A proclamation in the name of the King of kings, to all inhabitants of the isles of Great Brittain and especially to those who have hypocritically pretended to justice, mercy, honesty, and religion (as also to them who have lived in open prophaness and impiety) summoning them to repentance, by denouncing God's judgements, and declaring his mercy, offered in the everlasting gospel / warrantably proclaimed and preached by Geo. Wither ... ; whereto are added, some fragments of the same authors, omitted in the first imprinting of the book, intituled Scraps and crums, and a few which were collected since that impression, and during his imprisonment.
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             A proclamation in the name of the King of kings, to all inhabitants of the isles of Great Brittain and especially to those who have hypocritically pretended to justice, mercy, honesty, and religion (as also to them who have lived in open prophaness and impiety) summoning them to repentance, by denouncing God's judgements, and declaring his mercy, offered in the everlasting gospel / warrantably proclaimed and preached by Geo. Wither ... ; whereto are added, some fragments of the same authors, omitted in the first imprinting of the book, intituled Scraps and crums, and a few which were collected since that impression, and during his imprisonment.
             Wither, George, 1588-1667.
          
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           A
           Proclamation
           In
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           To
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Isles
           of
           Great
           Brittain
           :
           And
           especially
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           have
           Hypocritically
           pretended
           to
           
             Justice
             ,
             Mercy
             ,
             Honesty
          
           and
           Religion
           ;
           (
           as
           also
           to
           them
           who
           have
           lived
           in
           open
           Prophaness
           and
           Impiety
           )
           summoning
           them
           to
           Repentance
           ,
           by
           denouncing
           GOD's
           Judgements
           ,
           and
           declaring
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           offered
           in
           the
           
             Everlasting
             Gospel
          
           .
        
         
           Warrantably
           Proclaimed
           ,
           and
           Preached
           ,
           by
           
             GEO.
             WITHER
          
           .
           Though
           not
           by
           any
           
             Humane
             Ordination
          
           .
        
         
           Whereto
           are
           added
           ,
           some
           FRAGMENTS
           Of
           the
           same
           Authors
           ,
           omitted
           in
           the
           first
           Imprinting
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           Scraps
           and
           Crums
           ;
           and
           a
           few
           which
           were
           Collected
           since
           that
           Impression
           ,
           and
           during
           his
           Imprisonment
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           1662.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           PROCLAMATION
           In
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
        
         
           To
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Isles
           of
           Great
           Brittain
           ;
           especially
           to
           all
           those
           who
           have
           Hypocritically
           pretended
           to
           Justice
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           Honesty
           and
           Religion
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           open
           Prophaness
           and
           Impiety
           ;
           summoning
           them
           to
           Repentance
           ,
           by
           denouncing
           GOD'S
           Judgments
           ;
           and
           thereto
           encouraging
           them
           ,
           by
           declaring
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           offered
           in
           the
           Everlasting
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           
             ON
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             ,
             the
             second
             day
             of
             the
             first
             Moneth
             ,
             in
             the
             second
             Year
             of
             
               revived
               Monarchy
            
             in
             these
             Islands
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             eighth
             Moneth
             of
             my
             Confinement
             ,
             for
             discharging
             my
             Conscience
             ;
             My
             Consort
             being
             then
             with
             me
             in
             the
             house
             of
             my
             Imprisonment
             ,
             and
             intending
             to
             reade
             some
             parcel
             of
             
               holy
               Scripture
            
             for
             our
             instruction
             and
             refreshment
             ;
             The
             first
             place
             presenting
             it self
             to
             her
             view
             ,
             and
             then
             read
             ,
             was
             the
             seventh
             Chapter
             of
             the
             Prophecy
             of
             Jeremiah
             the
             Contents
             whereof
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             the
             next
             ,
             seemed
             to
             my
             understanding
             ,
             when
             I
             had
             heard
             them
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             pertinent
             to
             these
             Nations
             in
             this
             Generation
             ,
             
             that
             I
             was
             immediatly
             inspired
             with
             a
             strong
             perswasion
             ,
             that
             the
             effect
             of
             those
             words
             ,
             heretofore
             dictated
             to
             Jeremiah
             by
             the
             LORD
             ,
             was
             then
             spoken
             to
             me
             ,
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             same
             GOD
             ;
             and
             ,
             he
             having
             given
             me
             fifty
             years
             Experience
             of
             the
             Transactions
             between
             Himself
             and
             this
             People
             ,
             since
             I
             came
             to
             years
             of
             discretion
             ;
             and
             also
             called
             me
             to
             be
             a
             Prophet
             by
             that
             
               Ordinary
               Anointing
            
             ,
             whereof
             every
             true
             Member
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             is
             partaker
             ;
             I
             thereupon
             thought
             my self
             as
             truly
             obliged
             in
             Conscience
             ,
             to
             proclaim
             it
             to
             all
             the
             
               Provinces
               ,
               Counties
               ,
               Towns
            
             ,
             and
             Cities
             of
             these
             Islands
             ,
             as
             the
             said
             Prophet
             Jeremiah
             was
             to
             publish
             it
             in
             the
             Gate
             of
             the
             LORD's
             House
             at
             Jerusalem
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             in
             obedience
             to
             that
             
               Internal
               Motion
            
             ,
             I
             now
             declare
             and
             apply
             it
             in
             the
             same
             tearms
             ,
             changing
             and
             adding
             only
             the
             names
             and
             prevarications
             therein
             mentioned
             ,
             into
             those
             which
             are
             proper
             to
             this
             Time
             and
             Place
             .
             The
             Effect
             of
             the
             said
             Prophecy
             ,
             is
             this
             which
             next
             follows
             paraphrastically
             expressed
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Name
             and
             Fear
             of
             GOD
             ,
             I
             thus
             proclaim
             it
             ,
             
               Mutatis
               mutandis
            
             .
          
           ;
        
         
           
           
             JEREMIAH
             ,
             the
             7th
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             the
             8th
             .
          
           
             THe
             Word
             which
             came
             to
             the
             Prophet
             Jeremiah
             from
             the
             LORD
             ,
             
               came
               to
               me
               ,
               by
               the
               said
               Prophet
               ,
            
             saying
             ;
             Stand
             in
             the
             Gate
             of
             
               this
               City
               ,
               wherein
               the
               LORD
               hath
               yet
               his
               House
               ,
            
             there
             Proclaim
             this
             Word
             ,
             and
             say
             ;
             Hear
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             and
             ye
             Inhabitants
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             worship
             the
             LORD
             .
             Thus
             saith
             the
             LORD
             ,
             the
             LORD
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             the
             GOD
             of
             
               Israel
               ,
               and
               your
               GOD
            
             :
             Amend
             your
             ways
             and
             your
             doings
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             cause
             you
             to
             dwell
             in
             this
             place
             .
             Trust
             ye
             not
             in
             lying
             words
             ,
             (
             
               or
               ,
               in
               your
               formal
               sanctity
               and
               will-worship
            
             )
             saying
             ,
             The
             Temple
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             The
             Temple
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             (
             
               nor
               say
               in
               boast
               ,
               here
               is
               only
               his
               true
               reformed
               Church
               ,
               and
               with
               us
               are
               his
               Ordinances
               )
               for
               know
               ,
            
             The
             Temple
             of
             the
             LORD
             are
             these
             ,
             even
             they
             that
             obey
             his
             Word
             ;
             
               in
               them
               he
               dwells
               ,
               and
               among
               them
               is
               his
               approved
               Worship
               .
            
             If
             you
             amend
             your
             wayes
             and
             your
             doings
             ;
             If
             you
             thorowly
             execute
             Judgement
             between
             a
             man
             and
             his
             neighbour
             ;
             If
             you
             oppress
             not
             the
             Stranger
             ,
             the
             Fatherless
             ,
             or
             the
             Widow
             ,
             nor
             shed
             innocent
             Blood
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             nor
             walk
             after
             other
             Gods
             in
             your
             heart
             ,
             to
             your
             hurt
             ,
             (
             
               nor
               worship
               the
               True
               GOD
               according
               ,
               to
               the
               superstitious
               Inventions
               of
               men
            
             )
             then
             will
             I
             cause
             you
             to
             dwell
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             which
             I
             gave
             unto
             your
             fathers
             ,
             for
             ever
             .
             But
             ,
             behold
             ,
             ye
             trust
             in
             lying
             words
             ,
             that
             cannot
             profit
             :
             Will
             ye
             
             murder
             ,
             commit
             Adultery
             ,
             swear
             falsly
             ,
             sacrifice
             to
             false
             Gods
             ,
             and
             walk
             after
             such
             as
             ye
             know
             not
             ,
             and
             then
             come
             and
             stand
             before
             me
             in
             my
             House
             ,
             
               or
               think
               in
               your
               hearts
            
             you
             were
             delivered
             
               from
               your
               late
               troubles
            
             ,
             to
             do
             all
             these
             abominations
             ?
             Is
             that
             House
             which
             is
             called
             by
             my
             Name
             ,
             become
             a
             Den
             of
             Robbers
             in
             your
             eyes
             ?
             Behold
             ,
             I
             have
             seen
             it
             ,
             saith
             the
             LORD
             .
             Consider
             now
             my
             Place
             which
             was
             in
             Shiloh
             ,
             where
             I
             set
             my
             Name
             at
             the
             first
             :
             
               Consider
               also
               the
               City
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               and
               my
               Temple
               therein
               :
            
             heed
             what
             I
             did
             to
             those
             places
             for
             the
             wickedness
             of
             my
             People
             Israel
             :
             For
             ,
             in
             regard
             ye
             have
             done
             such
             works
             as
             they
             did
             ,
             saith
             the
             LORD
             ;
             and
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             I
             spake
             unto
             you
             (
             
               as
               I
               did
               to
               them
            
             )
             rising
             up
             early
             ,
             yet
             was
             not
             heard
             ,
             not
             answered
             when
             I
             called
             upon
             you
             ;
             I
             will
             now
             do
             unto
             those
             Temples
             
               upon
               which
               ye
               have
               imposed
               my
               Name
               ,
               and
               to
               that
               Superstitious
               Worship
               ,
               wherein
               ye
               trust
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               done
               to
               Shiloh
               and
               Jerusalem
               :
            
             For
             I
             will
             cast
             you
             out
             of
             my
             sight
             ,
             as
             I
             (
             
               long
               ago
            
             )
             cast
             our
             Ephraim
             ,
             (
             
               and
               as
               I
               lately
               cast
               out
               many
               of
               your
               brethren
               .
            
             )
             Therefore
             pray
             not
             for
             this
             people
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             totally
             be
             delivered
             (
             
               from
               the
               temporary
               visitation
               ,
               which
               their
               wilful
               sins
               have
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               constrained
               my
               Justice
               to
               bring
               upon
               them
               ,
               lest
               my
               Mercy
               should
               be
               quite
               contemned
            
             )
             life
             not
             up
             thy
             prayer
             ,
             nor
             make
             intercession
             on
             their
             behalf
             ,
             for
             I
             will
             not
             hear
             thee
             
               to
               that
               purpose
            
             .
          
           
             Seest
             thou
             not
             what
             they
             do
             in
             the
             Cities
             of
             
               these
               Isles
            
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             streets
             of
             
               LONDON
               their
               chief
               City
               ?
               (
               Observest
               thou
               not
               what
               Swearings
               and
               Forswearings
               there
               are
               ?
               what
               Dissemblings
               ?
               what
               
               Apostacies
               ?
               and
               how
               few
               are
               now
               secure
               from
               the
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               Oppressions
               of
               this
               Generation
               ?
               (
               As
               they
               did
               in
               Jeremiahs
               dayes
            
             )
             the
             Children
             gathered
             wood
             ,
             the
             fathers
             kindled
             the
             fire
             ,
             the
             women
             kneaded
             the
             dough
             to
             bake
             cakes
             for
             the
             Queen
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             to
             pour
             out
             drink
             oblations
             to
             other
             gods
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             provoke
             me
             to
             anger
             ,
             
               saith
               the
               LORD
               :
               (
               So
               the
               Children
               ,
               the
               Fathers
               ,
               the
               Women
               ,
               and
               the
               People
               of
               all
               sorts
               and
               degrees
               ,
               contribute
               toward
               their
               Superstitions
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               abilities
               ,
               after
               the
               mode
               of
               these
               times
               ;
               and
               pour
               out
               their
               drink
               Oblations
               of
               cursed
               healths
               ,
               to
               those
               Idols
               which
               they
               have
               set
               up
               and
               honour
               ,
               to
               the
               provocation
               of
               GOD's
               wrath
               .
            
             )
             But
             do
             they
             provoke
             me
             to
             anger
             saith
             the
             LORD
             ?
             do
             they
             not
             rather
             provoke
             themselves
             to
             the
             confusion
             of
             their
             own
             faces
             ?
             
               Verily
               they
               do
               so
            
             :
             therefore
             ,
             thus
             saith
             the
             LORD
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             my
             anger
             and
             my
             fury
             shall
             be
             poured
             out
             on
             this
             place
             ,
             upon
             Man
             and
             Beast
             ,
             upon
             the
             trees
             of
             the
             Field
             ,
             upon
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             consume
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             burnt
             up
             with
             an
             unquenchable
             fire
             .
             Thus
             also
             ,
             saith
             the
             LORD
             of
             hosts
             ,
             the
             GOD
             of
             
               Israel
               ;
               (
               make
               your selves
               merry
               with
               your
               carnal
               delights
               ,
               and
               Superstitious
               vanities
               :
            
             )
             Put
             your
             burnt-offerings
             to
             your
             Sacrifices
             ,
             and
             eat
             Flesh
             ;
             
               Add
               more
               of
               your
               formal
               Thanksgivings
               ,
               to
               your
               formal
               Humiliations
               ;
               Revive
               the
               late
               interrupted
               Traditions
               of
               men
               ;
               Please
               your selves
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               Gormundize
               upon
               the
               Profits
               you
               raise
               out
               of
               them
               ,
               untill
               you
               are
               fat
               ;
               yet
               know
               ,
               GOD
               delights
               not
               in
               them
               .
            
             What
             I
             spake
             unto
             your
             Fathers
             ,
             
               and
               unto
               your selves
            
             ,
             in
             the
             dayes
             wherein
             I
             brought
             you
             out
             
               of
               Aegypt
               ,
               (
               out
               of
               the
               
               bodily
               and
               ghostly
               servitude
               of
               that
               mystical
               Aegypt
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               that
               Babylonish
               Captivity
               ,
               whereunto
               you
               are
               preparing
               to
               return
            
             )
             I
             commanded
             nothing
             concerning
             such
             sacrifices
             as
             you
             have
             offered
             ,
             (
             
               nor
               gave
               I
               unto
               you
               any
               such
               Ordinances
               ,
               as
               are
               many
               of
               those
               which
               ye
               imposed
               as
               mine
            
             )
             But
             ,
             this
             I
             commanded
             you
             ,
             saying
             ,
             obey
             my
             Voice
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             be
             your
             GOD
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             my
             People
             :
             walk
             in
             the
             wayes
             that
             I
             have
             commanded
             ,
             that
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             well
             with
             you
             ;
             nevertheless
             ,
             ye
             have
             not
             hearkned
             nor
             inclined
             your
             ear
             ,
             but
             walking
             after
             the
             evil
             Counsels
             of
             your
             own
             hearts
             ,
             went
             backward
             and
             not
             forward
             .
             Ever
             since
             that
             day
             ,
             wherein
             I
             delivered
             you
             
               from
               your
               Spiritual
               Thraldom
               ,
               and
               in
               which
               I
               would
               have
               delivered
               you
               from
               your
               Corporeal
               slaveries
            
             ;
             I
             have
             even
             from
             that
             time
             until
             this
             day
             ,
             sent
             unto
             you
             my
             servants
             the
             Prophets
             (
             
               of
               all
               sorts
               ,
               and
               with
               various
               dispensations
            
             )
             rising
             early
             ,
             and
             dayly
             sending
             them
             ,
             
               as
               I
               did
               heretofore
               to
               my
               People
               Israel
            
             ;
             yet
             ,
             you
             hearkned
             not
             unto
             me
             ,
             nor
             Inclined
             your
             ear
             unto
             them
             ;
             but
             ,
             hardned
             your
             necks
             ,
             and
             did
             worse
             then
             your
             Fathers
             ;
             (
             
               yea
               ,
               worse
               then
               other
               transgressors
               whom
               I
               formerly
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               by
               whose
               fall
               ,
               ye
               ought
               to
               have
               taken
               warning
            
             )
             Therefore
             thou
             shalt
             speak
             unto
             them
             these
             words
             :
             
               Even
               thou
               into
               whose
               heart
               I
               have
               put
               it
               ,
               to
               make
               application
               of
               what
               I
               heretofore
               spake
               by
               my
               Prophet
               Jeremiah
               ,
               shalt
               Proclaim
               unto
               them
               these
               words
               ,
               though
               they
               have
               not
               hearkned
               unto
               them
               ;
               yea
               ,
            
             thou
             shalt
             call
             again
             upon
             them
             though
             they
             will
             not
             answer
             
               thy
               expectation
            
             ;
             And
             ,
             thus
             thou
             shalt
             say
             unto
             them
             :
             This
             is
             a
             Nation
             that
             obeyeth
             not
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             LORD
             their
             GOD
             ,
             nor
             
             receive
             Instruction
             ,
             
               notwithstanding
               the
               Judgments
               whereby
               I
               have
               lately
               proved
               them
               many
               years
               together
               ;
               and
               which
               ,
               in
               part
               ,
               yet
               lie
               upon
               them
            
             ;
             for
             ,
             Truth
             is
             perished
             ,
             and
             cut
             off
             from
             their
             mouth
             .
          
           
             Cut
             off
             therefore
             ,
             your
             hair
             ;
             
               lay
               aside
               your
               Ornaments
            
             ,
             and
             cast
             them
             away
             ;
             
               Forbear
               your
               Pride
               ,
               your
               Luxury
               ,
               your
               Oppressions
               ,
               and
               the
               Trophies
               of
               your
               vanities
               ,
               in
               this
               time
               at
               least
               of
               penury
               and
               Afflictions
            
             ;
             and
             take
             up
             a
             Lamenta●ion
             in
             the
             high
             Places
             ,
             wherein
             ye
             have
             exalted
             your
             
               own
               Inventions
            
             :
             For
             ,
             the
             L0RD
             hath
             rejected
             and
             forsaken
             the
             Generations
             of
             his
             wrath
             .
             The
             Children
             and
             Inhabitants
             of
             
               these
               Isles
            
             ,
             have
             done
             evil
             in
             my
             sight
             ,
             saith
             the
             LORD
             .
             They
             have
             set
             up
             their
             abominations
             in
             my
             house
             to
             pollute
             it
             ,
             
               and
               in
               those
               places
               whereupon
               they
               have
               imposed
               my
               Name
               ,
               instead
               of
               what
               I
               commanded
               .
            
             They
             have
             built
             high
             places
             ,
             wherein
             are
             committed
             things
             as
             abominable
             as
             the
             sacrificing
             of
             sons
             heretofore
             in
             Tophet
             in
             the
             valley
             of
             the
             son
             of
             
               Hinnom
               .
               They
               have
               set
               up
               set
               wayes
               of
               worshipping
               me
               ,
               as
               were
               not
               commanded
               by
               me
               ,
            
             nor
             ever
             entred
             into
             my
             heart
             :
             Therefore
             ,
             the
             dayes
             will
             come
             saith
             the
             LORD
             ;
             that
             those
             Places
             shall
             not
             be
             called
             by
             their
             old
             names
             ,
             but
             places
             of
             slaughter
             ,
             and
             in
             them
             shall
             be
             Burials
             ,
             until
             there
             be
             not
             roome
             to
             contain
             more
             .
             Then
             ,
             the
             Carkasses
             of
             these
             Nations
             shall
             be
             meat
             for
             the
             Fowls
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Beasts
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             shall
             fright
             them
             away
             .
             Then
             ,
             also
             ,
             will
             I
             cause
             to
             cease
             from
             the
             Cities
             of
             
               Great
               Brittain
            
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Streets
             even
             of
             her
             chief
             City
             ,
             the
             voyce
             of
             mirth
             and
             gladness
             the
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             voyce
             of
             a
             cheerful
             Bridegroom
             and
             his
             Bride
             ;
             
               and
               the
               sound
               of
               those
               Musical
               Instruments
               wherein
               ye
               are
               now
               so
               delighted
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               altar'd
               Relicks
               of
               Superstition
               .
            
             Moreover
             ,
             thus
             saith
             the
             LORD
             ,
             a
             time
             will
             come
             wherein
             they
             shall
             take
             the
             bones
             of
             your
             Kings
             ,
             and
             the
             bones
             of
             your
             Princes
             ,
             (
             
               as
               it
               lately
               befell
               to
               others
            
             )
             and
             the
             bones
             of
             your
             Priests
             (
             
               and
               Prelates
            
             )
             and
             the
             bones
             of
             your
             Prophets
             
               who
               seduced
               you
            
             ,
             and
             the
             bones
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             your
             chief
             City
             out
             of
             their
             Graves
             ,
             and
             spread
             them
             before
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             Hoast
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             face
             of
             those
             false
             gods
             whom
             you
             have
             loved
             ,
             served
             ,
             walked
             after
             ,
             sought
             and
             worshipped
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             never
             be
             gathered
             together
             ,
             nor
             buried
             ,
             but
             be
             as
             dung
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
             And
             ,
             death
             shall
             be
             rather
             chosen
             then
             life
             ,
             of
             all
             those
             who
             remain
             of
             this
             evil
             Family
             ,
             wheresover
             they
             remain
             in
             the
             places
             whither
             I
             have
             driven
             them
             ,
             saith
             the
             LORD
             of
             Hoasts
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             say
             thus
             likewise
             unto
             them
             ;
             Thus
             saith
             the
             LORD
             ,
             shall
             they
             fall
             and
             not
             rise
             ?
             Shall
             they
             cause
             him
             so
             to
             turn
             away
             from
             them
             that
             he
             shall
             not
             return
             ?
             If
             not
             ,
             why
             then
             is
             this
             People
             slidden
             back
             by
             a
             perpetual
             backsliding
             ?
             holding
             fast
             their
             deceit
             ,
             and
             refusing
             to
             return
             ?
             I
             hearkned
             and
             heard
             ,
             but
             they
             spake
             not
             aright
             ,
             no
             man
             repenteth
             himself
             perfectly
             of
             his
             wickedness
             ,
             saying
             ,
             what
             have
             I
             done
             ?
             but
             every
             one
             runneth
             on
             in
             his
             course
             ,
             as
             the
             Horse
             rusheth
             into
             the
             battel
             .
             
               They
               are
               more
               brutish
               than
               the
               brute
               Creatures
               ;
               for
               ,
            
             the
             Stork
             knoweth
             her
             appointed
             time
             ;
             the
             Turtle
             ,
             the
             Crane
             ,
             and
             the
             Swallow
             know
             the
             time
             of
             their
             coming
             ,
             but
             my
             People
             
             know
             not
             the
             Judgement
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             yet
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             We
             are
             wise
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             LORD
             is
             with
             us
             ;
             yea
             ,
             
               they
               boast
               as
               if
               they
               were
               the
               most
               glorious
               ,
               and
               best
               reformed
               Church
               of
               Christ
               upon
               Earth
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               remainder
               of
               this
               Prophetical
               rebuke
               and
               Invitation
               to
               Repentance
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               be
               perused
               in
               the
               said
               prophesie
               of
               Jeremiah
               ,
               and
               applyed
               by
               every
               Reader
               as
               GOD
               shall
               give
               him
               understanding
               ,
               that
               the
               Mystical
               
                 Balm
                 of
                 Gilead
              
               therein
               mentioned
               ,
               may
               be
               timely
               sought
               after
               ;
               and
               that
               Physitian
               found
               ,
               by
               whom
               our
               Maladies
               may
               be
               cured
               ;
               To
               which
               purpose
               ,
               I
               will
               proceed
               with
               what
               I
               have
               more
               to
               say
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               making
               you
               desirous
               and
               capable
               of
               receiving
               benefit
               by
               that
               
                 Universal
                 Gospel
              
               ,
               which
               the
               Angel
               flying
               through
               the
               midst
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               was
               to
               Preach
               to
               every
               
                 Nation
                 ,
                 Kindred
                 ,
                 Tongue
              
               and
               People
               throughout
               the
               World
               ;
               and
               ,
               after
               a
               more
               general
               reception
               thereof
               (
               it
               being
               that
               which
               will
               destroy
               the
               whole
               
                 Mystery
                 of
                 Iniquity
              
               ,
               Root
               and
               Branch
               )
               the
               Angel
               next
               immediately
               following
               ,
               will
               bring
               tidings
               ,
               that
               
                 Babylon
                 is
                 fallen
              
               .
            
          
           
             This
             foregoing
             Branch
             of
             the
             Prophet
             Jeremies
             Commission
             ;
             being
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             were
             by
             way
             of
             Exemplification
             )
             delivered
             out
             to
             me
             upon
             the
             occasion
             aforesaid
             ,
             I
             was
             internally
             moved
             to
             publish
             it
             to
             these
             Nations
             in
             this
             my
             Generation
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             now
             done
             this
             day
             ;
             And
             I
             have
             performed
             it
             warrantably
             ,
             with
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             because
             ,
             I
             am
             infallibly
             assured
             ,
             that
             ,
             it
             was
             recorded
             for
             all
             Nations
             and
             Generations
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             intended
             for
             the
             Inhabitants
             
             of
             Judah
             in
             Jeremiahs
             dayes
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             applyed
             to
             all
             those
             who
             are
             found
             guiltie
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             like
             Prevarications
             ;
             and
             this
             I
             believe
             ,
             in
             regard
             he
             who
             doth
             nothing
             in
             vain
             ,
             would
             not
             have
             preserved
             ,
             during
             so
             many
             Ages
             ,
             this
             Record
             of
             his
             Judgements
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             particular
             passages
             between
             him
             and
             his
             People
             ;
             and
             caused
             it
             to
             have
             been
             so
             dispersed
             throughout
             the
             Earth
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             concerned
             all
             
               his
               People
            
             in
             all
             Times
             and
             Places
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             it
             evidently
             appearing
             unto
             me
             ,
             that
             GOD
             moved
             me
             to
             apply
             it
             to
             these
             Nations
             ,
             I
             have
             accordingly
             made
             Application
             ,
             in
             this
             manner
             ;
             conceiving
             it
             will
             operate
             the
             more
             effectually
             ,
             by
             being
             expressed
             in
             the
             Prophets
             own
             powerful
             words
             &
             sense
             ;
             and
             much
             better
             heeded
             and
             regarded
             then
             in
             mine
             onely
             ;
             or
             if
             it
             had
             been
             undertaken
             by
             my
             own
             
               Premeditated
               Design
            
             ,
             though
             I
             have
             seen
             enough
             to
             warrant
             the
             justness
             and
             necessity
             of
             making
             such
             an
             Addresse
             upon
             a
             morral
             account
             .
             I
             have
             not
             hereby
             charged
             upon
             these
             Nations
             any
             transgression
             which
             was
             charged
             upon
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Judea
             and
             Jerusalem
             by
             the
             Prophet
             Jeremiah
             ,
             (
             nor
             any
             Prevarications
             resembling
             their
             sins
             or
             to
             them
             equivolent
             )
             but
             ,
             such
             as
             GOD
             ,
             my
             
               own
               Conscience
            
             ,
             and
             
               most
               men
            
             know
             (
             or
             may
             know
             )
             these
             Nations
             are
             guilty
             of
             ;
             nor
             do
             I
             exclude
             my self
             out
             of
             that
             number
             which
             needs
             Repentance
             ,
             but
             ,
             have
             performed
             my
             duty
             faithfully
             without
             respect
             or
             disrespect
             of
             Persons
             according
             to
             my
             understanding
             .
             And
             ,
             being
             conscious
             that
             it
             is
             my
             duty
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             I
             will
             now
             ,
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             those
             Credentials
             ,
             which
             GOD
             hath
             written
             in
             my
             heart
             (
             and
             which
             are
             in
             part
             ,
             publickly
             shown
             )
             
             make
             use
             of
             them
             in
             such
             Immergencies
             and
             Contingencies
             as
             occur
             ,
             faithfully
             adding
             what
             I
             believe
             he
             hath
             further
             Commissioned
             me
             to
             declare
             ,
             so
             far
             forth
             as
             my
             Experience
             and
             his
             
               known
               Instructions
            
             ,
             joyntly
             considered
             ,
             shall
             indubitably
             warrant
             .
             And
             that
             is
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             to
             send
             out
             among
             you
             an
             Exhortation
             to
             be
             wary
             ,
             that
             you
             still
             harden
             not
             your
             hearts
             as
             in
             those
             former
             dayes
             of
             Temptation
             and
             Provocation
             ,
             wherein
             ye
             provoked
             GOD's
             wrath
             :
             but
             ,
             that
             you
             hearken
             unto
             his
             Voice
             whilst
             the
             
               day
               of
               Grace
            
             lasteth
             .
             But
             ,
             alas
             !
             I
             am
             between
             hope
             and
             fear
             ,
             it
             is
             almost
             too
             late
             with
             many
             ;
             For
             ,
             they
             who
             are
             worst
             ,
             have
             so
             high
             a
             conceit
             of
             themselves
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             more
             hope
             of
             meer
             fooles
             then
             of
             them
             .
             They
             think
             themselves
             to
             be
             safe
             &
             clear-sighted
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             indeed
             ,
             miserable
             ,
             poor
             ,
             blind
             ,
             and
             naked
             ;
             they
             suppose
             they
             are
             setled
             upon
             the
             hill
             of
             Sion
             ,
             whereas
             ,
             they
             are
             yet
             but
             as
             it
             were
             upon
             the
             mount
             Gilboa
             ,
             even
             in
             slippery
             places
             ,
             where
             they
             cannot
             long
             stand
             fast
             ;
             For
             ,
             we
             have
             almost
             so
             generally
             indulged
             
               Oppressions
               ,
               Injustice
            
             ,
             and
             Vanities
             ,
             that
             they
             seem
             to
             be
             the
             principal
             supporters
             of
             our
             
               Safety
               ,
               Power
            
             ,
             and
             Honour
             ;
             yea
             to
             be
             essential
             to
             our
             Lawes
             and
             
               legal
               Customs
            
             ,
             as
             also
             so
             great
             a
             part
             of
             our
             Revenues
             ,
             &
             the
             means
             of
             our
             Subsistance
             ,
             that
             ,
             we
             can
             hardly
             live
             without
             them
             .
             Verily
             break
             off
             in
             due
             time
             from
             your
             sins
             ,
             and
             from
             all
             the
             occasions
             of
             transgressing
             ;
             
               Hear
               ,
               repent
            
             and
             turn
             speedily
             to
             the
             LORD
             our
             GOD
             ,
             not
             presuming
             nor
             despairing
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             I
             do
             humbly
             (
             though
             I
             might
             do
             it
             Magisterially
             )
             beseech
             you
             my
             
               dear
               brethren
            
             (
             who
             seeming
             to
             be
             Professors
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             have
             
             dissembled
             or
             Apostatized
             ,
             or
             any
             way
             given
             occasion
             of
             Scandal
             )
             be
             exemplary
             to
             others
             in
             a
             
               signal
               Repentance
            
             :
             For
             ,
             nor
             your
             formal
             ,
             nor
             your
             
               former
               Righteousness
            
             ,
             will
             avail
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             Apostatized
             from
             it
             .
             Though
             not
             in
             respect
             to
             my
             words
             ,
             yet
             for
             the
             Honour
             of
             GOD
             ,
             whose
             servants
             you
             are
             thought
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             own
             safety
             sake
             ,
             repent
             and
             turn
             to
             the
             LORD
             unfeignedly
             ,
             all
             ye
             ,
             who
             have
             hitherto
             taken
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             in
             vain
             ,
             and
             prophaned
             it
             ,
             by
             not
             living
             the
             
               Life
               of
               Christ
            
             according
             to
             those
             Doctrines
             of
             his
             ,
             which
             ye
             have
             professed
             ;
             nor
             acting
             ,
             nor
             suffering
             constantly
             according
             to
             that
             honesty
             ,
             and
             Piety
             ,
             whereof
             ye
             made
             fair
             outward
             shewes
             :
             For
             ,
             many
             of
             you
             have
             made
             sordid
             Gain
             by
             a
             pretended
             Godliness
             ;
             and
             like
             the
             Religious
             Whore
             ,
             of
             whom
             Solomon
             speaketh
             ,
             have
             made
             your
             
               seeming
               holiness
            
             ,
             and
             formal
             Devotions
             and
             Conformities
             ,
             to
             be
             Preambles
             and
             Brokers
             to
             your
             Avarice
             and
             uncleanness
             .
             There
             have
             been
             very
             great
             failings
             of
             late
             in
             that
             kind
             among
             the
             best
             of
             us
             ;
             so
             much
             
               self-seeking
               ,
               dissembling
            
             and
             Apostatizing
             ,
             that
             ,
             there
             was
             little
             truth
             in
             our
             words
             ,
             or
             deeds
             ;
             and
             very
             great
             and
             severe
             are
             those
             chastisements
             which
             GOD
             hath
             already
             laid
             upon
             us
             for
             our
             transgressions
             ,
             and
             greater
             are
             yet
             to
             come
             ,
             if
             we
             more
             heartily
             repent
             not
             .
             All
             
               GOD's
               Judgements
            
             afore-mentioned
             ,
             and
             threatned
             against
             Judah
             ,
             by
             the
             Prophet
             Jeremiah
             ,
             might
             have
             been
             prevented
             by
             timely
             Penitence
             ;
             and
             so
             may
             those
             wherewith
             we
             are
             threatned
             ,
             and
             these
             also
             be
             quite
             removed
             ,
             which
             yet
             continue
             .
             But
             ,
             neither
             our
             Righteousness
             in
             time
             past
             ,
             from
             which
             we
             have
             Apostatized
             ,
             shall
             profit
             us
             ;
             nor
             
             shall
             our
             sins
             which
             we
             have
             heretofore
             committed
             damnifie
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             reform
             our
             wayes
             :
             For
             ,
             GOD
             hath
             not
             onely
             said
             it
             ,
             but
             sworn
             it
             also
             by
             his
             own
             Life
             ,
             Ezek.
             33.
             11
             ,
             12.
             &c.
             
               As
               I
               live
               saith
               the
               LORD
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               pleasure
               in
               the
               death
               of
               the
               wicked
               ,
               but
               rather
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               turn
               from
               his
               wickedness
               and
               live
               ;
               The
               Righteousness
               of
               the
               Righteous
               shall
               not
               deliver
               him
               in
               the
               day
               of
               his
               Transgression
               ,
               nor
               shall
               the
               wicked
               fall
               by
               his
               wickedness
               in
               the
               day
               that
               he
               turneth
               from
               it
               :
               neither
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               the
               Righteous
               shall
               be
               remembred
               when
               he
               committeth
               Sin
               ,
               without
               Repentance
               ;
               nor
               the
               wickedness
               of
               the
               wicked
               be
               mentioned
               ,
               when
               he
               forsaketh
               his
               Sin
               ;
               but
               he
               shall
               surely
               live
               ,
               though
               I
               formerly
               said
               unto
               him
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               surely
               die
               .
               GOD
               ,
            
             who
             will
             not
             be
             mocked
             ,
             hath
             begun
             to
             execute
             Judgements
             at
             his
             
               own
               House
            
             ,
             and
             we
             prolong
             and
             increase
             them
             ,
             by
             continuing
             and
             encreasing
             our
             Trangressions
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             not
             onely
             by
             our
             little
             awe
             of
             his
             Judgements
             ,
             but
             by
             not
             rightly
             considering
             his
             Love
             ,
             and
             by
             defect
             of
             that
             
               mutual
               and
               hearty
               love
            
             to
             each
             other
             which
             most
             essentially
             denominats
             us
             to
             be
             Christs
             Disciples
             ;
             for
             ,
             we
             have
             thereby
             multiplyed
             our
             sorrows
             and
             Troubles
             ,
             more
             then
             all
             our
             Adversaries
             could
             else
             have
             done
             ;
             And
             ,
             though
             we
             had
             no
             other
             Oppressors
             or
             Persecutors
             ,
             that
             alone
             is
             suffcient
             (
             if
             it
             continue
             )
             to
             make
             us
             utterly
             destroy
             our selves
             .
             Consider
             this
             ,
             my
             dear
             brethren
             ,
             with
             what
             it
             hath
             already
             brought
             upon
             us
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             speedily
             repent
             :
             GOD
             vouchsafe
             his
             Grace
             to
             assist
             you
             therein
             ,
             and
             to
             me
             Perseverance
             also
             ,
             in
             unfeigned
             Repentance
             and
             Amendment
             .
          
           
           
             Repent
             likewise
             ,
             all
             ye
             ,
             who
             say
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             
               There
               is
               no
               GOD
            
             ,
             and
             sport
             away
             your
             Salvation
             ,
             by
             such
             horrible
             Imprecations
             ,
             as
             
               GOD
               damn
               me
            
             ;
             For
             ,
             though
             you
             not
             onely
             think
             ,
             but
             speak
             and
             act
             also
             ,
             as
             if
             indeed
             there
             was
             no
             GOD
             ,
             you
             will
             one
             day
             find
             there
             is
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             hath
             several
             wayes
             manifested
             himself
             unto
             you
             ,
             both
             openly
             and
             in
             secret
             (
             by
             his
             Judgements
             and
             Mercies
             upon
             your selves
             ,
             and
             others
             for
             your
             example
             )
             though
             you
             will
             not
             yet
             acknowledge
             it
             ,
             but
             run
             on
             impudently
             ,
             into
             all
             manner
             of
             impietie
             and
             prophaness
             ,
             promising
             unto
             your selves
             Peace
             ,
             when
             destruction
             hangs
             over
             your
             heads
             .
             For
             ,
             as
             the
             Prophet
             saith
             ,
             Jerem.
             49.
             12.
             and
             25.
             29.
             
             
               Behold
               ,
               saith
               the
               LORD
               ,
               they
               whose
               Judgment
               was
               not
               to
               drink
               of
               the
               Cup
               ,
               have
               already
               drunk
               thereof
            
             ;
             and
             
               shall
               you
               go
               unpunished
               ?
               you
               shall
               not
               go
               unpunished
               ,
               but
               shall
               surely
               drink
               it
               .
               I
               have
               begun
               to
               bring
               evil
               upon
               those
               who
               are
               called
               by
               my
               Name
               ,
               and
               shall
               you
               utterly
               escape
               punishment
               ?
               you
               shall
               not
               escape
               ;
               for
               I
               will
               bring
               a
               sword
               upon
               all
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               saith
               the
               LORD
               .
            
          
           
             But
             ,
             I
             will
             conclude
             with
             an
             
               Evangelical
               Consolation
            
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             I
             shall
             declare
             unto
             you
             is
             an
             Epitome
             of
             the
             
               Everlasting
               Gospel
            
             ,
             which
             ascertaineth
             that
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             is
             the
             
               Eternal
               Mercy
            
             of
             GOD
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Redeemer
               of
               all
               mankinde
            
             according
             to
             the
             
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
            
             ,
             the
             same
             
               to
               day
               ,
               yesterday
               ,
               and
               for
               ever
               .
            
             This
             ,
             I
             am
             authorized
             to
             Preach
             unto
             you
             by
             an
             unquestionable
             Ordination
             and
             Commission
             ;
             For
             ,
             I
             declare
             it
             according
             to
             that
             
               Original
               Commission
            
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             to
             all
             who
             were
             or
             should
             be
             the
             
               Ministerial
               Disciples
            
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             thereto
             qualified
             by
             the
             Gifts
             
             given
             to
             men
             from
             above
             ,
             though
             not
             Ordained
             by
             men
             :
             For
             ,
             I
             declare
             it
             not
             by
             that
             Light
             alone
             which
             the
             
               Son
               of
               GOD
            
             potentially
             set
             up
             in
             me
             when
             he
             assumed
             the
             
               Humane
               Nature
            
             ,
             (
             and
             wherwith
             he
             enlightens
             in
             some
             degree
             every
             one
             who
             comes
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             for
             the
             Salvation
             of
             his
             own
             Soul
             )
             but
             ,
             by
             having
             his
             Gospel
             declared
             and
             witnessed
             also
             unto
             me
             by
             that
             Light
             in
             the
             
               Lanthorn
               of
               his
               Word
            
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             a
             guide
             to
             every
             mans
             feet
             ,
             and
             the
             direction
             of
             all
             men
             in
             their
             wayes
             ,
             left
             the
             other
             Light
             ,
             being
             but
             like
             that
             ,
             which
             the
             Moon
             receiveth
             by
             reflection
             from
             the
             Sun
             ,
             may
             be
             darkned
             by
             the
             interpositions
             of
             the
             Flesh
             and
             the
             World
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             delusions
             of
             the
             
               Devil
               .
               GOD's
               Threatnings
            
             ,
             Mercies
             ,
             and
             Promises
             ,
             are
             all
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             conditional
             ;
             and
             
               may
               be
            
             ,
             or
             
               may
               not
               be
            
             ,
             according
             as
             we
             demean
             our selves
             ,
             when
             he
             calleth
             &
             offereth
             his
             
               preventing
               and
               assisting
               Grace
            
             ;
             wherein
             he
             is
             never
             wanting
             to
             perform
             his
             part
             of
             the
             Covenant
             made
             with
             mankinde
             in
             
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             .
             He
             is
             
               long-suffering
               ,
               slow
               to
               Anger
               ,
               would
               all
               men
               should
               be
               saved
               ,
            
             and
             
               desireth
               not
               the
               death
               of
               any
               sinner
               .
            
             There
             is
             no
             end
             of
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             unless
             to
             them
             onely
             ,
             who
             wilfully
             forsake
             him
             first
             (
             after
             he
             so
             sufficiently
             rewards
             the
             Will
             )
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Give
               me
               thy
               heart
            
             ,
             which
             he
             may
             give
             up
             unto
             him
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             Talent
             which
             he
             hath
             received
             ;
             And
             ,
             even
             to
             them
             who
             then
             resist
             his
             
               gracious
               offer
            
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             
               extreamly
               severe
            
             ,
             until
             they
             do
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             compell
             his
             Justice
             to
             limit
             his
             Compassion
             ,
             by
             justly
             hardening
             them
             into
             a
             
               final
               Impenitency
            
             ,
             that
             his
             Mercy
             may
             not
             be
             made
             contemptible
             ,
             to
             the
             disadvantage
             of
             others
             ,
             by
             their
             yeilding
             to
             the
             
             Flesh
             ,
             which
             by
             his
             ayd
             they
             might
             have
             subdued
             ;
             and
             by
             their
             ungratefully
             adhering
             to
             ,
             and
             believing
             his
             ,
             and
             their
             greatest
             Enemy
             ,
             rather
             then
             trusting
             to
             his
             Word
             ,
             who
             placed
             them
             in
             a
             
               happy
               Condition
            
             ;
             and
             ,
             when
             they
             forfeited
             it
             by
             their
             own
             default
             ,
             had
             so
             much
             compassion
             on
             them
             (
             even
             whilst
             they
             were
             his
             Enemies
             )
             as
             to
             give
             his
             onely
             begotten
             and
             dearly
             beloved
             Son
             ,
             ●o
             be
             disgracefully
             Crucified
             to
             death
             for
             their
             Redemption
             .
             This
             Love
             being
             well
             considered
             ,
             ●s
             so
             strong
             a
             Motive
             to
             Repentance
             ,
             that
             ,
             they
             with
             whom
             it
             prevailes
             not
             ,
             will
             be
             little
             moved
             with
             Preaching
             Everlasting
             Damnation
             in
             Hell
             Fire
             .
          
           
             If
             ye
             be
             not
             sensible
             of
             this
             unspeakable
             Mercy
             ,
             nor
             of
             
               Spiritual
               Judgments
            
             ,
             let
             the
             sense
             ye
             yet
             have
             of
             those
             that
             be
             Temporary
             ,
             and
             Corporeal
             ,
             make
             entrance
             for
             the
             former
             into
             your
             serious
             and
             timely
             consideration
             .
             Beside
             many
             other
             Plagues
             that
             now
             lie
             upon
             you
             ,
             GOD
             hath
             lately
             threatned
             to
             deprive
             us
             of
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Earth
             for
             our
             Trangressions
             ;
             we
             fear
             a
             Famine
             ;
             and
             it
             having
             already
             begun
             to
             pinch
             us
             ,
             we
             pretended
             a
             
               General
               Humiliation
            
             here
             in
             England
             ,
             that
             our
             fear
             might
             be
             removed
             :
             But
             ,
             what
             follows
             ?
             we
             continue
             still
             in
             our
             unrighteousness
             and
             unmercifulness
             ,
             prosecuting
             our
             former
             courses
             ,
             rather
             with
             more
             then
             lesse
             violence
             .
             The
             Oppressed
             are
             not
             eased
             ,
             but
             more
             oppressed
             .
             Prisoners
             are
             not
             set
             free
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Lawes
             allow
             Freedom
             ;
             but
             ,
             Jayls
             are
             daily
             replenished
             with
             new
             guests
             ,
             barbarously
             treated
             ,
             Even
             harmless
             men
             and
             women
             suffer
             meerly
             for
             their
             Consciences
             in
             relation
             to
             GOD
             ,
             or
             upon
             misinformations
             and
             
             misprisions
             only
             ,
             unheard
             ,
             and
             uncondemned
             by
             a
             
               legal
               conviction
            
             .
             Which
             proceedings
             are
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             GOD
             ,
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             likewise
             of
             these
             Nations
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             any
             in
             force
             .
             For
             ,
             if
             the
             Complainants
             sad
             cryes
             ,
             which
             I
             hear
             (
             and
             hear
             of
             )
             be
             as
             creditable
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             lamentable
             ,
             many
             honest
             Families
             are
             (
             and
             will
             be
             )
             exposed
             to
             beggary
             ,
             and
             even
             rich
             men
             will
             probably
             be
             made
             beggars
             also
             .
             They
             are
             shut
             up
             from
             their
             dearest
             Relations
             ;
             and
             they
             themselves
             being
             despoiled
             of
             all
             their
             livelihoods
             ,
             and
             of
             means
             to
             supply
             necessaries
             by
             their
             labours
             ,
             are
             destitute
             of
             all
             accommodations
             .
             They
             are
             lodged
             worse
             than
             doggs
             ,
             thronged
             up
             together
             in
             sickness
             and
             in
             health
             ,
             nothing
             left
             or
             provided
             for
             them
             to
             feed
             on
             (
             except
             they
             will
             eat
             their
             own
             flesh
             )
             but
             what
             GOD
             providentially
             conveyes
             unto
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             charity
             of
             his
             Servants
             ;
             of
             which
             charity
             they
             are
             sometimes
             defrauded
             by
             their
             hard-hearted
             Keepers
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             comes
             to
             hand
             ,
             is
             handed-in
             also
             with
             much
             difficulty
             .
             These
             cruelties
             are
             aggravated
             with
             many
             other
             oppressive
             concommitants
             ,
             which
             make
             them
             almost
             inexpressable
             and
             unsufferable
             ;
             yea
             the
             more
             unsufferable
             ,
             in
             regard
             ,
             that
             during
             the
             Sessions
             of
             Parliaments
             and
             
               Courts
               of
               Justice
            
             ,
             which
             were
             wont
             to
             be
             their
             ordinary
             Refuge
             ,
             the
             Oppressed
             can
             have
             no
             Relief
             ;
             and
             these
             Grievances
             are
             kept
             also
             from
             the
             King's
             ear
             ,
             who
             is
             their
             last
             hope
             next
             under
             GOD.
             
          
           
             Let
             us
             take
             heed
             how
             we
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             living
             GOD
             ,
             when
             his
             Wrath
             is
             kindled
             ,
             lest
             he
             utterly
             &
             suddenly
             consume
             us
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             for
             shewing
             so
             little
             mercy
             to
             others
             ,
             who
             have
             lately
             received
             such
             extraordinary
             mercies
             from
             him
             .
             Learn
             by
             Examples
             ,
             though
             ye
             have
             neglected
             
             Precepts
             ,
             seeing
             what
             hath
             been
             heretofore
             ,
             may
             be
             so
             again
             hereafter
             ,
             and
             in
             regard
             Cases
             that
             have
             a
             resemblance
             ,
             will
             bring
             down
             the
             like
             Judgments
             .
             When
             Jeremiah
             the
             Prophet
             was
             a
             Prisoner
             for
             discharging
             his
             Conscience
             (
             as
             I
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             are
             at
             this
             day
             )
             the
             Famine
             so
             encreased
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Bread
             then
             left
             in
             the
             street
             of
             the
             Bakers
             at
             Jerusalem
             .
             It
             will
             therefore
             concern
             us
             that
             we
             be
             wary
             we
             continue
             not
             in
             the
             like
             sins
             ,
             lest
             ere
             long
             ,
             there
             be
             little
             Meal
             in
             our
             Markets
             ,
             and
             a
             greater
             scarcity
             of
             Bread
             in
             the
             shops
             of
             our
             Bakers
             at
             London
             :
             For
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             among
             us
             very
             great
             failings
             ,
             so
             there
             are
             very
             great
             appearances
             of
             GOD's
             high
             displeasure
             ;
             who
             hath
             more
             dreadful
             plagues
             ready
             to
             execute
             his
             Commands
             ,
             than
             
               Famine
               ,
               Pestilence
            
             and
             raging
             War
             ,
             joyned
             all
             together
             ;
             and
             he
             will
             here
             inflict
             that
             whereof
             we
             are
             most
             sensible
             ,
             and
             those
             hereafter
             ,
             if
             we
             repent
             not
             .
             Consider
             this
             all
             ye
             who
             forget
             GOD
             ,
             and
             return
             :
             for
             ,
             he
             is
             at
             all
             times
             ready
             to
             meet
             every
             one
             in
             mercy
             (
             without
             excepting
             any
             )
             who
             returns
             unto
             him
             by
             hearty
             repentance
             :
             yea
             ,
             he
             takes
             all
             opportunities
             whereby
             he
             may
             shew
             Compassion
             ,
             with
             preservation
             of
             his
             Justice
             ;
             and
             is
             so
             inclinable
             to
             Mercy
             ,
             that
             he
             oft
             withholds
             his
             Judgments
             from
             wicked
             persons
             and
             places
             ,
             for
             the
             sakes
             of
             a
             few
             
               Righteous
               men
            
             among
             them
             ,
             though
             they
             persecute
             and
             seek
             to
             destroy
             them
             for
             whose
             sakes
             they
             are
             preserved
             ;
             and
             vouchsafes
             
               temporal
               Blessings
            
             (
             as
             he
             did
             to
             Ahab
             )
             for
             
               outside
               Humiliations
            
             .
             He
             is
             not
             ,
             as
             his
             Enemies
             do
             scandalously
             report
             of
             him
             ,
             a
             
               hard
               Master
               ,
               who
               looks
               to
               reap
               where
               he
               sowed
               not
               ,
               and
               to
               gather
               where
               he
               strewed
               not
            
             ;
             but
             so
             just
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             require
             no
             more
             at
             any
             mans
             hands
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             
             what
             he
             hath
             given
             ;
             nor
             punish
             any
             one
             for
             the
             sin
             of
             another
             .
             There
             is
             no
             better
             means
             for
             us
             who
             are
             Subjects
             ,
             to
             live
             safely
             
               in
               Holiness
               and
               Righteousness
               without
               fear
               ,
            
             than
             to
             adhere
             constantly
             to
             GOD's
             Commands
             without
             dread
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             obey
             our
             Superiours
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             LORD
             :
             Nor
             any
             surer
             way
             for
             Kings
             to
             possess
             the
             Thrones
             of
             their
             Kingdoms
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             in
             honour
             and
             safety
             ,
             without
             jealousies
             ,
             than
             to
             provide
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             in
             then
             lieth
             ,
             that
             GOD
             may
             possess
             his
             Throne
             in
             the
             
               Hearts
               and
               Consciences
               of
               Men
            
             without
             Rivals
             ;
             and
             to
             endeavour
             to
             be
             just
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             just
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             merciful
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             merciful
             ,
             acording
             to
             their
             measure
             :
             For
             ,
             whatsoever
             the
             Parasitical
             Flatterers
             of
             Kings
             would
             make
             them
             believe
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             more
             secure
             from
             dangers
             at
             home
             &
             abroad
             ,
             by
             those
             poor
             consciencious
             men
             who
             are
             despised
             ,
             than
             with
             twenty
             times
             so
             many
             Ruffians
             and
             God-damn-me's
             ;
             though
             assisted
             also
             by
             the
             formal
             devotions
             ,
             and
             fained
             sanctity
             of
             
               superstitious
               worshippers
            
             ,
             who
             seem
             glorious
             and
             powerful
             in
             outward
             appearances
             .
             I
             have
             observed
             ,
             by
             what
             Histories
             testifie
             ,
             that
             those
             great
             Kings
             and
             Conquerors
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             whom
             GOD
             heretofore
             translated
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             men
             ,
             from
             their
             former
             possessors
             (
             when
             he
             changed
             Governors
             and
             Governments
             )
             enjoyed
             them
             in
             peace
             and
             honour
             ,
             so
             long
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             forth
             ,
             as
             they
             tolerated
             the
             Servants
             of
             GOD
             to
             worship
             Him
             according
             to
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             though
             they
             themselves
             were
             Heathens
             and
             
               false
               worshippers
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Mercy
             of
             GOD
             leadeth
             to
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             extendeth
             to
             and
             over
             all
             his
             Works
             .
             This
             I
             am
             warranted
             to
             proclaim
             by
             vertue
             of
             his
             
               grand
               Charter
            
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Commissions
             ,
             heretofore
             issued-out
             
             for
             the
             comfort
             and
             encouragement
             of
             every
             
               true
               penitent
               Believer
            
             in
             the
             days
             of
             his
             
               fiercest
               Indignation
            
             .
             These
             are
             the
             
               glad
               Tydings
            
             of
             the
             
               Universal
               Gospel
            
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             Angels
             to
             rejoyce
             and
             sing
             at
             the
             birth
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             this
             song
             ;
             
               Glory
               be
               to
               GOD
               on
               High
               ,
               On
               Earth
               peace
               ,
               good
               will
               towards
               men
               .
            
             Let
             us
             joyn
             with
             that
             
               celestial
               Quire
            
             in
             magnifying
             of
             this
             
               great
               Mercy
            
             which
             so
             much
             concerns
             us
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             our
             
               noblest
               Interest
            
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             most
             advanceth
             
               GoD's
               Glory
            
             :
             Let
             our
             Burthen
             to
             that
             Song
             be
             ,
             
               Amen
               ,
               Hallelujah
            
             ,
             Praise
             the
             LORD
             :
             Let
             us
             be
             zealous
             in
             defending
             this
             
               Universal
               Charter
            
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             seduced
             by
             those
             who
             seek
             to
             abridg
             itto
             such
             a
             narrowness
             ,
             and
             to
             such
             an
             uncertainty
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             should
             be
             believed
             ,
             we
             had
             more
             cause
             to
             howl
             and
             lament
             than
             to
             sing
             :
             This
             Gospel
             is
             the
             sum
             and
             scope
             of
             that
             Testimony
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             and
             is
             given
             by
             those
             
               two
               Witnesses
            
             ,
             the
             two
             
               Olive
               Branches
            
             ,
             and
             
               two
               Candlesticks
            
             ,
             which
             stand
             before
             the
             God
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             bearing
             witness
             against
             the
             Beast
             rising
             out
             of
             the
             bottomless-Pit
             ,
             who
             was
             to
             war
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             slay
             them
             ,
             and
             leave
             their
             Bodies
             (
             as
             a
             dead
             Letter
             )
             unburied
             three
             dayes
             and
             an
             half
             in
             the
             Streets
             of
             the
             
               great
               City
            
             ,
             until
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             from
             GOD
             should
             enter
             into
             them
             and
             make
             them
             ascend
             up
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             in
             the
             sight
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             amazement
             and
             vexation
             of
             their
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             they
             ,
             whosoever
             they
             be
             (
             though
             pretending
             to
             be
             of
             GOD's
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             acquainted
             with
             his
             
               Eternal
               Decrees
            
             )
             shall
             preach
             contraty
             hereto
             ,
             and
             think
             they
             honour
             GOD
             by
             bounding
             His
             universal
             and
             
               infinit
               Mercy
            
             ,
             deal
             with
             Mankind
             ,
             concerning
             His
             Charter
             of
             
               General
               Redemption
            
             ,
             as
             many
             among
             us
             now
             do
             concerning
             the
             
             Kings
             late
             
               Act
               of
               Indempnity
            
             and
             
               general
               Pardon
            
             ,
             pretending
             thereby
             to
             do
             him
             honour
             ,
             where●●
             intends
             both
             to
             his
             dishonour
             and
             disservice
             .
             It
             is
             this
             mis-understanding
             ,
             and
             limiting
             the
             
               infinit
               Love
            
             of
             GOD
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             the
             chief
             occasion
             of
             the
             
               narrowness
               of
               mens
               love
            
             to
             each
             other
             ;
             and
             of
             much
             of
             that
             discord
             and
             bloodshed
             which
             hath
             been
             in
             the
             world
             :
             For
             ,
             such
             as
             men
             make
             their
             Gods
             to
             be
             ,
             such
             will
             they
             themselves
             be
             ;
             in
             regard
             ,
             as
             David
             saith
             ,
             
               They
               who
               make
               them
               are
               like
               unto
               them
               .
            
             This
             I
             adde
             ,
             not
             impertinently
             ,
             nor
             by
             the
             suggestion
             of
             a
             
               contentious
               spirit
            
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             judgment
             of
             others
             ;
             or
             with
             an
             uncharitable
             censure
             of
             those
             who
             do
             yet
             think
             otherwise
             ;
             But
             I
             have
             thus
             in
             my
             mode
             preached
             it
             ,
             in
             zeal
             to
             
               GOD's
               Truth
            
             and
             Glory
             ;
             who
             sees
             my
             heart
             ,
             and
             will
             punish
             me
             for
             it
             ,
             if
             it
             proceed
             from
             any
             other
             cause
             .
             He
             is
             perfectly
             merciful
             ;
             so
             merciful
             in
             his
             Justice
             ,
             and
             so
             just
             in
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             that
             neither
             of
             them
             infringes
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             hath
             left
             us
             upon
             record
             two
             unquestionable
             
               exemplary
               Evidences
            
             ,
             which
             manifest
             that
             his
             Mercy
             is
             sincerely
             intended
             to
             every
             true
             penitent
             ,
             to
             be
             his
             Consolation
             when
             Judgements
             are
             epidemical
             and
             universal
             :
             For
             ,
             though
             he
             spared
             not
             the
             
               old
               world
            
             ,
             but
             brought
             a
             general
             flood
             upon
             all
             the
             ungodly
             ,
             yet
             ,
             he
             even
             then
             spared
             Noah
             and
             his
             family
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             made
             the
             Cities
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             an
             example
             to
             wilfull
             transgressors
             ,
             he
             then
             also
             spared
             Lot
             who
             lived
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             whose
             righteous
             soul
             they
             had
             vexed
             with
             their
             filthy
             and
             wicked
             conversation
             .
             Thus
             will
             he
             likewise
             deal
             with
             all
             those
             ,
             in
             all
             times
             ,
             who
             have
             an
             upright
             and
             contrite
             heart
             (
             though
             they
             have
             been
             grievous
             offenders
             )
             so
             far
             forth
             as
             it
             shall
             be
             
             for
             his
             Glory
             ,
             and
             their
             eternal
             happiness
             .
          
           
             Hear
             ,
             and
             heed
             this
             Proclamation
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             of
             GOD
             ,
             who
             is
             pleased
             in
             these
             dayes
             to
             preach
             Mercy
             by
             his
             most
             contemned
             Servants
             ;
             and
             cause
             them
             otherwhile
             to
             act
             in
             such
             Modes
             ,
             and
             by
             such
             Dispensations
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             world
             seem
             ridiculous
             ;
             and
             as
             probably
             he
             did
             (
             in
             most
             mens
             eyes
             )
             when
             his
             
               beloved
               Son
            
             rode
             meekly
             through
             Jerusalem
             ,
             on
             the
             foal
             of
             an
             Ass
             ,
             at
             the
             time
             wherein
             he
             first
             came
             to
             take
             a
             visible
             possession
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             upon
             Earth
             :
             which
             humble
             deportment
             his
             now
             pretended
             
               General
               Vicar
            
             ,
             and
             the
             proud
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             would
             have
             scorned
             upon
             the
             dayes
             of
             their
             Inauguration
             .
             Which
             the
             Prelats
             ,
             though
             raised
             out
             of
             the
             lowest
             of
             the
             people
             (
             as
             Jeroboams
             priests
             were
             )
             and
             though
             pretending
             to
             be
             the
             successors
             of
             Christs
             humble
             Apostles
             ,
             would
             have
             disdained
             to
             be
             carried
             in
             that
             meek
             manner
             to
             their
             Instalments
             .
             But
             many
             other
             things
             appearing
             contemptible
             to
             flesh
             and
             blood
             ,
             will
             be
             permitted
             ere
             long
             to
             make
             preparation
             for
             the
             coming
             of
             
               King
               JESUS
            
             ,
             whom
             they
             scoff
             at
             ,
             who
             sit
             in
             the
             
               Chair
               of
               the
               Scornfull
            
             .
             It
             hath
             pleased
             GOD
             in
             this
             unusual
             manner
             ,
             to
             make
             me
             (
             though
             unworthy
             )
             to
             be
             his
             Herald
             in
             publishing
             this
             Proclamation
             ;
             who
             having
             been
             many
             years
             your
             
               Despised
               REMEMBRANCER
            
             ,
             liveth
             yet
             ,
             to
             serve
             GOD
             and
             his
             Generation
             ;
             known
             to
             the
             World
             by
             this
             Name
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 Given
                 forth
                 at
              
               Newgate
               ,
               
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 eminent
                 Gates
                 of
                 your
              
               chief
               City
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 8.
                 month
                 of
                 my
                 Imprisonment
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               GEO.
               WITHER
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Here
           is
           added
           ,
           A
           Second
           Course
           of
           those
           Fragments
           of
           that
           Beggars
           Feast
           ,
           which
           was
           dayly
           made
           him
           by
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           whilst
           he
           was
           Prisoner
           in
           Newgate
           ,
           and
           which
           were
           omitted
           at
           the
           Imprinting
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           Scraps
           and
           Crums
           :
           With
           some
           few
           Collected
           since
           the
           said
           Impression
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             To
             those
             Friends
             ,
             unto
             whom
             this
             Author
             hath
             been
             scandalously
             mis-represented
             in
             private
             ,
             by
             some
             false
             Brethren
             and
             others
             .
          
           
             THough
             hereof
             I
             have
             just
             occasion
             had
             ,
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             meerly
             for
             mine
             own
             sake
             add
          
           
             This
             Crum
             ;
             but
             likewise
             here
             ,
             for
             your
             avail
          
           
             Insert
             it
             ,
             lest
             my
             Sland'rers
             may
             prevail
             ,
          
           
             (
             By
             bringing
             me
             into
             your
             disrespect
             )
          
           
             To
             make
             my
             Cautions
             take
             the
             less
             effect
             .
          
           
             Give
             therefore
             heed
             to
             what
             I
             now
             express
             ,
          
           
             And
             let
             GOD
             move
             belief
             as
             he
             shall
             please
             .
          
           
             As
             David
             said
             ,
             The
             wrongs
             of
             
               open
               foes
            
          
           
             I
             could
             have
             born
             ,
             but
             near
             my
             heart
             it
             goes
             ,
          
           
             When
             I
             am
             grosly
             injured
             by
             them
             ,
          
           
             Who
             did
             my
             
               loving
               Friends
            
             and
             Brethren
             seem
             ,
          
           
             And
             cannot
             chuse
             (
             although
             I
             do
             sustain
          
           
             Ev'n
             that
             with
             patience
             )
             but
             thereof
             complain
             ,
          
           
             In
             hope
             ,
             it
             may
             occasion
             give
             to
             some
          
           
             Who
             fail'd
             in
             that
             kind
             ,
             henceforth
             to
             become
          
           
             So
             sensible
             of
             what
             was
             heretofore
          
           
             Mis-done
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             so
             offend
             no
             more
             :
          
           
           
             For
             ,
             unto
             them
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             worst
             design
          
           
             Which
             I
             intend
             by
             this
             Complaint
             of
             mine
             .
          
           
             Two
             sorts
             of
             men
             there
             are
             ,
             with
             both
             of
             which
          
           
             I
             've
             had
             to
             do
             ;
             and
             (
             though
             not
             very
             much
             )
          
           
             More
             than
             enough
             it
             seems
             .
             One
             sort
             of
             these
             ,
          
           
             Those
             Persons
             are
             ,
             by
             whose
             maliciousness
             ,
          
           
             Most
             ,
             who
             are
             conscientious
             men
             reputed
             ,
          
           
             Are
             for
             that
             cause
             traduc'd
             and
             persecuted
             ;
          
           
             And
             (
             when
             they
             thereunto
             shall
             be
             inclin'd
             )
          
           
             
               A
               staff
               to
               beat
               a
               dog
               ,
               who
               may
               not
               find
               ?
            
          
           
             'T
             is
             care
             to
             scape
             the
             venom
             of
             their
             tongue
             ,
          
           
             So
             impudent
             they
             are
             in
             doing
             wrong
             ,
          
           
             And
             brutish
             in
             their
             Censures
             :
             yet
             but
             few
             ,
          
           
             Except
             some
             like
             themselves
             ,
             believe
             that
             true
          
           
             Which
             they
             report
             ;
             and
             they
             themselves
             do
             know
             ,
          
           
             That
             they
             asperse
             me
             with
             what
             is
             not
             so
             .
          
           
             Of
             such
             men
             therefore
             ,
             here
             complain
             I
             not
             ;
          
           
             Because
             ,
             by
             these
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             often
             got
          
           
             A
             disadvantage
             ,
             which
             would
             equal'd
             be
          
           
             With
             what
             might
             happen
             by
             their
             
               praising
               me
            
             .
          
           
             The
             poysnings
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             more
             infect
             ,
          
           
             Because
             ,
             receiv'd
             they
             are
             without
             suspect
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             vented
             with
             a
             counterfeited
             shew
          
           
             Of
             better
             ends
             than
             those
             which
             they
             pursue
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             these
             being
             partners
             with
             those
             sinners
             ,
          
           
             Who
             were
             of
             our
             late
             Troubles
             first
             beginners
             ,
          
           
             Did
             ,
             with
             a
             mask
             of
             Piety
             and
             Zeal
          
           
             To
             GOD
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Commonweal
             ,
          
           
             Drive
             on
             their
             own
             designs
             ;
             And
             (
             having
             made
          
           
             Of
             
               seeming
               Godliness
            
             ,
             a
             gainful
             Trade
             )
          
           
             Their
             opportunities
             now
             being
             gone
             ,
          
           
             Of
             preying
             upon
             those
             they
             prey'd
             upon
             ,
          
           
             Would
             make
             a
             prey
             of
             them
             ,
             whom
             they
             pretended
          
           
             In
             times
             preceding
             ,
             much
             to
             have
             befriended
             .
          
           
           
             So
             feeds
             the
             Pickrel
             ,
             when
             ,
             he
             cannot
             find
          
           
             A
             Roach
             or
             Dace
             ,
             on
             fish
             of
             his
             own
             kind
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             some
             of
             these
             ,
             because
             I
             will
             not
             be
          
           
             Inslav'd
             to
             that
             ,
             from
             which
             I
             should
             be
             free
             ,
          
           
             Have
             (
             thereto
             mov'd
             by
             Avarice
             and
             Pride
             )
          
           
             Without
             just
             cause
             ,
             me
             lately
             vilifi'd
          
           
             To
             some
             of
             my
             
               best
               Friends
            
             ev'n
             unto
             them
          
           
             Whose
             Charity
             supports
             me
             at
             this
             time
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             should
             it
             be
             believed
             ,
             might
             much
             more
          
           
             Undo
             me
             ,
             than
             all
             they
             who
             heretofore
          
           
             Have
             been
             my
             
               open
               Foes
            
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             some
             ,
          
           
             That
             I
             might
             wholly
             succourless
             become
             ,
          
           
             Are
             pleas'd
             to
             say
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             so
             bereft
          
           
             Of
             my
             Estate
             ,
             but
             that
             enough
             is
             left
          
           
             For
             my
             support
             .
             Wherein
             ,
             if
             they
             speak
             right
             ,
          
           
             They
             render
             me
             so
             gross
             an
             Hypocrite
             ,
          
           
             That
             I
             deserve
             no
             Friend
             ;
             And
             if
             I
             am
          
           
             By
             them
             beli'd
             ,
             then
             much
             are
             they
             to
             blame
             ,
          
           
             VVho
             have
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             in
             them
             lies
             ,
             to
             starving
          
           
             Exposed
             me
             and
             mine
             ,
             without
             deserving
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             this
             I
             fear
             not
             :
             for
             ,
             if
             that
             supply
          
           
             Shall
             fail
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             had
             by
             Charity
             ,
          
           
             He
             ,
             who
             by
             other
             hands
             ,
             hath
             Mercy
             shown
             ,
          
           
             VVill
             from
             henceforth
             relieve
             me
             by
             his
             own
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             these
             are
             thus
             confuted
             ,
             without
             feigning
             ,
          
           
             If
             they
             know
             ought
             of
             mine
             ,
             that
             's
             yet
             remaining
          
           
             VVithin
             my
             power
             ;
             Or
             ,
             but
             so
             much
             as
             may
          
           
             (
             If
             ever
             it
             be
             mine
             )
             my
             Debts
             repay
             ,
          
           
             Save
             what
             's
             yet
             wholly
             lost
             ,
             I
             give
             it
             all
          
           
             To
             him
             ,
             who
             thereof
             make
             discov'ry
             shall
             ;
          
           
             And
             hereby
             ,
             both
             confirm
             this
             Gift
             for
             ever
             ;
          
           
             And
             urge
             him
             that
             Discov'ry
             to
             endeavour
          
           
             VVho
             raised
             that
             Report
             ;
             so
             he
             thereby
          
           
             Shall
             have
             some
             profit
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             no
             lye
             .
          
           
           
             I
             do
             perceive
             ,
             to
             have
             me
             quite
             destroy'd
          
           
             The
             Devil
             many
             Agents
             hath
             imploy'd
          
           
             In
             sev'ral
             modes
             ;
             which
             that
             prevent
             I
             may
             ,
          
           
             Nought
             more
             or
             better
             have
             I
             now
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             Or
             do
             ,
             which
             will
             avail
             me
             ,
             but
             to
             fly
          
           
             To
             my
             Protector
             ,
             to
             your
             Charity
          
           
             VVho
             
               know
               me
            
             ,
             and
             unto
             that
             Evidence
          
           
             VVhich
             I
             have
             given
             of
             my
             Innocence
          
           
             To
             you
             who
             
               know
               me
               not
            
             ;
             in
             hope
             you
             'l
             do
          
           
             As
             in
             like
             case
             you
             would
             be
             done
             unto
             :
          
           
             And
             that
             when
             their
             malevolence
             hath
             wrought
          
           
             Till
             it
             shall
             purge
             its
             own
             corruption
             out
             ,
          
           
             It
             will
             abate
             ,
             and
             some
             effects
             produce
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             both
             to
             them
             and
             me
             may
             be
             of
             use
             .
          
           
             If
             me
             you
             judge
             ,
             as
             you
             would
             judged
             be
             ,
          
           
             No
             more
             needs
             to
             be
             said
             thereof
             by
             me
             ;
          
           
             Especially
             to
             him
             who
             truly
             knows
             ,
          
           
             VVho
             giveth
             deeper
             wounds
             ,
             than
             
               open
               foes
            
             .
          
           
             This
             
               Case
               of
               mine
            
             concerneth
             now
             and
             then
             ,
          
           
             Not
             me
             alone
             ;
             but
             other
             honest
             men
             .
          
           
             Such
             like
             
               false
               brethren
            
             ,
             in
             all
             Ages
             were
          
           
             Among
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             such-like
             still
             there
             are
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             these
             Lines
             at
             this
             time
             were
             bestown
             ,
          
           
             As
             justly
             for
             their
             sakes
             ,
             as
             for
             mine
             own
             ,
          
           
             Since
             ,
             of
             what
             here
             I
             for
             my self
             do
             plead
             ,
          
           
             Some
             other
             ,
             thus
             abus'd
             ,
             may
             stand
             in
             need
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             A
             causual
             Meditation
             on
             Eaith
             ,
             Hope
             ,
             Fear
             And
             Love.
             
          
           
             TO
             keep
             me
             watchful
             ,
             whilst
             my
             Foes
          
           
             My
             person
             here
             shall
             fast
             inclose
             ,
          
           
             By
             Meditations
             I
             assay
          
           
             To
             keep
             the
             dread
             of
             them
             away
             ;
          
           
           
             And
             whilst
             my
             Contemplation
             flew
          
           
             At
             various
             Objects
             ,
             in
             her
             view
             ,
          
           
             (
             Among
             such
             Musings
             as
             were
             brought
          
           
             Into
             my
             mind
             )
             this
             came
             to
             thought
             .
          
           
             
               Faith
               ,
               Hope
            
             ,
             and
             Fear
             ,
             and
             Love
             are
             that
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             renders
             ev'ry
             mans
             Estate
          
           
             To
             be
             exceeding
             good
             or
             bad
             ,
          
           
             Extreamly
             pleasureful
             or
             sad
             ,
          
           
             According
             as
             that
             Object
             proves
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             he
             
               believes
               ,
               fears
               ,
               hopes
            
             ,
             or
             loves
             .
          
           
             Make
             GOD
             the
             bottom
             and
             the
             top
          
           
             Of
             thy
             
               Fear
               ,
               Love
               ,
               Belief
            
             and
             Hope
             ,
          
           
             And
             thou
             art
             then
             safe
             ,
             whatsoere
          
           
             Thou
             dost
             
               believe
               ,
               hope
               ,
               love
            
             ,
             or
             fear
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             if
             the
             World
             their
             Object
             be
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             any
             other
             thing
             but
             He
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             art
             destroy'd
             :
             For
             ,
             by
             these
             four
             ,
          
           
             Misplac'd
             ,
             thou
             givest
             them
             a
             pow'r
          
           
             To
             ruine
             thee
             ,
             who
             else
             had
             none
          
           
             VVhereby
             a
             mischief
             might
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             If
             on
             the
             World
             thy
             hopes
             depend
             ,
          
           
             Despair
             will
             be
             their
             latter
             end
             ;
          
           
             VVhen
             her
             fair-speakings
             are
             believ'd
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             wilt
             be
             certainly
             deceiv'd
             ;
          
           
             If
             her
             thou
             love
             ,
             she
             will
             for
             that
          
           
             Requite
             thee
             with
             despiteful
             hate
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             thou
             fear
             her
             ,
             she
             'l
             endeavour
          
           
             To
             make
             thee
             slave
             to
             fears
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             This
             by
             experience
             I
             found
             true
             ,
          
           
             And
             thereof
             thus
             forewarn
             I
             you
             .
          
           
             Affect
             no
             Pleasure
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             vain
             ,
          
           
             And
             terminates
             at
             last
             in
             pain
             .
          
           
             Fear
             not
             ,
             when
             thou
             shalt
             be
             opprest
          
           
             In
             doing
             well
             ;
             for
             ,
             such
             are
             blest
             .
          
           
           
             Trust
             not
             in
             Wealth
             ;
             for
             ,
             it
             hath
             wings
             ,
          
           
             And
             flies
             away
             like
             other
             things
             :
          
           
             Nor
             Honour
             ;
             for
             ,
             it
             often
             spends
          
           
             Its
             stock
             ,
             and
             in
             dishonour
             ends
             .
          
           
             Rely
             not
             upon
             Prodigies
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             are
             partly
             Truths
             and
             Lyes
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             Signs
             and
             Wonders
             can
             afford
          
           
             No
             such
             assurance
             as
             
               GOD's
               Word
            
             .
          
           
             Place
             not
             your
             trust
             in
             Kings
             ;
             for
             ,
             when
          
           
             They
             speak
             like
             Gods
             ,
             they
             act
             like
             men
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             nor
             your
             
               best
               Works
            
             trust
             you
             in
             ,
          
           
             For
             all
             mans
             Righteousness
             is
             sin
             .
          
           
             Your
             
               Faith
               ,
               Fear
               ,
               Hope
            
             ,
             and
             Love
             on
             none
          
           
             Ground
             therefore
             ,
             but
             on
             GOD
             alone
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             thus
             ,
             you
             hare
             learn'd
             to
             do
             ,
          
           
             Perswade
             all
             other
             men
             thereto
             ;
          
           
             Not
             terminating
             Meditations
             ,
          
           
             In
             meer
             
               unactive
               speculations
            
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             but
             like
             those
             flashes
             are
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             we
             mis-call
             a
             shooting-Star
             .
          
           
             Here
             ,
             whilst
             my
             Flesh
             is
             in
             restraint
             ,
          
           
             Lest
             else
             my
             Soul
             grow
             dull
             and
             faint
             ,
          
           
             Her
             ,
             with
             such
             thoughts
             I
             entertain
             ,
          
           
             And
             find
             them
             not
             to
             be
             in
             vain
             ;
          
           
             Though
             more
             I
             needed
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
          
           
             These
             Musings
             ,
             when
             I
             
               suffered
               less
            
             .
          
           
             I
             might
             be
             safely
             rich
             agen
             ,
          
           
             Could
             I
             be
             still
             imployed
             then
          
           
             As
             I
             am
             now
             .
             But
             ,
             who
             is
             able
             ,
          
           
             To
             thread
             a
             Needle
             with
             a
             Cable
             ?
          
           
             They
             ,
             who
             in
             Winter
             keep
             at
             home
             ,
          
           
             In
             Summer-time
             abroad
             will
             come
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             though
             a
             Prison
             seems
             a
             curse
             ,
          
           
             Our
             Liberty
             oft
             makes
             us
             worse
             .
          
           
           
             We
             pray
             ,
             when
             Winds
             and
             Seas
             do
             roar
             ;
          
           
             When
             calm
             ,
             do
             as
             we
             did
             before
             ,
          
           
             Ev'n
             GOD's
             choice
             Worthies
             ,
             when
             releast
          
           
             From
             Suffrings
             ,
             fouly
             have
             transgrest
             ;
          
           
             If
             in
             this
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             kind
             ,
          
           
             They
             were
             not
             often
             disciplin'd
             .
          
           
             He
             ,
             that
             with
             troubles
             hem'd
             about
             ,
          
           
             The
             Battels
             of
             the
             LORD
             had
             fought
          
           
             Unfoil'd
             ;
             assoon
             as
             he
             had
             ease
             ,
          
           
             (
             Neglecting
             such
             like
             means
             as
             these
             )
          
           
             Did
             grosly
             fall
             ;
             and
             so
             shall
             we
             ,
          
           
             When
             idle
             and
             secure
             we
             be
             .
          
           
             Had
             he
             been
             musing
             on
             GOD's
             Law
          
           
             When
             in
             her
             Bath
             ,
             he
             naked
             saw
          
           
             
               Vriahs
               Wife
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             at
             that
             time
          
           
             Composing
             of
             a
             Psalm
             or
             Hymn
             ,
          
           
             It
             had
             secur'd
             him
             from
             that
             sin
             ,
          
           
             Which
             let
             a
             
               lustful
               Devil
            
             in
             .
          
           
             LORD
             !
             that
             I
             be
             not
             so
             surpriz'd
             ,
          
           
             (
             Though
             these
             my
             Musings
             are
             despis'd
             )
          
           
             Preserve
             me
             ,
             (
             whether
             weal
             or
             wo
          
           
             Befalls
             me
             )
             still
             imployed
             so
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             in
             what
             else
             thou
             please
             ,
             that
             's
             tending
          
           
             To
             keep
             me
             alwayes
             from
             offending
             :
          
           
             And
             to
             thy
             Glory
             ,
             and
             to
             my
             Salvation
             ,
          
           
             Vouchsafe
             to
             sanctifie
             this
             Meditation
             ,
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             To
             those
             who
             enquire
             ,
             why
             this
             Author
             is
             now
             imprisoned
             in
             Newgate
             ?
          
           
             INto
             this
             Jayl
             ,
             you
             ask
             me
             ,
             why
             I
             'm
             thrown
             ?
          
           
             But
             to
             my self
             that
             is
             not
             fully
             known
             ;
          
           
             Unless
             it
             may
             be
             charged
             as
             a
             Crime
             ,
          
           
             For
             putting
             Truth
             and
             Reason
             into
             Rime
             ;
          
           
           
             Or
             ,
             giving
             unto
             some
             ,
             for
             doing
             wrong
             ,
          
           
             Such
             Epithites
             as
             unto
             them
             belong
             ;
          
           
             Which
             is
             by
             very
             few
             thought
             criminal
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             by
             most
             men
             ,
             to
             be
             no
             fault
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             since
             you
             are
             my
             Friends
             ,
             I
             bold
             will
             make
          
           
             To
             give
             you
             Counsel
             ,
             which
             I
             could
             not
             take
             :
          
           
             Touch
             not
             a
             
               gald
               Jades
               back
            
             ,
             although
             it
             be
          
           
             To
             cure
             him
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             be
             rul'd
             by
             me
             ;
          
           
             And
             if
             your
             Conscience
             force
             you
             not
             thereto
             ,
          
           
             No
             notice
             take
             ,
             when
             other
             men
             misdo
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             ,
             who
             most
             ungodly
             courses
             run
             ,
          
           
             (
             And
             boast
             of
             what
             they
             wickedly
             have
             done
             )
          
           
             So
             rage
             at
             him
             ,
             who
             dares
             to
             reprehend
          
           
             Their
             Actions
             ,
             howsoever
             they
             offend
             ,
          
           
             That
             oft-times
             by
             their
             pow'r
             they
             bring
             on
             him
             ,
          
           
             Those
             Penalties
             which
             were
             deserv'd
             by
             them
             ,
          
           
             A
             
               Whore
               profest
            
             ,
             though
             she
             would
             have
             men
             know
          
           
             She
             is
             a
             Whore
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             called
             so
             .
          
           
             (
             Yea
             ,
             though
             she
             could
             not
             live
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             known
          
           
             She
             lived
             by
             abusing
             of
             her
             own
             )
          
           
             But
             ,
             be
             so
             wroth
             with
             him
             ,
             who
             so
             shall
             say
             ,
          
           
             That
             she
             will
             scratch
             his
             eyes
             out
             ,
             if
             she
             may
             :
          
           
             At
             least
             ,
             if
             she
             can
             do
             no
             more
             ,
             will
             rayl
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             had
             she
             pow'r
             ,
             commit
             him
             to
             the
             Jayl
             ,
          
           
             And
             for
             a
             Sland'rer
             prosecute
             him
             there
             ,
          
           
             As
             justly
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             who
             keep
             me
             here
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
           
             A
             Hymn
             of
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             for
             deliverance
             from
             a
             dangerous
             and
             sharp
             Sickness
             ,
             during
             his
             Imprisonment
             .
          
           
             
               LORD
               !
               they
               who
               thy
               Affection
               measure
            
             
               By
               what
               thou
               givest
               into
               their
               possessings
               ,
            
             
               Of
               
                 Riches
                 ,
                 Honours
              
               ,
               or
               of
               Pleasure
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               of
               such
               other
               
                 temporary
                 Blessings
              
               ,
            
             
             
               And
               mark
               how
               here
               thou
               deal'st
               with
               me
               ,
            
             
               May
               think
               I
               am
               despis'd
               of
               thee
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               when
               I
               seem'd
               opprest
               before
            
             
               With
               losse
               of
               Liberty
               and
               Wealth
               ,
            
             
               So
               that
               I
               could
               well
               bear
               no
               more
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               thereto
               addedst
               loss
               of
               health
               ,
            
             
               Imbitter'd
               and
               made
               sharp
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               pain
            
             
               As
               
                 Flesh
                 and
                 Blood
              
               were
               able
               to
               sustain
               .
            
          
           
             
               2.
               
            
             
               Yet
               neither
               was
               thy
               Love
               impaired
               ,
            
             
               Whilst
               in
               that
               manner
               I
               afflicted
               was
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               doubted
               I
               ,
               nor
               ought
               despaired
            
             
               Of
               thy
               continuing
               and
               assisting
               Grace
               ;
            
             
               But
               ,
               as
               the
               violence
               and
               length
            
             
               Of
               pain
               deprived
               me
               of
               strength
               ,
            
             
               My
               Spirit
               thereby
               stronger
               grew
               ;
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               so
               thou
               didst
               my
               Faith
               encrease
               ;
            
             
               (
               So
               Fortitude
               and
               hope
               renew
               )
            
             
               That
               Suffrings
               were
               not
               pleasureless
               ;
            
             
               Because
               I
               knew
               I
               underwent
               thy
               Rod
               ,
            
             
               Who
               art
               as
               Well
               my
               Father
               ,
               as
               my
               GOD
               :
            
          
           
             
               3.
               
            
             
               I
               know
               thee
               not
               alone
               by
               hearing
               ,
            
             
               But
               ,
               also
               by
               thy
               
                 being
                 in
                 my
                 heart
              
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               by
               thy
               thereunto
               declaring
               ,
            
             
               How
               just
               ,
               wise
               ,
               good
               ,
               and
               merciful
               thou
               art
               :
            
             
               Thou
               tak'st
               no
               pleasure
               in
               our
               pain
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               dost
               ,
               nor
               ever
               didst
               coustrain
            
             
               The
               soul
               of
               any
               to
               a
               path
               ,
            
             
               Which
               leads
               him
               from
               a
               
                 happy
                 conrse
              
               ;
            
             
               To
               
                 Sin
                 ,
                 Shame
                 ,
                 Sorrow
              
               ,
               or
               to
               Death
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               renders
               his
               condition
               worse
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               that
               thou
               more
               delighted
               art
               to
               save
               ,
            
             
               Than
               to
               destroy
               ,
               I
               good
               assurance
               have
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               4.
               
            
             
               For
               ever
               ,
               let
               thy
               Name
               be
               blessed
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               when
               my
               patience
               did
               begin
               to
               fail
               ,
            
             
               And
               pain
               ,
               a
               cold-sweat
               forth
               had
               pressed
               ,
            
             
               As
               if
               in
               me
               ,
               fire
               had
               been
               mixt
               with
               hail
               ;
            
             
               Thou
               in
               my
               
                 first
                 Fit
              
               ,
               easedst
               me
            
             
               By
               means
               lest
               means
               despis'd
               might
               be
               :
            
             
               And
               when
               I
               was
               shut
               up
               alone
               ,
            
             
               Of
               all
               external
               helps
               depriv'd
               ,
            
             
               (
               Where
               means
               of
               Cure
               or
               Ease
               was
               none
               )
            
             
               Then
               ,
               by
               thy
               Self
               I
               was
               reliev'd
               ;
            
             
               That
               I
               might
               alwayes
               confident
               be
               made
            
             
               Of
               thy
               help
               ,
               when
               no
               other
               can
               be
               had
               .
            
          
           
             
               5.
               
            
             
               When
               so
               extreamly
               I
               was
               pained
               ,
            
             
               That
               I
               could
               hardly
               for
               one
               minutes
               space
               ,
            
             
               Endure
               the
               torment
               I
               sustained
               ,
            
             
               In
               any
               posture
               ,
               or
               in
               any
               place
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               hug'dst
               me
               fast
               asleep
               ;
               and
               then
            
             
               Gav'st
               Ease
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               how
               ,
               nor
               when
               ;
            
             
               Which
               so
               amazed
               me
               ,
               when
               I
               awak't
               ,
            
             
               That
               ,
               I
               at
               first
               ,
               could
               hardly
               tell
            
             
               Whether
               ,
               I
               for
               a
               Dream
               might
               tak
               't
               ,
            
             
               Or
               ,
               whether
               I
               were
               sick
               or
               well
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               in
               the
               fire
               I
               thought
               assoon
               I
               might
            
             
               Have
               slept
               (
               erewhile
               )
               as
               in
               my
               bed
               that
               night
               ,
            
          
           
             
               6.
               
            
             
               Therefore
               ,
               to
               thee
               ,
               for
               this
               Compassion
            
             
               I
               do
               now
               consecrate
               a
               
                 Hymn
                 of
                 Praise
              
               :
            
             
               Be
               pleas'd
               ,
               O
               GOD
               of
               my
               Salvation
               ,
            
             
               To
               be
               thus
               my
               Physician
               all
               my
               dayes
               .
            
             
               Let
               this
               preserve
               me
               from
               the
               fear
            
             
               Of
               what
               I
               may
               yet
               suffer
               here
               :
            
             
               And
               when
               this
               Mercy
               shall
               be
               known
               ,
            
             
               Thereby
               assur'd
               let
               others
               be
            
             
             
               That
               such
               Compassion
               shall
               be
               shown
            
             
               To
               them
               ,
               as
               was
               vouchsaf'd
               to
               me
               ,
            
             
               If
               in
               thy
               Truth
               and
               Fear
               they
               shall
               abide
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               without
               wavering
               ,
               in
               thee
               conside
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
           
             To
             them
             who
             say
             ,
             or
             suppose
             ,
             that
             a
             vain
             desire
             of
             Fame
             ,
             was
             this
             Authors
             principal
             motive
             ,
             to
             the
             Composure
             of
             what
             he
             hath
             written
             and
             published
             .
          
           
             I
             Hear
             ,
             some
             think
             (
             and
             ,
             for
             their
             sakes
             am
             sorry
          
           
             They
             think
             so
             )
             that
             Ambition
             of
             
               vain
               glory
            
             ,
          
           
             Is
             that
             ,
             which
             principally
             moves
             my
             Pen
          
           
             To
             dare
             more
             than
             the
             Quills
             of
             
               wiser
               men
            
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             an
             irch
             for
             
               popular
               Applause
            
          
           
             Was
             of
             my
             
               bold
               Reproofs
            
             the
             chiefest
             cause
             .
          
           
             If
             this
             be
             true
             ,
             I
             am
             as
             mad
             as
             they
          
           
             Who
             think
             so
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             nearest
             way
          
           
             To
             my
             destruction
             ,
             for
             a
             
               windy
               puff
            
             ,
          
           
             Which
             in
             a
             moment
             will
             be
             quite
             blown
             off
             ,
          
           
             And
             leave
             me
             comfortless
             ,
             in
             that
             condition
          
           
             Which
             threatens
             inavoidable
             perdition
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             these
             will
             find
             their
             error
             ,
             when
             they
             know
          
           
             By
             tryal
             ,
             from
             what
             Root
             my
             Actings
             flow
             ;
          
           
             And
             that
             I
             had
             in
             what
             I
             have
             exprest
             ,
          
           
             A
             
               nobler
               Aim
            
             ,
             than
             meer
             self-Interest
             ,
          
           
             Or
             any
             outward
             ends
             ,
             although
             in
             them
             ,
          
           
             My
             own
             well-being
             I
             shall
             not
             contemn
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             not
             ignorant
             that
             whatsoever
          
           
             I
             actively
             or
             passively
             endeavour
             ,
          
           
             To
             honour
             GOD
             ,
             or
             for
             my
             Countries
             good
             ,
          
           
             May
             ,
             to
             my
             dammage
             ,
             be
             misunderstood
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             that
             most
             men
             ,
             mis-censure
             what
             I
             've
             writ
          
           
             To
             be
             Composures
             without
             fear
             or
             wit
          
           
           
             And
             that
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             be
             thereby
             undone
             ,
          
           
             (
             Which
             likely
             seems
             )
             I
             may
             be
             thought
             upon
          
           
             With
             very
             small
             regard
             ,
             alive
             or
             dead
             ;
          
           
             Or
             any
             way
             at
             all
             be
             mentioned
             ,
          
           
             Except
             by
             some
             few
             ,
             who
             perhaps
             will
             say
             ,
          
           
             I
             fool'd
             my
             Liberty
             and
             Life
             away
             .
          
           
             But
             should
             I
             minded
             be
             ,
             when
             I
             shall
             have
          
           
             My
             portion
             among
             other
             in
             the
             Grave
             ,
          
           
             What
             greater
             share
             shall
             I
             have
             in
             that
             Fame
             ,
          
           
             Which
             after
             Death
             might
             memorize
             my
             Name
             ,
          
           
             Than
             they
             ,
             who
             in
             Oblivion
             lie
             forgot
             ,
          
           
             Where
             Pen
             nor
             Tongue
             their
             Actions
             mention
             not
             ?
          
           
             In
             my
             time
             ,
             sixteen
             persons
             I
             have
             known
          
           
             Who
             did
             my
             Christian
             and
             my
             Surname
             own
             ,
          
           
             And
             one
             *
             of
             them
             oft
             guilty
             prov'd
             to
             be
          
           
             Of
             Crimes
             ,
             imputed
             falsly
             unto
             me
             ,
          
           
             By
             those
             who
             knew
             us
             not
             ;
             and
             he
             ,
             whilst
             here
          
           
             He
             lived
             ,
             had
             in
             my
             repute
             a
             share
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             after
             few
             years
             ,
             none
             will
             know
             ,
             among
          
           
             All
             these
             ,
             to
             which
             of
             us
             ,
             those
             things
             belong
          
           
             Which
             we
             have
             acted
             .
             Nay
             ,
             though
             ten
             times
             more
          
           
             I
             had
             deserv'd
             (
             than
             any
             heretofore
             ,
          
           
             Made
             memorable
             by
             a
             
               glorious
               Fame
            
             )
          
           
             A
             
               feigned
               person
            
             ,
             who
             no
             
               real
               Name
            
          
           
             Or
             Being
             ever
             had
             ,
             save
             what
             ,
             perchance
             ,
          
           
             Was
             thereunto
             ascrib'd
             in
             some
             Romance
             ,
          
           
             May
             seem
             to
             be
             more
             honour'd
             by
             that
             fiction
             ,
          
           
             Than
             any
             who
             attain'd
             the
             high'st
             perfection
          
           
           
             In
             Piety
             or
             Morals
             :
             For
             ,
             I
             've
             seen
          
           
             Some
             Readers
             ,
             with
             such
             Legends
             to
             have
             been
          
           
             So
             far
             transported
             ,
             that
             it
             them
             could
             move
          
           
             More
             sighs
             and
             tears
             ,
             compassion
             ,
             honour
             ,
             love
             ,
          
           
             Esteem
             and
             admiration
             ,
             to
             confer
          
           
             On
             those
             Idea's
             ,
             than
             bestowed
             are
          
           
             On
             
               real
               Suff'rers
            
             ,
             who
             ,
             did
             undertake
          
           
             To
             do
             and
             suffer
             freely
             for
             their
             sake
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             a
             trivial
             prize
             or
             purchase
             then
          
           
             Is
             an
             esteem
             ,
             or
             vain
             applause
             of
             men
             ?
          
           
             My
             Actings
             have
             expos'd
             me
             ,
             during
             life
             ,
          
           
             To
             hazards
             ,
             losses
             ,
             much
             reproach
             and
             Grief
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             shall
             I
             the
             better
             be
             ,
             or
             worse
             ,
          
           
             When
             I
             am
             dead
             ,
             whether
             men
             bless
             or
             curse
          
           
             Speak
             well
             or
             ill
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             quite
             destroy
             ,
          
           
             For
             such
             toyes
             ,
             what
             in
             life
             I
             might
             enjoy
             ?
          
           
             By
             being
             silent
             ,
             I
             preserv'd
             from
             blame
          
           
             Might
             be
             ,
             and
             more
             esteem'd
             than
             now
             I
             am
          
           
             If
             I
             could
             for
             advantage
             swear
             and
             lie
             ,
          
           
             And
             flatter
             Fools
             and
             Knaves
             in
             Elegy
             :
          
           
             Sure
             ,
             he
             who
             shall
             observe
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             done
             ,
          
           
             What
             scorns
             ,
             and
             what
             despights
             I
             've
             undergone
             ;
          
           
             What
             I
             have
             felt
             ,
             and
             what
             I
             do
             fore-see
          
           
             Will
             probably
             on
             Earth
             my
             Wages
             be
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             thinks
             I
             run
             these
             hazards
             for
             
               vain
               Fame
            
             ,
          
           
             Must
             like
             wise
             ,
             either
             think
             ,
             that
             mad
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             that
             I
             've
             only
             learned
             in
             the
             School
          
           
             Of
             
               long
               Experience
            
             ,
             to
             be
             more
             than
             Fool.
          
           
             But
             ,
             though
             most
             are
             deceiv'd
             in
             their
             Design
             ,
          
           
             And
             in
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             so
             in
             mine
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             my
             Work
             ;
             I
             likewise
             know
             that
             End
          
           
             Whereto
             it
             doth
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             ought
             to
             tend
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             therefore
             hope
             ,
             that
             till
             my
             lifes
             conclusion
             ,
          
           
             I
             shall
             be
             kept
             from
             such
             a
             gross
             delusion
             .
          
           
           
             He
             ,
             that
             for
             
               GOD's
               Cause
            
             ,
             or
             for
             his
             Elects
             ,
          
           
             Pretends
             
               to
               do
            
             ,
             or
             suffer
             ;
             yet
             ,
             expects
          
           
             More
             honour
             ,
             or
             ought
             else
             ,
             than
             his
             just
             share
          
           
             With
             them
             ,
             who
             of
             the
             same
             Communion
             are
             ;
          
           
             Expects
             more
             than
             his
             due
             ;
             Exceeds
             the
             bound
          
           
             Of
             that
             self-love
             which
             in
             
               true
               Saints
            
             is
             found
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             he
             acts
             ,
             or
             suffers
             ,
             no
             Reward
          
           
             Can
             merit
             ;
             for
             ,
             he
             forfeits
             his
             Reward
             .
          
           
             All
             ,
             that
             he
             shall
             endeavour
             ,
             on
             that
             score
             ,
          
           
             When
             Rich
             he
             thinks
             to
             be
             ,
             will
             make
             him
             Poor
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             by
             what
             he
             expected
             to
             be
             fam'd
             ,
          
           
             He
             shall
             become
             contemptible
             and
             sham'd
             .
          
           
             GOD's
             Mind
             ,
             I
             therefore
             study
             to
             fulfill
             ,
          
           
             Seeking
             no
             Pay
             ,
             but
             what
             ,
             and
             
               when
               he
               will
            
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             knowing
             that
             's
             my
             Aim
             ,
             much
             care
             I
             not
          
           
             What
             ,
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             he
             gives
             to
             be
             my
             Lot.
          
           
             I
             no
             more
             value
             Praises
             than
             Reproach
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             whether
             in
             a
             Carr
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             Coach
             ,
          
           
             I
             ride
             to
             my
             last
             home
             ,
             I
             little
             care
             ,
          
           
             So
             with
             a
             
               quiet
               Conscience
            
             I
             come
             there
             .
          
           
             If
             well
             in
             life
             I
             use
             them
             ,
             't
             is
             no
             matter
             ,
          
           
             How
             far
             asunder
             men
             my
             Limbs
             do
             scatter
             ,
          
           
             Or
             in
             what
             Publick
             place
             they
             set
             my
             Head
             ,
          
           
             To
             terrifie
             some
             fools
             ,
             when
             I
             am
             dead
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             ev'ry
             part
             of
             me
             will
             meet
             together
             ,
          
           
             When
             GOD
             shall
             pleased
             be
             to
             call
             me
             thither
             ,
          
           
             Where
             CHRIST
             now
             sits
             inthron'd
             ;
             and
             whither
             he
          
           
             Ascended
             to
             prepare
             a
             place
             for
             me
             .
          
           
             I
             prize
             nor
             Life
             ,
             nor
             Death
             ,
             but
             ,
             as
             thereby
             ,
          
           
             I
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             GOD's
             Name
             may
             glorifie
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             whilst
             my
             own
             heart
             knows
             this
             to
             be
             so
             ,
          
           
             I
             care
             not
             ,
             whether
             't
             is
             believ'd
             or
             no
          
           
             By
             any
             man
             ,
             uless
             ,
             that
             ,
             to
             infuse
          
           
             The
             like
             mind
             into
             him
             ,
             it
             may
             conduce
             .
          
           
           
             If
             ,
             I
             have
             acted
             for
             a
             worthless
             prize
             ,
          
           
             Learn
             by
             my
             foolishness
             to
             be
             more
             wise
             ,
          
           
             If
             I
             have
             aim'd
             to
             suffer
             ,
             or
             to
             do
          
           
             For
             such
             ends
             as
             I
             should
             ;
             do
             ye
             so
             too
             .
          
           
             Because
             then
             ,
             what
             you
             heretofore
             of
             me
          
           
             Misdeem'd
             ,
             will
             thenceforth
             your
             advantage
             be
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             no
             more
             harm
             to
             me
             ,
             than
             that
             man
             found
             ,
          
           
             Who
             had
             an
             Vlcer
             cured
             by
             a
             Wound
             .
          
        
         
           
             VI.
             
          
           
             A
             Meditation
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             considering
             the
             manifold
             Temptations
             to
             distrust
             in
             GOD
             ,
             whereby
             his
             best
             Servants
             are
             otherwhile
             proved
             and
             exercised
             .
          
           
             THe
             best
             of
             men
             ,
             some
             failings
             have
             ;
             and
             I
             ,
          
           
             Not
             only
             many
             ,
             through
             Infirmity
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             flowing
             also
             from
             those
             Negligences
             ,
          
           
             Which
             very
             much
             have
             heightned
             my
             offences
             ;
          
           
             Because
             I
             know
             ,
             what
             pow'r
             to
             me
             he
             gave
             ,
          
           
             To
             do
             those
             things
             which
             I
             neglected
             have
             :
          
           
             Especially
             ,
             when
             my
             Distrustfulness
          
           
             Hath
             made
             me
             doubtful
             of
             GOD's
             Promises
             .
          
           
             Who
             ,
             to
             assure
             them
             ,
             hath
             vouchsafed
             both
          
           
             A
             
               written
               Word
            
             ,
             and
             seal'd
             it
             with
             an
             Oath
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             also
             
               new
               experiments
            
             ,
             which
             may
          
           
             Ascertain
             it
             ,
             vouchsafeth
             ev'ry
             day
             .
          
           
             David
             ,
             the
             most
             couragious
             Combatant
          
           
             Against
             such-like
             Temptations
             ,
             did
             oft
             want
          
           
             That
             Confidence
             ,
             which
             was
             by
             him
             profest
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             thereby
             hazarded
             his
             Interest
          
           
             In
             GOD's
             free
             Promises
             .
             By
             Saul
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
          
           
             One
             time
             or
             other
             I
             destroy'd
             shall
             be
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             was
             promised
             ,
             had
             so
             outright
          
           
             Forgotten
             ,
             in
             his
             carnal
             pannick
             fright
             ,
          
           
           
             That
             to
             GOD's
             Foes
             he
             for
             protection
             ran
             ,
          
           
             The
             part
             there
             acting
             of
             a
             
               frantick
               man
            
             ,
          
           
             And
             of
             a
             
               drivling
               fool
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             worse
             than
             so
             ,
          
           
             Dissembled
             then
             ,
             yet
             scap'd
             with
             much
             ado
             .
          
           
             That
             Course
             ,
             whereby
             he
             thought
             to
             be
             assur'd
          
           
             Of
             safety
             ,
             an
             indangerment
             procur'd
          
           
             Beyond
             all
             former
             hazards
             ;
             for
             ,
             he
             lost
          
           
             Not
             only
             Goods
             ,
             Wives
             ,
             and
             all
             hope
             almost
          
           
             Of
             Rescue
             ,
             but
             was
             also
             like
             to
             lose
          
           
             His
             Life
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             ston'd
             by
             some
             of
             those
          
           
             (
             In
             their
             distemper
             )
             who
             inrag'd
             became
             ,
          
           
             To
             see
             their
             Habitations
             in
             a
             flame
             ,
          
           
             Their
             dear'st
             Relations
             captiv'd
             ,
             and
             to
             those
          
           
             Inslav'd
             ,
             who
             were
             their
             old
             
               malignant
               Foes
            
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             strait
             ,
             if
             GOD
             had
             not
             him
             befriended
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             he
             distrusted
             ,
             there
             ,
             his
             Life
             had
             ended
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             our
             Case
             ;
             for
             ,
             though
             that
             many
             times
             ,
          
           
             Our
             Fears
             ,
             our
             Foes
             ,
             our
             Troubles
             ,
             and
             our
             Crimes
          
           
             We
             have
             ,
             beyond
             hope
             ,
             been
             deliver'd
             from
             ,
          
           
             And
             promised
             in
             ev'ry
             time
             to
             come
             ,
          
           
             That
             like
             deliverance
             ;
             yet
             ,
             when
             ought
             fails
          
           
             Which
             we
             expected
             ,
             or
             a
             Foe
             prevails
             ,
          
           
             (
             For
             our
             probation
             )
             we
             are
             hurried
             streight
          
           
             Into
             a
             causless
             ,
             and
             a
             foolish
             fright
             :
          
           
             GOD's
             
               promised
               Assistance
            
             we
             decline
             ,
          
           
             Catch
             hold
             of
             any
             
               politick
               Design
            
             ,
          
           
             Run
             this
             ,
             and
             that
             way
             ,
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             Devil
          
           
             For
             help
             and
             Counsel
             ,
             or
             act
             any
             evil
          
           
             In
             such
             a
             
               giddy
               fit
            
             ,
             though
             we
             have
             seen
             ,
          
           
             And
             often
             felt
             ,
             what
             those
             effects
             have
             been
          
           
             Which
             will
             ensue
             .
             Nay
             ,
             if
             long
             time
             we
             bear
          
           
             A
             
               present
               suffring
            
             ,
             and
             new
             troubles
             fear
             ,
          
           
             Our
             Faith
             is
             at
             a
             stand
             ,
             and
             we
             begin
          
           
             Immediately
             to
             let
             Despairings
             in
             ;
          
           
           
             Make
             
               Principle
               of
               Faith
            
             ,
             give
             way
             to
             Reason
             ,
          
           
             And
             seem
             
               Phanatick
               Whimsies
            
             ,
             out
             of
             season
             ,
          
           
             Or
             airy
             Refuges
             ,
             beseeming
             none
          
           
             In
             straits
             ,
             but
             
               meer
               Fools
            
             ,
             to
             depend
             upon
             .
          
           
             Though
             in
             the
             Saints
             of
             old
             to
             fall
             off
             thus
             ,
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             Crime
             ;
             't
             is
             greater
             sin
             in
             us
             ,
          
           
             By
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             the
             sinning
             against
             Grace
          
           
             Doth
             our
             transgressions
             of
             the
             Law
             surpass
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             neither
             Theft
             ,
             Adultery
             ,
             or
             Murder
             ,
          
           
             From
             GOD
             and
             Penitence
             will
             draw
             us
             further
             ,
          
           
             If
             we
             avoid
             it
             not
             :
             For
             ,
             to
             be
             made
          
           
             More
             cautelous
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             only
             had
          
           
             Examples
             of
             old
             times
             ,
             and
             seen
             since
             then
             ,
          
           
             What
             hath
             befallen
             many
             thousand
             men
          
           
             In
             such
             defections
             ,
             but
             ,
             we
             likewise
             are
          
           
             Experienc'd
             in
             our
             own
             particular
          
           
             Estates
             and
             persons
             ,
             what
             will
             them
             betide
             ,
          
           
             Who
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             Tryal
             start
             aside
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             by
             the
             Gospel
             are
             enlightned
             more
             ,
          
           
             Than
             other
             Generations
             heretofore
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             makes
             me
             ,
             in
             my
             present
             troubles
             ,
             wave
          
           
             Those
             wayes
             ,
             whereto
             I
             some
             Temptations
             have
             ,
          
           
             My
             person
             to
             redeem
             ;
             and
             to
             prevent
          
           
             The
             future
             mischiefs
             ,
             that
             seem
             eminent
             ,
          
           
             This
             makes
             me
             scorn
             ,
             to
             creep
             ,
             or
             fawn
             ,
             or
             sneak
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             (
             whatsoere
             I
             threatned
             hear
             )
             to
             speak
          
           
             To
             an
             
               unworthy
               person
            
             ,
             though
             I
             could
          
           
             Prevail
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             upon
             him
             ,
             if
             I
             would
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             were
             my
             Poverty
             ten
             times
             as
             much
             ,
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             Sodom
             shall
             not
             make
             me
             rich
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             ,
             were
             I
             sick
             to
             death
             ,
             would
             I
             implore
          
           
             Those
             
               false
               Gods
            
             ,
             which
             most
             men
             do
             now
             adore
          
           
             For
             health
             or
             life
             ,
             though
             I
             thought
             they
             could
             give
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             I
             most
             desired
             to
             receive
             .
          
           
           
             This
             ,
             among
             other
             Notions
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
          
           
             (
             Which
             needful
             are
             to
             fortifie
             my
             mind
          
           
             Amid
             my
             Suffrings
             )
             makes
             me
             muse
             on
             these
          
           
             Our
             
               common
               failings
            
             ,
             that
             ,
             if
             GOD
             so
             please
             ,
          
           
             They
             may
             be
             by
             his
             Grace
             ,
             with
             my
             endeavour
             ,
          
           
             A
             means
             to
             keep
             me
             firm
             to
             him
             for
             ever
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             by
             declaring
             what
             Experiment
          
           
             Hath
             taught
             to
             me
             ,
             make
             others
             confident
          
           
             In
             suffrings
             for
             his
             Cause
             :
             and
             ,
             not
             afraid
          
           
             What
             is
             ,
             or
             what
             can
             here
             on
             them
             be
             laid
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             as
             where
             many
             Cowards
             are
             together
             ,
          
           
             They
             still
             beget
             more
             terrours
             in
             each
             other
             ;
          
           
             So
             men
             of
             Courage
             ,
             more
             couragious
             grow
             ,
          
           
             When
             ,
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             they
             example
             show
          
           
             Of
             
               Christian
               Fortitude
            
             :
             To
             which
             good
             end
             ,
          
           
             These
             fruits
             of
             my
             spare
             howers
             I
             intend
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
          
           
             Another
             Scrap
             ,
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             carp
             at
             this
             Author
             's
             frequent
             writing
             .
          
           
             VVHy
             should
             you
             be
             displeas'd
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             loathing
             ,
          
           
             Of
             that
             which
             may
             do
             good
             ,
             and
             cost
             you
             nothing
             ?
          
           
             Or
             ,
             which
             you
             may
             pass
             by
             ,
             without
             offence
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             giving
             you
             occasion
             of
             expence
             ,
          
           
             Unless
             you
             please
             ?
             For
             ,
             that
             which
             I
             compose
             ,
          
           
             On
             no
             man
             ,
             I
             against
             his
             will
             ,
             impose
             .
          
           
             GOD
             is
             our
             Shield
             ,
             our
             Fortress
             ,
             and
             that
             Friend
          
           
             On
             whom
             alone
             we
             alway
             should
             depend
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             he
             expects
             an
             Activeness
             in
             those
             ,
          
           
             On
             whom
             a
             
               Christan
               Armour
            
             he
             bestows
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             we
             put
             it
             on
             ,
             when
             there
             's
             occasion
          
           
             Of
             
               War
               defensive
            
             ,
             or
             ,
             of
             an
             Invasion
             ;
          
           
             As
             also
             ,
             that
             ,
             we
             alwayes
             keep
             it
             clean
             ,
          
           
             And
             our selves
             ready
             ,
             by
             
               good
               discipline
            
             :
          
           
           
             For
             ,
             of
             their
             Talents
             they
             will
             be
             bereav'd
             ,
          
           
             Who
             make
             not
             use
             of
             what
             they
             have
             receiv'd
             :
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             surpriz'd
             ,
             who
             ,
             times
             and
             places
          
           
             Neglect
             ,
             wherein
             to
             exercise
             their
             Graces
             ,
          
           
             When
             means
             is
             offred
             ;
             since
             it
             will
             make
             room
          
           
             And
             entrance
             for
             Temptations
             when
             they
             come
             ,
          
           
             If
             we
             are
             negligent
             in
             doing
             that
             ,
          
           
             Which
             to
             our
             Perseverance
             doth
             relate
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Roman
               Legions
            
             ,
             which
             resided
             here
             ,
          
           
             (
             When
             no
             foes
             to
             oppose
             them
             did
             appear
             )
          
           
             Bestow'd
             their
             spare
             hours
             with
             much
             diligence
             ,
          
           
             In
             making
             Preparations
             for
             defence
          
           
             In
             times
             of
             need
             ;
             New
             Fortresses
             did
             raise
             ,
          
           
             Built
             Bridges
             ,
             Causeys
             ,
             and
             made
             easie
             wayes
          
           
             For
             future
             Marches
             ,
             whereby
             ,
             to
             and
             fro
          
           
             In
             safety
             ,
             they
             ,
             and
             other
             men
             might
             go
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             we
             must
             do
             the
             like
             ,
             if
             we
             would
             be
          
           
             From
             future
             dangers
             and
             surprizals
             free
             ;
          
           
             To
             which
             end
             ,
             things
             that
             seem
             of
             little
             use
          
           
             At
             present
             ,
             may
             hereafter
             much
             conduce
             .
          
           
             Our
             Patience
             will
             wear
             out
             ,
             our
             Courage
             slack
             ;
          
           
             Our
             Spirits
             faint
             ,
             and
             cause
             us
             to
             draw
             back
          
           
             From
             
               needful
               Suffrings
            
             ,
             unless
             in
             some
             measure
          
           
             VVe
             daily
             shall
             improve
             spare
             time
             and
             leasure
             ,
          
           
             To
             fortifie
             our
             hearts
             by
             meditation
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             is
             the
             nourishment
             and
             preservation
          
           
             Of
             Hope
             and
             Faith.
             This
             ,
             when
             my
             Friends
             are
             gon
             ,
          
           
             (
             VVhose
             Consolations
             I
             do
             feast
             upon
          
           
             VVhilst
             they
             are
             present
             )
             if
             I
             those
             can
             void
             ,
          
           
             VVith
             whose
             Impertinences
             I
             am
             cloyd
             ,
          
           
             Moves
             me
             to
             gather
             up
             ,
             that
             ,
             into
             words
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             their
             and
             my
             Experiment
             affords
             :
          
           
             Lest
             that
             be
             lost
             ,
             which
             else
             might
             serve
             in
             stead
          
           
             Of
             Cordials
             at
             a
             sudden
             time
             of
             need
             .
          
           
           
             This
             ,
             moves
             me
             ,
             when
             my
             Foes
             threat
             and
             revile
             ,
          
           
             To
             muster
             thus
             (
             as
             't
             were
             in
             rank
             and
             file
             )
          
           
             My
             
               scatter'd
               thoughts
            
             ;
             and
             then
             to
             march
             up
             close
          
           
             Ev'n
             to
             the
             Vanguard
             of
             my
             furioust
             Foes
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             when
             we
             look
             
               grim
               Terrors
            
             in
             the
             face
          
           
             Without
             dismay
             ,
             it
             makes
             them
             to
             give
             place
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             though
             the
             Champions
             of
             the
             world
             do
             laugh
          
           
             To
             see
             my
             weapons
             ,
             but
             a
             Sling
             ,
             a
             Staff
             ,
          
           
             And
             Peble-stones
             o
             they
             will
             prevail
             ,
             when
             they
          
           
             Shall
             either
             perish
             ,
             or
             else
             run
             away
             .
          
           
             This
             moves
             me
             (
             when
             alone
             )
             lest
             else
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           
             Or
             my
             own
             Flesh
             may
             tempt
             me
             to
             some
             evil
             ,
          
           
             (
             VVhen
             they
             shall
             idling
             find
             me
             )
             to
             retire
          
           
             Into
             my
             self
             ,
             and
             search
             what
             
               vain
               desire
            
             ,
          
           
             VVhat
             hope
             ,
             or
             fear
             ,
             or
             doubtings
             there
             do
             lurk
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             either
             may
             advance
             ,
             or
             counterwork
          
           
             Those
             Principles
             of
             Grace
             ,
             which
             by
             good
             use
          
           
             And
             practice
             ,
             I
             to
             habits
             may
             reduce
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             that
             those
             
               Notions
               ▪
            
             may
             not
             fly
             away
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             I
             find
             helpful
             ,
             makes
             me
             oft
             imploy
          
           
             My
             leasure
             times
             ,
             in
             what
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             hath
             so
          
           
             Increast
             my
             Scriblings
             ,
             that
             they
             nauceous
             grow
          
           
             To
             many
             Readers
             ;
             and
             ,
             perhaps
             to
             some
             ,
          
           
             VVho
             might
             by
             them
             advantaged
             become
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             am
             pleas'd
             ;
             for
             ,
             that
             ,
             my
             tast
             delights
             ,
          
           
             Which
             is
             disgustfull
             to
             their
             Appetites
             ;
          
           
             And
             what
             at
             this
             time
             they
             disrelish
             ,
             may
          
           
             Yeeld
             profit
             with
             delight
             ,
             another
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             VIII
             .
          
           
             An
             Eccho
             from
             the
             Thunders
             ,
             in
             the
             celestial
             Temple
             ,
             reverberating
             ,
             in
             part
             ,
             the
             effect
             of
             what
             was
             uttered
             by
             their
             Voices
             .
          
           
             SIx
             Trumpets
             have
             been
             sounded
             forth
             ,
          
           
             Six
             Vials
             poured
             on
             the
             Earth
             ,
          
           
           
             Six
             Thunders
             have
             their
             Voices
             spent
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             they
             blaspheme
             ,
             who
             should
             repent
             ,
          
           
             And
             night
             and
             day
             a
             direfull
             cry
             ,
          
           
             Still
             beating
             on
             my
             ears
             have
             I
             ,
          
           
             Of
             men
             opprest
             between
             their
             paws
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             God
             is
             Gain
             ,
             whose
             Lusts
             are
             Laws
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             
               dreadful
               sounds
            
             of
             Vengeance
             too
          
           
             Are
             eccho'd
             wheresoev'r
             I
             go
             .
          
           
             Though
             men
             are
             deaf
             ,
             yet
             speak
             I
             must
             :
          
           
             Hear
             therefore
             ,
             
               lifeless
               forms
               of
               dust
            
             ,
          
           
             And
             
               sensless
               things
            
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             bear
          
           
             
               Your
               Witness
            
             to
             what
             
               I
               declare
            
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             what
             hereafter
             shall
             ensue
          
           
             Will
             make
             deep
             stamps
             on
             some
             of
             you
             .
          
           
             
               Wo
               ,
               wo
            
             ,
             ere
             long
             to
             C.
             C.
             C.
          
           
             To
             P.
             P.
             P.
             P.
             P.
             and
             P.
          
           
             Like
             Wo
             to
             S.
             to
             M.
             and
             L.
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             have
             made
             this
             Earth
             a
             Hell
             ,
          
           
             Wherein
             ,
             unless
             Christ
             quickly
             comes
             ,
          
           
             Few
             
               Good
               men
            
             shall
             have
             resting
             rooms
             ;
          
           
             And
             little
             Faithfulness
             will
             here
          
           
             Be
             found
             ,
             when
             he
             shall
             next
             appear
             .
          
           
             But
             Time
             hath
             almost
             wheel'd
             that
             round
             ,
          
           
             Wherein
             the
             
               seventh
               Trump
            
             will
             sound
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             shall
             Righteousness
             alone
             ,
          
           
             With
             Pow'r
             and
             Glory
             fill
             the
             Throne
             ,
          
           
             That
             JESUS
             ,
             who
             (
             when
             by
             his
             Birth
          
           
             He
             was
             first
             visible
             on
             Earth
             )
          
           
             Much
             troubled
             Herod
             ,
             and
             with
             him
          
           
             The
             City
             of
             Jerusalem
             ;
          
           
             And
             is
             that
             
               Universal
               Prince
            
             ,
          
           
             Of
             whom
             all
             Tyrants
             ever
             since
          
           
             Have
             been
             afraid
             ,
             will
             come
             ere
             long
             ,
          
           
             To
             set
             that
             right
             ,
             which
             now
             is
             wrong
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             put
             an
             end
             to
             their
             Oppression
             ,
          
           
             VVho
             charge
             his
             Subjects
             with
             Sedition
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             though
             some
             slighted
             them
             when
             they
             were
             seen
             ,
          
           
             His
             Harbengers
             have
             here
             already
             been
             .
          
        
         
           
             IX
             .
          
           
             A
             brief
             Reproof
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             take
             pleasure
             in
             Scandalous
             Invectives
             ,
             whereby
             others
             are
             personally
             defamed
             .
          
           
             THere
             is
             a
             
               mangie
               Humour
            
             and
             an
             Itch
             ,
          
           
             (
             At
             this
             day
             very
             troublesome
             )
             with
             which
          
           
             Most
             men
             are
             so
             infected
             ,
             that
             unless
          
           
             We
             find
             a
             speedy
             cute
             ,
             't
             will
             so
             increase
             ,
          
           
             And
             leave
             so
             few
             from
             this
             Contagion
             free
             ,
          
           
             That
             we
             shall
             all
             appear
             meer
             Scabs
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             delights
             the
             ear
             ,
          
           
             Than
             when
             it
             shall
             those
             vilified
             hear
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             they
             affect
             not
             ,
             whether
             they
             are
             blam'd
          
           
             Without
             just
             cause
             ,
             or
             worthily
             defam'd
             ;
          
           
             Especially
             ,
             if
             those
             in
             ought
             dissent
          
           
             From
             their
             Opinions
             ,
             (
             Although
             eminent
          
           
             For
             many
             Virtues
             ,
             and
             with
             them
             agree
          
           
             In
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             with
             Truth
             essential
             be
             )
          
           
             And
             ,
             since
             our
             Diffrences
             did
             us
             divide
             ,
          
           
             Few
             men
             there
             are
             of
             note
             on
             either
             side
             ,
          
           
             Of
             good
             or
             ill
             desert
             ;
             but
             (
             right
             or
             wrong
             )
          
           
             They
             so
             aspersed
             are
             by
             Pen
             or
             Tongue
             ;
          
           
             And
             Truth
             ,
             if
             spoke
             ,
             so
             blended
             is
             with
             lyes
             ,
          
           
             With
             fraud
             ,
             or
             else
             with
             Ambiguities
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             if
             what
             is
             in
             Pamphlets
             published
             ,
          
           
             Should
             be
             hereafter
             by
             our
             Children
             read
             ,
          
           
             They
             'l
             think
             this
             Age
             (
             if
             they
             do
             credit
             it
             )
          
           
             Had
             neither
             
               Honour
               ,
               Honesty
            
             ,
             nor
             Wit
             ;
          
           
             So
             scurrilous
             ,
             and
             so
             malevolent
          
           
             Are
             their
             Invectives
             ,
             and
             so
             impudent
             .
          
           
           
             There
             are
             of
             Truths
             and
             Falshoods
             put
             together
             ,
          
           
             Such
             medlies
             made
             ,
             without
             respect
             to
             either
             ,
          
           
             And
             misappli'd
             in
             such
             a
             barbrous
             wise
             ,
          
           
             Mens
             Persons
             or
             their
             Cause
             to
             scandalize
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             whether
             they
             did
             wickedly
             ,
             or
             well
             ,
          
           
             They
             ,
             in
             their
             
               outward
               Fames
            
             are
             parallel
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             frequently
             ,
             by
             seeming
             to
             intend
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             may
             their
             Antagonist
             befriend
             ,
          
           
             A
             
               Foe
               disguiz'd
            
             ,
             destruction
             doth
             devise
          
           
             For
             them
             ,
             whom
             he
             pretends
             to
             patronize
             :
          
           
             Shews
             make
             of
             Peace
             ,
             where
             they
             bear
             no
             Goodwill
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             those
             to
             save
             ,
             whom
             they
             intend
             to
             kill
             .
          
           
             This
             Bitterness
             and
             Falshood
             multiplies
          
           
             Those
             Discords
             and
             those
             Animosities
             ,
          
           
             Which
             have
             thus
             far
             undone
             us
             ,
             and
             this
             course
          
           
             Will
             make
             that
             which
             is
             bad
             ,
             grow
             daily
             worse
             ,
          
           
             Until
             it
             shall
             exasperate
             this
             Nation
          
           
             Beyond
             all
             means
             of
             Reconciliation
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             till
             there
             shall
             as
             much
             respect
             be
             shown
          
           
             To
             other
             mens
             Good-names
             ,
             as
             to
             our
             own
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             we
             are
             pleas'd
             to
             hear
             good
             spoke
             of
             those
          
           
             
               Who
               well
               deserve
            
             ,
             although
             they
             are
             our
             Foes
             ,
          
           
             We
             never
             shall
             be
             Friends
             ;
             nor
             friendship
             merit
          
           
             From
             any
             ,
             till
             we
             qualifie
             this
             spirit
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             
               gentle
               speaking
            
             that
             appeaseth
             Wrath
             ;
          
           
             A
             
               bitter
               language
            
             ,
             no
             such
             virtue
             hath
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             let
             none
             think
             ,
             this
             means
             to
             usher-in
          
           
             A
             Reprehension
             of
             reproving
             Sin
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             that
             ,
             it
             well
             beseems
             not
             any
             man
          
           
             To
             render
             Vice
             as
             odious
             as
             he
             can
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             no
             debasement
             can
             make
             Wickedness
          
           
             More
             ugly
             ,
             than
             essentially
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             Though
             
               just
               Reproofs
            
             have
             not
             allowed
             been
             ,
          
           
             Where
             persons
             are
             more
             aim'd
             at
             ,
             than
             their
             sin
             .
          
           
           
             Their
             Practice
             ,
             Justice
             doth
             to
             none
             allow
             ,
          
           
             Who
             at
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             from
             an
             
               unseen
               Bow
            
             ,
          
           
             Shoot
             poysned
             Arrows
             ;
             and
             ,
             
             Bandetti-like
             ,
          
           
             The
             Passengers
             from
             such
             a
             Covert
             strike
             ,
          
           
             That
             none
             can
             truly
             know
             how
             they
             are
             nam'd
             ,
          
           
             Or
             where
             those
             dwell
             ,
             by
             whom
             they
             are
             defam'd
             .
          
           
             In
             taxing
             Vices
             ,
             let
             nor
             Tongue
             nor
             Pen
          
           
             Act
             sparingly
             ;
             but
             spare
             alone
             the
             men
             ,
          
           
             (
             As
             much
             as
             possible
             )
             unless
             they
             shall
          
           
             Ingage
             themselves
             ,
             by
             
               quarrels
               personal
            
          
           
             Against
             the
             Truth
             ;
             Then
             spare
             them
             only
             so
             ,
          
           
             That
             thereby
             Truth
             may
             not
             receive
             a
             blow
             .
          
           
             A
             causless
             Scandal
             ,
             nor
             a
             Lie
             admit
             ,
          
           
             Though
             thereby
             Truth
             may
             some
             advantage
             get
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             she
             or
             they
             ,
             will
             honour
             lose
             thereby
             ,
          
           
             Who
             think
             to
             do
             her
             service
             by
             a
             Lie.
          
           
             Some
             Good-men
             (
             not
             a
             little
             to
             their
             shame
             )
          
           
             I
             fear
             are
             this
             way
             otherwhile
             to
             blame
             ,
          
           
             As
             much
             as
             they
             
               whose
               refuge
               it
               in
               Lyes
            
             ,
          
           
             (
             And
             care
             not
             by
             what
             means
             they
             gain
             their
             Prize
             )
          
           
             For
             ,
             when
             that
             an
             Impostor
             doth
             express
          
           
             What
             some-way
             suiteth
             with
             what
             they
             profess
             ;
          
           
             Oft-times
             by
             that
             Wile
             ,
             guilded
             Pills
             are
             swallow'd
          
           
             As
             wholsom
             ,
             which
             are
             poysned
             and
             unhallow'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             them
             deprive
             ,
             who
             are
             deluded
             so
             ,
          
           
             Of
             
               outward
               peace
            
             ,
             and
             
               Peace
               of
               Conscience
            
             too
             .
          
           
             Take
             therfore
             heed
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             mingling
          
           
             Truths
             with
             apparant
             Falshoods
             ,
             and
             by
             gingling
          
           
             Some
             Silver
             among
             Counters
             ,
             may
             by
             shows
          
           
             Of
             their
             befriending
             that
             ,
             which
             they
             oppose
             ,
          
           
             Obtrude
             upon
             you
             somewhat
             that
             is
             evil
             ,
          
           
             Relating
             unto
             things
             Divine
             or
             Civil
             ;
          
           
             At
             least
             ,
             to
             make
             you
             hearken
             with
             content
             ,
          
           
             To
             what
             brings
             undeserv'd
             Disparagement
          
           
           
             On
             other
             men
             :
             For
             ,
             all
             things
             baneful
             prove
             ,
          
           
             Wherein
             there
             's
             want
             of
             
               Prudence
               ,
               Faith
            
             ,
             or
             Love
             ,
          
        
         
           
             X.
             
          
           
             A
             Disclaim
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Advertisement
             ,
             of
             a
             Paper
             ,
             falsly
             imputed
             to
             this
             Author
             .
          
           
             THere
             are
             Verses
             printed
             on
             one
             side
             of
             sheet
             ,
             Intituled
             ,
             
               The
               Wheel
               of
               Time
               turning
               round
               to
               the
               Good
               Old
               Cause
            
             ;
             which
             many
             ,
             who
             know
             not
             me
             ,
             nor
             my
             Principles
             ,
             nor
             my
             Writings
             from
             other
             mens
             ,
             have
             ascribed
             unto
             me
             ,
             who
             do
             abhor
             publishing
             any
             thing
             without
             my
             Name
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             scandalous
             ;
             especially
             to
             
               individual
               persons
            
             ,
             either
             by
             name
             ,
             or
             by
             marking
             them
             out
             in
             such
             manner
             ,
             that
             the
             Vices
             I
             reprove
             can
             be
             justly
             appropriated
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             no
             other
             :
             Neither
             did
             I
             ever
             purposly
             compose
             ought
             which
             might
             endanger
             the
             
               publick
               Peace
            
             ,
             or
             hazard
             the
             quiet
             of
             
               private
               persons
            
             ,
             whereof
             that
             Paper
             is
             suspected
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             I
             conceived
             it
             at
             the
             first
             view
             ,
             to
             have
             been
             the
             composure
             of
             a
             malicious
             person
             ,
             who
             thereby
             intended
             to
             make
             those
             in
             Authority
             jealous
             of
             some
             Innovation
             intended
             by
             sober
             and
             
               conscientious
               men
            
             ,
             who
             I
             hope
             will
             make
             patient
             suffering
             their
             Refuge
             ,
             in
             all
             their
             Probations
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             I
             had
             perused
             it
             ,
             I
             wrote
             these
             following
             Verses
             on
             the
             backside
             thereof
             ,
             and
             gave
             it
             unto
             a
             Friend
             ,
             to
             communicate
             thereby
             my
             sense
             thereof
             ,
             to
             others
             ,
             if
             he
             pleased
             .
          
           
             He
             ,
             that
             divulgeth
             ought
             without
             a
             Name
             ,
          
           
             Which
             individual
             persons
             doth
             defame
             ,
          
           
             Although
             the
             Truth
             he
             writes
             ,
             deserveth
             blame
             :
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             he
             ,
             that
             without
             soberness
             and
             reason
             ,
          
           
             Speaks
             what
             is
             true
             ,
             and
             speaks
             it
             out
             of
             season
             ,
          
           
           
             Against
             the
             Dignity
             of
             Truth
             speaks
             Treason
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             Saints
             ,
             may
             by
             oppressions
             ,
             now
             and
             then
          
           
             Be
             so
             provoked
             (
             for
             they
             are
             but
             men
             )
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             may
             thus
             offend
             by
             Tongue
             or
             Pen.
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             let
             him
             who
             forth
             hath
             sent
          
           
             Those
             Lines
             ,
             his
             folly
             heartily
             repent
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             portend
             an
             Evil-Consequent
             .
          
           
             
               G.
               W.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             XI
             .
          
           
             To
             them
             who
             object
             it
             as
             a
             fault
             ,
             that
             this
             Author
             hath
             written
             several
             Poems
             ,
             since
             he
             resolved
             to
             write
             no
             more
             .
          
           
             I
             Sometimes
             think
             my
             work
             is
             done
             ,
             and
             then
          
           
             Resolved
             am
             to
             lay
             aside
             my
             Pen
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             when
             I
             do
             discover
             some
             remain
          
           
             Unfinished
             ,
             I
             take
             it
             up
             again
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             when
             I
             promise
             ,
             what
             concerneth
             none
          
           
             (
             In
             any
             manner
             )
             but
             my self
             alone
             ,
          
           
             'T
             is
             alwayes
             in
             mine
             own
             pow'r
             ,
             to
             dispense
          
           
             With
             ev'ry
             such
             Resolve
             ,
             without
             offence
             ;
          
           
             Then
             ,
             specially
             ,
             when
             else
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             I
             may
          
           
             To
             GOD
             ,
             my
             self
             ,
             or
             others
             in
             some
             way
          
           
             Infringe
             my
             Duty
             ,
             by
             the
             prosecution
          
           
             Of
             that
             unprofitable
             Resolution
             .
          
           
             For
             this
             cause
             therefore
             ,
             I
             now
             think
             it
             fit
             ,
          
           
             Not
             only
             such
             Resolvings
             to
             remit
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             also
             ,
             by
             
               these
               Presents
            
             ,
             to
             declare
          
           
             That
             ,
             whensoere
             a
             
               just
               Cause
            
             doth
             appear
             ,
          
           
             To
             write
             ,
             or
             speak
             ,
             or
             do
             ,
             what
             I
             believe
          
           
             GOD
             may
             have
             honour
             by
             ,
             or
             Men
             receive
          
           
             A
             future
             benefit
             ,
             I
             will
             assay
          
           
             (
             Whilst
             I
             have
             life
             )
             to
             do
             it
             as
             I
             may
             .
          
           
             This
             Promise
             binds
             me
             ;
             and
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             if
             in
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             I
             shall
             transgress
          
           
           
             Against
             this
             Resolution
             ,
             there
             's
             in
             me
          
           
             No
             pow'r
             whereby
             I
             from
             it
             can
             be
             free
             .
          
           
             Reprove
             me
             therefore
             ,
             if
             at
             any
             time
          
           
             I
             break
             this
             Promise
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             a
             crime
             .
          
        
         
           
             XII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Governours
             and
             Governments
             ;
             and
             how
             we
             ought
             to
             demean
             our selves
             toward
             them
             .
          
           
             ALl
             Pow'r
             is
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             the
             GOD
             of
             Heav'n
             ;
          
           
             And
             Man
             hath
             none
             ,
             but
             ,
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             giv'n
             :
          
           
             To
             raise
             ,
             pull
             down
             ,
             to
             change
             or
             innovate
             ,
          
           
             In
             governing
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             or
             a
             State
             ,
          
           
             Belongs
             to
             Him
             alone
             ;
             and
             nought
             to
             do
          
           
             Have
             
               private
               men
            
             ,
             but
             to
             submit
             thereto
          
           
             When
             He
             a
             Change
             hath
             made
             ,
             whether
             he
             hath
          
           
             Vouchsafed
             it
             in
             Mercy
             ,
             or
             in
             Wrath.
          
           
             Therefore
             ,
             the
             Persons
             ,
             or
             the
             Government
             ,
          
           
             To
             change
             I
             never
             sought
             ,
             nor
             had
             intent
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             to
             submit
             to
             that
             ,
             what
             ev'r
             it
             be
             ,
          
           
             Which
             GOD
             was
             pleased
             to
             set
             over
             me
             .
          
           
             Both
             Men
             and
             Forms
             ,
             if
             well
             compar'd
             together
             ,
          
           
             Do
             prove
             so
             like
             ,
             and
             so
             unlike
             each
             other
             ,
          
           
             That
             oft
             the
             Constitution
             which
             at
             first
          
           
             Appear'd
             the
             best
             ,
             becomes
             at
             last
             the
             worst
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             as
             the
             Elements
             do
             change
             into
          
           
             Each
             other
             ,
             so
             the
             Governments
             will
             do
             ,
          
           
             According
             to
             th'
             Affections
             ,
             and
             the
             Pow'rs
          
           
             Of
             those
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             present
             Governours
             .
          
           
             All
             kinds
             of
             Government
             ,
             in
             some
             respect
             ,
          
           
             Are
             but
             one
             and
             the
             self-same
             in
             effect
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             refined
             ,
             will
             corrupt
             agen
             ,
          
           
             So
             long
             as
             actuated
             by
             meer
             men
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             overswayed
             by
             their
             Lusts
             and
             Passions
             ,
          
           
             Are
             alwayes
             subject
             to
             Prevarications
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             so
             oft
             also
             ,
             as
             the
             People's
             sin
          
           
             Compels
             GOD's
             Justice
             to
             bring
             Changes
             in
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Supream
               Pow'r
            
             was
             here
             divided
          
           
             (
             So
             ,
             that
             some
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             some
             that
             way
             sided
             )
          
           
             Made
             many
             Wise-men
             ,
             both
             in
             resolution
             ,
          
           
             As
             also
             in
             their
             wayes
             of
             prosecution
             ,
          
           
             Exceeding
             doubtfull
             ,
             that
             a
             sad
             Result
          
           
             Might
             follow
             ,
             in
             a
             path
             so
             difficult
             ;
          
           
             I
             therefore
             ,
             then
             ,
             endeavoured
             to
             adhere
          
           
             To
             that
             ,
             wherein
             most
             Justice
             did
             appear
          
           
             When
             I
             had
             cause
             of
             doubt
             ;
             and
             did
             comply
          
           
             Where
             I
             saw
             with
             most
             visibility
          
           
             That
             Pow'r
             did
             then
             reside
             :
             For
             ,
             so
             I
             thought
          
           
             (
             And
             still
             believe
             )
             I
             was
             divinely
             taught
          
           
             By
             Precept
             and
             Examples
             ;
             and
             I
             joyn'd
          
           
             Therein
             ,
             to
             those
             ,
             who
             seeming
             of
             that
             mind
          
           
             And
             judgment
             ,
             did
             in
             shew
             the
             same
             profess
          
           
             With
             zeal
             ,
             and
             with
             much
             conscienciousness
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             some
             few
             ,
             doubtless
             ,
             acted
             to
             that
             end
          
           
             Sincerely
             ,
             which
             the
             rest
             did
             but
             pretend
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             I
             was
             cozned
             by
             the
             greater
             part
             :
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             went
             on
             in
             simplicity
             of
             heart
             ,
          
           
             Till
             I
             so
             far
             into
             a
             snare
             was
             run
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             back
             I
             could
             not
             go
             ,
             nor
             further
             on
          
           
             Without
             a
             Mischief
             ;
             or
             ,
             a
             breach
             had
             made
          
           
             Upon
             that
             Faith
             which
             I
             engaged
             had
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             few
             I
             saw
             pursuing
             any
             thing
          
           
             Concerning
             GOD
             ,
             the
             People
             ,
             or
             the
             King
             ,
          
           
             With
             true
             integrity
             ,
             to
             which-soere
          
           
             Of
             those
             three
             they
             pretended
             to
             adhere
             ,
          
           
             With
             whether
             side
             soever
             they
             then
             closed
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             whatsoever
             they
             in
             shew
             proposed
             .
          
           
             I
             saw
             ,
             that
             either
             by
             an
             open
             scuffling
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             by
             a
             politick
             and
             secret
             shuffling
             .
          
           
           
             Both
             sides
             had
             so
             the
             Knaves
             and
             Court-cards
             laid
             ,
          
           
             That
             
               cheating
               Games
            
             were
             likely
             to
             be
             plaid
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             our
             Losses
             ,
             who
             intended
             best
             ,
          
           
             Would
             be
             the
             losing
             of
             our
             Stakes
             at
             least
             .
          
           
             Some
             ,
             for
             Religion
             did
             pretend
             to
             fight
             ;
          
           
             Some
             ,
             for
             the
             Royal
             ,
             some
             for
             Common-Right
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             I
             perceiv'd
             Self-Interest
             was
             that
          
           
             Which
             principally
             most
             men
             aimed
             at
             ;
          
           
             And
             had
             not
             thereof
             a
             bare
             jealousie
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             't
             was
             apparant
             by
             that
             Policy
          
           
             With
             which
             they
             prosecuted
             their
             Intent
             .
          
           
             What
             else
             by
             them
             could
             probably
             be
             meant
             ,
          
           
             Who
             jugling
             with
             both
             sides
             ,
             to
             none
             were
             true
             ,
          
           
             But
             as
             their
             own
             advantage
             might
             ensue
             ?
          
           
             Who
             ,
             siding
             with
             one
             Party
             ,
             sent
             a
             Brother
             ,
          
           
             A
             Son
             ,
             or
             else
             a
             Nephew
             to
             the
             other
             ;
          
           
             Who
             mutually
             did
             their
             Designs
             advance
          
           
             With
             Correspondence
             ,
             and
             with
             Maintenance
             ?
          
           
             With
             Counsels
             and
             with
             Treasure
             strengthning
             those
          
           
             Unseen
             ,
             whom
             they
             did
             openly
             oppose
             ?
          
           
             And
             otherwhile
             ,
             by
             murdring
             their
             own
             Friends
             ,
          
           
             Made
             bloody
             passages
             to
             their
             self-ends
             ?
          
           
             Thus
             did
             they
             ,
             yet
             ,
             some
             of
             those
             now
             appear
          
           
             In
             better
             case
             ,
             than
             we
             ,
             whose
             Actings
             were
          
           
             Most
             innocent
             .
             But
             ,
             though
             we
             suffer
             first
             ,
          
           
             The
             better
             seeming
             Game
             will
             prove
             the
             worst
             .
          
           
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             though
             it
             cost
             me
             all
             I
             had
          
           
             To
             keep
             my
             Conscience
             clear
             ,
             a
             shift
             I
             made
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             am
             as
             well
             contented
             with
             my
             Lot
             ,
          
           
             As
             they
             are
             ,
             who
             have
             by
             my
             Losses
             got
             .
          
           
             Trust
             rather
             therefore
             thine
             own
             Conscience
             ,
             then
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Counsel
             of
             sev'n
             wiser
             men
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             in
             a
             dubious
             path
             ,
             no
             
               humane
               light
            
          
           
             So
             well
             directs
             us
             how
             to
             walk
             upright
             ,
          
           
           
             If
             so
             far
             forth
             as
             GOD
             doth
             means
             provide
             ,
          
           
             We
             take
             his
             Word
             and
             Spirit
             for
             our
             Guide
             .
          
           
             Be
             faithful
             to
             the
             prsent
             Government
          
           
             That
             GOD
             permits
             ,
             to
             whatsoere
             intent
          
           
             He
             doth
             permit
             it
             ,
             or
             what-ere
             it
             be
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             LORD
             of
             all
             Pow'r
             is
             He
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             ev'ry
             Government
             is
             good
             ,
             save
             when
          
           
             It
             is
             usurped
             by
             
               unrighteous
               men
            
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             we
             must
             bear
             it
             then
             ,
             till
             he
             shall
             please
          
           
             Who
             laid
             it
             on
             us
             ,
             to
             vouchsafe
             us
             ease
             ;
          
           
             Because
             (
             though
             He
             permitteth
             it
             )
             our
             Sin
          
           
             Was
             that
             ,
             yea
             that
             alone
             ,
             which
             brought
             it
             in
             .
          
           
             We
             may
             ,
             and
             must
             endeavour
             in
             our
             places
             ,
          
           
             (
             According
             to
             those
             Talents
             and
             those
             Graces
          
           
             Which
             GOD
             bestows
             )
             to
             offer
             that
             which
             may
          
           
             Help
             keep
             them
             in
             a
             safe
             and
             
               Righteous
               way
            
             ,
          
           
             For
             their
             sakes
             and
             our
             own
             ;
             and
             ,
             without
             fear
             ,
          
           
             Speak
             to
             that
             end
             ,
             what
             we
             shall
             know
             or
             hear
             ,
          
           
             (
             Though
             they
             offended
             be
             )
             so
             we
             apply
          
           
             Our
             Balm
             with
             prudence
             and
             sobriety
             .
          
           
             Our
             seeking
             to
             reform
             it
             ,
             by
             a
             course
          
           
             Not
             lawful
             ,
             will
             but
             make
             it
             much
             the
             worse
             ;
          
           
             Whereas
             ,
             if
             we
             with
             patience
             do
             attend
          
           
             On
             GOD
             ,
             he
             'l
             better
             ,
             what
             we
             cannot
             mend
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             else
             ,
             with
             His
             own
             hand
             ,
             destroy
             it
             quite
             ,
          
           
             Ev'n
             when
             their
             Tyranny
             is
             at
             the
             height
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             my
             Principles
             :
             These
             ,
             without
             fear
             ,
          
           
             Have
             kept
             me
             ,
             and
             will
             keep
             me
             still
             ,
             who
             ere
          
           
             Shall
             govern
             me
             ;
             and
             whether
             Right
             or
             Wrong
             ,
          
           
             Be
             done
             me
             either
             little-while
             ,
             or
             long
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             XIII
             .
          
           
             A
             Scrap
             added
             to
             the
             former
             ,
             since
             the
             sending
             of
             the
             Authors
             Remonstrance
             to
             the
             house
             of
             Commons
             .
          
           
             THough
             Liberty
             I
             've
             lost
             ,
             with
             my
             Estate
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             as
             things
             are
             ,
             I
             wonder
             not
             thereat
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             marvel
             that
             my
             Poem
             ,
             for
             which
             here
          
           
             I
             suffer
             ,
             to
             the
             World
             must
             not
             appear
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             it
             speaks
             not
             in
             a
             strain
             ,
          
           
             Which
             Flatt'rers
             with
             esteem
             can
             entertain
             ;
          
           
             And
             they
             by
             whom
             I
             have
             accused
             been
             ,
          
           
             Would
             miss
             their
             Arm
             ,
             were
             that
             in
             Publick
             seen
             ;
          
           
             Occasion
             likewise
             I
             should
             not
             have
             had
             ,
          
           
             Of
             that
             advantage
             ,
             which
             is
             thereby
             made
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             one
             thing
             (
             which
             till
             now
             I
             thought
             not
             fit
          
           
             To
             mention
             )
             I
             admir'd
             at
             ,
             and
             do
             yet
             ;
          
           
             Ev'n
             this
             ,
             That
             ,
             being
             of
             all
             else
             bereft
             ,
          
           
             The
             same
             Tools
             in
             my
             pow'r
             should
             still
             be
             left
             ,
          
           
             VVhereby
             offence
             was
             given
             ,
             and
             by
             which
          
           
             My
             Vindication
             will
             be
             further'd
             much
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             Mercy
             ,
             but
             ,
             sure
             ,
             not
             of
             men
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             I
             bereaved
             was
             not
             of
             my
             Pen
          
           
             When
             I
             was
             first
             restrain'd
             ,
             and
             also
             sent
             ,
          
           
             (
             As
             many
             are
             )
             to
             
               close
               Imprisonment
            
             ;
          
           
             Which
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             had
             greater
             mischief
             done
             ,
          
           
             Than
             all
             that
             I
             ,
             till
             now
             have
             undergone
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             ,
             I
             here
             express
             ,
             not
             to
             outbrave
          
           
             
               Mans
               fury
            
             ,
             but
             ,
             that
             GOD
             may
             Glory
             have
          
           
             By
             that
             Assurance
             ,
             wherewith
             ,
             me
             he
             arms
          
           
             In
             
               present
               suffrings
            
             ,
             against
             
               future
               harms
            
             .
          
           
             For
             that
             cause
             ,
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             is
             reveal'd
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             a
             
               wiser
               man
            
             would
             have
             conceal'd
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             though
             ,
             I
             somewhat
             over
             peremptory
          
           
             May
             seem
             ;
             yet
             ,
             when
             
               Truths
               honour
            
             ,
             and
             
               GOD's
               Glory
            
          
           
           
             Do
             lie
             at
             stake
             ,
             I
             know
             a
             
               servile
               speaking
            
          
           
             To
             be
             a
             foolish
             and
             uncomly
             sneaking
             ;
          
           
             Not
             onely
             disadvantaging
             the
             speaker
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             rendring
             also
             
               righteous
               Causes
            
             weaker
             .
          
           
             All
             men
             to
             Casualties
             exposed
             be
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             things
             befall
             to
             others
             ,
             as
             to
             me
             ;
          
           
             Ev'n
             unto
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             above
             my
             sphear
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             were
             occasion
             of
             my
             lodging
             here
             .
          
           
             When
             I
             had
             been
             above
             six
             months
             ,
             debar'd
          
           
             Of
             Liberty
             ,
             unpitti'd
             ,
             and
             unheard
             ;
          
           
             Accus'd
             for
             Libelling
             ,
             because
             I
             had
          
           
             A
             private
             Recapitulation
             made
          
           
             Of
             what
             I
             knew
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             sight
             as
             fame
             ,
          
           
             (
             And
             ,
             for
             which
             ,
             yet
             ,
             unheard
             ,
             confin'd
             I
             am
             )
          
           
             
               Five
               Persons
            
             ,
             of
             no
             mean
             degree
             ,
             were
             sent
          
           
             To
             be
             my
             Fellows
             by
             Imprisonment
          
           
             Within
             this
             Jayl
             ;
             and
             ,
             at
             this
             present
             are
          
           
             Charg'd
             with
             suspition
             of
             no
             less
             Crimes
             here
          
           
             Than
             Theft
             and
             Murder
             ;
             And
             ,
             there
             's
             one
             among
          
           
             That
             number
             ,
             which
             at
             this
             time
             doth
             belong
          
           
             To
             that
             Society
             ,
             which
             I
             am
             said
          
           
             To
             have
             defam'd
             ,
             and
             therefore
             here
             was
             laid
             ;
          
           
             Though
             I
             in
             private
             only
             ,
             had
             declar'd
          
           
             In
             genral
             terms
             ,
             what
             
               common
               fame
            
             aver'd
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             which
             now
             seem
             not
             so
             incredible
          
           
             As
             they
             were
             thought
             ,
             nor
             things
             impossible
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             with
             unfeignedness
             ,
             desire
             I
             do
             ,
          
           
             They
             may
             be
             guiltless
             found
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             so
             ,
          
           
             And
             quit
             ,
             without
             endeavouring
             to
             smother
          
           
             Two
             Crimes
             ,
             by
             perpetrating
             of
             another
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             guilt
             to
             cover
             ,
             and
             damn
             Innocents
             ,
          
           
             Is
             not
             in
             these
             dayes
             without
             Presidents
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             Presidents
             (
             although
             not
             worth
             a
             straw
             )
          
           
             By
             some
             are
             made
             equivolent
             to
             Law.
          
           
           
             Their
             Youth
             I
             greatly
             pitty
             ,
             though
             the
             Rage
          
           
             Of
             my
             Oppressors
             pitty
             not
             my
             Age
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             care
             to
             what
             straights
             I
             may
             be
             exposed
             ,
          
           
             Whilst
             here
             ,
             despis'd
             of
             all
             ,
             I
             am
             inclosed
             .
          
           
             Now
             they
             ,
             and
             I
             ,
             until
             we
             shall
             be
             try'd
          
           
             All
             scandalous
             conjectures
             must
             abide
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             upon
             the
             Test
             ,
             their
             Act
             appears
          
           
             Mistook
             ;
             why
             may
             not
             mine
             as
             well
             as
             theirs
          
           
             
               Mistaken
               be
            
             ?
             since
             I
             more
             likely
             am
          
           
             Than
             they
             ,
             by
             Prejudice
             to
             suffer
             blame
             ?
          
           
             And
             have
             lesse
             outward
             means
             of
             vindication
             ,
          
           
             From
             an
             unjust
             and
             causless
             imputation
             ?
          
           
             But
             ,
             they
             ,
             and
             I
             ,
             shall
             have
             ,
             when
             our
             time
             's
             come
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             GOD
             hath
             appointed
             for
             our
             Doom
             .
          
           
             He
             will
             be
             Righteous
             ,
             though
             men
             are
             not
             so
             ;
          
           
             Whatere
             He
             pleases
             ,
             therefore
             let
             Him
             do
             .
          
           
             We
             ,
             by
             the
             Justice
             ,
             which
             will
             then
             be
             done
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             know
             ,
             what
             's
             likely
             to
             ensue
             thereon
          
           
             To
             other
             men
             ,
             who
             live
             in
             expectation
          
           
             Of
             Justice
             ,
             or
             of
             due
             Commiseration
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             with
             meekness
             ,
             upon
             GOD
             we
             rest
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             threats
             
               worst
               things
            
             ,
             will
             produce
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             They
             whom
             I
             have
             displeas'd
             ,
             may
             now
             be
             merry
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             I
             have
             scribled
             until
             I
             am
             weary
             :
          
           
             And
             shall
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             no
             more
             be
             troublesome
          
           
             
               This
               way
            
             ,
             when
             what
             's
             conceiv'd
             to
             light
             shal
             come
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             then
             permit
             them
             from
             thenceforth
             ,
             to
             do
          
           
             What
             they
             intend
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             
               weary
               too
            
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             mode
             I
             have
             little
             more
             to
             offer
             ,
          
           
             To
             say
             ,
             or
             do
             ,
             but
             down
             to
             lye
             and
             suffer
             ;
          
           
             Assur'd
             ,
             that
             (
             if
             no
             good
             effects
             that
             have
          
           
             Which
             I
             have
             writ
             )
             A
             Poem
             in
             my
             Grave
          
           
             Compos'd
             and
             hither
             sent
             ,
             would
             be
             no
             more
          
           
             Effectual
             ,
             than
             my
             Writings
             heretofore
             .
          
           
           
             I
             have
             exprest
             enough
             to
             men
             of
             Reason
             ,
          
           
             Who
             know
             when
             
               sober
               Truths
            
             come
             forth
             in
             season
             :
          
           
             Now
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             if
             GOD
             please
             ,
             let
             them
             who
             shall
          
           
             Desire
             them
             ,
             take
             
               Pen
               ,
               Credit
               ,
               Life
            
             ,
             and
             all
             ;
          
           
             But
             let
             them
             therewith
             know
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             be
          
           
             So
             dealt
             withall
             ,
             as
             they
             shall
             deal
             with
             me
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             now
             known
             ,
             what
             
               I
               've
               done
            
             ,
             what
             
               I
               can
               say
            
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             
               I
               suffer
            
             ,
             but
             not
             what
             I
             may
             .
          
           
             
               Qui
               jacet
               in
               Terrâ
               ,
               non
               habet
               undé
               cadet
               .
            
          
           
             "
             The
             World
             can
             him
             undo
             no
             more
             ,
          
           
             "
             Whom
             she
             hath
             quite
             undone
             before
             :
          
           
             "
             But
             ,
             he
             whom
             GOD
             shall
             smile
             upon
             ,
          
           
             "
             May
             
               lose
               all
            
             ,
             yet
             not
             be
             undone
             .
          
           
             
               A
               few
               Lines
               more
               I
               'le
               add
               :
               I
               hear
               some
               say
               ,
            
             
               This
               will
               occasion
               rending
               quite
               away
            
             
               All
               Liberties
               at
               once
               ,
               and
               many
               think
               ,
            
             
               That
               henceforth
               neither
               
                 Paper
                 ,
                 Pen
              
               ,
               nor
               Ink
            
             
               Will
               be
               allow'd
               me
               ,
               nor
               a
               Visitant
               ,
            
             
               Which
               may
               supply
               me
               with
               what
               I
               shall
               want
               :
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               be
               thither
               sent
               ,
               where
               none
            
             
               Shall
               see
               ,
               or
               hear
               ,
               what
               must
               be
               undergone
               ;
            
             
               And
               ,
               that
               nought
               can
               be
               hop'd
               for
               ,
               but
               Perdition
            
             
               In
               such
               a
               place
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               
                 sad
                 condition
              
               .
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               this
               I
               fear
               not
               :
               For
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               place
            
             
               On
               Earth
               ,
               or
               any
               such
               distressed
               case
               ,
            
             
               As
               no
               Redress
               admits
               .
               There
               's
               not
               alone
            
             
               For
               ev'ry
               Grief
               ,
               a
               Cure
               ,
               for
               ev'ry
               one
            
             
               In
               ev'ry
               Country
               ;
               But
               ,
               
                 each
                 man
              
               about
               him
            
             
               Hath
               also
               that
               ,
               within
               him
               ,
               or
               without
               him
               ,
            
             
               Which
               known
               ,
               and
               by
               GOD's
               aid
               applied
               ,
               cures
            
             
               All
               Maladies
               ,
               and
               all
               Distemperatures
               .
            
             
               The
               greatest
               Tyrants
               pow'r
               extends
               not
               to
            
             
               All
               those
               things
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               a
               
                 Will
                 to
                 do
              
               .
            
             
             
               Nor
               is
               there
               any
               Misery
               ,
               or
               Place
            
             
               Whereby
               I
               can
               be
               shut
               up
               from
               
                 GOD's
                 Grace
              
               .
            
             
               What
               more
               I
               may
               now
               ,
               or
               hereafter
               bear
               ,
            
             
               Increases
               not
               my
               terrour
               or
               my
               care
               :
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               so
               far
               am
               I
               from
               the
               dread
               of
               that
            
             
               Which
               may
               befall
               in
               such
               a
               
                 sad
                 estate
              
               ;
            
             
               That
               when
               I
               think
               on
               what
               the
               Rage
               of
               men
            
             
               Shall
               do
               at
               worst
               ;
               And
               what
               GOD
               will
               do
               then
               ,
            
             
               It
               keeps
               me
               pleas'd
               .
               For
               ,
               to
               deliver
               me
            
             
               (
               What
               ere
               betides
               )
               a
               thousand
               wayes
               hath
               he
               .
            
             
               He
               ,
               that
               can
               make
               safe
               passage
               through
               the
               seas
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               through
               a
               
                 Fiery
                 Furnace
              
               ,
               if
               He
               please
               ,
            
             
               Pre-apprehensions
               gives
               me
               ,
               of
               that
               Grace
            
             
               Which
               will
               vouchsafed
               be
               in
               such
               a
               Case
               .
            
             
               Joseph
               was
               long
               in
               Prison
               ;
               yet
               GOD
               sent
            
             
               A
               means
               to
               free
               him
               from
               Imprisonment
               ,
            
             
               In
               such
               a
               mode
               ,
               that
               ,
               if
               within
               our
               Creed
            
             
               It
               be
               ,
               't
               will
               very
               well
               deserve
               our
               heed
               .
            
             
               The
               World
               can
               neither
               bring
               me
               to
               dispair
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               me
               deprive
               of
               
                 Hope
                 ,
                 Faith
                 ,
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               Prayr
               ;
            
             
               Nor
               take
               away
               ,
               or
               unto
               me
               restore
            
             
               Ought
               ,
               making
               my
               Assurance
               less
               or
               more
               .
            
             
               GOD
               clothes
               the
               Lillies
               ,
               and
               doth
               Sparrows
               feed
               ;
            
             
               He
               can
               turn
               Stones
               to
               Bread
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               need
               :
            
             
               And
               ,
               could
               I
               down
               to
               Hell
               by
               men
               be
               driven
               ,
            
             
               When
               I
               came
               thither
               ,
               I
               should
               find
               it
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               The
               Bugbears
               ,
               wherewithall
               the
               World
               assays
            
             
               To
               skare
               me
               ,
               could
               not
               in
               my
               
                 childish
                 dayes
              
            
             
               Affright
               me
               .
               I
               was
               exerciz'd
               in
               youth
            
             
               (
               For
               loving
               Honesty
               ,
               and
               writing
               Truth
               )
            
             
               With
               strict
               Imprisonments
               ,
               and
               made
               ere
               since
            
             
               A
               Stone
               (
               to
               very
               many
               )
               
                 of
                 offence
              
               ,
            
             
               Kickt
               to
               and
               fro
               ,
               till
               thereat
               many
               broke
            
             
               Their
               shins
               at
               least
               ,
               yet
               harm
               I
               never
               took
               .
            
             
             
               GOD
               hath
               preserved
               me
               now
               fifty
               years
               ,
            
             
               In
               his
               Work
               ,
               in
               all
               troubles
               ,
               wants
               and
               fears
               ;
            
             
               From
               Poverty
               and
               Shame
               in
               worst
               of
               times
               ;
            
             
               From
               mine
               own
               Follies
               ,
               Vanities
               and
               Crimes
               ;
            
             
               From
               
                 Famines
                 ,
                 Pestilences
              
               ,
               raging
               War
               ,
            
             
               And
               Tyrants
               ,
               worse
               than
               those
               three
               Judgments
               are
               ,
            
             
               Without
               dismay
               ,
               ev'n
               when
               it
               so
               befell
               ,
            
             
               That
               men
               in
               greatest
               pow'r
               sped
               not
               so
               well
               .
            
             
               In
               plain
               terms
               I
               did
               often
               represent
            
             
               Their
               failings
               ,
               to
               the
               late
               
                 Long
                 Parliament
              
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               scap't
               their
               fury
               ,
               though
               I
               could
               not
               scape
            
             
               Their
               Fraud
               ,
               nor
               Partnership
               in
               that
               mishap
               ,
            
             
               Which
               their
               Improvidence
               occasion'd
               then
               ,
            
             
               Both
               to
               themselves
               ,
               and
               many
               better
               men
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               that
               will
               for
               my
               welfare
               prove
               at
               last
               ,
            
             
               As
               certainly
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               in
               time
               past
               ,
            
             
               I
               told
               them
               would
               befall
               ,
               is
               at
               this
               day
            
             
               Fulfill'd
               upon
               them
               ,
               ev'ry
               sev'ral
               way
               ;
            
             
               And
               ,
               will
               continue
               ,
               till
               their
               
                 Fiery
                 Tryal
              
               ,
            
             
               Hath
               brought
               men
               to
               that
               real
               self-denial
               ,
            
             
               Which
               them
               will
               qualifie
               to
               carry
               on
            
             
               The
               Work
               which
               GOD
               intendeth
               shall
               be
               done
               .
            
             
               I
               likewise
               did
               presage
               to
               Oliver
               ,
            
             
               In
               bold
               words
               to
               his
               face
               ,
               and
               without
               fear
               ,
            
             
               What
               would
               at
               last
               befall
               him
               :
               and
               I
               knew
            
             
               (
               Though
               he
               dissembled
               it
               )
               what
               would
               ensue
            
             
               For
               such
               plain-dealing
               :
               yea
               ,
               I
               soon
               did
               find
               ,
            
             
               By
               what
               course
               my
               destruction
               was
               design'd
               ;
            
             
               But
               ,
               whilst
               he
               thought
               ,
               I
               thought
               my self
               befriended
               ,
            
             
               GOD
               taught
               me
               to
               prevent
               what
               he
               intended
               ,
            
             
               That
               ,
               I
               might
               suffer
               ,
               as
               now
               at
               this
               time
               ,
            
             
               What
               gives
               more
               cause
               of
               glorifying
               Him.
            
             
               By
               these
               Experiments
               confirm'd
               I
               am
               ,
            
             
               My
               GOD
               will
               alwayes
               be
               to
               me
               the
               same
               ,
            
             
             
               That
               he
               hath
               been
               ,
               and
               ratifie
               that
               Truth
            
             
               In
               my
               
                 old
                 Age
              
               ,
               that
               I
               believ'd
               in
               Youth
               ,
            
             
               By
               making
               that
               ,
               which
               likely
               seems
               to
               double
            
             
               My
               sorrows
               ,
               to
               help
               others
               in
               their
               trouble
               ,
            
             
               VVith
               constancy
               and
               patience
               to
               sustain
            
             
               Their
               Burdens
               ,
               whilst
               upon
               them
               they
               remain
               .
            
             
               And
               ,
               peradventure
               ,
               they
               will
               be
               so
               wise
               ,
            
             
               VVhose
               Indignation
               ,
               yet
               upon
               me
               lies
               ,
            
             
               That
               ,
               when
               they
               heed
               what
               GOD
               for
               me
               
                 hath
                 done
                 ▪
              
            
             
               And
               
                 may
                 do
              
               ,
               they
               'l
               consider
               so
               thereon
               ,
            
             
               That
               they
               who
               were
               my
               Foes
               ,
               my
               Friends
               will
               be
               ,
            
             
               And
               save
               themselves
               ,
               by
               their
               deliv'ring
               me
               ,
            
             
               GOD
               can
               effect
               this
               for
               me
               ,
               if
               He
               please
               :
            
             
               For
               ,
               He
               doth
               many
               stranger
               things
               than
               these
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               let
               Him
               do
               his
               Will.
               VVhat
               ere
               is
               done
               ▪
            
             
               He
               is
               my
               Trust
               ,
               and
               ,
               Him
               I
               'le
               rest
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             
               If
               such
               a
               Famine
               ,
               as
               is
               threatned
               ,
               comes
               ,
            
             
               There
               will
               be
               need
               of
               such
               like
               Scraps
               and
               Crums
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               these
               ,
               to
               none
               can
               toothsome
               be
               ,
               unless
            
             
               They
               thirst
               and
               hunger
               after
               Righteousness
               :
            
             
               For
               ,
               they
               will
               relish
               unto
               all
               men
               els
               ,
            
             
               Like
               fleshless
               bones
               ,
               or
               fishless
               Oyster-shels
               :
            
             
               Perhaps
               ,
               to
               some
               few
               ,
               they
               will
               serve
               instead
            
             
               Of
               
                 Physical
                 Receipts
              
               in
               time
               of
               need
               ,
            
             
               If
               ,
               carelesly
               they
               be
               not
               cast
               aside
               ,
            
             
               But
               ,
               prudently
               and
               seasonably
               apply'd
               .
            
             
               To
               that
               end
               ,
               they
               endeavoured
               to
               save
               them
            
             
               From
               being
               lost
               ,
               by
               whose
               means
               ye
               now
               have
               them
               .
            
             
               They
               Relicts
               are
               of
               that
               
                 continual
                 Feast
              
            
             
               My
               Conscience
               makes
               me
               ;
               and
               
                 probatum
                 est
              
            
             
               To
               ev'ry
               one
               of
               them
               subscribe
               I
               may
               ;
            
             
               For
               I
               have
               proved
               them
               by
               night
               and
               day
               .
            
             
             
               They
               are
               but
               part
               of
               
                 larger
                 Meditations
              
            
             
               (
               Thus
               worded
               ,
               for
               my
               daily
               Recreations
               )
            
             
               For
               whilst
               to
               write
               them
               down
               ,
               I
               did
               assay
               ,
            
             
               The
               greatest
               portion
               of
               them
               flew
               away
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           VERSES
           written
           by
           Mr.
           George
           Wither
           upon
           three
           Trenchers
           with
           Oker
           ,
           during
           his
           close-Imprisonment
           ,
           and
           carried
           to
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           by
           the
           said
           Prisoners
           Keeper
           .
        
         
           
             George
             Wither
             ,
             close
             Prisoner
             ,
             to
             the
             Lieut.
             of
             the
             Tower.
             
          
           
             SIR
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             a
             Prisner
             now
             six
             times
             ,
          
           
             For
             no
             worse
             faults
             ,
             than
             
               just
               Reproofs
               of
               Crimes
            
             .
          
           
             Nigh
             
               fifty
               years
            
             acquainted
             with
             the
             pow'r
          
           
             Of
             Jaylors
             ;
             and
             ,
             shall
             shortly
             know
             the
             Tower
             ,
          
           
             To
             be
             the
             best
             ,
             or
             else
             the
             worst
             of
             all
          
           
             Confinements
             ,
             which
             did
             hitherto
             befall
             .
          
           
             All
             my
             
               defensive
               Arms
            
             are
             took
             away
             ,
          
           
             Now
             therefore
             ,
             I
             assume
             such
             as
             I
             may
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             since
             my
             Lot
             affords
             no
             better
             Tools
             ,
          
           
             A
             Trencher
             mark't
             with
             
               Oker
               ,
               Lead
            
             ,
             or
             Coals
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             be
             my
             
               Buckler
               ,
               Sword
            
             ,
             and
             Advocate
          
           
             To
             you
             ,
             in
             this
             my
             much
             opprest
             estate
             .
          
           
             These
             ,
             
               long
               experience
            
             taught
             me
             to
             provide
             ,
          
           
             When
             such
             a
             strait
             was
             likely
             to
             betide
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             you
             take
             them
             from
             me
             ,
             you
             will
             do
          
           
             More
             than
             your
             Order
             doth
             oblige
             you
             to
             ,
          
           
             Or
             Charity
             allows
             :
             for
             ,
             I
             'm
             not
             free
          
           
             To
             come
             to
             you
             ,
             nor
             will
             you
             come
             at
             me
             ;
          
           
             Though
             wise
             ,
             and
             good
             ,
             and
             
               honourable
               men
            
             ,
          
           
             Have
             thought
             me
             worth
             a
             visit
             (
             now
             and
             then
             .
             )
          
           
           
             When
             I
             was
             in
             the
             much
             despised
             Jayl
          
           
             Of
             Newgate
             ;
             some
             from
             thence
             were
             freed
             by
             Bail
             ,
          
           
             Though
             charg'd
             with
             Theft
             &
             Murder
             ;
             and
             I
             may
          
           
             Expect
             that
             Priviledge
             as
             well
             as
             they
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             
               kissing
               goes
               by
               favour
            
             ;
             and
             I
             lack
          
           
             The
             
               Silver
               Key
            
             ,
             which
             way
             thereto
             doth
             make
             ,
          
           
             And
             by
             the
             want
             whereof
             ,
             I
             find
             this
             place
          
           
             Affords
             not
             unto
             me
             ,
             the
             common
             grace
          
           
             Allow'd
             to
             Rogues
             ;
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             a
             Slave
          
           
             In
             Turky
             ,
             or
             in
             Barbary
             may
             have
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             have
             Bread
             and
             Water
             at
             the
             least
             ,
          
           
             And
             Place
             assigned
             them
             ,
             wherein
             to
             rest
             ,
          
           
             VVithout
             extorting
             more
             than
             can
             be
             had
          
           
             (
             Unless
             their
             Flesh
             could
             into
             Coyn
             be
             made
             )
          
           
             VVhereas
             the
             Mercy
             which
             this
             place
             affords
          
           
             (
             In
             Age
             and
             Sickness
             )
             had
             been
             
               naked
               boards
            
             ,
          
           
             And
             stones
             for
             bread
             ,
             had
             not
             my
             Wife
             ,
             by
             giving
          
           
             VVhat
             Charity
             bestow'd
             to
             keep
             her
             living
             ,
          
           
             Prevented
             for
             a
             week
             ,
             what
             was
             design'd
          
           
             To
             me
             ,
             thence-forward
             ,
             if
             we
             caanot
             find
          
           
             Enough
             beforehand
             ,
             weekly
             to
             bring
             in
             ,
          
           
             And
             save
             the
             stripping
             of
             me
             to
             the
             skin
             :
          
           
             By
             which
             means
             ,
             that
             Impeachment
             now
             intended
             ,
          
           
             May
             not
             be
             drawn
             up
             ,
             till
             my
             Life
             is
             ended
             ;
          
           
             So
             ,
             they
             will
             lose
             their
             labour
             ,
             who
             assay
             .
          
           
             To
             mould
             my
             Punishment
             another
             way
             :
          
           
             VVhich
             I
             conceiv'd
             ,
             would
             more
             vexation
             be
          
           
             To
             some
             ,
             than
             all
             my
             Suffrings
             are
             to
             me
             ,
          
           
             Prisners
             should
             gently
             used
             be
             ,
             (
             if
             mild
             )
          
           
             Not
             currishly
             oppressed
             and
             revil'd
             :
          
           
             For
             (
             though
             neglected
             )
             we
             have
             still
             a
             Law
             ,
          
           
             VVhereby
             such
             Jaylors
             may
             be
             kept
             in
             awe
             .
          
           
             Know
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             that
             much
             abuse
             to
             me
             is
             done
             ;
          
           
             Which
             is
             not
             an
             Abuse
             to
             me
             alone
             ,
          
           
           
             But
             likewise
             to
             your self
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             nature
          
           
             And
             priviledge
             of
             ev'ry
             
               humane
               creature
            
             .
          
           
             For
             which
             cause
             ,
             being
             willing
             to
             prevent
             ,
          
           
             Both
             your
             Dishonour
             ,
             and
             my
             Detriment
             ,
          
           
             I
             
               this
               way
            
             have
             contrived
             to
             declare
          
           
             My
             mind
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             I
             my
             Affronts
             can
             bear
             ;
          
           
             Though
             (
             to
             my
             knowledge
             )
             since
             my
             name
             was
             Wither
          
           
             I
             was
             not
             Villain
             call'd
             ,
             till
             I
             came
             hither
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             from
             ought
             ,
             for
             preserving
             healthy
             ,
             debarr'd
             ;
          
           
             Though
             ,
             oft
             my
             usage
             hath
             been
             very
             hard
             .
          
           
             The
             mercy
             of
             preceding
             times
             was
             such
             ,
          
           
             That
             Prisners
             here
             ,
             were
             not
             opprest
             so
             much
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             all
             Close-Prisners
             ,
             (
             for
             what
             Crime
             soere
          
           
             Accus'd
             )
             suppli'd
             with
             all
             things
             needful
             were
          
           
             In
             their
             degrees
             ;
             ev'n
             a●
             the
             Princes
             cost
             :
          
           
             Which
             Priviledge
             ,
             though
             now
             it
             seemeth
             lost
             ,
          
           
             Custom
             had
             made
             so
             legal●
             when
             due
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             till
             of
             late
             ,
             it
             was
             de●y'd
             to
             few
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             whensoever
             claim'd
             your
             Predecessors
             ,
          
           
             If
             they
             denyed
             it
             ,
             we●●
             thought
             Transgressors
             .
          
           
             They
             who
             infring'd
             〈◊〉
             Custom
             ,
             first
             did
             bring
          
           
             Dishonour
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             King.
          
           
             Them
             ,
             closely
             imprison
             ,
             who
             have
             nought
          
           
             To
             feed
             them
             and
             thereof
             ,
             then
             take
             no
             thought
             )
          
           
             Is
             worse
             than
             
               killing
               them
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             such
             a
             sin
          
           
             As
             hath
             by
             ●nfidels
             abhorred
             bin
             .
          
           
             Where
             's
             nothing
             left
             ,
             there
             nothing
             can
             be
             got
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             oppress
             ,
             because
             men
             have
             it
             not
             ,
          
           
             Is
             an
             inhumane
             ,
             and
             a
             brutish
             evil
             ,
          
           
             That
             's
             found
             in
             none
             ,
             but
             an
             
               incarnate
               Devil
            
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             by
             profession
             ,
             you
             a
             Christian
             are
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             this
             mind
             ,
             is
             from
             you
             so
             far
             ,
          
           
             That
             you
             all
             
               civil
               usages
            
             will
             daign
             ,
          
           
             So
             long
             as
             in
             your
             keeping
             ▪
             I
             remain
             .
          
           
           
             A
             Cat
             no
             more
             can
             yeeld
             you
             ,
             but
             her
             skin
             .
          
           
             If
             Sheep
             do
             pay
             the
             Fleeces
             they
             are
             in
             ,
          
           
             They
             'l
             grow
             again
             ,
             so
             you
             from
             Curs
             preserve
             them
             ,
          
           
             And
             shut
             them
             not
             so
             close
             up
             ,
             that
             you
             starve
             them
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             concerneth
             other
             men
             ,
             and
             me
             ,
          
           
             
               This
               day
            
             ,
             another
             day
             
               your
               case
            
             may
             be
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             Changes
             are
             not
             fixt
             with
             such
             a
             Pin
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             that
             those
             things
             may
             happen
             ,
             which
             
               have
               bin
            
             .
          
           
             Consider
             it
             :
             If
             Mercy
             you
             extend
             ,
          
           
             'T
             will
             make
             a
             better
             man
             than
             I
             your
             Friend
             ;
          
           
             And
             much
             more
             honour
             you
             ,
             than
             all
             your
             pow'r
             ,
          
           
             As
             
               Alderman
               ,
               Lieutenant
               of
               the
               Towre
               ,
            
          
           
             And
             Member
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             if
             severe
          
           
             You
             prove
             to
             me
             ,
             beyond
             what
             I
             can
             bear
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             if
             through
             want
             ,
             I
             perish
             in
             these
             bands
             ,
          
           
             My
             Blood
             will
             be
             required
             at
             
               your
               hands
            
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             own'd
             by
             Him
             ,
          
           
             Who
             justifieth
             ,
             when
             man
             doth
             condemn
             .
          
           
             Do
             as
             your
             heart
             inclines
             :
             If
             you
             deny
             me
          
           
             Things
             needful
             ,
             GOD
             himself
             will
             then
             supply
             me
          
           
             With
             strength
             to
             bear
             it
             ,
             till
             I
             shall
             enjoy
          
           
             That
             Freedom
             ,
             which
             no
             mortal
             can
             destroy
             :
          
           
             And
             when
             the
             World
             hath
             done
             the
             worst
             she
             can
             ,
          
           
             
               Good
               men
            
             will
             say
             ,
             I
             was
             an
             
               honest
               man
            
             ,
          
           
             To
             GOD
             ,
             
               Prince
               ,
               Conscience
            
             ,
             and
             my
             Country
             true
             ,
          
           
             What-ever
             ,
             on
             my
             Tryal
             ,
             shall
             ensue
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             though
             with
             rigor
             I
             may
             suffer
             all
          
           
             That
             's
             threatned
             ,
             and
             seems
             likely
             to
             befall
             ,
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             yet
             perceive
             ,
             which
             way
             GOD
             can
          
           
             Be
             honour'd
             more
             by
             any
             
               mortal
               man
            
             ,
          
           
             Than
             by
             the
             Joy
             and
             Courage
             he
             may
             give
             him
             .
          
           
             When
             others
             think
             they
             most
             
               extreamly
               grieve
               him
            
             ,
          
           
             If
             I
             had
             suffred
             less
             since
             I
             begun
          
           
             To
             serve
             Him
             ;
             I
             his
             Work
             could
             not
             have
             done
             ;
          
           
           
             And
             ,
             what
             I
             now
             
               shall
               suffer
            
             ,
             may
             add
             more
          
           
             Unto
             his
             Honour
             ,
             than
             
               all
               heretofore
            
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             from
             that
             ,
             whereto
             Conscience
             doth
             invite
             ,
          
           
             My
             Punishment
             ,
             will
             not
             one
             man
             affright
          
           
             Who
             owns
             my
             Principles
             ;
             and
             shall
             have
             grace
          
           
             To
             act
             them
             soberly
             ,
             in
             his
             
               own
               place
            
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             have
             twenty
             times
             as
             much
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             here
             I
             am
             compelled
             to
             make
             stay
             :
          
           
             For
             lo
             ,
             this
             Trencher
             will
             contain
             no
             more
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             Paper
             must
             not
             come
             within
             my
             door
             .
          
           
             
               Your
               Prisoner
               ,
               Geo.
               Wither
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Hearing
             it
             reported
             ,
             that
             the
             Diurnal
             women
             cryed
             the
             news
             of
             his
             Impeachment
             for
             Treason
             ,
             he
             composed
             this
             Epigram
             .
          
           
             I
             Am
             preferr'd
             from
             Newgate
             to
             the
             Tow'r
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Summers
               heat
            
             mends
             Ale
             that
             's
             sowr
             ,
          
           
             So
             ,
             here
             my
             state
             is
             mended
             ;
             and
             what
             follows
             ,
          
           
             May
             be
             ,
             for
             ought
             I
             yet
             perceive
             ,
             the
             Gallows
             .
          
           
             Hark!
             what
             is
             that
             which
             now
             the
             woman
             cryes
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             this
             day
             selleth
             weekly
             Truths
             and
             Lyes
             ?
          
           
             How
             !
             an
             Impeachment
             against
             Major
             Wither
             ?
          
           
             These
             words
             ,
             methinks
             ,
             seem
             not
             well
             put
             together
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             let
             them
             passe
             ,
             until
             I
             know
             the
             reason
             ;
          
           
             Perhaps
             ,
             a
             kind
             of
             
               whisteling
               of
               Treason
            
          
           
             I
             am
             thought
             guilty
             of
             :
             and
             if
             some
             say
          
           
             The
             Fox's
             ears
             are
             horns
             ,
             who
             help
             it
             may
             ?
          
           
             These
             Novels
             ,
             only
             please
             ,
             or
             else
             affright
             ,
          
           
             Children
             &
             Fools
             ,
             who
             know
             not
             black
             from
             white
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             right
             from
             wrong
             ;
             and
             quite
             contrary
             things
          
           
             They
             'l
             tel
             next
             week
             ,
             to
             what
             this
             week
             forth
             brings
             .
          
           
           
             However
             ,
             Friends
             ,
             be
             not
             thereof
             afeard
             ,
          
           
             He
             that
             shall
             stand
             accused
             ,
             must
             be
             clear'd
             ,
          
           
             Or
             else
             condemn'd
             ,
             before
             that
             any
             one
          
           
             Can
             justly
             say
             ,
             that
             right
             or
             wrong
             is
             done
             .
          
           
             The
             Commons
             do
             intend
             to
             vindicate
          
           
             Their
             Honour
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             not
             griev'd
             thereat
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             it
             concerns
             them
             ;
             and
             the
             Reputation
          
           
             Of
             their
             House
             is
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             If
             that
             which
             I
             have
             writ
             ,
             seditious
             be
             ,
          
           
             Or
             scandalous
             ,
             't
             was
             not
             so
             made
             by
             me
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             rather
             ,
             by
             some
             
               Members
               of
               their
               own
            
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             to
             all
             other
             men
             ,
             it
             is
             unknown
             ;
          
           
             And
             was
             by
             me
             ,
             compos'd
             with
             an
             intent
             ,
          
           
             Both
             Scandal
             and
             Sedition
             to
             prevent
             ,
          
           
             As
             that
             Remonstrance
             truly
             hath
             averd
             ,
          
           
             Which
             to
             their
             Speaker
             I
             long
             since
             preferd
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             but
             part
             of
             that
             in
             private
             write
             ,
          
           
             Which
             genrally
             was
             fam'd
             ,
             that
             make
             I
             might
          
           
             Good
             use
             thereof
             :
             And
             ,
             if
             that
             be
             a
             crime
             ,
          
           
             I
             know
             it
             was
             not
             so
             in
             
               former
               time
            
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             will
             be
             so
             hereafter
             ,
             unless
             we
          
           
             To
             
               universal
               Ruine
            
             destin'd
             be
             .
          
           
             If
             their
             Proceed
             against
             me
             be
             severe
             ,
          
           
             The
             more
             my
             Innocency
             will
             appear
          
           
             To
             prudent
             men
             ;
             And
             ,
             if
             I
             wronged
             ●e
             ,
          
           
             The
             more
             GOD
             will
             be
             merciful
             to
             me
          
           
             He
             that
             beneath
             his
             Wings
             hath
             his
             abidings
             ,
          
           
             Needs
             not
             to
             be
             afraid
             of
             
               evil
               tidings
            
             ,
          
           
             Though
             they
             cry'd
             ,
             
               Fire
               &
               Brimstone
               is
               descending
            
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             Angels
             alwayes
             are
             on
             him
             attending
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             ,
             as
             consciencious
             be
             ,
             as
             wise
             ,
          
           
             Upon
             whom
             now
             an
             Imposition
             lies
          
           
             To
             
               charge
               me
            
             ;
             They
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             weigh'd
          
           
             What
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             with
             what
             I
             've
             writ
             and
             said
          
           
           
             In
             my
             defence
             ;
             will
             to
             that
             sense
             incline
             ,
          
           
             Whereby
             the
             Honour
             of
             
               their
               House
            
             ,
             and
             mine
             ,
          
           
             May
             joyntly
             be
             preserv'd
             ,
             and
             make
             good
             use
          
           
             Of
             that
             which
             hath
             been
             deemed
             an
             abuse
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             
               discreet
               men
            
             cannot
             be
             so
             mad
             ,
          
           
             To
             make
             that
             worse
             ,
             which
             is
             already
             bad
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             not
             to
             leave
             
               one
               single
               person
            
             free
          
           
             To
             speak
             Truth
             plainly
             ,
             when
             just
             cause
             may
             be
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             so
             understand
             ,
             what
             doth
             belong
          
           
             To
             Free-men
             ,
             and
             to
             Slaves
             ,
             to
             right
             and
             wrong
             ;
          
           
             That
             ,
             to
             excuse
             the
             breach
             of
             any
             Laws
             ,
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             a
             Favour
             worth
             two
             straws
             ,
          
           
             If
             Justice
             may
             take
             place
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             conceive
          
           
             It
             will
             ,
             when
             they
             my
             Innocence
             perceive
             .
             )
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             peradventure
             ,
             they
             ,
             who
             yet
             seem
             Foes
             ,
          
           
             Will
             be
             to
             me
             so
             friendly
             in
             the
             close
             ,
          
           
             That
             they
             will
             by
             their
             Justice
             ,
             honour
             gain
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             me
             into
             their
             favour
             entertain
             .
          
           
             One
             
               bitter
               herb
            
             spoils
             not
             a
             pot
             of
             Broth
             ,
          
           
             (
             Though
             some
             the
             single
             tast
             thereof
             may
             loath
             )
          
           
             But
             ,
             makes
             the
             same
             perhaps
             much
             wholsomer
          
           
             Than
             if
             it
             totally
             omitted
             were
             .
          
           
             The
             
               best
               among
               us
            
             ,
             at
             the
             best
             are
             sinners
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             in
             
               true
               Penitence
            
             ,
             but
             
               new
               beginners
            
             ,
          
           
             Who
             need
             forgiveness
             :
             and
             ,
             GOD
             will
             bestow
          
           
             
               Such
               Mercy
            
             ,
             as
             to
             other
             men
             we
             show
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             ●ot
             the
             cutting-off
             of
             one
             mans
             ears
          
           
             Will
             stop
             the
             Voice
             which
             ev'ry
             body
             hears
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             possible
             ,
             if
             Tongue
             and
             Life
             they
             take
          
           
             From
             me
             ,
             to
             make
             all
             men
             afraid
             to
             speak
             :
          
           
             Nor
             is
             't
             in
             Whirlwinds
             ,
             which
             the
             Rocks
             do
             rend
             ,
          
           
             Whereby
             GOD
             will
             into
             mens
             hearts
             descend
             ,
          
           
             Sunshine
             makes
             us
             those
             Robes
             aside
             to
             lay
             ,
          
           
             Which
             
               furious
               Tempests
            
             cannot
             tear
             away
             :
          
           
           
             And
             ,
             they
             whom
             Threatnings
             cannot
             work
             upon
             ,
          
           
             By
             Gentleness
             and
             Kindness
             may
             be
             won
          
           
             To
             yeeld
             up
             their
             own
             Judgments
             ,
             and
             their
             Will
             ,
          
           
             Sometime
             for
             good
             ,
             and
             otherwhile
             for
             ill
             .
          
           
             GOD
             by
             his
             Grace
             ,
             preserve
             me
             from
             that
             snare
             ,
          
           
             And
             then
             ,
             come
             what
             come
             will
             ,
             I
             nothing
             fear
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             chiefest
             causes
             of
             the
             
               greatest
               Evils
            
             ,
          
           
             Are
             these
             ;
             
               kind
               Foes
               ,
               good
               Witches
            
             ,
             and
             
               white
               Devils
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ingenii
             Largitor
             Venter
             .
          
           
             Hunger
             will
             break
             Stonewalls
             ,
             and
             make
             
               Fools
               witty
            
             ;
          
           
             When
             others
             will
             not
             we
             our selves
             must
             pitty
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             he
             that
             wholly
             doth
             himself
             neglect
             ,
          
           
             Cannot
             his
             Neighbour
             heartily
             affect
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             we
             love
             not
             those
             whom
             we
             have
             seen
             ,
          
           
             The
             Love
             of
             GOD
             in
             us
             hath
             not
             yet
             been
             .
          
           
             By
             what
             Expedient
             ,
             I
             shall
             henceforth
             get
          
           
             A
             means
             to
             vent
             my
             thoughts
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             yet
             .
          
           
             My
             Black-lead
             took
             away
             ;
             and
             worn
             out
             quite
          
           
             My
             Oker-pensil
             is
             ;
             therefore
             Good-night
             .
          
           
             All
             I
             can
             now
             do
             ,
             is
             to
             sit
             and
             think
             ,
          
           
             What
             might
             be
             writ
             with
             
               Paper
               ,
               Pen
            
             and
             Ink.
             
          
           
             
               GEO.
               WITHER
               ,
               Close-Prisoner
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66772-e4590
           
             *
             Captain
             
               George
               Wither
            
             ,
             a
             man
             valiant
             and
             witty
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             sixteen
             here
             mentioned
             ,
             was
             hewed
             to
             death
             at
             
               Kingston
               upon
               Hull
            
             by
             his
             own
             Solidiers
             in
             their
             fury
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             killed
             one
             of
             their
             fellows
             in
             the
             like
             fury
             .