
            
             
               Unless
               God
               sent
               forth
               Vengeance
               now
               and
               then
               ,
            
             
               To
               find
               out
               those
               who
               secretly
               contrive
            
             
               How
               ,
               others
               of
               their
               portions
               to
               deprive
               ,
            
             
               Since
               ,
               very
               often
               this
               offence
               hath
               none
            
             
               Who
               can
               behold
               it
               ,
               but
               ,
               that
               God
               alone
               ?
            
             
               Or
               ,
               by
               what
               means
               might
               they
               be
               kept
               in
               awe
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               greatness
               makes
               them
               careless
               of
               this
               Law
               ?
            
             
               How
               safe
               seem'd
               Jesabel
               ,
               by
               being
               great
               ?
            
             
               And
               ,
               yet
               ,
               how
               boldly
               did
               the
               Prophet
               threat
            
             
               Succeeding
               Vengeance
               ?
               and
               though
               she
               were
               high
               ,
            
             
               How
               low
               upon
               a
               suddain
               did
               she
               lie
               ?
            
             
             
               That
               high
               and
               low
               ,
               might
               view
               her
               cursed
               plight
            
             
               And
               more
               in
               truthful
               honesty
               delight
               .
            
          
           
             
               Most
               know
               ,
               that
               ,
               of
               this
               Law
               they
               breakers
               are
            
             
               Who
               bear
               false
               witness
               ,
               at
               the
               Judgment
               Bar
               ,
            
             
               And
               very
               many
               are
               not
               without
               fear
               ,
            
             
               In
               such
               ungodly
               actions
               to
               appear
               ,
            
             
               But
               ,
               few
               do
               seem
               ,
               aright
               to
               understand
               ,
            
             
               Their
               other
               breaches
               of
               this
               Ninth
               Command
               ,
            
             
               To
               lie
               ,
               accounted
               is
               a
               fault
               so
               small
               ,
            
             
               That
               many
               feel
               no
               sence
               thereof
               at
               all
               ,
            
             
               But
               ,
               make
               a
               Play-game
               of
               it
               :
               yea
               and
               some
            
             
               Such
               Patrons
               of
               that
               Evil
               are
               become
               ,
            
             
               That
               they
               allow
               ,
               and
               justifie
               the
               same
            
             
               As
               Praises
               rather
               meriting
               than
               blame
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               ,
               this
               will
               prove
               though
               held
               a
               petty
               sin
            
             
               The
               Serpents
               head
               ,
               that
               brings
               his
               body
               in
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               an
               
                 officious
                 lying
              
               ,
               may
               in
               time
            
             
               Ingage
               us
               to
               commit
               a
               greater
               Crime
               ;
            
             
               However
               he
               that
               an
               untruth
               shall
               speak
               ,
            
             
               Or
               Truth
               (
               if
               to
               deceive
               )
               this
               Law
               doth
               break
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               praise
               is
               commendable
               ;
               yet
               thereby
            
             
               When
               we
               of
               others
               better
               testify
            
             
               Than
               they
               deserve
               ;
               true
               vertue
               we
               deride
               ,
            
             
               And
               sinners
               in
               their
               sins
               are
               justifi'd
               ,
            
             
               Unless
               it
               be
               (
               by
               such
               a
               modest
               praise
               ,
            
             
               As
               flows
               from
               hope
               ,
               our
               Friend
               affects
               the
               ways
            
             
               Which
               yet
               he
               walks
               not
               )
               that
               our
               praise
               may
               be
            
             
               A
               Gale
               to
               ripen
               what
               we
               blooming
               see
               :
            
             
             
               For
               this
               is
               neither
               purpos'd
               to
               deceive
            
             
               The
               Hearer
               ;
               nor
               advantages
               to
               weave
            
             
               For
               him
               that
               speaks
               it
               :
               but
               a
               wise
               intention
            
             
               To
               cherish
               budding
               Virtue
               by
               prevention
               ;
            
             
               But
               ,
               he
               that
               flatters
               doth
               pollute
               his
               mouth
               ,
            
             
               And
               is
               a
               falsifier
               of
               the
               Truth
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Parasite
               ,
               who
               shames
               not
               to
               uphold
               ,
            
             
               Whatever
               by
               his
               Patron
               shall
               be
               told
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               seeks
               by
               Jeering
               to
               discountenance
               ,
            
             
               A
               simple
               Truth
               ;
               and
               falshood
               to
               advance
               ,
            
             
               Against
               this
               holy
               Precept
               so
               offends
            
             
               That
               punishment
               his
               Guiltiness
               attends
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               they
               who
               get
               access
               to
               great
               mens
               Tables
               ,
            
             
               By
               coming
               furnished
               with
               News
               and
               Fables
               ,
            
             
               Are
               thereby
               often
               guilty
               of
               this
               sin
               ,
            
             
               Which
               by
               this
               Law
               hath
               countermanded
               bin
               .
            
          
           
             
               When
               we
               dare
               venture
               to
               reiterate
               ,
            
             
               Those
               Rumors
               which
               the
               common
               people
               prate
               ,
            
             
               On
               meer
               surmises
               ;
               we
               are
               accessary
            
             
               To
               many
               slanders
               :
               We
               make
               Truth
               miscarry
               ,
            
             
               And
               bear
               false
               witness
               to
               the
               wrong
               of
               many
               ,
            
             
               When
               we
               suspect
               not
               that
               we
               wronged
               any
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               can
               we
               satisfie
               for
               these
               offences
               ,
            
             
               Which
               then
               may
               follow
               ,
               if
               our
               Sov'raign
               Princes
               ,
            
             
               Or
               there
               affairs
               of
               state
               ,
               shall
               wrong
               sustain
            
             
               By
               such
               false
               tales
               as
               we
               receive
               or
               fain
               .
            
             
               When
               out
               of
               levity
               Reports
               we
               make
            
             
               Of
               others
               frailties
               ;
               or
               occasions
               take
            
             
             
               To
               mention
               Jestingly
               ,
               what
               may
               disgrace
            
             
               The
               person
               either
               absent
               or
               in
               place
               ,
            
             
               Without
               just
               motives
               (
               or
               content
               shall
               grow
               )
            
             
               To
               hide
               what
               Love
               and
               Equity
               should
               show
            
             
               We
               in
               the
               main
               ,
               or
               in
               some
               circumstance
            
             
               
                 False
                 Testimonies
              
               ;
               may
               thereby
               advance
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               ,
               he
               that
               uttereth
               slanders
               in
               despight
               ,
            
             
               Or
               justifies
               the
               thing
               that
               is
               not
               right
               ,
            
             
               Or
               judgeth
               rashly
               in
               anothers
               Cause
               ,
            
             
               Or
               any
               needful
               witnesses
               withdraws
               ,
            
             
               Or
               (
               by
               concealing
               what
               for
               truth
               he
               knows
               )
            
             
               Betrayeth
               Innocency
               to
               her
               Foes
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               hears
               another
               injur'd
               in
               his
               Fame
               ,
            
             
               With
               Silence
               when
               he
               may
               prevent
               the
               same
               ;
            
             
               Or
               unto
               any
               one
               occasion
               gives
            
             
               Whereby
               ,
               he
               falshood
               ,
               for
               the
               truth
               believes
               :
            
             
               Ev'n
               every
               such
               a
               one
               false
               witness
               bears
               ,
            
             
               What
               Cloak
               of
               Honesty
               so'ere
               he
               wears
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               are
               they
               guiltless
               ,
               who
               avoid
               not
               that
               ,
            
             
               Whereby
               occasions
               rise
               to
               perpetrate
            
             
               Against
               this
               Law.
               As
               Bribery
               ,
               Respect
            
             
               Or
               disrespect
               of
               persons
               ,
               which
               infect
            
             
               The
               soundest
               minds
               ,
               and
               bring
               them
               by
               degrees
               ,
            
             
               Their
               innocent
               Integrity
               to
               leese
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               he
               who
               so
               loves
               Bribes
               ,
               though
               he
               were
               wise
               ,
            
             
               They
               will
               make
               deaf
               his
               ears
               ,
               hood-wink
               his
               eyes
               ;
            
             
               And
               so
               corrupt
               his
               heart
               ,
               that
               he
               shall
               know
            
             
               No
               Truth
               ,
               except
               some
               profit
               thence
               do
               flow
               ;
            
             
             
               Nor
               ,
               any
               falshood
               fear
               to
               entertain
               ,
            
             
               Whereby
               he
               may
               assured
               be
               of
               gain
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               ,
               lest
               by
               some
               those
               men
               be
               judged
               free
            
             
               From
               this
               offence
               (
               if
               any
               such
               there
               be
               )
            
             
               Who
               by
               
                 False
                 Miracles
              
               ,
               false
               Revelations
               ,
            
             
               False
               Dreams
               ,
               false
               Visions
               ,
               false
               Interpretations
            
             
               Of
               
                 Holy
                 Scripture
              
               ;
               or
               by
               such
               like
               patchings
            
             
               Of
               Carnal
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               of
               Sathan's
               hatchings
            
             
               Affirm
               that
               thing
               for
               truth
               which
               is
               a
               Lye
               ;
            
             
               Know
               that
               these
               Juglers
               in
               degree
               as
               high
            
             
               As
               he
               that
               's
               worst
               ;
               prove
               guilty
               of
               this
               Sin
            
             
               Which
               by
               this
               Precept
               ,
               hath
               forbidden
               bin
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               though
               our
               Doctrines
               be
               not
               so
               unsound
               ,
            
             
               But
               that
               some
               truths
               among
               them
               shall
               be
               found
               ,
            
             
               Though
               cloath'd
               in
               Lamb-skins
               we
               do
               seem
               to
               go
               ,
            
             
               Though
               for
               a
               blameless
               life
               we
               famous
               grow
               ;
            
             
               Though
               in
               our
               formal
               Zeal
               surpass
               we
               shall
            
             
               The
               Pharisees
               ,
               and
               ev'ry
               Priest
               of
               Baal
               ;
            
             
               Tho'
               oft
               we
               fast
               ;
               tho'
               loud
               we
               pray
               and
               long
               ;
            
             
               Tho'
               we
               seem'd
               wrong'd
               ,
               and
               patient
               of
               the
               wrong
               ;
            
             
               Tho'
               we
               affect
               the
               Crown
               of
               Martyrdome
               ,
            
             
               And
               dye
               as
               if
               we
               death
               had
               overcome
               .
            
          
           
             
               Yea
               ,
               tho'
               we
               seem
               as
               Angels
               ,
               who
               from
               heav'n
            
             
               Had
               Power
               ,
               and
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               Commissions
               giv'n
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               if
               our
               Zeal
               ,
               our
               outward
               Piety
               ,
            
             
               Our
               Knowledge
               ,
               our
               affected
               Constancy
               ,
            
             
               Our
               suffirings
               ,
               and
               the
               Truths
               which
               we
               have
               said
            
             
               Were
               that
               the
               God
               of
               Truth
               might
               be
               betray'd
            
             
             
               And
               falshood
               favour'd
               ;
               We
               offenders
               are
               ,
            
             
               Against
               this
               precept
               ,
               we
               false
               witness
               bear
               .
            
             
               And
               all
               our
               Godly
               shews
               ,
               are
               fruits
               of
               evil
            
             
               Delusions
               and
               Impostures
               of
               the
               Devil
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               sanctify
               my
               heart
               ,
               and
               keep
               my
               tongue
               ,
            
             
               That
               ,
               it
               may
               neither
               do
               my
               neighbour
               wrong
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               prattle
               those
               Untruths
               ,
               which
               may
               oppose
            
             
               The
               Verities
               ,
               thy
               Spirit
               shall
               disclose
               ;
            
             
               But
               ,
               grant
               that
               I
               who
               see
               how
               these
               offend
            
             
               May
               find
               out
               mine
               own
               Errors
               and
               amend
               ;
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               Lord
               so
               teach
               me
               and
               be
               so
               my
               Guide
               ,
            
             
               That
               ,
               faithful
               to
               this
               Law
               I
               may
               abide
               .
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             Commandment
             X.
             
             
               
                 X
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   not
                   couet
                   thy
                   Neighbours
                   House
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               When
               in
               us
               this
               Vice
               begins
               ,
            
             
               Crowns
               we
               pawn
               for
               crooked
               pins
               .
            
             
               And
               by
               coveting
               of
               more
            
             
               Forfeit
               what
               we
               had
               before
               .
            
             
               Blockish
               Ahab
               therefore
               mind
            
             
               Who
               by
               fooling
               in
               this
               kind
            
             
               Life
               and
               Kingdom
               (
               to
               his
               cost
               )
            
             
               For
               a
               Kitchen-garden
               lost
               ;
            
             
               And
               his
               fall
               is
               on
               Record
            
             
               That
               his
               fault
               might
               be
               abhorr'd
               .
            
          
           
             
             Command
             .
             X.
             
          
           
             
               Anothers
               right
               desire
               not
               ,
            
             
               But
               be
               contented
               with
               thy
               Lot.
               
            
          
           
             
               THou
               who
               to
               covet
               deem'st
               it
               no
               great
               crime
               ,
            
             
               Consider
               well
               ,
               what
               wickedness
               in
               time
            
             
               Arises
               thence
               ,
               what
               danger
               and
               what
               shame
            
             
               Unless
               thou
               timely
               shall
               repent
               the
               same
            
             
               This
               folly
               ,
               and
               the
               sequel
               of
               it
               view
            
             
               In
               Ahab
               ,
               and
               his
               guiltiness
               eschew
            
             
               By
               heeding
               of
               this
               Law
               ,
               whereon
               depend
            
             
               All
               Duties
               ,
               which
               the
               former
               Laws
               intend
               ,
            
             
               And
               which
               to
               us
               a
               Duty
               hath
               exprest
            
             
               More
               hard
               to
               be
               observ'd
               than
               all
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               power
               we
               have
               receiv'd
               to
               bend
               the
               knee
               ,
            
             
               To
               take
               ,
               to
               give
               ,
               to
               speak
               ,
               to
               hear
               ,
               to
               see
               ,
            
             
               And
               execute
               those
               Actions
               which
               may
               give
            
             
               Most
               lookers
               on
               ,
               occasions
               to
               believe
            
             
               That
               all
               God's
               other
               Laws
               we
               do
               fulfil
               ,
            
             
               In
               some
               degree
               according
               to
               his
               Will.
            
             
               When
               we
               are
               false
               at
               heart
               ,
               and
               keep
               not
               on
            
             
               With
               such
               uprightness
               ,
               as
               we
               should
               have
               done
               ;
            
             
             
               And
               were
               this
               Law
               left
               out
               ,
               some
               persons
               might
            
             
               Perswade
               themselves
               that
               they
               were
               most
               upright
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               by
               this
               Precept
               we
               are
               taught
               to
               see
            
             
               How
               foul
               the
               insides
               of
               our
               Vessels
               be
               .
            
             
               This
               findeth
               out
               ,
               and
               smiteth
               every
               sin
            
             
               Ev'n
               on
               the
               head
               ,
               and
               where
               the
               Roots
               begin
               ,
            
             
               By
               checking
               of
               that
               Lust
               which
               unexprest
            
             
               In
               outward
               acts
               lies
               lurking
               in
               the
               breast
               :
            
             
               For
               't
               is
               the
               Cursed
               Root
               ,
               whence
               every
               thing
            
             
               Which
               may
               be
               termed
               Evil
               ,
               first
               doth
               spring
               ;
            
             
               And
               if
               it
               be
               subdued
               e're
               fulfill'd
            
             
               Within
               his
               Egg
               a
               Cocatrice
               is
               kill'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Law
               in
               Soveraignty
               assumeth
               more
            
             
               Than
               all
               the
               Precepts
               mentioned
               before
               ;
            
             
               For
               it
               injoins
               to
               keep
               within
               command
            
             
               My
               lustful
               heart
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               in
               my
               hand
               ;
            
             
               And
               ,
               whose
               desires
               ,
               will
               offer
               ,
               come
               and
               go
            
             
               In
               spight
               of
               all
               that
               I
               can
               think
               or
               do
               .
            
             
               Within
               my
               flesh
               and
               blood
               a
               Law
               still
               dwells
            
             
               Which
               naturally
               against
               this
               Law
               Rebels
               ,
            
             
               And
               so
               rebels
               ,
               that
               though
               my
               hands
               were
               clear
               ,
            
             
               My
               heart
               would
               foul
               and
               vitious
               oft
               appear
            
             
               Unless
               a
               purging
               Medicine
               she
               acquires
            
             
               To
               purify
               her
               thoughts
               and
               her
               desires
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               though
               Man
               could
               not
               ,
               and
               God
               would
               not
               see
            
             
               The
               secret
               wickedness
               that
               is
               in
               me
               ,
            
             
               This
               Law
               ,
               would
               never
               let
               me
               quiet
               bide
            
             
               Till
               of
               my
               Guilt
               I
               should
               be
               purifi'd
               ;
            
             
             
               For
               every
               hidden
               lust
               it
               open
               lays
               ,
            
             
               And
               still
               so
               shows
               me
               mine
               own
               wicked
               ways
               ,
            
             
               That
               when
               by
               others
               I
               am
               righteous
               thought
               ,
            
             
               It
               frights
               my
               Soul
               ,
               and
               tells
               me
               I
               am
               naught
               .
            
          
           
             
               At
               first
               ,
               into
               dispair
               it
               almost
               threw
               me
               ,
            
             
               But
               God's
               good
               Spirit
               pleased
               was
               to
               shew
               me
               ,
            
             
               That
               ,
               what
               my
               power
               extended
               not
               unto
            
             
               His
               Grace
               would
               so
               enable
               me
               to
               do
               ,
            
             
               As
               that
               it
               should
               suffice
               if
               I
               assaid
            
             
               To
               join
               my
               good
               endeavours
               to
               his
               aid
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               I
               began
               to
               see
               ,
               this
               Law
               did
               wound
               ,
            
             
               Not
               to
               destroy
               ,
               but
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               be
               sound
               ,
            
             
               And
               that
               it
               is
               a
               needful
               Probe
               whereby
            
             
               We
               may
               aright
               the
               curing
               Salve
               apply
               .
            
             
               It
               shew'd
               me
               mine
               own
               frailty
               ,
               that
               it
               might
            
             
               Unto
               another
               make
               me
               take
               my
               flight
               .
            
             
               And
               by
               instructing
               me
               to
               know
               my
               sin
            
             
               Hath
               taught
               me
               where
               amendment
               should
               begin
            
             
               For
               when
               the
               Heart
               hath
               learned
               to
               obey
               ,
            
             
               The
               Members
               will
               the
               sooner
               find
               the
               way
               .
            
          
           
             
               Though
               our
               Desires
               ,
               from
               evil
               are
               not
               free
               ,
            
             
               To
               us
               their
               Guilt
               imputed
               shall
               not
               be
            
             
               If
               we
               resist
               them
               :
               And
               although
               they
               wound
               ,
            
             
               We
               shall
               at
               last
               with
               Victory
               be
               crown'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Keep
               well
               this
               Law
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Precepts
               here
            
             
               A
               Thousand
               times
               more
               pleasing
               will
               appear
               .
            
             
               Guard
               well
               thy
               heart
               ,
               and
               then
               this
               Precept
               will
            
             
               Be
               found
               a
               Precept
               easie
               to
               fulfil
               .
            
             
             
               Break
               this
               ,
               and
               thou
               hast
               broken
               down
               the
               sluce
            
             
               To
               Flouds
               ,
               which
               thy
               destruction
               will
               produce
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               total
               sum
               of
               what
               this
               Law
               requires
               ,
            
             
               Is
               first
               ,
               that
               we
               confess
               our
               own
               desires
               ,
            
             
               To
               be
               corrupt
               :
               For
               purity
               begins
            
             
               To
               enter
               by
               confession
               of
               our
               sins
               .
            
             
               Next
               ,
               let
               us
               force
               our
               Longings
               to
               obey
            
             
               The
               former
               Sacred
               Precepts
               what
               we
               may
               ,
            
             
               Because
               ,
               the
               failing
               in
               one
               Duty
               ,
               still
            
             
               Le
               ts
               in
               another
               lusting
               after
               Ill.
            
             
               And
               ,
               Lastly
               let
               us
               alway
               be
               content
            
             
               With
               what
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               to
               us
               hath
               lent
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               none
               will
               keep
               Law
               moral
               ,
               or
               divine
               ,
            
             
               Who
               much
               at
               his
               Condition
               doth
               repine
               .
            
          
           
             
               How
               can
               they
               love
               their
               God
               to
               whom
               he
               seems
            
             
               To
               bar
               them
               what
               their
               appetite
               esteems
            
             
               Without
               regard
               their
               welfare
               to
               provide
            
             
               (
               As
               many
               think
               )
               whose
               wishes
               are
               deny'd
               ?
            
          
           
             
               How
               can
               he
               love
               his
               Neighbour
               who
               doth
               crave
            
             
               Their
               Heritage
               ,
               their
               wives
               or
               goods
               to
               have
               ?
            
             
               And
               what
               Commandement
               will
               he
               respect
            
             
               Who
               neither
               God
               nor
               Neighbour
               doth
               affect
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Contrary
               wise
               him
               who
               Contentment
               hath
               ,
            
             
               Naught
               urgeth
               to
               pursue
               a
               lawless
               path
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               to
               what
               end
               should
               he
               who
               doth
               possess
            
             
               That
               precious
               Jem
               ,
               embrace
               a
               wickedness
               ?
            
          
           
             
               He
               loveth
               God
               ,
               because
               he
               surely
               knows
            
             
               God's
               Power
               and
               Wisdom
               ,
               justly
               doth
               dispose
            
             
             
               That
               portion
               which
               will
               prove
               the
               best
               for
               him
               ,
            
             
               Although
               it
               may
               be
               bitter
               for
               a
               time
               :
            
             
               And
               him
               he
               therefore
               serves
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               able
               ,
            
             
               In
               every
               Precept
               of
               the
               former
               Table
               .
            
             
               And
               while
               this
               Christian
               mind
               he
               entertains
               ,
            
             
               He
               findeth
               Godliness
               ,
               no
               little
               gains
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               will
               those
               men
               who
               in
               their
               lots
               delight
            
             
               Or
               covet
               or
               usurp
               a
               neighbours
               right
               ,
            
             
               For
               ,
               
                 he
                 that
                 is
                 contented
              
               first
               believes
            
             
               That
               every
               one
               his
               
                 propor
                 share
              
               receives
            
             
               And
               not
               anothers
               ;
               next
               he
               strives
               to
               see
            
             
               How
               perilous
               to
               him
               these
               things
               may
               be
               ,
            
             
               Which
               God
               withholds
               ;
               and
               weighs
               with
               such
               regard
            
             
               How
               fit
               those
               are
               which
               he
               for
               him
               prepar'd
               ,
            
             
               That
               resting
               in
               his
               portion
               well
               apaid
            
             
               Nor
               House
               ,
               nor
               Land
               ,
               nor
               Wife
               nor
               Man
               ,
               nor
               Maid
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               Oxe
               ,
               nor
               Ass
               ,
               nor
               any
               thing
               that
               is
            
             
               Another
               man's
               desires
               he
               to
               be
               his
               ;
            
             
               But
               praiseth
               God
               ,
               for
               what
               to
               him
               he
               gave
               ,
            
             
               And
               thanks
               him
               too
               ,
               for
               that
               which
               others
               have
               .
            
          
           
             
               Against
               no
               Law
               he
               greatly
               can
               transgress
            
             
               Who
               is
               arriv'd
               at
               this
               contentedness
               .
            
             
               And
               if
               to
               get
               this
               Grace
               our
               mind
               we
               set
               ,
            
             
               By
               Gods
               assistance
               ,
               we
               may
               compass
               it
            
             
               In
               that
               degree
               ,
               whereby
               attain
               we
               may
            
             
               To
               what
               we
               call
               
                 perfection
                 of
                 the
                 way
              
               .
            
             
               But
               flesh
               and
               blood
               no
               further
               can
               aspire
            
             
               Until
               that
               Kingdom
               comes
               ,
               which
               we
               desire
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Strive
               what
               thou
               mayst
               ,
               affections
               to
               withdraw
            
             
               According
               to
               the
               straightness
               of
               this
               Law
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               Neighbours
               wife
               desire
               not
               then
               from
               him
            
             
               Though
               kind
               ,
               wise
               ,
               rich
               ,
               chast
               ,
               good
               &
               fair
               she
               seem
               ;
            
             
               For
               most
               who
               have
               this
               way
               their
               longings
               gain'd
               ,
            
             
               Instead
               of
               Blessings
               ,
               Curses
               have
               obtain'd
               ,
            
             
               By
               coveting
               the
               goods
               to
               others
               due
               ,
            
             
               The
               beggary
               of
               many
               doth
               ensue
               .
            
             
               And
               Servants
               gotten
               ,
               by
               anothers
               wrong
            
             
               Are
               seldom
               gainful
               ,
               to
               such
               Masters
               long
               ,
            
             
               Because
               by
               being
               lawlesly
               possest
               ,
            
             
               They
               either
               prove
               unfaithful
               ,
               or
               unblest
               ;
            
             
               But
               he
               that
               with
               his
               own
               remains
               content
               ,
            
             
               Shall
               gain
               much
               Bliss
               ,
               and
               many
               sins
               prevent
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               which
               doth
               give
               occasion
               to
               transgress
            
             
               Against
               this
               Law
               ,
               is
               want
               of
               watchfulness
               ,
            
             
               To
               heed
               the
               baits
               which
               our
               betrayer
               lays
            
             
               In
               every
               object
               and
               in
               all
               our
               ways
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               want
               of
               meditating
               in
               our
               thought
            
             
               What
               inconveniences
               are
               dayly
               brought
               ,
            
             
               On
               such
               as
               make
               no
               covenants
               with
               their
               eyes
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               bound
               these
               longings
               which
               in
               them
               arise
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               such
               as
               this
               way
               do
               their
               best
               endeavour
               ,
            
             
               May
               stumble
               ,
               but
               they
               shall
               not
               fall
               for
               ever
               .
            
          
           
             
               "
               Lord
               ,
               in
               my self
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               find
               the
               Will
               ,
            
             
               "
               Much
               less
               the
               Power
               ,
               Thy
               statutes
               to
               fulfil
               .
            
             
               "
               But
               ,
               I
               now
               feel
               my
               heart
               to
               entertain
            
             
               "
               A
               willingness
               ;
               Oh!
               
                 be
                 it
                 not
                 in
                 vain
              
               .
            
             
             
               "
               Thy
               Grace
               alone
               renew'd
               this
               Will
               in
               me
               ,
            
             
               "
               And
               I
               a
               worker
               now
               desire
               to
               be
               ,
            
             
               "
               Who
               may
               ,
               if
               thou
               enable
               to
               proceed
               ,
            
             
               "
               Improve
               my
               willingness
               unto
               the
               Deed
            
             
               "
               Deny
               it
               not
               ,
               Oh
               God!
               but
               from
               this
               day
            
             
               "
               Ev'n
               to
               the
               latest
               moment
               of
               my
               stay
               ,
            
             
               "
               Vouchsafe
               unto
               me
               thy
               assisting
               Grace
               ,
            
             
               "
               That
               I
               may
               run
               a
               warrantable
               Race
               .
            
          
           
             
               "
               
                 And
                 keep
                 this
              
               Law
               
                 and
                 all
                 thy
              
               Laws
               entire
            
             
               "
               
                 In
                 work
                 ,
                 in
                 word
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 in
                 desire
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Epilogue
             .
             
               
                 
                   CHRIST
                   IESVS
                   Who
                   is
                   made
                   vnto
                   us
                   Wisedome
                   Rightousnesse
                   Sanctification
                   Redemption
                
                 
                   1
                   Cor.
                   1.
                   30
                   
                
              
               
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 lieth
                 in
                 Wickednesse
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Ioh.
                   5.
                   19
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Rom.
                   7.
                   24.
                   
                
                 O
                 Wretched
                 man
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 who
                 shall
                 deliuer
                 me
                 from
                 y
                 e
                 body
                 of
                 this
                 death
              
               
                 Behold
                 the
                 Lambe
                 of
                 GOD
                 which
                 taketh
                 away
                 y
                 e
                 sin
                 of
                 y
                 e
                 world
                 .
                 
                   Ioh.
                   1
                   .
                   29
                   
                
              
               
                 Deliuer
                 him
                 from
                 going
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 pit
                 I
                 haue
                 found
                 a
                 ransome
                 .
                 
                   Iob.
                   33.
                   24.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Rom.
                   6.
                   23.
                   
                
                 the
                 Wages
                 of
                 sinne
                 is
                 Death
              
               
                 
                   ii
                   Timo.
                   2.
                   26.
                   
                
                 That
                 they
                 may
                 recouer
                 themselues
                 out
                 of
                 y
                 e
                 snare
                 of
                 the
                 deuil
                 who
                 are
                 taken
                 captiue
                 by
                 him
                 at
                 his
                 will
              
            
          
           
             
               Though
               no
               flesh
               this
               
                 Law
                 obey
              
               ,
            
             
               In
               it
               self
               ;
               In
               Christ
               it
               may
               :
            
             
               Though
               it
               frighteth
               us
               for
               sin
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               our
               peace
               ,
               it
               ushers
               in
               :
            
             
               And
               ,
               in
               us
               prepareth
               place
               ,
            
             
               For
               the
               
                 saving
                 Law
              
               of
               Grace
               .
            
             
               When
               this
               Grace
               hath
               taught
               to
               Love
               ,
            
             
               Hardest
               works
               will
               easy
               prove
               ,
            
             
               And
               that
               sin
               we
               shall
               abhor
               ,
            
             
               Which
               we
               doted
               on
               before
               .
            
          
           
             
             THE
             Epilogue
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Law
               from
               God
               
                 's
                 meer
                 love
                 proceeds
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Though
                 strict
                 it
                 seems
                 and
                 Terror
                 breeds
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               NOW
               having
               well
               observ'd
               this
               glorious
               Law
            
             
               (
               A
               Creature
               cloath'd
               with
               Majesty
               and
               awe
               .
               )
            
             
               Methinks
               the
               Body
               of
               it
               seems
               to
               me
               ,
            
             
               Compos'd
               of
               such
               essential
               parts
               to
               be
               ,
            
             
               That
               ,
               he
               may
               find
               ,
               who
               rightly
               from
               them
               shall
            
             
               All
               as
               but
               one
               ;
               each
               one
               of
               them
               as
               all
               ;
            
             
               And
               ,
               that
               who
               ever
               breaks
               or
               keepeth
               one
               ,
            
             
               Observes
               or
               breaketh
               all
               ,
               in
               what
               is
               done
               :
            
             
               As
               will
               appear
               to
               him
               ,
               who
               well
               attends
            
             
               How
               ev'ry
               Precept
               ,
               on
               the
               rest
               depends
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               cannot
               possibly
               or
               love
               or
               fear
            
             
               One
               God
               aright
               ,
               who
               willfully
               doth
               err
            
             
               In
               
                 Idol
                 worshippings
              
               ;
               in
               
                 vainly
                 using
              
            
             
               God's
               holy
               Name
               ;
               In
               holy
               Times
               abusing
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               in
               permitting
               so
               perverse
               a
               nature
            
             
               As
               to
               abuse
               Himself
               ,
               or
               any
               Creature
            
             
               Belonging
               to
               this
               God
               ,
               with
               such
               a
               mind
            
             
               As
               may
               Contentment
               in
               such
               evils
               find
               .
            
             
             
               And
               what
               is
               of
               this
               Law
               averr'd
               ;
               we
               may
            
             
               In
               ev'ry
               other
               Precept
               boldly
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               Moreover
               I
               conceive
               ,
               it
               cannot
               be
            
             
               Of
               less
               impossibility
               ,
               that
               he
            
             
               Who
               gives
               the
               Creature
               ev'ry
               way
               his
               right
               ,
            
             
               Should
               in
               his
               heart
               his
               good
               Creator
               slight
               :
            
             
               Or
               actually
               offend
               him
               without
               sense
            
             
               And
               sorrow
               ,
               for
               so
               hainous
               an
               offence
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               that
               right
               Conscience
               makes
               to
               keep
               one
               Law
               ,
            
             
               Of
               breaking
               all
               the
               other
               stands
               in
               awe
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               his
               Parents
               honours
               as
               he
               ought
               ,
            
             
               Can
               never
               favour
               Murther
               in
               his
               thought
               ,
            
             
               Or
               thirst
               for
               Vengeance
               :
               never
               will
               his
               eyes
               ,
            
             
               Or
               heart
               ,
               or
               members
               
                 act
                 Adulterys
              
               :
            
             
               No
               
                 due
                 from
                 any
                 Creature
                 will
                 he
                 take
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 He
                 dares
                 of
                 none
                 conceive
                 ,
                 receive
                 or
                 speak
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Untruths
                 or
                 slanders
                 :
                 He
                 will
                 never
                 crave
              
            
             
               (
               Or
               by
               a
               secret
               longing
               wish
               to
               have
               )
            
             
               
                 What
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 desir'd
              
               ;
               Nor
               ought
               commit
            
             
               Which
               his
               profession
               may
               not
               ill
               befit
               ,
            
             
               But
               penitence
               ,
               will
               smite
               him
               for
               the
               deed
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               his
               heart
               a
               faithful
               sorrow
               breed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Much
               less
               will
               he
               grow
               wilfully
               to
               blame
               ,
            
             
               In
               Prophanation
               of
               
                 Gods
                 Days
              
               ,
               his
               Name
               ,
            
             
               His
               Worship
               ,
               or
               his
               Essence
               ;
               For
               ,
               in
               one
               ,
            
             
               
                 Well
                 doing
              
               ,
               all
               
                 good
                 Dutys
              
               will
               be
               done
               ,
            
             
               And
               this
               which
               from
               one
               Law
               ,
               is
               here
               exprest
               ,
            
             
               May
               really
               be
               said
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               like
               we
               may
               as
               doubtlesly
               averr
            
             
               Of
               them
               who
               '
               gainst
               one
               Law
               perversly
               err
               :
            
             
               Begin
               at
               which
               you
               please
               ,
               they
               so
               are
               chain'd
               ,
            
             
               All
               sins
               are
               in
               the
               breach
               of
               one
               contain'd
               .
            
             
               One
               wickedness
               contracts
               another
               still
               ,
            
             
               And
               that
               another
               ;
               either
               to
               fulfill
            
             
               Or
               hide
               the
               first
               ;
               until
               all
               guilt
               comes
               in
            
             
               And
               wheels
               him
               round
               the
               cursed
               Orbe
               of
               Sin.
               
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               what
               hath
               he
               to
               bar
               him
               from
               the
               rest
               ,
            
             
               Who
               but
               in
               one
               hath
               wilfully
               transgrest
               ?
            
             
               What
               other
               sin
               would
               he
               have
               left
               undone
               ,
            
             
               Which
               might
               have
               hindred
               his
               
                 beloved
                 one
              
               ?
            
             
               Or
               ,
               if
               perpetually
               he
               do
               not
               act
            
             
               All
               wickedness
               ,
               and
               ev'ry
               filthy
               Fact
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Why
               is
               it
               so
               ,
               unless
               (
               perchance
               )
               because
               ,
            
             
               
                 His
                 finite
                 Nature
                 cannot
                 break
                 all
                 Laws
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 At
                 once
                 in
                 Act
                 ;
                 Nor
                 his
                 desires
                 extend
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 ev'ry
                 thing
                 wherein
                 he
                 might
                 offend
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               For
               ev'ry
               sacred
               Law
               ,
               is
               in
               his
               Will
            
             
               (
               Inclusively
               at
               least
               )
               infringed
               still
               ,
            
             
               And
               Guiltiness
               would
               actually
               appear
               ,
            
             
               If
               power
               and
               fit
               occasions
               present
               were
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               as
               the
               Laws
               fair
               Body
               is
               compos'd
            
             
               Of
               portions
               qualified
               and
               dispos'd
               ,
            
             
               In
               such
               a
               manner
               that
               we
               plainly
               see
               ,
            
             
               The
               perfect
               Essence
               ,
               of
               the
               whole
               to
               be
            
             
               In
               ev'ry
               part
               ;
               so
               ,
               likewise
               ,
               hath
               our
               Sin
            
             
               An
               ugle
               Body
               ,
               and
               each
               Limb
               therein
            
             
             
               Containeth
               (
               whether
               it
               be
               great
               or
               small
               )
            
             
               Essentially
               ,
               the
               perfect
               Guilt
               of
               all
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               by
               this
               Body
               ,
               Death
               a
               means
               hath
               found
            
             
               To
               give
               to
               all
               Mankind
               a
               mortal
               wound
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               ,
               prais'd
               be
               God
               ,
               his
               Grace
               provided
               hath
            
             
               A
               Light
               ,
               a
               Guard
               ,
               an
               Armour
               ,
               and
               a
               Path
            
             
               By
               which
               we
               may
               be
               quite
               delivered
               from
            
             
               The
               Body
               of
               this
               Death
               ;
               and
               also
               come
            
             
               To
               walk
               the
               way
               of
               life
               ,
               which
               else
               had
               bin
            
             
               For
               ever
               barr'd
               against
               us
               by
               our
               sin
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Lamb
               of
               God
               by
               whom
               we
               do
               possess
            
             
               
                 Redemption
                 ,
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 Justice
                 ,
                 Holiness
                 ,
              
            
             
               With
               ev'ry
               matchless
               token
               of
               his
               Love
               ;
            
             
               The
               Guilt
               of
               that
               transgression
               doth
               remove
               ,
            
             
               Which
               woundeth
               first
               our
               Nature
               ;
               and
               from
               him
               ,
            
             
               We
               have
               a
               cure
               for
               ev'ry
               actual
               Crime
               .
            
             
               He
               ,
               hath
               fulfilled
               what
               we
               could
               not
               keep
               :
            
             
               He
               ,
               gives
               us
               power
               to
               walk
               ,
               who
               could
               not
               creep
               :
            
             
               He
               ,
               paid
               the
               price
               of
               that
               which
               we
               had
               bought
               :
            
             
               He
               ,
               got
               our
               Pardon
               e're
               the
               same
               we
               sought
               :
            
             
               He
               ,
               bore
               the
               stripes
               for
               us
               which
               we
               did
               merit
               :
            
             
               He
               ,
               purchas'd
               Crowns
               that
               we
               might
               them
               inherit
               :
            
             
               Our
               Fears
               he
               doth
               prevent
               ;
               our
               loss
               restore
               ,
            
             
               And
               (
               to
               the
               true
               Believers
               )
               tendreth
               more
            
             
               Than
               Adam
               lost
               .
               Yea
               ,
               he
               doth
               freely
               give
            
             
               To
               ev'ry
               Soul
               a
               power
               which
               may
               believe
            
             
               And
               persevere
               ,
               if
               well
               he
               shall
               employ
               ,
            
             
               The
               Talents
               and
               the
               Grace
               he
               doth
               enjoy
               .
            
             
             
               And
               with
               a
               mind
               in
               all
               Temptations
               meek
               ,
            
             
               This
               power
               in
               Christ
               ,
               not
               in
               her self
               doth
               seek
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ev'n
               they
               that
               perish
               ,
               till
               they
               do
               contemn
            
             
               
               God's
               profer'd
               Love
               :
               potentially
               in
               them
            
             
               Retain
               this
               power
               by
               God's
               Free
               grace
               ,
               until
            
             
               Their
               Flesh
               seduc'd
               ,
               like
               Eve
               ,
               doth
               move
               their
               Will
               ,
            
             
               Like
               Adam
               ,
               to
               consent
               and
               then
               to
               Act
            
             
               A
               wickedness
               ,
               and
               to
               approve
               the
               Fact
            
             
               Against
               their
               Conscience
               :
               For
               then
               God
               departs
            
             
               From
               their
               polluted
               and
               rebellious
               Hearts
               ;
            
             
               And
               back
               returneth
               not
               until
               from
               thence
               ,
            
             
               That
               Guilt
               be
               washed
               by
               true
               penitence
               ,
            
             
               The
               means
               whereof
               he
               also
               must
               bestow
               ,
            
             
               Or
               else
               into
               obdurateness
               they
               grow
               .
            
          
           
             
               Affirm
               we
               may
               not
               ,
               that
               God
               will
               not
               come
            
             
               To
               any
               (
               whom
               he
               so
               departeth
               from
               ,
               )
            
             
               Twice
               ,
               thrice
               ,
               or
               oftner
               :
               For
               we
               cannot
               know
            
             
               How
               far
               the
               limits
               of
               his
               Mercys
               go
               ;
            
             
               Nor
               by
               what
               measure
               ,
               or
               by
               what
               degree
            
             
               Of
               wilfulness
               ,
               he
               so
               displeas'd
               shall
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               As
               to
               forsake
               for
               ever
               ,
               since
               he
               may
            
             
               Shew
               mercy
               where
               he
               pleaseth
               while
               the
               day
            
             
               Of
               life-time
               lasteth
               there
               is
               hope
               of
               Grace
            
             
               For
               every
               sinful
               Soul
               of
               Adams
               race
               .
            
          
           
             
               Just
               Job
               confesseth
               that
               God
               oft
               assays
            
             
               To
               draw
               the
               sinner
               from
               delicious
               ways
               
            
             
               The
               raising
               up
               of
               Lazarus
               from
               death
               ,
            
             
               When
               he
               had
               four
               days
               yeilded
               up
               his
               breath
               ,
            
             
             
               Inferreth
               also
               that
               some
               few
               obtain
            
             
               
               God's
               mercy
               who
               had
               dead
               and
               stinking
               lain
            
             
               In
               their
               transgressions
               ;
               till
               there
               was
               no
               place
            
             
               For
               help
               by
               outward
               means
               ,
               or
               common
               grace
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               his
               mercy
               is
               the
               highest
               pitch
               ,
            
             
               And
               if
               a
               God
               who
               is
               in
               mercy
               rich
            
             
               Vouchsafe
               it
               any
               where
               ,
               he
               doth
               afford
            
             
               Much
               more
               than
               he
               hath
               promis'd
               in
               his
               word
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               though
               he
               may
               confer
               it
               when
               he
               please
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               to
               have
               left
               such
               promises
               as
               these
            
             
               Had
               better'd
               none
               ;
               but
               made
               those
               worse
               ,
               by
               far
            
             
               Who
               ,
               for
               the
               Grace
               obtained
               ,
               thankless
               are
               .
            
          
           
             
               "
               Oh
               who
               enough
               can
               praise
               thy
               matchless
               Love
            
             
               "
               Most
               gracious
               God!
               Who
               pleasest
               from
               above
            
             
               "
               To
               look
               upon
               the
               Vassals
               here
               below
            
             
               "
               Our
               Nature
               ,
               and
               distempers
               tempring
               so
               ;
            
             
               "
               And
               so
               providing
               that
               the
               blessing
               lost
            
             
               "
               Is
               purchas'd
               for
               us
               ,
               at
               anothers
               cost
               ,
            
             
               And
               may
               by
               every
               Soul
               enjoyed
               be
            
             
               Who
               shall
               accept
               the
               means
               ordain'd
               by
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               Though
               as
               did
               once
               the
               Jews
               some
               Christians
               grudge
            
             
               As
               if
               the
               Childrens
               teeth
               were
               set
               on
               edge
            
             
               By
               what
               their
               Fathers
               eat
               and
               doubtful
               grow
            
             
               (
               Although
               thou
               makest
               Oath
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               so
               )
            
             
               That
               most
               of
               those
               ,
               which
               are
               or
               which
               have
               bin
            
             
               Since
               time
               began
               ,
               shall
               die
               in
               
               Adam's
               sin
               ;
            
             
               And
               are
               in
               him
               rejected
               without
               place
            
             
               Or
               means
               of
               hope
               of
               truly
               saving
               Grace
               ;
            
             
             
               Yea
               ,
               though
               this
               be
               an
               error
               whereby
               such
            
             
               As
               err
               that
               way
               have
               urg'd
               thy
               Justice
               much
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               we
               who
               fear
               and
               trust
               thee
               (
               and
               to
               whom
            
             
               The
               knowledge
               of
               thy
               secrets
               therefore
               come
               )
            
             
               Remember
               well
               (
               and
               therefore
               heed
               have
               took
               )
            
             
               That
               Thou
               ,
               the
               general
               Covenant
               being
               broke
               )
            
             
               Which
               first
               was
               made
               in
               Adam
               )
               pleas'd
               hast
               bin
            
             
               To
               tell
               us
               of
               a
               
                 new
                 one
              
               ,
               since
               brought
               in
               ,
            
             
               And
               made
               with
               all
               men
               so
               particularly
            
             
               That
               no
               man
               for
               anothers
               Crime
               can
               die
               :
            
             
               A
               Covenant
               in
               Christ
               from
               whom
               both
               Will
            
             
               And
               Power
               we
               have
               receiv'd
               to
               fulfil
            
             
               So
               much
               as
               shall
               to
               thee
               be
               acceptable
               ,
            
             
               If
               we
               endeavour
               ,
               as
               thou
               dost
               enable
               :
            
             
               And
               whereas
               ,
               when
               this
               knowledge
               we
               did
               want
               ,
            
             
               We
               dreamed
               that
               thy
               
                 New
                 made
                 Covenant
              
            
             
               Concern'd
               but
               few
               ,
               we
               doubtless
               did
               aver
            
             
               A
               Doctrine
               which
               from
               Truth
               did
               widely
               err
               ,
            
             
               For
               that
               which
               we
               did
               ignorantly
               call
            
             
               A
               Covenant
               ,
               is
               no
               such
               thing
               at
               all
               :
            
             
               Because
               we
               then
               supposed
               nothing
               done
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               ought
               believ'd
               ,
               but
               on
               one
               side
               alone
               .
            
             
               A
               Covenant
               (
               as
               men
               of
               Judgment
               know
               )
            
             
               Is
               that
               which
               is
               contracted
               betwixt
               two
               ;
            
             
               But
               ,
               thou
               by
               that
               which
               some
               of
               us
               do
               say
            
             
               Dost
               all
               thy self
               ;
               and
               giv'st
               nor
               power
               nor
               way
            
             
               To
               Act
               or
               will
               what
               absolutely
               can
            
             
               Be
               said
               to
               be
               the
               Act
               or
               Will
               of
               Man.
            
             
             
               We
               stand
               for
               nothing
               thou
               alone
               believ'st
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               actest
               all
               thou
               givest
               and
               receivest
               ;
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               if
               we
               this
               assertion
               must
               allow
            
             
               None
               truly
               worketh
               good
               or
               ill
               but
               thou
               ;
            
             
               Man's
               but
               a
               sufferer
               ,
               whatsoe're
               he
               does
               ,
            
             
               He
               doth
               because
               he
               can
               nor
               will
               nor
               chose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               let
               us
               know
               the
               better
               ,
               and
               so
               know
            
             
               What
               powers
               and
               faculties
               thou
               doest
               bestow
            
             
               On
               us
               ,
               to
               fear
               and
               serve
               thee
               ,
               that
               we
               might
            
             
               In
               work
               ,
               and
               word
               ,
               and
               thought
               still
               do
               thee
               right
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               thou
               so
               equally
               hast
               all
               things
               done
               ,
            
             
               And
               shew'st
               such
               mercy
               unto
               every
               one
               ,
            
             
               That
               ev'n
               by
               those
               who
               shall
               thy
               wrath
               abide
               ,
            
             
               In
               every
               thing
               thou
               shalt
               be
               justifi'd
               ,
            
             
               And
               none
               shall
               truly
               say
               ,
               when
               call'd
               they
               are
            
             
               Before
               thy
               Throne
               of
               Judgment
               to
               appear
               ,
            
             
               That
               thou
               hast
               more
               exacted
               any
               way
            
             
               From
               any
               man
               ,
               than
               he
               had
               power
               to
               pay
               ,
            
             
               Till
               by
               forsaking
               thee
               he
               forfeit
               made
            
             
               Of
               that
               enabling
               Grace
               ,
               which
               once
               he
               had
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Law
               of
               thine
               which
               an
               appearance
               hath
            
             
               Of
               Terror
               ,
               of
               Severity
               and
               Wrath
            
             
               To
               those
               dull
               naturalists
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               weighed
            
             
               How
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Grace
               it
               is
               allay'd
               ;
            
             
               Even
               this
               fear'd
               Law
               when
               first
               the
               same
               was
               made
               ,
            
             
               No
               other
               end
               but
               
               Man's
               well
               being
               had
               ;
            
             
               Nor
               hath
               as
               yet
               ,
               except
               it
               be
               to
               those
            
             
               Who
               sleight
               thy
               kindness
               ,
               and
               believe
               thy
               soes
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               former
               Table
               ,
               which
               we
               weakly
               fain
            
             
               (
               Doth
               only
               to
               thy
               glory
               appertain
               )
            
             
               Concerneth
               in
               the
               points
               of
               highest
               nature
               ,
            
             
               The
               Welfare
               and
               the
               glory
               of
               thy
               Creature
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               thee
               what
               is
               it
               ,
               whether
               we
               adore
            
             
               Thee
               for
               our
               God
               ,
               or
               none
               ,
               or
               twenty
               more
               ?
            
             
               Thine
               Honour
               was
               at
               full
               e're
               we
               were
               made
               ,
            
             
               And
               would
               be
               so
               though
               we
               no
               being
               had
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               our
               Advantage
               that
               thou
               let
               's
               us
               know
            
             
               To
               whom
               in
               our
               necessities
               to
               go
               ,
            
             
               And
               leav'st
               us
               not
               as
               when
               we
               Gentiles
               were
               ,
            
             
               To
               wander
               all
               our
               life
               times
               out
               in
               fear
               ,
            
             
               In
               Darkness
               and
               in
               Error
               ;
               yet
               to
               find
            
             
               Nor
               ease
               of
               Body
               neither
               peace
               of
               mind
               .
            
          
           
             
               'T
               is
               our
               advantage
               that
               we
               may
               be
               bold
            
             
               To
               scorn
               those
               Bugbears
               ,
               which
               in
               times
               of
               old
            
             
               Men
               trembled
               at
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               power
               and
               fame
            
             
               Of
               what
               was
               nothing
               ,
               but
               an
               empty
               Name
            
             
               Enslav'd
               us
               not
               to
               come
               with
               vows
               and
               praise
            
             
               To
               worship
               it
               ,
               as
               in
               our
               
                 Heathen
                 daies
              
               ,
            
             
               Which
               benefit
               we
               by
               this
               Law
               obtain'd
               ,
            
             
               And
               which
               without
               this
               Law
               we
               have
               not
               gain'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               'T
               is
               our
               avail
               that
               such
               a
               God
               we
               have
            
             
               Who
               lets
               us
               know
               that
               he
               hath
               power
               to
               save
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               that
               when
               we
               our selves
               to
               him
               apply
               ,
            
             
               We
               need
               not
               fear
               a
               
                 Rival
                 Deity
              
            
             
               Will
               angry
               grow
               ;
               and
               do
               us
               in
               despight
            
             
               A
               greater
               Wrong
               ,
               than
               thou
               hast
               power
               to
               right
               .
            
             
             
               Or
               ,
               that
               a
               Jealous
               Juno
               can
               make
               void
            
             
               The
               hopes
               which
               in
               thy
               Love
               we
               have
               enjoy'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               is
               our
               gain
               to
               honour
               thee
               alone
               ,
            
             
               And
               that
               we
               need
               not
               now
               to
               Cyprus
               run
            
             
               To
               worship
               Venus
               ;
               then
               to
               seek
               Apollo
            
             
               At
               Delphos
               ;
               and
               from
               thence
               a
               course
               to
               follow
            
             
               As
               far
               as
               famous
               Ephesus
               to
               see
            
             
               If
               great
               Diana
               in
               her
               Temple
               be
               :
            
             
               And
               thence
               again
               to
               post
               ,
               in
               hope
               to
               meet
            
             
               With
               Jove
               inshrined
               in
               the
               Isle
               of
               Creet
               .
            
             
               Our
               Times
               and
               Substance
               wasting
               to
               receive
            
             
               That
               from
               them
               ,
               which
               they
               had
               not
               power
               to
               give
               .
            
          
           
             
               What
               were
               it
               unto
               thee
               ;
               (
               but
               that
               our
               peace
            
             
               Thou
               lovest
               )
               if
               we
               dayly
               shall
               increase
            
             
               Our
               vain
               will-worshippings
               ,
               till
               we
               devise
            
             
               As
               many
               Superstitious
               Fopperies
            
             
               As
               we
               have
               sensless
               Dreams
               ?
               Or
               if
               our
               daies
            
             
               We
               spend
               on
               Idols
               ,
               forging
               Puppet
               plays
               ,
            
             
               And
               false
               Ideas
               ,
               till
               all
               truth
               be
               lost
               ?
            
             
               And
               then
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               effected
               now
               almost
               )
            
             
               Fight
               ,
               brawl
               ,
               and
               preach
               ,
               to
               make
               up
               Sects
               and
               Factions
            
             
               To
               help
               maintain
               the
               Whimsies
               and
               Distractions
            
             
               Which
               fool
               us
               ,
               till
               we
               find
               some
               Chrotchets
               new
            
             
               Unknown
               to
               Christian
               ,
               Heathen
               ,
               Turk
               ,
               and
               Jew
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Moreover
               ,
               (
               but
               ,
               that
               our
               own
               harm
               it
               were
               )
            
             
               To
               know
               no
               power
               whereof
               we
               stood
               in
               fear
               ,
            
             
               And
               were
               it
               not
               a
               merciful
               prevention
            
             
               Of
               miseries
               ,
               of
               mischiefs
               ,
               and
               contention
            
             
             
               Which
               else
               would
               rage
               among
               us
               if
               we
               had
            
             
               No
               name
               ,
               in
               which
               with
               Reverence
               might
               be
               made
            
             
               Vows
               ,
               Oaths
               ,
               and
               Protestations
               ;
               Or
               if
               we
            
             
               Should
               not
               believe
               a
               Will
               and
               Power
               in
               thee
            
             
               To
               heed
               and
               punish
               it
               ,
               when
               wrong
               were
               done
               ;
            
             
               What
               benefit
               to
               thee
               ,
               ensu'd
               thereon
               ,
            
             
               For
               which
               thou
               shouldst
               vouchsafe
               to
               make
               a
               Law
            
             
               To
               keep
               the
               damn'd
               For-swearers
               hearts
               in
               awe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               What
               suft
               '
               rest
               thou
               ,
               when
               mad
               Blasphemers
               rave
            
             
               Against
               thy
               holy
               Name
               ,
               that
               thou
               need'st
               have
            
             
               A
               Law
               to
               curb
               them
               ?
               Or
               ,
               what
               have
               they
               done
            
             
               More
               than
               those
               Dogs
               ,
               which
               bark
               against
               the
               Moon
            
             
               If
               they
               themselves
               ,
               or
               ,
               others
               of
               their
               kind
            
             
               No
               damage
               by
               those
               Blasphemies
               did
               find
               ?
            
          
           
             
               And
               but
               ,
               that
               sweetly
               provident
               thou
               art
            
             
               Ev'n
               for
               the
               meanest
               and
               least
               worthy
               part
            
             
               Of
               all
               thy
               Creatures
               ;
               what
               was
               that
               daies
               rest
            
             
               To
               thee
               ,
               which
               thou
               ordain'st
               for
               Man
               and
               Beast
               ?
            
             
               Their
               pain
               or
               ease
               ,
               Thy
               Rest
               augmented
               not
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               ,
               profit
               by
               the
               Sabbaths
               hast
               thou
               got
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               by
               the
               Festivals
               ordain'd
               by
               thee
               ,
            
             
               For
               ,
               they
               ,
               not
               thine
               ,
               but
               mans
               advantage
               be
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Our
               Essence
               being
               of
               a
               double
               Nature
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               thou
               best
               knowing
               what
               best
               fits
               the
               Creature
               ,
            
             
               Requirest
               all
               men
               so
               their
               time
               to
               use
               ,
            
             
               That
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
               may
               receive
               their
               dues
            
             
               But
               ,
               what
               missalls
               to
               thee
               if
               any
               spends
            
             
               His
               Times
               in
               vain
               or
               to
               preposterous
               ends
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Some
               of
               us
               peradventure
               fancy
               may
               ,
            
             
               That
               thou
               hast
               honour
               by
               the
               
                 Sabbath
                 day
              
               ,
            
             
               And
               that
               it
               adds
               to
               thy
               contentment
               then
               ,
            
             
               To
               hear
               and
               see
               great
               multitudes
               of
               men
            
             
               Assemblies
               make
               ,
               to
               invocate
               thy
               Name
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               their
               songs
               to
               magnifie
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             
               Indeed
               this
               is
               our
               Duty
               ,
               and
               when
               this
            
             
               Upon
               thy
               days
               by
               some
               performed
               is
               :
            
             
               Thou
               tak'st
               it
               as
               a
               honour
               done
               to
               thee
               ;
            
             
               That
               in
               such
               Dutys
               ,
               we
               might
               serious
               be
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               still
               the
               benefit
               is
               all
               our
               own
               .
            
             
               Thy
               praise
               is
               neither
               more
               nor
               farther
               blown
               ,
            
             
               To
               thy
               avail
               ,
               nor
               doth
               our
               holiness
            
             
               Conduce
               to
               ought
               ,
               but
               our
               own
               happiness
               .
            
             
               The
               days
               on
               which
               we
               memorize
               thy
               Graces
               ;
            
             
               And
               meet
               together
               in
               thy
               holy
               places
               ,
            
             
               Are
               much
               for
               our
               avail
               ;
               for
               then
               and
               there
            
             
               Thou
               teachest
               us
               ,
               our
               ,
               Crosses
               how
               to
               bear
               ;
            
             
               What
               to
               believe
               and
               hope
               there
               we
               may
               learn
            
             
               How
               we
               'twixt
               Good
               and
               Evil
               may
               discern
               ,
            
             
               How
               Truth
               from
               cursed
               Error
               we
               may
               know
               ,
            
             
               What
               Path
               to
               shun
               or
               take
               ,
               what
               work
               to
               do
               ,
            
             
               And
               how
               and
               whom
               to
               love
               (
               which
               is
               the
               Sun
            
             
               And
               height
               of
               all
               whereto
               on
               Earth
               we
               come
               )
            
             
               Which
               manifests
               that
               only
               for
               our
               sake
               ,
            
             
               It
               pleased
               thee
               some
               days
               of
               Rest
               to
               make
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sure
               ev'ry
               mean
               capacity
               is
               able
            
             
               To
               understand
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               second
               Table
               ▪
            
             
             
               Mans
               welfare
               is
               immediately
               intended
               ,
            
             
               And
               that
               therefore
               ,
               those
               Laws
               be
               recommended
            
             
               To
               universal
               practice
               ;
               so
               to
               stay
            
             
               Our
               minds
               from
               running
               out
               another
               way
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               if
               our
               lives
               ambitiously
               we
               spend
            
             
               In
               brawls
               for
               honour
               :
               If
               we
               set
               an
               end
            
             
               To
               all
               our
               kind
               by
               Murthers
               :
               If
               we
               please
            
             
               To
               plague
               our selves
               with
               ev'ry
               foul
               disease
               ,
            
             
               And
               ev'ry
               grief
               of
               Heart
               ,
               which
               will
               arise
            
             
               From
               Fornications
               and
               Adulterys
               :
            
             
               If
               all
               our
               Labours
               should
               be
               made
               a
               prey
            
             
               To
               Thieves
               ,
               till
               want
               had
               worn
               us
               quite
               away
               ;
            
             
               If
               we
               should
               plague
               each
               other
               by
               our
               Lies
               ,
            
             
               By
               slanders
               or
               in
               humane
               Perjurys
               ;
            
             
               Or
               ,
               if
               our
               hearts
               upon
               the
               Rack
               were
               set
            
             
               By
               lusting
               after
               what
               we
               could
               not
               get
               ,
            
             
               These
               madnesses
               our
               mischiefs
               only
               be
               ,
            
             
               But
               neither
               harm
               nor
               discontent
               to
               thee
               ;
            
             
               Except
               in
               this
               respect
               ,
               that
               having
               took
            
             
               Our
               Nature
               thy
               Compassion
               cannot
               brook
               ,
            
             
               To
               see
               thy
               Members
               injur'd
               by
               the
               Sin
               ,
            
             
               Which
               lawless
               people
               are
               delighted
               in
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thou
               hast
               affirm'd
               ;
               (
               the
               better
               to
               apply
            
             
               Thy
               workings
               to
               our
               mean
               Capacity
               )
            
             
               That
               all
               things
               for
               thy
               Glory
               thou
               hast
               wrought
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               not
               therefore
               to
               be
               thought
            
             
               Thou
               wantest
               Glory
               ,
               and
               didst
               work
               for
               more
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               that
               it
               gain'd
               ought
               wanting
               heretofore
               .
            
             
             
               Nor
               may
               we
               think
               a
               power
               so
               truly
               wise
               ,
            
             
               Should
               work
               for
               that
               which
               we
               are
               bid
               despise
               .
            
             
               But
               rather
               that
               thou
               honour
               dost
               expect
            
             
               To
               be
               to
               thee
               ascrib'd
               as
               an
               effect
               ,
            
             
               Of
               fruitfulness
               belonging
               to
               the
               Natures
               ,
            
             
               And
               undespis'd
               condition
               of
               thy
               Creature
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               I
               believe
               unfainedly
               oh
               God
               ,
            
             
               By
               what
               I
               from
               thy self
               have
               understood
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               wrought'st
               for
               Love.
               Not
               meerly
               to
               attain
            
             
               Thy
               Creatures
               love
               ,
               for
               that
               had
               been
               as
               vain
               :
            
             
               Because
               indeed
               ,
               as
               little
               need
               thou
               hast
            
             
               Of
               their
               imperfect
               love
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               blast
            
             
               Of
               their
               weak
               praise
               .
               Oh
               Lord
               thy
               love
               it
               was
            
             
               Thy
               
                 Love
                 essential
              
               which
               did
               bring
               to
               pass
               ,
            
             
               The
               works
               thou
               mad'st
               ;
               That
               blessed
               love
               of
               thine
            
             
               Which
               is
               thy
               Self
               (
               Oh
               Essence
               most
               Divine
               )
            
             
               For
               ,
               being
               All
               ,
               and
               all
               at
               full
               possessing
            
             
               In
               thy
               Self-being
               ,
               thou
               conceivd'st
               a
               blessing
            
             
               To
               be
               conferr'd
               on
               others
               :
               not
               to
               add
            
             
               Ought
               to
               that
               Blessedness
               ,
               thy
               Essence
               had
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thy
               wisedom
               infinite
               ,
               a
               passage
               found
            
             
               (
               By
               thy
               eternal
               Power
               ,
               which
               hath
               no
               bound
               )
            
             
               
                 Distinct
                 ,
                 and
                 finite
                 Natures
              
               forth
               to
               bring
            
             
               (
               without
               impairing
               or
               deminishing
            
             
               Thy
               perfect
               Essence
               )
               which
               of
               thy
               perfection
            
             
               Should
               give
               some
               Demonstration
               ,
               by
               reflection
               .
            
          
           
             
               Among
               the
               rest
               one
               Creature
               thou
               did'st
               name
               ,
            
             
               Compos'd
               of
               all
               ,
               which
               th'
               
                 vniversal
                 Frame
              
            
             
             
               Therein
               contained
               ;
               And
               the
               same
               did'st
               make
            
             
               Not
               only
               so
               ,
               as
               that
               it
               might
               partake
            
             
               Of
               all
               Created
               things
               ,
               and
               also
               be
            
             
               A
               certain
               Medium
               'twixt
               them
               and
               thee
               ,
            
             
               But
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               it
               more
               ,
            
             
               Thine
               Image
               in
               it self
               it
               likewise
               bore
               ,
            
             
               And
               had
               ●●
               possibility
               to
               be
               ,
            
             
               United
               (
               undivisibly
               )
               to
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               Species
               of
               this
               Creature
               ,
               Lord
               I
               am
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               for
               what
               end
               created
               we
               became
            
             
               As
               I
               conceive
               it
               ,
               here
               ,
               I
               mean
               to
               tell
            
             
               Oh
               teach
               me
               better
               ,
               If
               I
               say
               not
               well
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               being
               Love
               it self
               ,
               and
               therefore
               kind
               ,
            
             
               It
               was
               thy
               gracious
               and
               eternal
               mind
               ,
            
             
               Mankind
               a
               Sharer
               in
               thy
               bliss
               to
               make
            
             
               And
               grant
               him
               License
               also
               to
               partake
            
             
               That
               Glory
               which
               thou
               didst
               enjoy
               alone
               ,
            
             
               Before
               all
               other
               Beings
               were
               begun
               ,
            
             
               And
               this
               great
               favour
               Lord
               thou
               pleased
               wert
               ,
            
             
               (
               As
               well
               became
               thy
               Wisdom
               )
               to
               impart
            
             
               By
               
                 Means
                 ,
                 Degrees
              
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               same
               condition
            
             
               Through
               which
               we
               best
               might
               gain
               the
               best
               fruition
            
             
               Of
               what
               was
               purposed
               ;
               and
               come
               to
               be
            
             
               United
               (
               as
               I
               said
               before
               )
               to
               thee
               .
            
             
               To
               Adam
               this
               great
               Mystery
               appear'd
            
             
               Till
               disobedience
               ,
               Foggs
               in
               him
               had
               rear'd
            
             
               Which
               dull'd
               his
               Reason
               ,
               and
               his
               heart
               declin'd
            
             
               From
               Thee
               ,
               within
               himself
               ,
               this
               bliss
               to
               find
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Law
               thou
               gav'st
               him
               ,
               was
               not
               (
               as
               is
               thought
            
             
               By
               some
               of
               us
               )
               that
               proof
               might
               so
               be
               sought
            
             
               Of
               his
               Obedience
               :
               For
               thou
               knowest
               all
            
             
               Before
               it
               is
               ;
               and
               what
               shall
               still
               befall
               ,
            
             
               Much
               less
               (
               as
               other
               some
               conceited
               are
               )
            
             
               Was
               that
               Command
               intended
               as
               a
               Snare
            
             
               Those
               to
               entrap
               whom
               thy
               eternal
               Hate
               ,
            
             
               Had
               fore-decreed
               .
               Oh
               God!
               to
               reprobate
               ?
            
             
               Far
               it
               is
               from
               the
               Goodness
               of
               thy
               Nature
               ,
            
             
               To
               be
               a
               God
               so
               Cruel
               to
               thy
               Creature
               ,
            
             
               And
               far
               ,
               far
               be
               it
               from
               thy
               Creatures
               too
               ,
            
             
               To
               their
               kind
               Maker
               so
               great
               wrong
               to
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               ,
               rather
               ,
               seems
               the
               cause
               there
               could
               not
               be
            
             
               A
               possibility
               ,
               that
               Thou
               and
               We
            
             
               Should
               make
               a
               perfect
               Unity
               ,
               unless
            
             
               Our
               Nature
               had
               
                 Essential
                 Righteousness
              
               :
            
             
               For
               ,
               otherwise
               ,
               thy
               Justice
               would
               abhor
            
             
               That
               which
               thy
               Mercy
               did
               endeavour
               for
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               from
               uniting
               us
               ,
               become
               so
               far
            
             
               That
               thine
               own
               Attributes
               would
               be
               at
               War.
               
            
          
           
             
               When
               therefore
               Man
               seduced
               fail'd
               in
               that
               ,
            
             
               Which
               might
               have
               perfected
               his
               blest
               Estate
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               that
               perform'd
               not
               whereby
               Justice
               might
               ,
            
             
               In
               our
               Advancement
               take
               a
               full
               delight
               ,
            
             
               Behold
               ,
               thy
               powerful
               Mercy
               did
               prevent
            
             
               Our
               total
               ruin
               by
               a
               Wonderment
            
             
               Beyond
               the
               Worlds
               Creation
               ,
               out
               of
               nought
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               when
               by
               Sin
               we
               further
               off
               were
               brought
               ,
            
             
             
               From
               what
               thou
               had'st
               intended
               us
               ,
               then
               by
            
             
               The
               not
               obtaining
               of
               an
               Entity
            
             
               Thy
               all-inventing
               wisdom
               found
               a
               mean
            
             
               Through
               which
               our
               Essence
               made
               e're
               while
               unclean
            
             
               Should
               be
               re-purifi'd
               and
               so
               perfum'd
            
             
               That
               personally
               it
               might
               be
               then
               assum'd
            
             
               Unto
               thy self
               ;
               and
               Man
               thereby
               attain
            
             
               A
               Happiness
               not
               to
               be
               lost
               again
               .
            
             
               If
               some
               few
               easy
               Duties
               he
               will
               do
            
             
               When
               Grace
               enables
               Nature
               thereunto
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               doubtless
               every
               Man
               shall
               one
               day
               know
            
             
               That
               thou
               on
               him
               such
               portions
               didst
               bestow
            
             
               (
               Ev'n
               pers'nally
               )
               that
               if
               he
               be
               undone
               ,
            
             
               It
               was
               not
               Adams
               ,
               but
               his
               fault
               alone
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Mystery
               thy
               goodness
               brought
               to
               pass
               ,
            
             
               And
               for
               no
               other
               end
               ,
               Oh
               Lord
               it
               was
            
             
               But
               for
               our
               good
               ;
               for
               neither
               dost
               thou
               need
            
             
               Our
               Praise
               or
               Love
               ;
               nor
               is
               it
               for
               the
               deed
            
             
               Of
               Love
               or
               Praise
               ,
               or
               Worship
               or
               of
               ought
            
             
               Which
               by
               our
               faculties
               to
               pass
               is
               brought
               ,
            
             
               That
               thou
               requirest
               them
               of
               us
               ;
               but
               that
               we
            
             
               Should
               not
               unto
               our selves
               defective
               be
            
             
               In
               doing
               our
               endeavours
               to
               attain
            
             
               So
               much
               as
               lieth
               in
               our
               power
               to
               gain
            
             
               Lest
               it
               indamage
               us
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               way
            
             
               Unto
               our
               true
               perfections
               stops
               may
               lay
               .
            
          
           
             
               Essential
               goodness
               hath
               essential
               peace
            
             
               Without
               all
               diminution
               or
               increase
               ,
            
             
             
               And
               therefore
               he
               who
               blessedness
               desires
            
             
               To
               that
               above
               all
               other
               thing
               aspires
               .
            
             
               To
               love
               and
               
                 give
                 due
                 praise
              
               ,
               is
               better
               far
            
             
               Than
               to
               be
               lov'd
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               praised
               are
            
             
               To
               him
               that
               hath
               subsistance
               of
               his
               own
            
             
               Ev'n
               I
               my self
               (
               whose
               heart
               is
               overgrown
            
             
               With
               imperfections
               )
               love
               without
               respect
            
             
               Of
               any
               end
               but
               meerly
               to
               affect
            
             
               Those
               whom
               I
               love
               ,
               and
               rather
               would
               have
               done
            
             
               Ten
               thousand
               kindnesses
               than
               sought
               for
               one
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               Lord
               if
               such
               a
               failing
               love
               as
               mine
               ,
            
             
               May
               reach
               to
               this
               ;
               how
               infinite
               is
               thine
               ?
            
             
               And
               ,
               Oh
               how
               far
               art
               thou
               from
               things
               so
               vain
            
             
               As
               loving
               meerly
               to
               be
               lov'd
               again
            
             
               By
               such
               poor
               worms
               as
               we
               whose
               best
               affection
            
             
               Is
               but
               a
               passion
               full
               of
               imperfection
               !
            
          
           
             
               Indeed
               thou
               bid'st
               us
               love
               thee
               ;
               but
               ,
               for
               what
            
             
               Save
               to
               preserve
               us
               capable
               of
               that
               ,
            
             
               Which
               we
               receive
               ;
               and
               that
               we
               might
               not
               miss
            
             
               The
               comfort
               which
               in
               Virtue
               placed
               is
               ,
            
             
               And
               of
               whose
               hapless
               want
               ,
               he
               cannot
               chuse
            
             
               But
               feel
               the
               loss
               whose
               conscience
               doth
               accuse
               :
            
             
               Yea
               thou
               commandest
               love
               ,
               that
               love
               may
               make
            
             
               Our
               nature
               of
               thy
               nature
               to
               partake
               :
            
             
               Without
               which
               quality
               there
               cannot
               be
            
             
               The
               true
               Communion
               'twixt
               us
               and
               thee
               ,
            
             
               Which
               is
               the
               very
               height
               of
               all
               our
               bliss
               ,
            
             
               Or
               which
               indeed
               the
               Essence
               of
               it
               is
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               For
               could
               we
               be
               of
               thee
               ,
               Oh
               God!
               approv'd
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               could
               we
               of
               all
               creatures
               be
               belov'd
            
             
               Tho'
               we
               no
               love
               return'd
               (
               nor
               had
               in
               us
               ,
            
             
               An
               object
               for
               the
               love
               conferred
               thus
               )
            
             
               Which
               were
               impossible
               ;
               we
               ne'retheless
            
             
               Should
               suffer
               by
               our
               own
               unworthiness
            
             
               An
               inward
               Hell
               ,
               and
               to
               our selves
               invent
               ,
            
             
               Occasions
               of
               continual
               discontent
               ,
            
             
               As
               to
               those
               envious
               men
               ,
               it
               may
               appear
            
             
               Who
               causlesly
               injurious
               often
               are
               .
            
             
               To
               those
               their
               honest
               neighbours
               whom
               they
               find
            
             
               To
               them
               as
               friendly
               as
               they
               are
               unkind
               ,
            
             
               For
               outward
               plagues
               pursueth
               so
               this
               sin
               ,
            
             
               Nay
               also
               ,
               so
               affects
               him
               still
               within
               ,
            
             
               And
               till
               his
               nature
               be
               depraved
               quite
               ,
            
             
               His
               own
               Injustice
               will
               his
               heart
               affright
               .
            
             
               Yea
               they
               whose
               Crimes
               are
               pardon'd
               are
               not
               free
            
             
               From
               suff'rings
               though
               they
               well
               assured
               be
               ,
            
             
               That
               neither
               God
               nor
               Man
               will
               blame
               them
               for
               ,
            
             
               The
               passed
               Frailties
               ,
               which
               they
               do
               abhor
               .
            
             
               For
               then
               our
               hearts
               will
               grieve
               do
               what
               we
               can
               ,
            
             
               If
               they
               have
               injur'd
               either
               God
               or
               Man.
            
             
               And
               then
               more
               favour
               is
               vouchsaf'd
               to
               them
               ,
            
             
               The
               more
               themselves
               they
               censure
               and
               condemn
               .
            
          
           
             
               Therefore
               ,
               although
               I
               can
               forgive
               my
               Friend
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               him
               wary
               to
               offend
               ,
            
             
               Lest
               ,
               when
               he
               finds
               his
               error
               griev'd
               he
               be
               ,
            
             
               Within
               himself
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               wronged
               me
               ,
            
             
             
               And
               in
               his
               heart
               a
               torment
               suffer
               should
               ,
            
             
               From
               which
               my
               love
               would
               keep
               him
               if
               I
               could
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ev'n
               so
               oh
               Lord
               my
               God
               (
               though
               in
               degree
               ,
            
             
               More
               infinite
               than
               can
               conceived
               be
               :
            
             
               And
               ,
               in
               a
               manner
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               not
               able
            
             
               By
               any
               Figure
               to
               make
               demonstrable
               )
            
             
               In
               meer
               Good-will
               to
               Man
               ,
               thou
               pleased
               art
            
             
               To
               preach
               unto
               his
               ear
               ,
               or
               to
               his
               Heart
            
             
               Those
               Dutys
               ,
               which
               to
               thee
               from
               him
               belong
               ,
            
             
               That
               he
               ,
               unto
               himself
               ,
               may
               do
               no
               wrong
               .
            
          
           
             
               Because
               we
               seem
               a
               great
               esteem
               to
               have
            
             
               Of
               Love
               and
               Praise
               ,
               and
               thereby
               to
               receive
               ,
            
             
               Content
               and
               profit
               ;
               thou
               dost
               oft
               propose
            
             
               By
               us
               to
               be
               perform'd
               ;
               such
               things
               as
               those
               ,
            
             
               As
               Dutys
               which
               are
               much
               of
               thee
               desired
               ,
            
             
               And
               at
               our
               hand
               ,
               for
               thy
               avail
               required
               ,
            
             
               But
               doubtless
               thou
               dost
               only
               seem
               to
               be
            
             
               Like
               us
               ,
               that
               thou
               might'st
               make
               us
               like
               to
               thee
               ,
            
             
               And
               that
               ,
               (
               if
               thee
               we
               love
               )
               we
               might
               be
               won
            
             
               To
               do
               as
               for
               thy
               sake
               what
               should
               be
               done
               .
            
             
               For
               our
               own
               Good
               ;
               As
               Parents
               kind
               and
               wise
            
             
               Have
               dealt
               with
               Children
               in
               their
               Infancies
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               whereas
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               it
               hath
               been
               said
               by
               thee
               ,
            
             
               That
               thou
               wilt
               of
               thine
               honour
               Jealous
               be
               :
            
             
               Thou
               only
               Jealous
               art
               ,
               lest
               our
               neglect
            
             
               Of
               thee
               ,
               our
               own
               perdition
               may
               effect
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thou
               dost
               things
               Honourable
               ;
               and
               though
               none
            
             
               Did
               praise
               thee
               for
               them
               ,
               they
               should
               still
               be
               done
               .
            
             
             
               Thine
               honour
               is
               essential
               :
               That
               we
               give
            
             
               And
               which
               from
               us
               thou
               pleasest
               to
               receive
            
             
               Is
               but
               an
               accident
               ;
               which
               ever
               may
               ,
            
             
               Without
               thy
               loss
               ,
               be
               present
               or
               away
               .
            
             
               And
               when
               thou
               either
               thanks
               or
               praise
               requirest
            
             
               To
               perfect
               us
               ,
               those
               Dutys
               thou
               desirest
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               we
               long
               time
               have
               so
               misunderstood
               ,
            
             
               As
               if
               we
               did
               conceive
               thou
               wert
               a
               God
               ,
            
             
               Affected
               with
               Self-Love
               ,
               or
               Fruitless
               Fame
               ,
            
             
               (
               Although
               we
               mannerly
               express
               the
               same
               )
            
             
               Yea
               we
               have
               dream'd
               that
               thou
               this
               world
               did'st
               make
            
             
               And
               us
               and
               all
               things
               for
               thy
               Glorys
               sake
               .
            
             
               In
               such
               a
               sense
               ,
               and
               for
               such
               praises
               too
            
             
               As
               we
               effect
               ,
               when
               our
               best
               works
               we
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               would
               we
               thought
               no
               worse
               ;
               or
               would
               we
               knew
            
             
               What
               damnable
               absurdities
               ensue
               ,
            
             
               Our
               groundless
               Fancies
               ;
               For
               by
               them
               thou
               gain'st
            
             
               Some
               fear
               ,
               but
               little
               hearty
               love
               obtain'st
               .
            
          
           
             
               By
               these
               false
               thoughts
               of
               thee
               ,
               we
               do
               encrease
            
             
               Our
               own
               self
               Love
               ,
               and
               all
               vain
               gloriousness
               ,
            
             
               Within
               our selves
               hence
               is
               all
               we
               intend
               ,
            
             
               Our
               whole
               endeavours
               for
               a
               private
               end
               ,
            
             
               And
               that
               a
               froward
               peevishness
               is
               own'd
               ,
            
             
               In
               most
               of
               all
               our
               actions
               to
               be
               found
               ,
            
             
               For
               who
               can
               possibly
               be
               just
               or
               wise
               ,
            
             
               Who
               to
               his
               God
               imputes
               absurdities
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               now
               we
               better
               know
               thee
               ;
               and
               are
               shown
            
             
               Both
               by
               thy
               words
               and
               works
               what
               should
               be
               done
               ;
            
             
             
               Our selves
               we
               yet
               improve
               not
               as
               we
               ought
               ,
            
             
               By
               what
               thy
               Workings
               and
               thy
               Word
               have
               taught
               ,
            
             
               But
               both
               Self-love
               and
               Vanity
               have
               share
               ,
            
             
               Ev'n
               in
               our
               Actions
               that
               most
               pious
               are
               .
            
          
           
             
               We
               Counsel
               ,
               we
               
                 Relieve
                 ,
                 Write
                 ,
                 Preach
              
               and
               Pray
               ,
            
             
               That
               
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Gain
              
               ,
               or
               Pleasure
               bring
               it
               may
               ,
            
             
               To
               our
               own
               Persons
               ;
               and
               would
               little
               care
            
             
               How
               wicked
               and
               unhappy
               others
               are
               ,
            
             
               Had
               we
               our
               aims
               ;
               and
               still
               might
               them
               possess
            
             
               Amid'st
               our
               Sins
               and
               their
               unhappiness
               ,
            
             
               Ev'n
               I
               my self
               who
               love
               a
               better
               mind
               ,
            
             
               Do
               in
               my self
               so
               much
               corruption
               find
               ,
            
             
               That
               (
               I
               confess
               )
               received
               Injuries
               ,
            
             
               More
               mov'd
               me
               to
               reprove
               Impieties
               ,
            
             
               Than
               mine
               own
               goodness
               ,
               and
               that
               from
               my
               sin
            
             
               My
               best
               performances
               did
               first
               begin
               ,
            
             
               For
               which
               let
               pardon
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               vouchsafed
               be
               ,
            
             
               And
               more
               sincere
               hereafter
               make
               thou
               me
               ,
            
             
               For
               ,
               this
               may
               peradventure
               be
               the
               cause
               ,
            
             
               We
               preach
               thy
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               pronounce
               thy
               Laws
               ,
            
             
               And
               write
               without
               effect
               ;
               ev'n
               this
               that
               our
            
             
               Corruption
               makes
               the
               means
               ,
               to
               want
               the
               power
            
             
               It
               might
               have
               had
               ;
               Else
               't
               is
               because
               we
               hide
            
             
               Thy
               Love
               ,
               and
               have
               that
               saving
               Grace
               deny'd
               ,
            
             
               Which
               thou
               to
               all
               extendest
               ;
               and
               which
               none
            
             
               Shall
               want
               ,
               who
               striveth
               to
               lay
               hold
               thereon
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               help
               amend
               these
               faults
               now
               I
               have
               said
               ,
            
             
               What
               ,
               I
               believe
               thy
               Spirit
               hath
               convey'd
            
             
             
               Into
               my
               heart
               :
               If
               I
               have
               err'd
               in
               ought
            
             
               Let
               me
               ,
               oh
               Lord
               ,
               by
               thee
               be
               better
               taught
            
             
               If
               truth
               I
               speak
               ,
               let
               other
               men
               from
               hence
            
             
               Partakers
               be
               ,
               of
               my
               Intelligence
               ,
            
             
               Make
               me
               and
               them
               thy
               love
               so
               fully
               view
               ,
            
             
               That
               we
               in
               our
               affections
               may
               be
               true
               ,
            
             
               And
               give
               us
               Grace
               the
               truth
               of
               them
               to
               show
            
             
               In
               doing
               well
               ,
               the
               Duties
               which
               we
               owe.
               
            
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Metrical
           Paraphrase
           Upon
           the
           CREED
           .
        
         
           SInce
           it
           befits
           ,
           that
           I
           account
           should
           give
        
         
           What
           way
           unto
           Salvation
           
             I
             believe
          
           ;
        
         
           Of
           my
           profession
           here
           the
           sum
           I
           gather
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           confess
           a
           Faith
           
             in
             God
             the
             Father
          
           :
        
         
           In
           God
           ,
           who
           (
           without
           Helper
           or
           Partaker
           )
        
         
           Was
           of
           himself
           the
           Worlds
           
             Almighty
             Maker
          
           ,
        
         
           And
           first
           gave
           Time
           his
           being
           :
           who
           gave
           birth
        
         
           To
           all
           the
           Creatures
           ,
           both
           of
           
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
          
           .
        
         
           Our
           everlasting
           welfare
           doth
           consist
        
         
           In
           his
           great
           mercies
           ,
           
             and
             in
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           ;
        
         
         
           (
           The
           second
           person
           of
           that
           Three
           in
           one
           )
        
         
           The
           Father's
           equal
           ,
           and
           
             his
             only
             Son
          
           ;
        
         
           That
           ever-blessed
           ,
           and
           incarnate
           Word
           ,
        
         
           Which
           our
           Redeemer
           is
           ,
           our
           life
           ,
           
             Our
             Lord
          
        
         
           For
           when
           by
           Sathans
           guile
           we
           were
           deceived
           ,
        
         
           Christ
           was
           that
           means
           of
           help
           ,
           
             which
             was
             conceived
          
           ;
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           (
           when
           we
           were
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           lost
           )
        
         
           Conceived
           for
           us
           ,
           
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           we
           might
           not
           ever
           be
           forlorn
           ,
        
         
           For
           our
           eternal
           safety
           he
           was
           Born
           ?
        
         
           Born
           as
           a
           Man
           (
           that
           Man
           might
           not
           miscarry
           )
        
         
           Even
           of
           the
           substance
           
             of
             the
             Uirgin
             Mary
          
           ,
        
         
           And
           loe
           ,
           a
           greater
           mercy
           ,
           and
           a
           wonder
           ;
        
         
           He
           that
           can
           make
           All
           suffer
           ,
           
             suffered
             under
          
        
         
           The
           Jewish
           spite
           (
           which
           all
           the
           world
           revile
           at
           )
        
         
           And
           Cruel
           tyrannies
           of
           
             Pontius
             Pilate
          
           .
        
         
           In
           him
           do
           I
           believe
           ,
           who
           was
           envied
           ,
        
         
           Who
           with
           extreamest
           hate
           
             was
             Crucified
          
           :
        
         
           Who
           being
           life
           it self
           (
           to
           make
           assured
        
         
           Our
           souls
           of
           safety
           )
           was
           both
           
             dead
             ,
             and
             buried
          
           :
        
         
           And
           that
           no
           servile
           fear
           in
           us
           might
           dwell
           ,
        
         
           To
           conquer
           ,
           
             He
             descended
             into
             Hell
          
           :
        
         
           Where
           no
           infernal
           Power
           had
           power
           to
           lay
        
         
           Command
           upon
           him
           ;
           but
           on
           
             the
             third
             day
          
        
         
         
           The
           force
           of
           Death
           and
           Hell
           he
           did
           constrain
           ,
        
         
           And
           so
           in
           Triumph
           ,
           
             He
             arose
             again
          
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           the
           Almighty
           power
           advanc'd
           his
           head
           ,
        
         
           Aswel
           above
           all
           things
           ,
           as
           
             from
             the
             dead
          
           .
        
         
           Then
           ,
           that
           from
           thence
           gifts
           might
           o
           men
           be
           given
           ,
        
         
           With
           glory
           ,
           
             He
             ascended
             into
             Heaven
          
           :
        
         
           Where
           ,
           that
           supream
           and
           everlasting
           throne
           ,
        
         
           Which
           was
           prepar'd
           ,
           he
           clim'd
           ;
           
             aid
             sitteth
             on
          
        
         
           That
           blessed
           feat
           ,
           where
           he
           shall
           make
           abode
        
         
           To
           plead
           for
           us
           ,
           at
           
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             God
          
        
         
           And
           no
           where
           should
           he
           be
           enthroned
           rather
           ,
        
         
           Than
           there
           :
           for
           he
           is
           God
           ,
           as
           is
           
             the
             Father
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           with
           an
           equal
           love
           delight
           I
        
         
           To
           praise
           and
           serve
           them
           both
           ,
           as
           one
           Almighty
           :
        
         
           Yet
           in
           their
           office
           there
           's
           a
           difference
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           believe
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           
             Christ
             ,
             from
             thence
          
           ,
        
         
           Shall
           in
           the
           great
           and
           universal
           doom
           ,
        
         
           Return
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           Angels
           
             He
             shall
             come
          
           ,
        
         
           To
           question
           such
           as
           at
           his
           Empire
           grudge
           ;
        
         
           Even
           those
           who
           have
           presumed
           him
           
             to
             judge
          
        
         
           And
           that
           black
           day
           shall
           be
           so
           Catholick
           ,
        
         
           As
           I
           believe
           not
           only
           that
           
             the
             quick
          
        
         
           To
           that
           assise
           shall
           all
           be
           summoned
           ,
        
         
           But
           ,
           he
           will
           both
           adjudge
           them
           ,
           
             and
             the
             dead
          
           .
        
         
         
           Moreover
           ,
           in
           the
           Godhead
           I
           conceive
        
         
           Another
           Person
           in
           whom
           
             I
             believe
          
           :
        
         
           For
           all
           my
           hope
           of
           blessedness
           were
           lost
           ,
        
         
           If
           I
           believ'd
           not
           
             it
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           vain
           Schismaticks
           through
           pride
           and
           folly
        
         
           Contemn
           her
           power
           ,
           I
           do
           believe
           
             the
             holy
          
        
         
           Chast
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           (
           for
           whom
           so
           many
           search
        
         
           By
           marks
           uncertain
           )
           the
           true
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           believe
           (
           God
           keep
           us
           in
           this
           union
           ,
           )
        
         
           That
           there
           shall
           be
           forever
           
             the
             Communion
          
        
         
           Of
           Gods
           Elect
           :
           and
           that
           he
           still
           acquaints
        
         
           His
           Children
           in
           the
           fellowship
           of
           Saints
           .
        
         
           Though
           damned
           be
           Mans
           natural
           condition
           ,
        
         
           By
           grace
           in
           Christ
           I
           look
           for
           
             the
             remission
          
        
         
           Of
           all
           my
           foul
           misdeeds
           ;
           for
           there
           begins
        
         
           Deaths
           end
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           punishment
           of
           sins
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           I
           the
           Sadduces
           infection
        
         
           Abhor
           ,
           and
           do
           believe
           
             the
             Resurrection
          
           :
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           though
           I
           turn
           to
           dust
           ,
           yet
           through
           God
           ,
           I
        
         
           Expect
           a
           glorious
           rising
           
             of
             the
             body
          
           ,
        
         
           And
           that
           ,
           exempted
           from
           the
           cares
           here
           rife
           ,
        
         
           I
           shall
           enjoy
           perfection
           
             and
             the
             life
          
        
         
           That
           is
           not
           subject
           unto
           change
           or
           wasting
           ,
        
         
           But
           ever-blessed
           ,
           and
           for
           ever-lasting
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           my
           Faith
           ,
           which
           that
           it
           fail
           not
           when
        
         
           It
           most
           should
           steed
           me
           ,
           let
           God
           say
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             To
             whom
             ,
             that
             he
             so
             much
             vouchsafe
             we
             may
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Thus
             as
             a
             member
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             I
             pray
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Metrical
           Paraphrase
           Upon
           the
           LORD'S
           PRAYER
           .
        
         
           LOrd
           ,
           at
           thy
           Mercy-seat
           ,
           our selves
           we
           gather
           ,
        
         
           To
           do
           our
           duties
           unto
           thee
           ,
           
             Our
             Father
          
           .
        
         
           To
           whom
           all
           praise
           ,
           all
           honour
           ,
           should
           be
           given
           :
        
         
           For
           ,
           thou
           art
           that
           great
           God
           
             which
             art
             in
             Heaven
          
           .
        
         
           Thou
           by
           thy
           wisdom
           rul'st
           the
           worlds
           whole
           frame
           ,
        
         
           For
           ever
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           
             Hallowed
             be
             thy
             Name
          
           .
        
         
           Let
           never
           more
           delayes
           divide
           us
           from
        
         
           Thy
           glories
           view
           ,
           but
           let
           
             Thy
             Kingdom
             come
          
           .
        
         
           Let
           thy
           commands
           opposed
           be
           by
           none
           ,
        
         
           But
           thy
           good
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           
             Thy
             will
             done
          
           .
        
         
         
           And
           let
           our
           promptness
           to
           obey
           ,
           be
           even
        
         
           The
           very
           same
           
             in
             earth
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             in
             heaven
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           ,
           for
           our selves
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           we
           also
           pray
           ,
        
         
           Thou
           wouldst
           be
           pleased
           to
           
             Give
             us
             this
             day
          
           ,
        
         
           That
           food
           of
           life
           wherewith
           our
           souls
           are
           fed
           ,
        
         
           Contented
           raiment
           ,
           and
           
             our
             daily
             bread
          
           .
        
         
           With
           needful
           thing
           do
           thou
           relieve
           us
           :
        
         
           And
           ,
           of
           thy
           mercy
           ,
           pitty
           
             And
             forgive
             us
          
        
         
           All
           our
           misdeeds
           ,
           in
           him
           whom
           thou
           didst
           please
           ,
        
         
           To
           take
           in
           offering
           for
           
             our
             trespasses
          
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           as
           much
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           as
           we
           believe
           ,
        
         
           Thou
           so
           wilt
           pardon
           us
           ,
           
             as
             we
             forgive
          
           ;
        
         
           Let
           that
           love
           teach
           us
           ,
           wherewith
           thou
           acquaints
           us
           ,
        
         
           To
           pardon
           all
           them
           ,
           
             that
             trespass
             against
             us
          
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           sometime
           thou
           find'st
           we
           have
           forgot
        
         
           This
           Love
           ,
           or
           thee
           ,
           yet
           help
           ,
           
             And
             lead
             us
             not
          
        
         
           Through
           Soul
           or
           bodies
           want
           ,
           to
           desperation
        
         
           Nor
           let
           abundance
           drive
           ,
           
             into
             temptation
          
           .
           
        
         
           Let
           not
           the
           soul
           of
           any
           true
           Believer
           ,
        
         
           Fall
           in
           the
           time
           of
           tryal
           :
           
             But
             deliver
          
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           save
           him
           from
           the
           malice
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
        
         
           And
           both
           in
           life
           and
           death
           keep
           
             us
             from
             evil
          
           .
        
         
           Thus
           pray
           we
           Lord
           :
           And
           but
           of
           thee
           from
           whom
        
         
           Can
           this
           be
           had
           !
           
             For
             thine
             is
             the
             Kingdom
          
           .
        
         
         
           The
           world
           is
           of
           thy
           works
           the
           graven
           story
           ,
        
         
           To
           thee
           belongs
           
             the
             power
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           thy
           happiness
           hath
           ending
           never
           :
        
         
           But
           shall
           remain
           
             for
             ever
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           This
           we
           confess
           ;
           and
           will
           confess
           agen
           ,
        
         
           Till
           we
           shall
           say
           eternally
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             Thou
             shalt
             write
             them
             upon
             the
             posts
             of
             thy
             house
             ,
             and
             upon
             thy
             Gates
             ,
          
           
             Deut.
             6.
             9.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66751-e870
           
             Job
             33.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A66751-e39230
           
             
               See
               Pro.
            
             30.
             8
             ,
             9.