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           THE
           Cause
           and
           Cure
           of
           Ignorance
           ,
           Error
           ,
           Enmity
           ,
           Atheisme
           ,
           Prophanesse
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           OR
           ,
           A
           most
           Hopefull
           and
           Speedy
           way
           to
           grace
           and
           salvation
           ,
           by
           plucking
           up
           impediments
           by
           the
           roote
           .
        
         
           Reduced
           to
           Explication
           ,
           *
           Confirmation
           ,
           Application
           :
           tending
           to
           Illumination
           ,
           sanctification
           ,
           devotion
           .
        
         
           By
           
             R.
             YOUNGE
          
           of
           Roxwell
           in
           ESSEX
           .
        
         
           
             They
             call
             evill
             good
             and
             good
             evill
             ,
             &c.
             
             They
             justifie
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             the
             righteous
             from
             him
             ,
          
           
             Isai.
             5.20.23
             .
          
        
         
           
             Wherefore
             slew
             Cain
             his
             brother
             ,
             but
             because
             his
             own
             works
             were
             evill
             ,
             and
             his
             brothers
             good
             ,
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             3.12
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             was
             before
             a
             blasphemer
             ,
             and
             a
             persecutor
             ,
             and
             injurious
             ,
             but
             I
             obtained
             mercy
             ,
             because
             I
             did
             it
             ignorantly
             in
             unbeliefe
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             1.13
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           at
           London
           by
           R.I.
           for
           
             N.
             Brook
          
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Angel
           in
           
             Cornhill
             ,
             MDCXLVIII
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           HAving
           perused
           this
           Cause
           and
           Cure
           of
           Enmity
           ;
           Prophanesse
           ,
           &c.
           we
           finde
           it
           to
           containe
           ,
           a
           lively
           description
           of
           the
           worlds
           envy
           and
           hatred
           to
           the
           godly
           :
           Together
           with
           a
           perspicuous
           discovery
           ,
           of
           the
           originall
           ,
           Continuance
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           and
           Causes
           of
           the
           same
           .
           In
           which
           also
           
           the
           Ignorance
           ,
           Atheisme
           ,
           and
           Prophannesse
           of
           most
           men
           ;
           are
           pithily
           &
           pathetically
           painted
           out
           ;
           &
           the
           remedies
           of
           either
           prescribed
           ,
           with
           many
           forcible
           inducements
           to
           a
           pious
           life
           ,
           and
           religious
           conversation
           :
           saving
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           true
           wisdome
           soundly
           described
           ,
           and
           distinguished
           from
           their
           counterfiets
           ;
           with
           the
           meanes
           to
           attain
           both
           :
           The
           necessity
           of
           repentance
           ,
           &c.
           prest
           home
           .
           All
           which
           ,
           is
           laid
           down
           
           pithily
           ,
           orderly
           ,
           and
           ellegantly
           :
           with
           much
           ,
           both
           sinuous
           strength
           of
           argument
           ,
           and
           variety
           of
           gracefull
           ,
           and
           delightfull
           illustration
           :
           which
           may
           draw
           on
           the
           Reader
           ,
           to
           his
           no
           small
           benefit
           ,
           and
           (
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           )
           prove
           of
           much
           use
           ,
           to
           all
           sorts
           that
           shall
           reade
           the
           same
           :
           whether
           for
           information
           ,
           or
           direction
           ;
           diswasion
           from
           evill
           ,
           or
           confirmation
           in
           good
           :
           as
           tending
           much
           to
           the
           comforting
           
           of
           beleevers
           in
           their
           sufferings
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           reclayming
           ,
           or
           (
           at
           least
           )
           the
           convincing
           of
           such
           as
           any
           way
           oppose
           the
           way
           of
           truth
           .
           So
           that
           whatsoever
           time
           ,
           labour
           or
           dilligence
           ;
           thou
           shalt
           spend
           in
           often
           reading
           the
           same
           :
           we
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           the
           profit
           wil
           recompence
           thy
           paines
           abundantly
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 George
                 VValker
                 .
              
               
                 Edm.
                 Calamy
                 .
              
               
                 Joseph
                 Caryll
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Advertisement
           to
           all
           such
           ;
           as
           speake
           evill
           of
           the
           way
           of
           truth
           :
           and
           of
           the
           things
           which
           they
           understand
           not
           ,
           2
           Pet.
           2.12
           .
        
         
           MY
           brethren
           ,
           many
           of
           you
           to
           my
           knowledge
           ;
           
           have
           read
           this
           Cure
           ,
           and
           highly
           approv●d
           of
           it
           :
           but
           for
           want
           of
           acquaintance
           with
           your
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           you
           thinke
           it
           concernes
           others
           ,
           not
           you
           .
           As
           David
           thought
           of
           Nathans
           parable
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           12.1
           .
           to
           8.
           
           And
           Ahab
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           1
           King.
           20.39
           .
           to
           43.
           when
           it
           concerned
           no
           lesse
           ,
           then
           his
           owne
           life
           .
           So
           that
           these
           lines
           to
           you
           (
           for
           want
           of
           application
           )
           are
           but
           as
           so
           many
           characters
           ,
           written
           in
           the
           water
           ,
           
           which
           leave
           no
           impression
           behind
           them
           .
           For
           you
           are
           the
           same
           men
           ●till
           ,
           as
           bitter
           malignants
           to
           the
           power
           of
           godlinesse
           ;
           
           and
           as
           much
           forestalled
           with
           prejudice
           against
           the
           religious
           as
           you
           were
           before
           .
        
         
           Though
           I
           did
           hope
           better
           things
           ,
           both
           of
           you
           and
           it
           :
           &
           that
           upon
           good
           probability
           .
           
           For
           it
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ;
           but
           I
           have
           said
           sufficient
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           succeeding
           parts
           (
           which
           sundry
           of
           you
           have
           read
           also
           )
           if
           not
           to
           convert
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           to
           convince
           all
           gainsayers
           :
           and
           consequently
           to
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           iniquity
           ,
           which
           is
           set
           so
           wide-open
           :
           To
           quench
           those
           
             tongues
             ,
             which
             are
             set
             on
             fire
             from
             hell
          
           ;
           And
           to
           charm
           the
           mouth
           ,
           of
           the
           most
           envious
           Momus
           ,
           that
           ever
           hell
           did
           hatch
           ;
           from
           barking
           at
           professors
           ,
           and
           practisers
           of
           piety
           .
           Which
           makes
           mee
           feare
           ,
           that
           what
           this
           will
           not
           effect
           ,
           no
           ordinary
           meanes
           are
           like
           to
           doe
           .
        
         
           As
           what
           can
           bee
           further
           expected
           ?
           No
           glasse
           can
           more
           lively
           represent
           your
           faces
           ,
           
           than
           this
           booke
           does
           your
           hearts
           ;
           Onely
           this
           is
           the
           misery
           ,
           as
           when
           a
           child
           beholds
           his
           owne
           face
           in
           a
           glasse
           ;
           hee
           thinkes
           hee
           sees
           another
           child's
           face
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           owne
           :
           So
           fares
           it
           with
           you
           .
           Which
           is
           the
           sole
           cause
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           so
           
           much
           means
           so
           few
           are
           converted
           :
           for
           otherwise
           ,
           the
           
             word
             of
             God
          
           is
           so
           powerfull
           ;
           and
           the
           Gospel
           so
           ravishing
           :
           that
           the
           World
           could
           not
           stand
           before
           it
           ,
           without
           submitting
           to
           it
           .
           Whereas
           for
           want
           of
           applying
           it
           to
           their
           owne
           consciences
           :
           every
           one
           can
           evade
           ,
           whatsoever
           their
           Ministers
           can
           speak
           to
           them
           out
           of
           the
           word
           .
           I
           have
           shewne
           you
           what
           God
           in
           his
           word
           speakes
           ,
           and
           proved
           that
           your
           condition
           is
           no
           whit
           better
           then
           the
           condition
           of
           Caine
           ,
           
           and
           Ishmael
           ,
           and
           Hamman
           ,
           and
           Eliab
           ,
           a●d
           Goliah
           ,
           and
           Michal
           ,
           and
           Doeg
           and
           Shemei
           ,
           and
           Rabshekah
           ,
           and
           Tobia
           ,
           and
           Sandballat
           ,
           and
           Pashur
           ,
           and
           Zedekiah
           ,
           and
           Herod
           ,
           and
           
             Saint
             Paul
          
           before
           his
           conversion
           ,
           and
           Ananias
           the
           high
           Preist
           ,
           and
           Demetrius
           the
           Silver-smith
           ,
           and
           Alexander
           the
           Copper-smith
           ,
           and
           Elimas
           the
           Sorcerer
           .
           
           What
           ,
           doe
           you
           looke
           that
           
             Christ
             Iesus
          
           himselfe
           from
           Heaven
           should
           call
           to
           you
           severally
           by
           name
           ;
           as
           he
           did
           to
           Saul
           :
           and
           say
           ho
           Ishmael
           such
           an
           one
           ;
           Or
           ho
           Elimas
           such
           an
           one
           ;
           
             Why
             doest
             thou
             persecute
             me
             ?
             I
             am
          
           Jesus
           
             whom
             thou
             persecutest
             ,
             Acts
          
           9.4
           ,
           5.
           
           And
           this
           booke
           is
           an
           Epistle
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           caused
           to
           be
           
           writ
           unto
           thee
           ;
           therefore
           see
           thou
           bee
           warned
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           perswaded
           to
           repent
           :
           
             or
             I
             will
             come
             against
             thee
             shortly
             ,
             and
             will
             fight
             against
             thee
             ,
             with
             the
             sword
             of
             my
             mouth
             ,
             except
             thou
             amend
             ,
          
           Rev.
           2.6
           .
           —
           &
           3.20
           .
        
         
           
           And
           yet
           if
           Christ
           himselfe
           should
           doe
           so
           :
           I
           question
           whether
           you
           would
           bee
           any
           more
           warned
           ,
           or
           reclaimed
           by
           it
           ;
           than
           Hazaell
           was
           ,
           when
           the
           Prophet
           told
           him
           what
           abominable
           wickednesse
           hee
           should
           commit
           ,
           2
           Kings
           8.12
           ,
           13.
           &c.
           
           Abraham
           tels
           Dives
           as
           much
           in
           effect
           ,
           Lu.
           13.31
           .
           I
           know
           you
           thinke
           well
           of
           your selves
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           Hazaell
           :
           
           which
           made
           him
           answer
           the
           
             Prophet
             ,
             what
             is
             thy
             servant
             a
             Dog
             ;
             that
             I
             should
             doe
             this
             great
             evill
          
           ?
           though
           hee
           afterward
           did
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           worse
           then
           any
           Dogge
           .
           Yea
           ,
           you
           call
           your selves
           Christians
           ,
           and
           will
           face
           us
           downe
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           the
           servants
           of
           God
           :
           and
           that
           the
           word
           may
           prove
           your
           baine
           ,
           the
           prophanest
           of
           you
           can
           snatch
           the
           comfort
           of
           every
           promise
           you
           hear
           ;
           
           as
           belonging
           to
           you
           ,
           witnesse
           my
           
             Sovereign
             Antedote
          
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           not
           one
           word
           of
           comfort
           for
           ;
           or
           intended
           ,
           for
           you
           that
           are
           scoffers
           :
           but
           for
           
           such
           as
           
             suffer
             reproach
             for
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             for
             well-doing
             .
          
           Yet
           it
           is
           admirable
           to
           consider
           ,
           how
           you
           comment
           upon
           those
           comforts
           ,
           and
           apply
           every
           passage
           therein
           ;
           to
           your selves
           ,
           &
           against
           the
           godly
           :
           In
           which
           case
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           ,
           
           whether
           your
           applying
           the
           promises
           in
           that
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           books
           and
           sermons
           :
           or
           your
           not
           applying
           the
           threats
           ,
           and
           precepts
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           will
           most
           occasion
           your
           finall
           impenitency
           .
           And
           whether
           it
           best
           pleases
           Satan
           ,
           that
           you
           thus
           read
           ,
           and
           heare
           Gods
           word
           ;
           or
           that
           you
           neither
           reade
           ,
           nor
           heare
           it
           at
           all
           .
           Oh
           the
           many
           wayes
           that
           Satan
           hath
           ,
           to
           gull
           ,
           and
           delude
           carnall
           men
           :
           and
           how
           willing
           ,
           and
           apt
           they
           are
           to
           gul
           ,
           &
           delude
           themselves
           !
        
         
           But
           consider
           !
           Hath
           God
           made
           any
           promise
           to
           Scoffers
           ?
           Or
           can
           the
           
             Crosse
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           
           save
           them
           that
           continue
           malitious
           enemies
           to
           his
           Crosse
           ?
           Phil.
           3.18
           .
           No
           ,
           God
           hath
           promised
           
             to
             shew
             mercy
             unto
             thousands
             ,
             of
             them
             that
             love
             him
             &
             keep
             his
             cōmandments
             Exod.
          
           20.5
           ,
           6.
           
           And
           to
           
             forgive
             the
             most
             unrighteous
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             forsake
             their
             evill
             wayes
             ,
             and
             returne
             unto
             him
             ,
          
           Isay
           55.7
           .
           And
           Christ
           hath
           made
           
           a
           generall
           Proclamation
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           (
           have
           they
           formerly
           been
           never
           so
           wicked
           and
           vicious
           )
           
             shall
             repent
             and
             beleeve
             ,
             and
             obey
             the
             Gospell
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
             Marke
          
           16.16
           .
           Heb.
           5.9
           .
           But
           withall
           Christ
           hath
           no
           lesse
           told
           us
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           pray
           marke
           it
           )
           that
           
             except
             we
             repent
             ,
             and
             beleeve
             ,
             we
             shall
             for
             ever
             perish
             ,
             and
             bee
             damned
             Marke
          
           16.16
           .
           Luke
           13.3
           ,
           5.
           and
           threatned
           ,
           that
           hee
           
             will
             come
             the
          
           second
           time
           ,
           
             in
             flaming
             fire
             ,
             to
             render
             vengeance
             unto
             them
             ,
             that
             know
             him
             not
             ;
             and
             that
             obey
             not
             his
             Gospell
             ,
          
           2
           Thess.
           1.7.8
           .
           Psalm
           .
           11.6
           .
           Adding
           ,
           that
           
             no
             unrighteous
             persons
             ,
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Kingdome
             of
          
           God
           :
           
             but
             shall
             have
             their
             part
             ,
             and
             portion
             in
             that
             Lake
             ,
             which
             burneth
             with
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             second
             death
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           6.9
           ,
           10.
           
           Gal.
           5.21
           .
           Revel
           .
           21.8
           .
           And
           that
           
             without
             holinesse
             ,
             no
             man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Heb.
          
           12.14
           ,
           and
           God
           no
           lesse
           tels
           us
           ,
           that
           hee
           will
           
             recompence
             every
             man
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             workes
             ,
             be
             they
             good
             or
             evill
             ,
          
           Revel
           .
           20.13
           .
           and
           22.12
           .
           Rom.
           2.6
           .
           Jer.
           25.14
           .
           and
           32.19
           .
           and
           50.29
           .
           and
           51.56
           .
           Ezek.
           7.4.8
           ,
           9.
           and
           9.10
           .
           and
           11.21
           .
           and
           16.43
           .
           Yea
           hee
           tels
           us
           expresly
           ;
           
             that
             he
             will
             not
             be
             mercifull
             unto
             such
             ,
             as
             flatter
             themselves
             in
             an
             evill
             way
             :
             but
          
           that
           
           
             his
             wrath
             ,
             and
             jealousie
             shall
             smoake
             against
             them
             ;
             and
             every
             curse
             that
             is
             written
             in
             his
             booke
             shall
             light
             upon
             them
             ,
             &c.
          
           Deut.
           29.19
           ,
           20.
           
           And
           that
           
             if
             we
             will
             not
             regard
             ,
             nor
             hearken
             unto
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             calls
             upon
             us
             for
             repentance
             :
          
           
           
             he
             will
             not
             hear
             ,
             nor
             regard
             us
             ,
             when
             in
             our
             distresse
             ,
             and
             anguish
             we
             shall
             call
             upon
             him
             for
             mercy
             :
             but
             even
             laugh
             at
             our
             destruction
             ,
             and
             mocke
             when
             our
             fear
             commeth
             ,
             Prov.
          
           1.24
           .
           to
           33.
           
           Neither
           is
           salvation
           more
           promised
           to
           the
           godly
           ,
           in
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Bible
           ;
           Old
           Testament
           or
           New
           :
           than
           eternall
           death
           ,
           and
           destruction
           is
           threatned
           to
           the
           wicked
           .
           For
           though
           to
           all
           repentant
           sinners
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           most
           mercifull
           God
           :
           yet
           to
           wilfull
           ,
           and
           impenitent
           sinners
           
             he
             is
             a
             consuming
             fire
             Heb.
          
           12.29
           .
           Deut.
           4.24
           .
        
         
           Doe
           you
           indeed
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           hee
           who
           is
           truth
           it selfe
           ;
           speakes
           as
           hee
           meanes
           in
           his
           word
           ?
           Or
           will
           you
           hearken
           to
           God
           ,
           
           and
           Christ
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           Satan
           and
           your
           deceitfull
           Heart
           :
           that
           would
           gull
           you
           of
           your
           soule
           ,
           and
           plunge
           you
           into
           everlasting
           horror
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           take
           notice
           ;
           that
           
             Christ
             came
          
           not
           to
           be
           a
           Patron
           for
           sin
           ;
           but
           
             that
             he
             might
             destroy
             the
             body
             of
             sin
             ,
             
             and
             the
             workes
             of
             the
             Devill
             in
             us
          
           1
           Iohn
           3.8
           .
           and
           to
           sanctifie
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           save
           us
           ,
           Rom.
           6.5
           ,
           6.
           
           Titus
           2.11
           ,
           12
           ,
           14.
           
           Luke
           1.74
           ,
           75.
           
           And
           that
           the
           very
           end
           of
           Gods
           electing
           ,
           and
           of
           Christs
           redeeming
           us
           ,
           was
           :
           
             that
             we
             might
             be
             holy
             ,
             Ephe.
          
           1.4
           .
           Matth.
           19.17
           .
           And
           therefore
           hee
           binds
           it
           with
           an
           oath
           :
           That
           
             whomsoever
             he
             redeemeth
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             their
             spirituall
             enemies
             :
             they
             shall
             worship
             him
             in
             holinesse
             ,
             and
             righteousnesse
             all
             the
             dayes
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             Luke
          
           1.73
           ,
           74
           ,
           75.
           1
           
           Pet.
           2.24
           .
           Nor
           ought
           any
           indeed
           ,
           
             to
             call
             upon
             Christ
          
           ;
           or
           once
           to
           name
           him
           with
           their
           mouthes
           :
           except
           
             they
             depart
             from
             iniquity
          
           2
           Tim.
           2
           .
           1●
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           do
           all
           that
           are
           spirituall
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           2.14
           ,
           15.
           
           Such
           as
           resolve
           to
           doe
           Gods
           will
           ,
           
           Psalm
           .
           111.10
           .
           (
           to
           whom
           alone
           Christ
           reveales
           himselfe
           savingly
           ,
           Iohn
           15.14
           ,
           15.
           1
           
           Iohn
           2.20
           .
           )
           know
           :
           that
           if
           you
           were
           Christians
           indeede
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           you
           are
           :
           you
           would
           immitate
           Christ
           ,
           and
           indeavour
           to
           square
           your
           lives
           according
           to
           his
           Gospell
           ,
           1
           Iohn
           2.4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           Iohn
           15.14
           ,
           15.
           
           Or
           if
           you
           were
           Gods
           servants
           ,
           you
           would
           doe
           what
           hee
           commands
           !
           1
           Iohn
           1.6
           ,
           7.
           
           Mall
           .
           1.6
           .
           Ier.
           7.23
           .
           and
           26.13
           .
        
         
         
           But
           certainly
           ,
           as
           Linacre
           said
           long
           since
           ,
           so
           may
           I
           now
           .
        
         
           
             Either
             the
             New
             Testament
             is
             none
             of
             Christ's
             Gospell
             :
             or
             you
             are
             not
             Christians
             ,
             Iohn
          
           8.31
           .
           Gal.
           5.24
           .
           1
           Iohn
           5.3
           .
           And
           so
           of
           the
           Old
           ,
           either
           it
           is
           none
           of
           God's
           word
           :
           or
           you
           are
           none
           of
           his
           servants
           .
           As
           marke
           what
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           saith
           ;
           Rom.
           6.
           
           
             Know
             ye
             not
             ,
             that
             to
             whom
             ye
             yeeld
             your selves
             as
             servants
             to
             obey
             ;
             his
             servants
             ye
             are
             to
             whom
             ye
             obey
          
           ?
           
           v.
           16.
           to
           23.
           2
           
           Pet.
           2.19
           .
           And
           2
           Cor.
           5.
           
           
             If
             any
             man
             be
             in
             Christ
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             new
             creature
             ,
             v.
          
           17.2
           Tim.
           2.19
           .
           and
           our
           saviour
           himself
           ,
           who
           affirmes
           that
           wee
           are
           
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             Devill
          
           :
           if
           wee
           doe
           the
           workes
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           Iohn
           8.34
           ,
           44.
           
           Luke
           14.26
           .
           And
           what
           worke
           ,
           or
           service
           ,
           can
           the
           Devil
           put
           you
           upon
           like
           this
           ?
           which
           both
           blockes
           up
           the
           way
           to
           heaven
           so
           ;
           and
           opens
           such
           a
           flood-gate
           to
           all
           prophanesse
           :
           that
           few
           ,
           or
           scarse
           any
           ,
           doe
           sufficiently
           discerne
           and
           deplore
           .
           But
           that
           Satan
           is
           your
           Father
           ,
           
           your
           King
           ,
           and
           your
           God
           :
           and
           how
           you
           advance
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           your
           daily
           scoffs
           ,
           reproaches
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             
             
               1
               in
               detaining
               many
               from
               entering
               into
               a
               Religious
               course
               .
            
             
               2
               in
               staggering
               many
               Who
               have
               made
               some
               progresse
               in
               the
               way
               .
            
             
               3
               in
               keeping
               many
               From
               doing
               the
               good
               which
               they
               would
               ,
               or
               appearing
               the
               same
               which
               they
               are
               .
            
             
               4
               in
               beating
               many
               Cleane
               off
               from
               their
               profession
               .
            
             
               5
               in
               hardening
               many
               And
               making
               them
               resolve
               against
               goodnesse
               .
            
             
               6
               in
               intentionally
               slaying
               many
               With
               death
               eternall
               .
            
          
           the
           insuing
           pages
           ,
           
           sufficiently
           shew
           .
           Onely
           I
           would
           (
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           )
           make
           your selves
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           the
           men
           there
           spoken
           of
           .
           For
           though
           all
           
             experiensed
             Christians
          
           know
           ,
           and
           God
           in
           his
           word
           tels
           you
           plainely
           :
           that
           Satan
           is
           the
           God
           of
           all
           unbeleevers
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           4.4
           .
           And
           their
           King
           ,
           
           Iohn
           14.30
           .
           and
           12.31
           .
           And
           their
           Father
           ,
           Gen.
           3.15
           .
           Iohn
           8.44
           .
           And
           that
           they
           are
           all
           his
           Servants
           ,
           
             kept
             by
             the
             Devill
             in
             a
             snare
             ;
             and
             taken
             captive
             of
             him
             at
             his
             will
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           2.26
           .
           And
           that
           hee
           
             ruleth
             by
          
           ,
           and
           
             worketh
             his
             pleasure
             in
             ;
             all
             the
             children
             of
             disobedience
             ,
             Ephe.
          
           2.2
           ,
           3.
           
           Yet
           poore
           soules
           ,
           
           you
           know
           it
           not
           :
           as
           those
           foure
           hundred
           of
           
             Ahabs
             Prophets
          
           ,
           in
           whom
           this
           
             evill
             spirit
             spake
          
           ;
           did
           not
           know
           that
           Satan
           spake
           by
           them
           ,
           1
           Kings
           22.22
           .
           Neither
           did
           Iudas
           know
           ,
           
             when
             he
             eate
             the
             sop
             that
             Sathan
             entred
             into
             him
             ;
             and
             put
             it
             into
             his
             heart
             to
             betray
             Christ
             Iohn
          
           13.2
           .
           For
           hee
           had
           more
           plausible
           ends
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           thinking
           that
           Christ
           could
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           deliver
           himselfe
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Neither
           do
           Magistrates
           (
           when
           they
           
             cast
             the
             servants
             of
             God
             into
             prison
          
           )
           once
           imagine
           ;
           that
           the
           Devill
           makes
           them
           his
           Jaylors
           :
           but
           hee
           doth
           so
           ,
           whence
           that
           phrase
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           
             The
             Devill
             shall
             cast
             some
             of
             you
             into
             prison
             ,
             Rev.
          
           2.10
           .
           They
           are
           his
           instruments
           ,
           but
           hee
           is
           the
           principall
           Author
           .
           Neither
           did
           Ananias
           ,
           and
           Saphira
           once
           thinke
           ;
           that
           Satan
           had
           
             filled
             their
             hearts
          
           ,
           or
           put
           
           that
           lye
           into
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           strooke
           dead
           for
           ,
           Acts
           5.
           yet
           the
           Holy
           ghost
           tels
           us
           plainly
           ,
           that
           hee
           did
           so
           ,
           ver
           .
           3.
           
           No
           ,
           Eve
           in
           Paradise
           :
           had
           not
           the
           least
           suspision
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           Sathan
           that
           spake
           to
           her
           by
           the
           Serpent
           :
           nor
           Adam
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Devills
           mind
           in
           her
           mouth
           :
           his
           heart
           in
           her
           lips
           ,
           when
           tempted
           to
           eate
           the
           forbidden
           fruite
           .
           Nor
           did
           David
           once
           dreame
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           Sathan
           ,
           which
           
             moved
             him
             to
             number
             the
             people
             ,
          
           1
           Chron.
           21.1
           .
           Much
           lesse
           did
           Peter
           ;
           who
           so
           dearly
           loved
           Christ
           ;
           imagine
           that
           he
           was
           set
           on
           by
           Sathan
           ,
           to
           tempt
           his
           own
           Lord
           and
           Master
           with
           those
           affectionate
           words
           ;
           
             Master
             pity
             thy self
          
           :
           for
           if
           Christ
           had
           pitied
           himselfe
           ,
           Peter
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           World
           had
           perished
           .
           Yet
           hee
           was
           so
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           Christ
           to
           answer
           him
           ;
           
             get
             thee
             behind
             me
             Sathan
             Mat.
          
           16.22
           ,
           23.
           
        
         
           Whence
           we
           may
           argue
           ,
           that
           if
           Sathan
           can
           make
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           wisest
           of
           Gods
           children
           and
           servants
           :
           who
           
             hate
             the
             very
             appearance
             of
             evill
             ,
          
           1
           Thess.
           5.22
           .
           Iude
           23.
           
           Eph.
           5.27
           .
           2
           Pet.
           3.14
           .
           Iam.
           1.27
           .
           have
           the
           
             eye
             of
             faith
          
           ,
           
           and
           the
           
             spirits
             direction
          
           ,
           and
           know
           
             the
             minde
             of
             
             Christ
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           2.12
           ,
           13
           ,
           15
           ,
           16.
           
           Iohn
           10.14
           above
           others
           ;
           to
           doe
           him
           such
           service
           unwittingly
           ,
           and
           besides
           their
           intention
           :
           how
           much
           more
           can
           he
           prevaile
           with
           ,
           and
           make
           use
           of
           his
           owne
           servants
           ,
           and
           children
           ;
           that
           delight
           only
           in
           wickednesse
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           the
           least
           knowledge
           of
           ,
           or
           ability
           to
           discerne
           spirituall
           things
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           2.14
           .
           2
           Cor.
           4.4
           .
           1
           Tim.
           4.2
           .
        
         
           But
           will
           you
           know
           ,
           how
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ?
           that
           you
           
             call
             evill
             good
             ,
             and
             good
             evill
             ;
             put
             darkenesse
             ,
             for
             light
             and
             light
             for
             darkenesse
             ;
             bitter
             for
             sweet
             ,
             and
             sweet
             for
             bitter
             :
             that
             you
             justifie
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             the
             righteous
             from
             him
             ,
          
           
           Isai.
           5.20.23
           .
           And
           so
           fight
           under
           Sathans
           banner
           against
           Gods
           people
           :
           And
           yet
           take
           your selves
           to
           bee
           (
           not
           Sathans
           but
           )
           Gods
           servants
           ?
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           
             five
             maine
             Reasons
          
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           pray
           marke
           them
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           So
           long
           as
           you
           are
           in
           your
           naturall
           condition
           ;
           you
           have
           
             eyes
             and
             see
             not
             ,
             eares
             and
             heare
             not
             ,
             hearts
             and
             understand
             not
          
           spirituall
           things
           :
           
           As
           Christ
           himselfe
           plainly
           affirmes
           Matth.
           13.15
           .
           and
           his
           Apostle
           ,
           Acts
           28.27
           .
           and
           before
           them
           both
           the
           Prophet
           Isay
           
           chap.
           6.9.10
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           of
           that
           is
           ,
           you
           have
           a
           vaile
           or
           curtaine
           
             drawne
             over
             your
             hearts
             :
             which
             is
          
           never
           
             taken
             away
          
           untill
           ye
           
             turne
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           by
           repentance
           :
           at
           which
           time
           
             it
             is
             taken
             away
          
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           reade
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           3.14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16.
           
           Rom.
           12.2
           .
           1
           Cor.
           2.14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16.
           
        
         
           
           Secondly
           long
           custome
           ,
           and
           the
           commonnesse
           of
           this
           sinne
           ;
           hath
           taken
           away
           the
           sense
           of
           it
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           4.2
           .
           Heb.
           3.13
           .
           Yea
           ,
           quite
           turned
           it
           from
           a
           sin
           (
           and
           that
           the
           greatest
           )
           to
           a
           vertue
           .
           As
           how
           many
           in
           this
           land
           ,
           for
           all
           they
           are
           Traytors
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           
             take
             up
             armes
             against
          
           all
           that
           worship
           him
           in
           spirit
           &
           in
           truth
           :
           would
           yet
           be
           counted
           (
           and
           are
           so
           by
           the
           blind
           world
           )
           not
           onely
           honest
           men
           ;
           but
           good
           Christians
           ?
           Whereas
           if
           it
           were
           not
           so
           common
           ,
           and
           in
           fashion
           :
           they
           would
           be
           counted
           very
           Atheists
           ,
           and
           Devills
           :
           and
           so
           they
           are
           accounted
           of
           all
           ,
           but
           them
           that
           are
           Atheists
           .
           How
           many
           that
           scoffe
           at
           ,
           traduce
           ,
           and
           nick-name
           the
           conscionable
           Puritans
           ;
           and
           hate
           them
           ,
           even
           for
           the
           graces
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           which
           shine
           in
           them
           :
           would
           yet
           be
           counted
           Religious
           men
           ?
           whereas
           if
           it
           were
           not
           so
           usuall
           ,
           and
           that
           
           custome
           had
           not
           bleered
           mens
           minds
           :
           
           it
           would
           bee
           counted
           no
           better
           than
           open
           rebellion
           ,
           and
           blasphemy
           against
           God
           :
           &
           so
           it
           is
           counted
           ,
           by
           all
           but
           them
           that
           use
           it
           .
           This
           sin
           is
           counted
           no
           sin
           ;
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           the
           most
           desperate
           sinne
           ;
           and
           does
           more
           hurt
           than
           all
           his
           fellowes
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
           To
           helpe
           forward
           :
           when
           God
           sends
           to
           you
           his
           Gospell
           ,
           thereby
           to
           cure
           and
           save
           you
           ;
           you
           
             will
             not
             be
             cured
          
           ,
           Jer.
           51.9
           .
           Yea
           ,
           
             you
             so
             hate
             the
             light
          
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ;
           that
           you
           shun
           it
           all
           you
           can
           
             least
             your
             deeds
             should
             be
             reprooved
             ,
          
           John
           3.19
           ,
           10.
           
           Or
           else
           you
           
             stop
             your
             eares
             ,
             and
             shut
             your
             eyes
             ;
             least
             you
             should
             see
             with
             your
             eyes
             ,
             and
             heare
             with
             your
             eares
             ,
             and
             should
             understand
             with
             your
             hearts
             ;
             and
             should
             he
             converted
             ,
             and
             Christ
             should
             heale
             you
             ,
          
           as
           himselfe
           affirmes
           ,
           Matth.
           13.15
           .
           And
           what
           is
           light
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           will
           shut
           his
           eyes
           against
           it
           ?
           Or
           reason
           to
           him
           that
           will
           stop
           his
           eares
           from
           hearing
           it
           .
           
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Here
           upon
           ;
           because
           you
           
             will
             not
             receive
             the
             truth
             in
             love
             ,
             that
             you
             might
             be
             saved
             :
             for
             this
             cause
             ,
             God
             gives
             you
             up
             to
             strong
             delusions
             ;
             that
             you
             should
             beleeve
             a
             lye
             .
             That
             all
             of
             you
             might
             be
             damned
             ,
             
             who
             beleeve
             not
             the
             the
             truth
             ;
             but
             take
             pleasure
             in
             unrighteousnesse
          
           :
           They
           are
           the
           very
           words
           of
           the
           Holy
           ghost
           ,
           2
           Thess.
           2.10
           ,
           11
           ,
           12.
           of
           which
           see
           more
           ,
           Rom.
           1.21
           .
           to
           32.
           
        
         
           
           Fiftly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           
             Sathan
             the
             God
             of
             this
             World
             ;
             hath
             blinded
             your
             mindes
             ,
             that
             the
             light
             of
             the
             glorious
             Gospell
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             image
             of
             God
             ;
             should
             not
             shine
             unto
             you
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           4.3
           ,
           4.
           
           Ephes.
           2.2
           .
           2
           Thess.
           2.9
           ,
           10.
           1
           
           Tim.
           4.2
           .
           For
           as
           Sathan
           is
           the
           Prince
           of
           darkenesse
           ,
           so
           hee
           rules
           in
           the
           darkenesse
           of
           the
           understanding
           :
           dealing
           with
           wicked
           men
           ,
           as
           Faulkoners
           do
           with
           their
           Haukes
           ,
           who
           that
           they
           may
           carry
           them
           quietly
           ,
           and
           doe
           what
           they
           list
           unto
           them
           :
           First
           blinde
           their
           eyes
           with
           a
           hood
           .
        
         
           Neither
           could
           men
           else
           hear
           the
           Gospell
           (
           day
           after
           day
           ,
           and
           yeare
           after
           yeare
           )
           which
           is
           
             the
             strong
             arme
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             mighty
             power
             of
             God
             to
             salvation
             ,
          
           Rom.
           1.16
           .
           and
           
             the
             sword
             of
             the
             spirit
          
           ,
           Ephe.
           6.17
           .
           and
           
             like
             as
             a
             fire
             or
             an
             Hammer
             that
             breaketh
             even
             the
             rocke
             in
             peeces
             .
             Ier.
          
           23.29
           ,
           30.
           
           And
           that
           irresistable
           Cannon
           shot
           ,
           that
           
             is
             mighty
             to
             beat
             downe
             all
             the
             strong
             holds
             of
             sinne
             and
             Sathan
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           10.4
           .
           
             quick
             and
             powerfull
          
           
           And
           
             sharper
             then
             any
             two
             edged
             sword
             ;
             and
             peir●eth
             even
             to
             the
             dividing
             asunder
             of
             the
             soule
             and
             spirit
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             joynts
             and
             marrow
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             discerning
             of
             the
             very
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             secret
             intents
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             Heb.
          
           4.12
           .
        
         
           And
           stand
           it
           out
           ,
           even
           refusing
           the
           free
           offer
           of
           grace
           and
           salvation
           .
           Neither
           could
           they
           other
           then
           hate
           sin
           ,
           &
           love
           holinesse
           :
           For
           (
           besides
           that
           any
           wise
           man
           ,
           would
           rather
           be
           saved
           than
           damned
           )
           Plato
           a
           very
           heathen
           could
           say
           ,
           that
           
             vertue
             if
             it
             be
             clearly
             seene
             ;
             moves
             great
             love
             and
             affection
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           if
           wee
           could
           descerne
           good
           from
           evill
           perfectly
           ;
           that
           subtile
           Serpent
           ,
           could
           deceive
           no
           longer
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           hee
           cannot
           force
           men
           against
           their
           wills
           ;
           
           (
           which
           leaves
           us
           without
           excuse
           )
           for
           though
           that
           old
           Sheba
           ,
           blowes
           many
           an
           inticing
           blast
           ,
           to
           carry
           us
           away
           from
           our
           true
           allegiance
           to
           
             Christ
             Iesus
             our
             King
          
           :
           yet
           the
           minde
           of
           man
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           a
           violation
           ,
           either
           from
           man
           or
           Sathan
           :
           therefore
           he
           useth
           his
           utmost
           pollicy
           to
           perswade
           us
           .
           And
           by
           desception
           of
           our
           reason
           (
           whereby
           we
           mistake
           vertue
           for
           vice
           ,
           and
           vice
           for
           vertue
           )
           hee
           
           cheefly
           prevailes
           .
           
           For
           no
           vice
           could
           ever
           bee
           loved
           but
           for
           the
           seeming
           good
           which
           it
           makes
           shew
           of
           .
           And
           Sathan
           is
           so
           cunning
           a
           Sophister
           ,
           and
           so
           dexterous
           a
           Retoritian
           in
           perswading
           :
           that
           hee
           desires
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           to
           bee
           heard
           speake
           .
           As
           what
           thinke
           you
           ;
           if
           that
           old
           Serpent
           and
           Sophister
           ,
           did
           so
           easily
           perswade
           Eve
           by
           himself
           ,
           and
           Adam
           by
           her
           to
           beleeve
           what
           hee
           spake
           :
           
           though
           they
           had
           heard
           God
           himselfe
           say
           the
           contrary
           immediatly
           before
           :
           what
           hope
           have
           wee
           to
           stand
           out
           ?
           being
           so
           extreamly
           degenerated
           .
           If
           they
           in
           the
           state
           of
           innocency
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           wisdome
           at
           wil
           ,
           and
           reason
           at
           command
           ;
           found
           him
           too
           hard
           for
           them
           ;
           when
           they
           fell
           once
           to
           argue
           the
           case
           with
           him
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           too
           weake
           shall
           wee
           finde
           our selves
           ,
           that
           are
           as
           wee
           are
           ;
           and
           when
           our
           owne
           flesh
           is
           become
           our
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           his
           cunning
           Soliciter
           .
        
         
           My
           brethren
           !
           be
           no
           longer
           deceived
           ,
           but
           hearken
           more
           to
           what
           God
           speaks
           in
           his
           word
           ;
           lesse
           to
           the
           Tempter
           :
           for
           hee
           will
           set
           a
           faire
           coulour
           ,
           upon
           the
           foulest
           sinne
           that
           ever
           was
           committed
           ,
           
           witnesse
           his
           words
           to
           Eve
           ,
           
           when
           shee
           eate
           the
           forbidden
           fruite
           ,
           at
           the
           price
           of
           death
           eternall
           ,
           Gen.
           3.
           
           Witnesse
           the
           glorious
           pretences
           which
           Hammon
           made
           to
           Ahashuerosh
           ;
           that
           he
           might
           procure
           that
           bloody
           decree
           ,
           against
           all
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
             Ester
          
           3.
           and
           a
           thousand
           more
           which
           I
           could
           reckon
           up
           .
           And
           so
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           what
           good
           action
           can
           bee
           so
           splendent
           ,
           and
           glorious
           ;
           but
           hee
           will
           bring
           reasons
           in
           appearance
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           ,
           not
           onely
           faulty
           ,
           but
           odious
           ?
           witnesse
           our
           saviours
           
             casting
             out
             devills
          
           :
           which
           saith
           he
           (
           by
           the
           mouthes
           of
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           )
           is
           done
           through
           Belzebub
           :
           hee
           will
           make
           the
           people
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           action
           is
           evill
           ;
           or
           if
           good
           ,
           not
           God
           but
           himselfe
           will
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           ,
           Matt.
           12.24
           .
           Yea
           ,
           through
           Sathans
           subtilty
           ,
           Christ
           was
           made
           the
           greatest
           offender
           ;
           that
           offended
           not
           once
           in
           all
           his
           life
           ,
           which
           would
           make
           a
           wise
           man
           suspect
           his
           owne
           judgement
           or
           the
           common
           fame
           ,
           &
           to
           examin
           things
           throughly
           ,
           before
           they
           condemne
           one
           ,
           whom
           they
           know
           no
           evill
           by
           .
           But
           not
           to
           weary
           you
           with
           instances
           ,
           If
           hee
           can
           perswade
           men
           (
           as
           
           hee
           hath
           done
           millions
           )
           
             that
             they
             shall
             doe
             God
             good
             service
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             putting
             his
             prophets
             to
             death
          
           :
           as
           Christ
           himselfe
           expresly
           tell
           us
           ,
           Iohn
           16.2
           .
           What
           can
           hee
           not
           perswade
           them
           to
           ?
           As
           what
           stone
           so
           rough
           ,
           but
           hee
           can
           smooth
           it
           ?
           what
           stuffe
           so
           pittifull
           ,
           but
           hee
           can
           set
           a
           glosse
           upon
           it
           ?
           for
           like
           a
           Beare
           ,
           hee
           can
           lick
           into
           fashion
           ,
           the
           mostmis-shapen
           ,
           and
           deformed
           lumpe
           .
           Or
           like
           a
           Dogge
           ,
           heale
           any
           wound
           hee
           can
           reach
           with
           his
           tongue
           .
           Yea
           ,
           your selves
           cannot
           choose
           but
           know
           (
           except
           you
           bee
           starke
           blinde
           )
           what
           golden
           eloquence
           ,
           he
           will
           whisper
           in
           your
           eares
           ;
           what
           brasen
           impudence
           ,
           what
           subtile
           shifts
           ,
           what
           quainte
           querks
           ,
           what
           cunning
           conveyances
           ;
           what
           jugling
           ,
           shuffling
           ,
           and
           packing
           hee
           will
           use
           ;
           to
           make
           any
           sin
           feasible
           ,
           like
           the
           Hare
           which
           if
           shee
           dare
           not
           trust
           to
           her
           speed
           ;
           she
           will
           try
           the
           turne
           .
           And
           so
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           to
           discourage
           Gods
           people
           in
           good
           .
        
         
           Neither
           could
           concupisence
           bring
           forth
           sin
           ,
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           reason
           :
           and
           reason
           would
           never
           consent
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           the
           eyes
           are
           open
           .
           Yea
           ▪
           if
           the
           light
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           might
           freely
           
           shine
           in
           the
           soule
           ;
           
           Sathans
           suggestions
           would
           soon
           make
           him
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           vanish
           with
           all
           his
           workes
           of
           darknesse
           .
           Or
           if
           temptations
           ,
           might
           bee
           but
           turned
           about
           and
           shewne
           on
           both
           sides
           ;
           his
           Kingdome
           would
           not
           be
           so
           populous
           ,
           wherefore
           when
           he
           sets
           upon
           any
           poore
           soule
           ;
           he
           shews
           the
           baite
           ,
           hides
           the
           hooke
           .
        
         
           Whence
           it
           is
           ,
           
           that
           Sathan
           hath
           more
           servants
           to
           fight
           for
           him
           here
           below
           ;
           then
           the
           Trinity
           which
           made
           us
           :
           Else
           how
           should
           that
           bee
           true
           ,
           which
           our
           saviour
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           so
           often
           inculcate
           ?
           viz.
           that
           
             the
             whole
             World
             lyeth
             in
             wickednesse
             ,
          
           1
           John
           5.19
           .
           That
           
             the
             number
             of
             those
             ,
             whom
             Sathan
             shall
             deceive
             ,
             is
             as
             the
             sand
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
          
           Revel
           .
           20.8
           .
           and
           13.16
           .
           
           Isay
           10.22
           .
           Rom.
           9.27
           .
           That
           
             the
             greatest
             number
             ,
             goe
             the
             broade
             way
             to
             destruction
             :
             and
             but
             a
             few
             the
             narrow
             way
             ,
             which
             leadeth
             unto
             life
          
           Matth.
           7.13
           ,
           14.
           
           That
           
             many
             are
             caled
          
           (
           viz.
           by
           the
           outward
           ministery
           of
           the
           word
           )
           
             but
             few
             chosen
             ,
             Matth.
          
           20.16
           .
           and
           22.14
           .
           sad
           predictions
           !
           Oh
           that
           we
           could
           not
           apply
           them
           !
           but
           experience
           shewes
           ,
           that
           among
           them
           that
           call
           themselves
           Christians
           ;
           scarse
           
           one
           of
           an
           hundred
           ;
           whose
           practise
           is
           answerable
           ;
           either
           to
           the
           gospell
           ,
           their
           christian
           profession
           ,
           or
           the
           millions
           or
           mercies
           they
           have
           received
           .
        
         
           
           Yea
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Holy
           ghost
           tells
           us
           in
           the
           word
           ;
           and
           wee
           heare
           it
           dayly
           ;
           That
           
             every
             man
             shall
             be
             judged
             according
             to
             his
             workes
             ;
             be
             they
             good
             or
             evill
             ,
          
           Revel
           20.13
           .
           and
           22.12
           .
           And
           that
           
             we
             shall
             give
             an
             account
             ,
             at
             the
             day
             of
             judgement
             :
             for
             every
             idle
             word
             wee
             speake
             ,
          
           Matth.
           12.36
           .
           And
           that
           wee
           neede
           no
           other
           ground
           of
           our
           last
           ,
           and
           heaviest
           doome
           :
           then
           
             ye
             have
             not
             given
             ,
             ye
             have
             not
             visited
             &c.
             
          
           Matth.
           25.41
           .
           to
           46.
           and
           that
           
             the
             righteous
             ,
             shall
             scarsly
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           
           And
           that
           
             many
             shall
             seeke
             to
             enter
             in
             at
             the
             strait
             gate
             and
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             ,
             Luke
          
           13.24
           .
           the
           which
           scriptures
           ,
           if
           they
           bee
           true
           ?
           
             what
             manner
             of
             persons
             ought
             we
             to
             be
             in
             all
             holy
             conversation
             ,
             and
             godlinesse
             as
             the
             Apostle
             speakes
             ,
          
           2
           Pet.
           3.11
           .
           
           And
           yet
           most
           men
           live
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Gospell
           were
           quite
           contrary
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           the
           Law
           :
           as
           if
           God
           were
           neither
           to
           bee
           feared
           ,
           nor
           cared
           for
           .
           As
           if
           they
           were
           neither
           beholding
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           affraid
           of
           him
           :
           both
           
           out
           of
           his
           debt
           and
           danger
           .
           Yea
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           God
           to
           judge
           ,
           nor
           Hell
           to
           punish
           ,
           nor
           heaven
           to
           reward
           .
           I
           cannot
           think
           of
           it
           without
           astonishment
           !
        
         
           I
           remember
           Cyprian
           ,
           brings
           in
           the
           Devill
           triumphing
           over
           Christ
           in
           this
           manner
           ;
           
           As
           for
           my
           followers
           sayth
           the
           Devill
           ;
           I
           never
           dyed
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           Christ
           hath
           done
           for
           his
           :
           I
           never
           promised
           them
           so
           great
           reward
           ,
           as
           Christ
           hath
           done
           to
           his
           :
           and
           yet
           I
           have
           more
           followers
           than
           hee
           ;
           and
           they
           doe
           more
           for
           me
           ,
           than
           his
           doe
           for
           him
           .
           Oh
           that
           men
           would
           duly
           consider
           how
           true
           this
           is
           ,
           and
           amend
           before
           the
           draw-bridge
           bee
           taken
           up
           :
           but
           this
           is
           the
           misery
           ,
           and
           a
           just
           plague
           upon
           our
           so
           much
           formality
           ,
           and
           prophanesse
           under
           our
           so
           much
           meanes
           of
           grace
           :
           there
           bee
           very
           few
           men
           ,
           that
           make
           not
           the
           whole
           Bible
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Sermons
           they
           heare
           ;
           
           yea
           ,
           the
           
             checks
             of
             their
             owne
             consciences
             ,
             and
             the
             motions
             of
             Gods
             spirit
          
           utterly
           in-effectuall
           for
           want
           of
           wit
           and
           grace
           to
           apply
           the
           same
           to
           themselves
           ,
           whereas
           if
           they
           would
           rightly
           and
           ingenuously
           apply
           but
           one
           text
           or
           two
           ,
           as
           Matth.
           7.12
           .
           and
           16.26
           .
           or
           the
           like
           unto
           their
           
           owne
           soules
           :
           as
           they
           can
           unto
           others
           (
           being
           better
           able
           to
           discerne
           others
           moates
           ,
           than
           their
           owne
           beames
           )
           they
           might
           be
           everlastingly
           happy
           .
           But
           this
           is
           the
           gift
           of
           God
           alone
           ,
           and
           naturall
           men
           love
           their
           sins
           ,
           better
           than
           their
           soules
           .
        
         
           Objection
           ,
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           what
           is
           this
           to
           us
           ?
           Wee
           live
           unrebukably
           ,
           wee
           pay
           every
           man
           his
           owne
           ;
           wee
           are
           temperate
           ,
           chaste
           ,
           &c.
           wee
           goe
           duely
           to
           Church
           ;
           pray
           in
           our
           families
           ;
           make
           conscience
           of
           swearing
           ,
           lying
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
           Answer
           ,
           But
           does
           it
           flow
           from
           a
           pious
           and
           good
           heart
           sanctified
           by
           the
           Holy
           ghost
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           1.5
           .
           Acts
           15.9
           .
           Is
           it
           done
           in
           faith
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           right
           ends
           as
           out
           of
           love
           ,
           and
           obedience
           ?
           because
           God
           commands
           the
           same
           ;
           that
           hee
           may
           bee
           glorified
           ,
           and
           others
           edified
           thereby
           .
           Otherwise
           ,
           all
           your
           best
           performances
           ;
           are
           no
           better
           in
           Gods
           account
           ;
           then
           
             the
             offering
             of
             swins
             blood
             :
             or
             the
             cutting
             off
             of
             a
             dogs
             neck
             ,
          
           as
           himselfe
           shewes
           Isay
           58.
           chap.
           and
           66.3
           .
           1
           John
           3
           12.
           
           Matth.
           7.22
           ,
           23.
           
        
         
           Againe
           doe
           you
           pay
           God
           his
           dues
           also
           :
           doe
           you
           repent
           ,
           and
           beleeve
           
           the
           Gospell
           :
           
           precepts
           and
           menaces
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           promises
           ?
           doe
           you
           declare
           your
           faith
           by
           your
           workes
           ?
           doe
           you
           pray
           by
           the
           power
           of
           the
           spirit
           ?
           and
           with
           the
           understanding
           also
           ?
           1
           Cor.
           14.15
           .
           doe
           you
           receive
           the
           word
           with
           good
           and
           honest
           hearts
           ?
           reade
           ,
           conferre
           and
           meditate
           upon
           it
           ?
           and
           also
           bring
           forth
           the
           fruits
           of
           it
           in
           your
           lif
           and
           conversation
           ?
           doe
           you
           sanctifie
           his
           Sabbaths
           ?
           and
           see
           that
           all
           under
           you
           doe
           the
           same
           ?
           love
           his
           children
           ,
           promote
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           strive
           to
           gaine
           others
           to
           imbrace
           the
           Gospell
           ?
           instruct
           your
           children
           and
           servants
           ,
           and
           teach
           them
           to
           feare
           the
           Lord
           ?
           doe
           you
           feare
           an
           oath
           ?
           hate
           a
           lye
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
           love
           zeale
           ,
           and
           devotion
           in
           others
           ?
           make
           conscience
           of
           evill
           thoughts
           ?
           vaine
           ,
           and
           unprofitable
           words
           ?
           grieve
           for
           your
           unprofitablenesse
           under
           the
           meanes
           of
           grace
           ?
           for
           the
           evill
           which
           cleaves
           to
           your
           very
           best
           actions
           ?
           and
           for
           sins
           of
           omissions
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
           No
           ,
           you
           may
           bee
           good
           morrall
           honest
           men
           :
           but
           none
           of
           these
           graces
           ,
           grow
           in
           the
           Gardens
           of
           your
           hearts
           .
           You
           
             have
             a
             forme
             of
             godlinesse
             ,
             but
             you
             deny
             the
             power
             of
             it
             :
             and
             are
             reprobate
             to
             every
             good
             worke
          
           
           2
           Tim.
           3.5
           .
           
           Titus
           1.16
           .
           Yea
           ,
           have
           you
           not
           strange
           conceits
           ,
           and
           base
           thoughts
           of
           the
           best
           men
           ?
           doe
           you
           not
           deeply
           censure
           ,
           &
           condemne
           the
           generation
           of
           the
           just
           ?
           and
           thinke
           the
           worse
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           for
           having
           of
           a
           tender
           conscience
           ?
           doe
           you
           not
           
             envy
             ,
             hate
             ,
             scoffe
             at
             ,
             nick-name
             ,
             raile
             on
          
           and
           slander
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           
             mis-consture
             their
             actions
             and
             intentions
             ?
             watch
             for
             their
             halting
             ,
          
           and
           combine
           with
           others
           against
           them
           ?
           doe
           you
           not
           with
           Festus
           ,
           account
           zeale
           madnesse
           ?
           and
           religion
           foolishnesse
           with
           Michal
           ?
           For
           men
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           think
           the
           Religious
           fooles
           ,
           and
           madde-men
           :
           but
           the
           Religious
           know
           them
           to
           be
           fooles
           and
           madde-men
           .
           Doe
           you
           not
           sharpen
           your
           tongues
           in
           gall
           ;
           and
           dip
           your
           pens
           in
           poyson
           ,
           to
           disgrace
           the
           graces
           of
           God
           in
           his
           children
           ?
           yea
           ,
           have
           you
           not
           beaten
           off
           many
           from
           being
           religious
           by
           your
           scoffes
           and
           reproaches
           ?
           and
           made
           them
           resolve
           against
           goodness
           ?
           and
           staggered
           others
           ,
           that
           have
           made
           some
           progresse
           in
           holinesse
           ?
           yes
           ,
           every
           place
           where
           you
           come
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           you
           are
           conversant
           withall
           ,
           can
           witnesse
           it
           .
           Yea
           ,
           you
           hate
           zeale
           ,
           and
           
           devotion
           so
           invetterately
           ;
           
           that
           you
           can
           in
           no
           wise
           ,
           bear
           with
           it
           in
           others
           .
           I
           speake
           not
           by
           rote
           ;
           for
           would
           I
           be
           so
           uncivill
           as
           you
           are
           ,
           or
           doe
           by
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           by
           others
           :
           I
           could
           name
           hundereds
           of
           you
           :
           though
           you
           will
           not
           confesse
           it
           ,
           when
           taken
           in
           the
           manner
           ;
           but
           justifie
           your
           so
           doing
           ,
           by
           many
           collourable
           pretences
           .
           For
           poore
           soules
           ,
           you
           are
           so
           
             ignorant
             of
             Sathans
             wiles
          
           ,
           Ephes.
           6.11
           .
           That
           with
           
             Saint
             Paul
          
           before
           his
           conversion
           ,
           
           you
           persecute
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           :
           even
           out
           of
           
             zeale
             ,
             to
             the
             traditions
             of
             your
             fathers
             ,
          
           Gal.
           1.13
           ,
           14.
           
           Phil.
           3.6
           .
        
         
           Which
           is
           the
           case
           almost
           of
           who
           not
           !
           
           for
           this
           sinne
           ,
           is
           so
           epidemicall
           that
           take
           forty
           men
           where
           you
           please
           City
           or
           Country
           ,
           As
           they
           dwell
           ,
           passe
           the
           streets
           ,
           or
           sit
           in
           their
           pues
           :
           and
           nine
           and
           thirty
           of
           them
           are
           malignants
           to
           the
           power
           of
           religion
           .
           You
           will
           say
           it
           is
           a
           big
           word
           ;
           but
           I
           have
           warrant
           for
           it
           :
           doth
           not
           our
           Saviour
           say
           ,
           
             you
             shall
             be
             hated
             of
             all
             men
             and
             nations
             for
             my
             names
             sake
             ,
             Matth
             ,
          
           10.22
           .
           and
           24.9
           .
           which
           infers
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           are
           not
           hated
           for
           religion
           ,
           are
           haters
           of
           
           religion
           .
           Neither
           is
           Christ's
           name
           ,
           any
           where
           more
           
             spoken
             against
          
           ,
           
           then
           in
           
             Israel
             ,
             Luke
          
           2.34
           .
           where
           all
           professe
           themselves
           to
           bee
           Gods
           people
           .
           The
           like
           place
           you
           have
           Matth.
           5.11
           .
           And
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           these
           words
           ?
           
             I
             will
             put
             enmity
             betweene
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             serpent
             and
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             woman
             ,
             Gen.
          
           3.15
           ?
           but
           that
           all
           men
           living
           ,
           are
           either
           the
           womans
           ,
           or
           the
           serpents
           seed
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           other
           sins
           ,
           one
           man
           is
           given
           to
           lust
           ,
           another
           to
           intemperance
           ,
           a
           third
           to
           swearing
           ,
           a
           fourth
           to
           cousening
           ,
           some
           to
           more
           than
           one
           ,
           some
           to
           all
           of
           them
           :
           but
           who
           is
           not
           tainted
           with
           this
           sinne
           ?
           who
           is
           not
           an
           open
           or
           secret
           enemy
           to
           holinesse
           ?
           by
           reason
           of
           that
           generall
           contempt
           ,
           which
           is
           cast
           upon
           professors
           .
           Yea
           ,
           who
           is
           there
           ,
           even
           of
           those
           that
           have
           resigned
           up
           their
           pride
           ,
           and
           their
           lust
           ,
           and
           their
           lying
           ,
           and
           their
           co●sening
           ;
           or
           what
           other
           sinnes
           they
           have
           beene
           prone
           to
           ?
           with
           whom
           this
           sinne
           doth
           not
           remaine
           ,
           as
           though
           they
           had
           a
           dispensation
           for
           this
           evill
           .
           Yea
           ,
           and
           thinke
           they
           doe
           wond●rous
           well
           in
           it
           for
           they
           delude
           themselves
           ,
           with
           a
           multitude
           of
           mispris●ons
           ,
           and
           false
           
           surmises
           against
           the
           godly
           ;
           the
           soules
           of
           most
           men
           ,
           being
           drowned
           in
           their
           senses
           ;
           and
           carried
           away
           with
           weake
           opinions
           ,
           raised
           from
           vulgar
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           shadowes
           of
           things
           .
        
         
           And
           which
           is
           worst
           of
           all
           ;
           
           they
           have
           so
           hardned
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           so
           seared
           their
           consciences
           ,
           with
           accustomary
           using
           it
           ,
           even
           from
           their
           infancy
           :
           that
           a
           man
           were
           as
           good
           speake
           to
           a
           stone
           ,
           (
           Ezek.
           11.19
           .
           )
           as
           admonish
           them
           of
           it
           ,
           having
           Pharoah's
           curse
           upon
           them
           ,
           an
           hard
           heart
           ,
           and
           a
           seared
           conscience
           .
           And
           a
           bruit
           beast
           ,
           is
           as
           capable
           of
           good
           councel
           as
           they
           .
           Yea
           ,
           
             braying
             in
             a
             Morter
          
           ,
           as
           Solomon
           speakes
           would
           not
           alter
           them
           Prov.
           27.22
           .
        
         
           Neverthelesse
           ,
           though
           they
           resemble
           those
           Beasts
           that
           went
           into
           the
           Arke
           uncleane
           ;
           and
           came
           out
           againe
           uncleane
           :
           yet
           it
           shall
           comfort
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           done
           my
           best
           ,
           to
           plucke
           up
           this
           infectious
           weede
           out
           of
           mens
           hearts
           :
           that
           I
           have
           hopefully
           ministred
           unto
           them
           ;
           whom
           I
           cannot
           cure
           .
           And
           that
           I
           have
           brought
           water
           enough
           ,
           to
           wash
           these
           Blackamores
           white
           :
           if
           it
           were
           in
           the
           power
           of
           water
           to
           do
           it
        
         
         
           Besides
           I
           did
           it
           as
           well
           for
           the
           godlies
           sake
           ,
           as
           for
           theirs
           :
           I
           considered
           ,
           how
           my selfe
           was
           formerly
           forestalled
           with
           prejudice
           against
           goodnesse
           ;
           and
           how
           extreamly
           I
           mis-judged
           both
           actions
           and
           persons
           ;
           by
           reason
           of
           that
           generall
           contempt
           ,
           which
           was
           cast
           upon
           Professors
           :
           which
           for
           many
           yeares
           hindred
           me
           from
           entering
           upon
           a
           religious
           course
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           when
           God
           of
           his
           free
           grace
           ,
           and
           good
           pleasure
           had
           
             brought
             me
             out
             of
             darknesse
          
           ,
           
           
             into
             his
             marvellous
             light
          
           :
           and
           touched
           my
           heart
           with
           the
           load-stone
           of
           the
           Gospell
           :
           that
           I
           was
           not
           beaten
           off
           againe
           ,
           from
           ever
           being
           religious
           ;
           (
           through
           the
           daily
           scoffes
           ,
           and
           reproaches
           which
           in
           every
           place
           I
           met
           withall
           ;
           for
           refusing
           to
           doe
           as
           others
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           was
           conversant
           )
           no
           reason
           can
           be
           rendered
           but
           that
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
             whom
             he
             did
             predestinate
             ;
             them
             he
             also
             called
             ,
             and
             justified
             ,
             and
             saved
             .
          
           Rom.
           8.30
           .
           And
           
             O
             the
             depth
          
           ,
           Rom.
           11.33
           .
           
        
         
           Wherefore
           when
           once
           my
           judgement
           was
           cleared
           ,
           and
           my
           
             prejudice
             cured
          
           :
           by
           the
           sage
           councell
           of
           a
           friend
           ,
           and
           by
           pondering
           these
           few
           scriptures
           ,
           
           2
           Tim.
           3.12
           .
           Mat.
           10.22
           ,
           23.
           &c.
           and
           24
           .
           9●●
           Luke
           2.34
           .
           and
           4.29
           .
           Iohn
           15.20
           .
           Gen.
           3.15
           .
           1
           Iohn
           3.13
           .
           1
           Pet.
           4.12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Luke
           14
           ,
           27.
           and
           6.26
           .
           Mat.
           5.10
           ,
           11
           ,
           12.
           
           Phill.
           1.28
           ,
           29.
           
           Both
           of
           them
           being
           driven
           home
           ,
           or
           set
           on
           by
           the
           rodde
           of
           affliction
           :
           By
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           I
           not
           onely
           shooke
           off
           this
           slavish
           yoke
           of
           bondage
           and
           feare
           ,
           in
           which
           Sathan
           for
           the
           present
           held
           mee
           :
           But
           probably
           conjectured
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           inable
           mee
           to
           discover
           and
           sound
           this
           depth
           of
           malice
           in
           Sathan
           &
           his
           adherents
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           so
           swel
           and
           rage
           against
           the
           godly
           :
           And
           thereby
           so
           convince
           the
           one
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           dare
           
             to
             pervert
             the
             straight
             wayes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           by
           turning
           away
           the
           weake
           from
           the
           faith
           :
           And
           so
           furnish
           the
           other
           ,
           with
           Armour
           of
           proof
           against
           their
           scornes
           that
           they
           might
           see
           there
           was
           no
           cause
           ;
           nor
           have
           the
           least
           thought
           ,
           or
           purpose
           of
           returning
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           effecting
           whereof
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           beene
           sparing
           in
           either
           paines
           or
           prayer
           to
           God
           ;
           for
           divine
           a●sistance
           (
           it
           being
           a
           subject
           ,
           that
           none
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           have
           hitherto
           handled
           )
           
           which
           I
           found
           extended
           to
           me
           ,
           blessed
           bee
           his
           holy
           name
           beyond
           my
           expectation
           .
           
           Indeed
           we
           may
           speake
           to
           the
           eare
           ,
           but
           God
           alone
           hath
           the
           key
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           Acts
           16.14
           .
           To
           whose
           blessing
           I
           leave
           the
           successe
           ,
           and
           its
           use
           to
           the
           world
           .
           Humbly
           beseeching
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           that
           these
           lines
           may
           not
           rise
           up
           in
           judgement
           against
           those
           Hazaells
           ;
           that
           have
           read
           them
           and
           are
           never
           the
           better
           :
           And
           so
           instead
           of
           
             curing
             their
             sinne
          
           ,
           prove
           a
           meanes
           to
           
             increase
             their
             torment
          
           .
        
         
           
             R.
             Y.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Alphabeticall
           Table
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Book
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Advertisement
           .
        
         
           
             
               A.
               
            
             
               ACtions
               ,
               our
               best
               actions
               abominable
               ,
               except
               they
               proceed
               from
               right
               ends
               ,
               and
               a
               heart
               sanctified
               .
               Advertisement
               .
            
             
               Aa
               .
            
             
               Accuse
               ,
               wicked
               accuse
               the
               godly
               of
               many
               things
               ,
               but
               prove
               nothing
               .
            
             
               
                 Page
                 68
              
            
             
               They
               will
               coyne
               matter
               to
               accuse
               us
               .
            
             
               70
            
             
               They
               dazle
               mens
               eyes
               with
               false
               accusations
               .
            
             
               73
            
             
               And
               have
               a
               great
               advantage
               therein
               of
               the
               godly
               .
            
             
               63
            
             
               They
               have
               so
               hardened
               their
               hearts
               ,
               that
               we
               were
               as
               good
               admonish
               a
               stone
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Ee
              
            
             
               Adversities
               ,
               distinction
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               27
            
             
               Agree
               ,
               impossible
               the
               good
               and
               bad
               should
               ever
               agree
               .
            
             
               132
            
             
               Carnall
               men
               can
               agree
               with
               any
               ,
               so
               they
               be
               not
               religious
               .
            
             
               133
            
             
               
               Though
               they
               differ
               in
               other
               things
               ,
               they
               will
               agree
               against
               the
               godly
               .
            
             
               133
            
             
               Agreement
               in
               some
               points
               doth
               but
               advance
               hatred
               the
               more
               .
            
             
               136
            
             
               Anthipathy
               ,
               a
               secret
               enmity
               ,
               and
               antipathy
               between
               the
               wicked
               and
               the
               godly
               .
               
                 2
                 Look
                 enmity
              
               .
            
             
             
               All
               means
               ineffectuall
               for
               want
               of
               application
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 A.
                 B
              
            
             
               Want
               of
               application
               the
               cause
               of
               all
               impiety
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 A.
                 B.Z
              
            
             
               What
               chiefly
               concernes
               us
               wee
               apply
               to
               others
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 A.
                 Z
              
            
             
               The
               most
               prophane
               can
               apply
               the
               promises
               which
               belong
               only
               to
               such
               as
               suffer
               for
               well-doing
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 D
              
            
             
               Hard
               to
               say
               whether
               their
               applying
               the
               promises
               ,
               or
               not
               applying
               the
               precepts
               and
               threats
               ,
               doth
               most
               occasion
               their
               finall
               impenitency
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 E
              
            
             
               Assitance
               ,
               divine
               assistance
               in
               time
               of
               triall
               .
            
             
               192
            
             
               Atheisme
               ,
               fruits
               of
               it
               wherewith
               the
               lands
               abounds
               .
               
                 Look
                 unbeleef
              
               .
            
             
               23
            
             
               Atheists
               on
               earth
               ,
               none
               in
               hell
               .
            
             
               214
            
             
               Fire
               and
               brimstone
               shall
               confute
               all
               Atheists
               .
            
             
               219
            
             
               The
               most
               grounded
               Atheisme
               hath
               a
               mixture
               of
               beleefe
               .
            
             
               215.217
            
             
               
               Atheists
               would
               give
               all
               they
               have
               to
               bee
               sure
               there
               were
               no
               bell
               .
            
             
               216
            
             
               Their
               convicted
               consciences
               shall
               be
               witnesses
               against
               their
               unbeleefe
               .
            
             
               218
            
             
               None
               so
               confirmed
               in
               Atheisme
               ,
               but
               will
               feare
               in
               time
               of
               danger
               .
            
             
               211
            
             
               At
               least
               on
               their
               death
               beds
               they
               confesse
               a
               God.
               
            
             
               212
            
          
        
         
           
             
               B.
               
            
             
               
                 Beliefe
                 ,
                 unbeliefe
              
               ,
               a
               cause
               of
               persecuting
               us
               .
            
             
               202
            
             
               Proved
               by
               testimonies
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               By
               examples
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               By
               experience
               .
            
             
               204
            
             
               Men
               think
               they
               believe
               ,
               but
               do
               not
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Evidences
               of
               mens
               unbeliefe
               .
            
             
               205
            
             
               A
               carnall
               heart
               flint
               to
               God
               ,
               wax
               to
               Satan
               .
            
             
               221
            
             
               That
               most
               men
               believe
               not
               an
               hell
               ,
               proved
               undeniably
               .
            
             
               226
            
             
               Did
               men
               believe
               the
               word
               ,
               or
               a
               judgement
               to
               come
               ,
               they
               durst
               not
               live
               as
               they
               doe
               .
            
             
               208.226
            
             
               Carnall
               men
               believe
               the
               promises
               ,
               but
               neither
               the
               precepts
               ,
               nor
               threats
               .
            
             
               222
            
             
               All
               men
               apt
               enough
               to
               presume
               upon
               Gods
               mercy
               .
            
             
               
                 220.
                 
                 Ad.
                 D
              
            
             
               All
               true
               believers
               the
               children
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               131
            
             
               
               All
               unbelievers
               children
               of
               the
               divell
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Sathan
               the
               God
               ,
               King
               ,
               and
               father
               of
               all
               unbelievers
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 K
              
            
             
               Admonition
               to
               beware
               ,
               before
               it
               proves
               too
               late
               .
            
             
               230
            
             
               All
               that
               hath
               or
               can
               be
               spoken
               ,
               will
               prove
               fruitlesse
               ,
               except
               Gods
               blessing
               doe
               accompany
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Hh
              
            
             
               
                 Bruising
                 the
                 head
              
               ,
               what
               is
               meant
               by
               it
               .
               32.
               
               And
               what
               by
               
                 bruising
                 the
                 heele
              
               .
            
             
               33.
               
            
             
               Byble
               Gen.
               3.15
               .
               an
               epitomy
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               35
            
          
        
         
           
             
               C
            
             
               Causes
               of
               hatred
               and
               persecution
               eleven
               .
            
             
               127.239
            
             
               Censure
               ,
               they
               censure
               our
               actions
               ,
               and
               misconsture
               our
               intentions
               .
            
             
               64
            
             
               They
               passe
               over
               our
               good
               parts
               .
               
                 69
                 Look
                 murmuring
              
               .
            
             
             
               To
               censure
               all
               for
               the
               faults
               of
               a
               few
               ,
               is
               only
               the
               part
               of
               a
               fool
               .
            
             
               148
            
             
               But
               most
               are
               such
               fooles
               and
               beasts
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               If
               Christians
               ,
               we
               will
               imitate
               Christ
               ,
               if
               Gods
               servants
               ,
               we
               will
               doe
               what
               he
               commands
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 H
              
            
             
               Christians
               ,
               if
               a
               tithe
               of
               them
               be
               Christians
               that
               are
               so
               called
               ,
               there
               are
               millions
               of
               Christians
               in
               hell
               .
            
             
               232
            
             
               They
               combine
               together
               ,
               and
               lay
               divelish
               
               plots
               to
               destroy
               the
               godly
               .
            
             
               105
            
             
               They
               will
               easily
               finde
               occasion
               .
            
             
               107
            
             
               Our
               serving
               of
               God
               shall
               be
               ground
               sufficient
               .
            
             
               108
            
             
               Or
               a
               Ministers
               saving
               of
               soules
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               The
               manner
               of
               their
               consultations
               .
            
             
               106
            
             
               Would
               we
               accompany
               them
               in
               evill
               ,
               their
               malice
               would
               cease
               .
            
             
               144
            
             
               They
               condemne
               us
               that
               themselves
               may
               be
               justified
               .
               
                 66.
                 
                 Look
                 judging
              
               .
            
             
             
               Means
               to
               
                 confirm
                 ,
                 comfort
              
               and
               strengthen
               us
               against
               the
               worlds
               hatred
               .
            
             
               12
            
             
               To
               consider
               before
               it
               prove
               too
               la●e
               .
            
             
               214
            
             
               They
               will
               make
               an
               evill
               construction
               of
               whatsoever
               we
               doe
               or
               speake
            
             
               6
            
             
               Constancy
               ,
               such
               as
               feare
               God
               as
               immoveable
               as
               a
               rock
               .
               
                 253.
                 
                 Looke
                 profession
              
               .
            
             
             
               They
               contemne
               the
               godly
               which
               is
               not
               for
               want
               of
               ignorance
               .
            
             
               56
            
             
               Contempt
               of
               Religion
               makes
               many
               resolve
               against
               goodnesse
               .
            
             
               6
            
             
               Contrariety
               a
               maine
               cause
               of
               hatred
               and
               persecution
               .
            
             
               130
            
             
               They
               are
               contrary
               and
               differ
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   In
                   their
                   judgements
                   touching
                   Wisdome
                   ,
                   Happinesse
                   ,
                   Fortitude
                   ,
                   Sin
                   ,
                   Holinesse
                   .
                
                 
                   138
                
                 
                 
                   2.
                   
                   In
                   their
                   passions
                   and
                   affections
                   of
                   Love
                   ,
                   Feare
                   ,
                   Anger
                   ,
                   Ioy
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   139
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   In
                   their
                   practice
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   breeds
                   many
                   a
                   quarrell
                   .
                
                 
                   139
                
              
            
             
               Sufficient
               hath
               been
               spoken
               to
               convince
               the
               most
               malicious
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 B
              
            
             
               They
               give
               devilish
               counsell
               against
               us
               .
            
             
               72
            
             
               Miserable
               condition
               of
               
                 cowardly
                 Christians
              
               .
            
             
               4
            
             
               Christ
               and
               his
               crosse
               inseparable
               .
            
             
               10
            
             
               They
               use
               to
               curse
               the
               godly
               .
            
             
               87
            
             
               And
               those
               that
               least
               deserve
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               90
            
             
               Curse
               us
               that
               they
               may
               discourage
               us
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Though
               they
               curse
               ,
               yet
               God
               will
               blesse
               .
            
             
               91
            
             
               How
               miserably
               cursers
               shall
               bee
               cursed
               .
            
             
               91
            
             
               They
               that
               curse
               us
               ,
               would
               kill
               us
               if
               they
               durst
               .
            
             
               89
            
          
        
         
           
             
               D.
               
            
             
               Of
               denying
               Christ
               a
               memorable
               example
               .
            
             
               
                 5.
                 
                 Look
                 profession
              
               .
            
             
               Foule
               mouthed
               men
               and
               women
               are
               devills
               in
               Scripture
               phrase
            
             
               83
            
             
               Good
               men
               may
               differ
               in
               many
               things
               ,
               yet
               agree
               in
               the
               maine
               .
            
             
               157
            
             
               A
               vast
               difference
               betweene
               another
               
               discipline
               ,
               and
               another
               doctrine
               .
            
             
               158
            
             
               Discretion
               eats
               up
               devotion
               .
            
             
               156
            
             
               Wicked
               men
               thinke
               they
               grace
               themselves
               by
               disgracing
               others
               .
            
             
               79
            
             
               How
               fitly
               they
               are
               called
               dogs
               .
            
             
               81
            
          
        
         
           
             
               E.
               
            
             
               An
               enmity
               or
               war
               proclaimed
               betweene
               the
               wicked
               and
               godly
               .
            
             
               15
            
             
               The
               author
               proclayming
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               The
               Captaines
               and
               souldiers
               betweene
               whom
               .
            
             
               16
            
             
               Severall
               uses
               of
               instruction
               .
            
             
               17
            
             
               The
               certainty
               of
               this
               war.
               
            
             
               20
            
             
               Foure
               lessons
               of
               instruction
               .
            
             
               21
            
             
               The
               end
               why
               ,
               threefold
               .
            
             
               23
            
             
               God
               the
               author
               ,
               without
               being
               the
               author
               of
               sin
               .
            
             
               24
            
             
               Of
               which
               sundry
               reasons
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               The
               same
               further
               cleared
               .
            
             
               26
            
             
               Originall
               sin
               the
               originall
               of
               this
               discord
               .
            
             
               23
            
             
               The
               time
               threefold
               .
            
             
               28
            
             
               Vse
               of
               comfort
               .
            
             
               29
            
             
               The
               manner
               of
               their
               venting
               it
               .
            
             
               30
            
             
               The
               place
               threefold
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               What
               will
               be
               the
               issue
               ,
               and
               who
               shall
               get
               victory
               .
            
             
               32
            
             
               This
               war
               is
               perpetuall
               .
            
             
               28
            
             
               It
               was
               before
               the
               flood
               .
            
             
               40
            
             
               
               After
               the
               flood
               before
               the
               law
               .
            
             
               41
            
             
               After
               the
               law
               before
               Christ.
               
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               time
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               .
            
             
               42
            
             
               After
               the
               Apostles
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               ten
               persecutions
               .
            
             
               43
            
             
               From
               the
               primitive
               times
               hitherto
               .
            
             
               44
            
             
               In
               the
               times
               wherein
               we
               live
               .
            
             
               46
            
             
               It
               will
               continue
               to
               the
               worlds
               end
               .
            
             
               50
            
             
               Application
               of
               the
               point
               .
            
             
               52
            
             
               Twenty
               two
               signes
               or
               properties
               of
               this
               enmity
               .
            
             
               53
            
             
               Foure
               mentall
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Eleven
               verball
               .
            
             
               62
            
             
               Seven
               actuall
               .
            
             
               98
            
             
               Eleven
               causes
               of
               this
               enmity
               .
            
             
               130
            
             
               First
               cause
               is
               contrariety
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               This
               enmity
               makes
               them
               forget
               all
               naturall
               affection
               .
            
             
               49
            
             
               Severall
               uses
               of
               their
               enmity
               .
            
             
               
                 124
                 ,
                 125
              
            
             
               To
               informe
               us
               whether
               we
               be
               children
               of
               the
               devill
               or
               members
               of
               Christ.
               
            
             
               125
            
             
               Application
               of
               the
               point
               .
            
             
               52.168
            
             
               They
               envy
               the
               godly
               ,
               because
               better
               then
               themselves
               .
            
             
               139
            
             
               Application
               of
               the
               point
            
             
               142
            
             
               And
               because
               they
               fare
               better
               .
            
             
               166
            
             
               Application
               first
               to
               unhallowed
               Ministers
               .
               168.
               
               Secondly
               to
               the
               rabble
               .
            
             
               171
            
             
               The
               good
               mans
               honour
               is
               the
               envious
               
               mans
               torment
               .
            
             
               168
            
             
               Envy
               the
               devils
               cognizance
               ,
               as
               love
               is
               Christs
            
             
               54
            
             
               Example
               of
               the
               multitude
               .
            
             
               239
            
             
               Some
               of
               their
               excuses
               .
            
             
               151
            
             
               Genesis
               the
               3.15
               .
               opened
               and
               explained
               .
            
             
               14
            
          
        
         
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               Triall
               of
               a
               Christian
               by
               the
               fruits
               of
               his
               faith
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Aa
                 ,
                 Bb
              
            
             
               Naturall
               men
               feare
               visible
               powers
               ,
               not
               the
               invisible
               God.
               
            
             
               210
            
             
               Morall
               men
               count
               zeale
               madnesse
               ,
               and
               Religion
               foolishnesse
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Cc.
              
               
            
             
               To
               bee
               a
               Christian
               requires
               fortitude
               .
            
             
               160
            
          
        
         
           
             
               G.
               
            
             
               Wicked
               men
               manifest
               their
               enmity
               against
               the
               religious
               by
               their
               gesture
               .
            
             
               98
            
             
               As
               the
               tongue
               speaks
               to
               the
               ear
               ,
               so
               the
               gesture
               speaks
               to
               the
               eye
               .
            
             
               99
            
             
               
                 Gods
                 goodnesse
              
               aggravates
               our
               wickednesse
               .
            
             
               234
            
             
               No
               living
               for
               the
               godly
               if
               their
               enemies
               hands
               were
               allowed
               to
               be
               as
               bloody
               as
               their
               hearts
               .
            
             
               93
            
             
               Nothing
               more
               contemned
               then
               goodnesse
               .
            
             
               143
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               H.
               
            
             
               All
               naturall
               men
               hate
               the
               religious
               .
            
             
               2.60
            
             
               The
               best
               men
               most
               hated
               and
               spoken
               against
               .
            
             
               1
            
             
               All
               the
               Saints
               have
               been
               hated
               and
               persecuted
               .
            
             
               11
            
             
               They
               so
               
                 hate
                 holinesse
              
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               hate
               men
               for
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Cc
              
            
             
               All
               hated
               for
               Religion
               ,
               or
               haters
               of
               Religion
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Dd
              
            
             
               Originall
               of
               this
               hatred
               .
            
             
               14
            
             
               They
               will
               hate
               a
               man
               to
               the
               death
               for
               being
               holy
               .
            
             
               
                 6.
                 
                 Look
                 persecution
              
               .
            
             
               None
               but
               the
               desperately
               wicked
               will
               malice
               his
               brother
               for
               goodnesse
               .
            
             
               165
            
             
               They
               will
               hate
               us
               ,
               because
               they
               have
               hurt
               us
               .
            
             
               104
            
             
               Causes
               of
               the
               worlds
               hatred
               eleven
               .
            
             
               127
            
             
               Many
               wives
               ,
               children
               and
               servants
               hated
               for
               being
               religious
               .
            
             
               135
            
             
               Hatred
               for
               Religion
               the
               most
               bitter
               ,
               implacable
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               136
            
             
               Their
               hatred
               extends
               to
               the
               whole
               generation
               of
               the
               godly
               .
            
             
               60
            
             
               But
               they
               have
               not
               so
               much
               authority
               as
               malice
               .
            
             
               61
            
             
               Though
               their
               punishment
               shall
               be
               never
               the
               lesse
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               They
               will
               neither
               heare
               themselves
               ,
               nor
               
               suffer
               others
               .
            
             
               104
            
             
               They
               come
               not
               to
               be
               caught
               by
               a
               Minister
               ,
               but
               to
               catch
               him
               ,
            
             
               109
            
             
               But
               are
               taken
               in
               the
               snare
               they
               spread
               for
               others
               .
            
             
               110
            
             
               As
               they
               belong
               to
               hell
               ,
               so
               they
               speak
               the
               language
               .
            
             
               89
            
             
               A
               holy
               life
               cannot
               escape
               persecution
               .
            
             
               47
            
             
               We
               may
               appeale
               to
               themselves
               who
               are
               the
               honester
               men
               .
            
             
               145
            
             
               An
               humble
               man
               will
               never
               bee
               an
               heretique
               ,
            
             
               
                 102
                 see
                 pride
              
               .
            
             
               They
               will
               hurt
               and
               maime
               the
               godly
               .
            
             
               115
            
          
        
         
           
             
               I.
               
            
             
               Ignorance
               a
               main
               cause
               of
               hatred
               and
               persecution
               .
            
             
               172
            
             
               Proved
               by
               testimonies
               .
            
             
               173
            
             
               By
               examples
               ,
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               By
               experience
               .
            
             
               176
            
             
               Ignorance
               the
               cause
               of
               all
               sin
               .
            
             
               175
            
             
               The
               more
               Ignorant
               the
               more
               malicious
               .
            
             
               177
            
             
               Ignorance
               ever
               makes
               the
               worst
               construction
               of
               things
               .
            
             
               178
            
             
               Ignorance
               causeth
               suspition
               ,
               suspition
               hatred
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 Look
                 wisdome
                 ,
                 knowledge
              
               :
            
             
               Objection
               that
               great
               Schollers
               and
               wise
               men
               doe
               the
               same
               ,
               answered
               ,
            
             
               179
            
             
               
               They
               have
               inlightned
               heads
               ,
               but
               darke
               hearts
               .
            
             
               179
            
             
               Their
               deeds
               prove
               them
               ignorant
               .
            
             
               180
            
             
               That
               Indifferent
               to
               one
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               so
               to
               another
               .
            
             
               58
            
             
               To
               be
               scrupulous
               no
               ill
               signe
               ,
            
             
               159
            
             
               In
               cases
               of
               a
               doubtfull
               nature
               ,
               best
               to
               take
               the
               surest
               side
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               well
               for
               the
               innocent
               ,
               that
               the
               wicked
               cannot
               keep
               their
               own
               counsell
               .
            
             
               94
            
             
               They
               judge
               others
               by
               themselves
               .
            
             
               
                 67
                 Look
                 censure
              
               ,
            
             
               Meanes
               to
               cleare
               our
               judgements
               touching
               the
               worlds
               hatred
               .
            
             
               8
            
             
               Men
               may
               doubt
               ,
               but
               the
               Devils
               beleeve
               a
               judgement
               to
               come
               .
            
             
               219
            
             
               The
               worst
               of
               men
               can
               justifie
               and
               think
               well
               of
               themselves
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 D.
              
               
            
             
               Five
               main
               reasons
               why
               they
               fight
               under
               Sathans
               banner
               ,
               and
               yet
               thinke
               themselves
               Gods
               servants
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 N.
              
               
            
             
               1
               Their
               Ignorance
               of
               spirituall
               things
               ,
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               2
               Long
               custome
               of
               this
               sin
               hath
               taken
               away
               the
               sense
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 O.
              
               
            
             
               3
               They
               reject
               all
               meanes
               of
               being
               bettered
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 P.
              
               
            
             
               4
               Because
               they
               will
               not
               receive
               the
               truth
               ,
               they
               are
               given
               up
               to
               beleeve
               lies
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               5
               Sathan
               the
               Prince
               of
               darkenesse
               blindes
               
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Q
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               K.
               
            
             
               What
               knowledge
               is
               peculiar
               to
               the
               godly
               ,
               and
               what
               common
               to
               them
               with
               hypocrites
            
             
               188
            
             
               No
               attaining
               supernaturall
               knowledge
               by
               any
               naturall
               meanes
               ,
            
             
               190
            
             
               Saving
               knowledge
               such
               a
               jewell
               ,
               that
               God
               gives
               it
               to
               none
               but
               his
               children
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Of
               which
               many
               instances
               ,
            
             
               191
            
             
               The
               same
               further
               amplified
               ,
            
             
               192
            
             
               See
               more
               of
               this
               in
               Wisdome
               and
               in
               Ignorance
               .
            
             
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               
            
             
               Were
               it
               not
               for
               the
               Law
               ,
               there
               were
               no
               living
               among
               wicked
               men
               .
            
             
               49
            
             
               The
               first
               part
               of
               conversion
               is
               to
               love
               them
               that
               love
               God
               ,
            
             
               180
            
             
               Nothing
               hath
               proved
               more
               successefull
               to
               Sathan
               than
               lyes
               .
            
             
               79
            
             
               Wicked
               men
               lye
               ,
               when
               they
               speak
               the
               truth
               ,
            
             
               
                 88
                 Look
                 slander
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               M.
               
            
             
               Carnall
               men
               think
               us
               mad
               ,
               but
               wee
               know
               them
               so
               .
            
             
               76
            
             
               Malignants
               as
               witlesse
               as
               wicked
               ,
            
             
               175
            
             
               Wicked
               mens
               malice
               ,
               makes
               them
               like
               beasts
               or
               stocks
               .
            
             
               116
            
             
               
               Their
               malice
               a
               good
               signe
               wee
               belong
               to
               God
               ,
            
             
               
                 13.
                 
                 Look
                 hatred
              
               .
            
             
               Mercy
               ,
               salvation
               not
               more
               promised
               to
               the
               repentant
               ,
               than
               damnation
               is
               threatned
               to
               the
               impenitent
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 E
              
            
             
               Christ
               came
               not
               to
               be
               a
               patron
               for
               sin
               ,
               but
               to
               destroy
               sin
               in
               us
               ,
               and
               to
               sanctifie
               as
               well
               as
               to
               save
               us
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 G.
              
               
            
             
               If
               we
               will
               not
               hear
               Christ
               now
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               hear
               us
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               A
               powerfull
               Ministery
               most
               opposed
               .
            
             
               101
            
             
               Nor
               will
               they
               be
               appeased
               .
            
             
               103
            
             
               Of
               Misprisson
               ,
            
             
               239
            
             
               
                 Men
                 mistake
              
               good
               for
               evill
               ,
               and
               evill
               for
               good
               .
            
             
               Ad.
               R.
               
            
             
               
                 Most
                 men
              
               will
               doe
               as
               the
               most
               doe
               .
            
             
               163
            
             
               They
               murmure
               against
               the
               godly
               .
            
             
               62
            
             
               And
               against
               God
               himself
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               For
               being
               better
               than
               themselves
               .
            
             
               63
            
             
               They
               would
               murther
               the
               Saints
               ,
            
             
               
                 117
                 Look
                 cruelty
              
               .
            
             
               Instead
               of
               arguments
               they
               take
               up
               armes
               ,
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Are
               exceeding
               salvage
               and
               bloody
               ,
            
             
               118
            
             
               Of
               which
               five
               Reasons
               .
            
             
               119
            
          
        
         
           
             
               N.
               
            
             
               
                 Naturall
                 men
              
               want
               both
               the
               light
               of
               the
               spirit
               ,
               and
               the
               eye
               of
               faith
               .
            
             
               189
            
             
               All
               
                 naturall
                 men
              
               the
               devils
               chidren
               ,
            
             
               131
            
             
               Their
               manner
               is
               to
               nickname
               the
               godly
               .
            
             
               78
            
             
               
               Number
               few
               ,
               compared
               with
               the
               multitude
               ,
               shall
               be
               saved
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 X.
              
               
            
             
               The
               difficulty
               of
               entring
               the
               straite
               gate
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Y.
              
               
            
             
               Most
               men
               live
               as
               if
               they
               had
               no
               soules
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               O.
               
            
             
               We
               must
               obey
               God
               rather
               then
               great
               ones
               ,
            
             
               153
            
             
               But
               this
               they
               call
               great
               disorder
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               How
               far
               we
               fall
               short
               of
               primative
               Christians
               in
               our
               obedience
               .
            
             
               333
            
             
               Occasion
               of
               writing
               upon
               this
               subject
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Gg.
              
               
            
             
               Where
               Christ
               comes
               ,
               there
               will
               be
               opposition
               .
            
             
               143
            
             
               Order
               and
               distribution
               of
               the
               whole
               Book
               .
            
             
               37
            
             
               Originall
               sin
               ,
               the
               originall
               cause
               of
               all
               discord
               .
            
             
               23
            
          
        
         
           
             
               P.
               
            
             
               No
               peace
               to
               be
               expected
               between
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               serpent
               ,
               and
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               woman
               ,
            
             
               21
            
             
               Wicked
               men
               persecute
               the
               godly
               for
               being
               better
               than
               they
               .
            
             
               139
            
             
               Of
               which
               many
               examples
               ,
            
             
               140
            
             
               And
               further
               amplified
               .
            
             
               142
            
             
               Formall
               Christians
               the
               greatest
               persecuters
               of
               true
               Christians
               .
            
             
               145
            
             
               Yet
               none
               think
               better
               of
               themselves
               ,
            
             
               155
            
             
               
               Tongue-taunts
               in
               Gods
               account
               is
               persecution
               .
            
             
               165
            
             
               The
               woful
               reward
               of
               persecuting
               Christs
               members
               .
            
             
               
                 64
                 ,
                 77
                 ,
                 206
              
            
             
               But
               they
               blesse
               themselves
               ,
               and
               think
               to
               speed
               as
               well
               as
               the
               best
               .
            
             
               208
            
             
               Why
               persecuters
               are
               not
               alwayes
               punished
               here
               ,
            
             
               
                 207
                 Look
                 hatred
              
            
             
               They
               cry
               up
               practise
               ,
               to
               cry
               down
               preaching
            
             
               170
            
             
               The
               preaching
               of
               some
               Ministers
               the
               cause
               of
               hatred
               and
               persecution
               .
            
             
               140
            
             
               Prejudice
               blindes
               them
               .
            
             
               65
            
             
               No
               reclaiming
               such
               as
               are
               forestalled
               with
               prejudice
               ,
            
             
               7
            
             
               Prejudice
               ,
               how
               to
               have
               it
               cured
               ,
               and
               our
               judgements
               cleared
               .
            
             
               
                 8.
                 
                 Ad.
                 Ff.
              
               
            
             
               The
               Prelates
               more
               r●ady
               to
               yeeld
               their
               aide
               ,
               then
               the
               rabble
               to
               ask
               it
               .
            
             
               74
            
             
               Wicked
               men
               all
               in
               extreames
               ,
               and
               either
               presume
               or
               dispaire
               ,
            
             
               
                 223.
                 
                 Look
                 faith
              
               .
            
             
               They
               are
               prone
               to
               imprison
               us
               .
            
             
               111
            
             
               Not
               for
               any
               crime
               .
            
             
               112
            
             
               But
               to
               prevent
               further
               dispute
               ,
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               And
               for
               other
               the
               like
               reasons
               .
            
             
               113
            
             
               Good
               men
               will
               hold
               their
               profession
               though
               they
               lose
               their
               lives
               .
            
             
               161
            
             
               Common
               Protestants
               can
               be
               of
               any
               religion
               .
            
             
               154
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               R.
               
            
             
               They
               rejoyce
               at
               our
               supposed
               evill
               estate
               .
            
             
               58
            
             
               But
               most
               if
               they
               see
               us
               sin
               .
            
             
               59
            
             
               Religion
               most
               opposed
               by
               formall
               professors
            
             
               9
            
             
               Most
               men
               can
               be
               of
               any
               religion
               ,
               which
               shews
               they
               are
               truly
               of
               none
               .
            
             
               234
            
             
               They
               think
               to
               adde
               to
               their
               own
               reputation
               by
               detracting
               from
               others
               .
            
             
               104
            
             
               They
               revile
               and
               raile
               on
               the
               godly
               ,
            
             
               80
            
             
               They
               so
               hate
               righteousnesse
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               hate
               men
               for
               it
               .
            
             
               75
            
          
        
         
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Satan
               speakes
               in
               and
               by
               scoffers
               ,
               but
               they
               know
               it
               not
               ,
               of
               which
               many
               examples
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 L
              
            
             
               Satan
               more
               servants
               here
               than
               God
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 X
              
            
             
               Satan
               prevailes
               most
               by
               desception
               of
               our
               reason
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 R.
              
               
            
             
               Satan
               desires
               no
               more
               than
               to
               be
               heard
               speak
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 S.
              
               
            
             
               Hee
               will
               put
               a
               faire
               collour
               upon
               the
               fowlest
               sin
               ,
               and
               make
               the
               best
               action
               odious
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 T
              
            
             
               He
               hath
               perswaded
               millions
               that
               they
               do
               well
               in
               persecuting
               the
               Saints
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 V
              
            
             
               If
               Satan
               shewed
               the
               book
               with
               the
               baite
               ,
               his
               kingdome
               would
               not
               be
               so
               populous
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 X
              
            
             
               Scandalous
               lives
               of
               some
               Professors
               ,
               one
               cause
               of
               hatred
               and
               persecution
               ,
            
             
               240
            
             
               Wicked
               men
               use
               to
               flout
               and
               scoffe
               at
               the
               
               Religious
               .
            
             
               75
            
             
               Even
               for
               their
               zeale
               ,
               purity
               and
               holines
               ,
            
             
               124
            
             
               They
               would
               scoffe
               us
               out
               of
               our
               faith
               ,
            
             
               159
            
             
               And
               would
               effect
               the
               same
               ,
               did
               not
               God
               support
               us
               .
            
             
               160
            
             
               Millions
               beaten
               off
               from
               being
               religious
               ,
               by
               their
               scoffes
               and
               reproaches
               ,
            
             
               3
            
             
               Some
               will
               better
               abide
               a
               stake
               ,
               then
               others
               a
               scoffe
               ▪
            
             
               164
            
             
               Scoffing
               counted
               no
               sin
               ,
               and
               yet
               worse
               than
               all
               its
               fellows
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 O.
                 P
              
            
             
               The
               great
               evill
               that
               scoffers
               doe
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 I.
                 K
              
            
             
               All
               scoffers
               as
               bad
               as
               
                 Cain
                 ,
                 Ishmael
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 C
              
            
             
               They
               are
               Satans
               servants
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 I
              
            
             
               The
               reason
               why
               all
               are
               not
               beaten
               off
               from
               goodnesse
               by
               their
               scoffes
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 F
                 f
              
            
             
               To
               be
               scoft
               out
               of
               our
               goodnesse
               ,
               how
               ridiculous
               .
            
             
               162
            
             
               The
               character
               of
               a
               malicious
               scoffer
               .
            
             
               149
            
             
               No
               greater
               argument
               of
               a
               foule
               soule
               ,
            
             
               77
            
             
               They
               scoffe
               at
               us
               ,
               God
               laughs
               at
               them
               ,
            
             
               76
            
             
               Good
               counsell
               for
               scoffers
               ,
            
             
               237
            
             
               Separatiō
               a
               main
               cause
               of
               persecution
               ,
            
             
               240
            
             
               Flocking
               after
               Sermons
               another
               cause
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Satan
               and
               sin
               doe
               besot
               the
               wicked
               .
            
             
               220
            
             
               They
               use
               to
               slander
               the
               godly
               ,
            
             
               83
            
             
               They
               traduce
               whom
               they
               cannot
               sed●ce
               ,
            
             
               65
            
             
               Slanderers
               do
               satan
               the
               best
               service
               ,
            
             
               84
            
             
               
               Great
               wits
               not
               apter
               to
               raise
               slanders
               ,
               then
               others
               to
               beleeve
               them
               ,
            
             
               85
            
             
               A
               slander
               once
               raised
               ,
               never
               dies
               ,
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               At
               least
               it
               leaves
               the
               scar
               of
               suspicion
               ,
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Wise
               men
               wil
               examin
               before
               they
               believe
            
             
               86
            
             
               Their
               policy
               in
               slandering
               us
               ,
            
             
               87
            
             
               They
               slander
               us
               out
               of
               policy
               .
            
             
               147
            
             
               Slanders
               both
               make
               and
               increase
               jealousies
               ,
               &
               disable
               us
               from
               discerning
               the
               truth
               .
            
             
               84
            
             
               Their
               matchles
               malice
               in
               slandering
               us
               .
            
             
               73
            
             
               It
               is
               satan
               that
               speakes
               in
               and
               by
               the
               slanderer
               .
            
             
               78
            
             
               A
               slander
               is
               the
               devils
               heart
               in
               their
               lips
            
             
               83
            
             
               Singularity
               our
               great
               and
               grievous
               crime
               ,
            
             
               152
            
             
               They
               use
               to
               smite
               the
               godly
               ,
               and
               confute
               them
               with
               fists
               ,
            
             
               114
            
             
               Their
               arguments
               are
               al
               steele
               and
               iron
               ,
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Because
               the
               Law
               bindes
               their
               hands
               ,
               they
               smite
               with
               their
               tongues
               ,
            
             
               80
            
             
               How
               satan
               playes
               the
               Sophister
               ,
            
             
               158
            
             
               They
               speak
               evill
               of
               us
               ,
               because
               they
               cannot
               do
               evill
               to
               us
               .
            
             
               81
            
             
               They
               think
               not
               as
               they
               speak
               ,
            
             
               146
            
             
               Satan
               gets
               more
               by
               subtlety
               than
               by
               violence
               ,
            
             
               63
            
             
               Suffering
               ,
               our
               
                 Saviour
                 suffered
                 22
                 severall
              
               wayes
               from
               ungodly
               men
               ,
            
             
               121
            
             
               Let
               none
               look
               to
               fare
               better
               than
               Christ.
               
            
             
               126
            
             
               
               What
               a
               multitude
               have
               lost
               their
               lives
               for
               professing
               Christ
               ,
            
             
               42
            
             
               Comfort
               for
               such
               as
               suffer
               .
            
             
               126
            
             
               God
               will
               assist
               such
               as
               suffer
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               22
            
          
        
         
           
             
               T.
               
            
             
               They
               are
               wont
               to
               carry
               tales
               of
               us
               to
               the
               Rulers
               ,
            
             
               67
            
             
               How
               to
               hear
               the
               talebearer
               ,
            
             
               70
            
             
               No
               musick
               so
               sweet
               ,
               as
               to
               hear
               well
               of
               themselves
               ,
               ill
               of
               the
               Religious
               .
            
             
               71
            
             
               The
               tale-bearers
               End.
               
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               The
               Theefe
               ,
               most
               forward
               to
               cry
               stop
               theef
               ,
            
             
               87
            
             
               They
               use
               to
               threaten
               the
               godly
               ,
            
             
               93
            
             
               Speaking
               of
               truth
               ,
               a
               main
               cause
               of
               hatred
               and
               persecution
               .
            
             
               239
            
             
               Wicked
               men
               fly
               the
               light
               .
            
             
               101
            
             
               They
               use
               to
               withstand
               and
               contrary
               the
               truth
               by
               us
               delivered
               .
            
             
               100
            
          
        
         
           
             
               V.
               
            
             
               They
               will
               undermine
               us
               in
               talk
               that
               they
               may
               betray
               us
               .
            
             
               95
            
             
               Their
               cunning
               in
               this
               case
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               And
               dissimulation
               .
            
             
               96
            
             
               They
               have
               borrowed
               this
               craft
               from
               Satan
               ,
               who
               sets
               them
               on
               worke
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Beware
               we
               trust
               them
               not
               .
            
             
               97
            
          
        
         
           
             
               W.
               
            
             
               A
               War
               proclaimed
               between
               the
               wicked
               and
               the
               godly
               ,
            
             
               15
            
             
               
               The
               time
               when
               .
            
             
               28
            
             
               Warning
               ,
               No
               expecting
               a
               voyce
               from
               heav●n
               as
               Saul
               had
               .
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 C
              
            
             
               And
               yet
               if
               they
               should
               it
               would
               not
               do
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 D
              
            
             
               They
               are
               forced
               to
               give
               us
               warning
               that
               we
               may
               prevent
               them
               .
            
             
               94
            
             
               All
               
                 wicked
                 men
              
               are
               the
               serpents
               seed
               .
            
             
               16
            
             
               We
               cannot
               anger
               them
               worse
               then
               to
               doe
               well
               .
            
             
               137
            
             
               Wicked
               beholding
               to
               the
               godly
               for
               their
               lives
               .
            
             
               174
            
             
               How
               strangely
               they
               gull
               themselves
               ,
            
             
               150
            
             
               Many
               that
               have
               a
               depth
               of
               knowledge
               are
               not
               soule
               wise
               .
            
             
               181
            
             
               Examples
               of
               many
               wise
               in
               the
               worlds
               esteem
               yet
               fools
               in
               Gods
               account
               .
            
             
               182
            
             
               With
               God
               the
               greatest
               sinner
               is
               the
               greatest
               foole
               :
               and
               he
               most
               wise
               that
               is
               most
               religious
               .
            
             
               182
            
             
               God
               regards
               not
               braine-knowledge
               ,
               except
               it
               seaze
               upon
               the
               heart
               also
               .
            
             
               183
            
             
               Rightly
               a
               manknows
               no
               more
               then
               he
               practiseth
               .
            
             
               184
            
             
               Saving
               knowledge
               or
               wisdom
               described
               .
               185.
               
               That
               the
               meanest
               beleever
               knows
               more
               then
               the
               profoundest
               clark
               .
            
             
               186
            
             
               In
               what
               sense
               the
               word
               calls
               
                 worldly
                 men
                 wise
                 men
              
               .
            
             
               187
            
             
               Strong
               braines
               too
               wise
               to
               be
               saved
               .
            
             
               102
            
             
               
               Vengeance
               makes
               wise
               ,
               whom
               sin
               makes
               foolish
               .
            
             
               213
            
             
               They
               that
               would
               have
               this
               tallent
               ,
               must
               resolve
               to
               improve
               it
               .
            
             
               194
            
             
               The
               way
               to
               obtain
               true
               wisdome
               ,
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Instruction
               from
               the
               premises
               ,
               195.
               
               First
               ,
               for
               all
               naturall
               men
               ,
               ibid.
               Secondly
               ,
               for
               such
               as
               speak
               evill
               of
               the
               way
               of
               truth
               ,
               196.
               
               Thirdly
               ,
               for
               Gods
               people
               ,
               198.
               
               A
               Fourth
               Vse
               ,
               199.
               
               A
               Fifth
               ,
               200.
               
               A
               Sixt
               ,
               200.
               
               A
               Seventh
               Vse
               
                 201
                 ,
                 Look
                 more
                 in
                 knowledge
                 .
                 &
                 in
                 ignorance
              
            
             
             
               What
               is
               meant
               by
               the
               woman
               and
               her
               seed
               ,
            
             
               17
            
             
               Their
               words
               are
               to
               be
               slighted
               ,
            
             
               82
            
             
               If
               we
               cannot
               concoct
               ill
               words
               ,
               we
               would
               never
               indure
               blows
               ,
            
             
               162
            
             
               They
               will
               cavill
               against
               the
               very
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               oppose
               the
               Messengers
               .
            
             
               101
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Z.
               
            
             
               They
               are
               zealous
               against
               all
               that
               are
               zealous
               .
            
             
               76
            
             
               They
               per●ecute
               us
               out
               of
               zeale
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 Cc
              
            
             
               Which
               is
               the
               case
               of
               all
               morrall
               men
               ,
            
             
               
                 Ad.
                 ib.
              
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CAVSE
           &
           CVRE
           OF
           Ignorance
           ,
           Error
           ,
           Enmity
           ,
           Atheisme
           ,
           Prophaness
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SECT
             I.
             
          
           
             Question
             .
          
           
             
               HOw
               is
               it
            
             ,
             
             
               that
               the
               practice
               of
               Christianity
               is
               every
               where
               spoken
               against
               ,
               under
               the
               name
               of
               Schisme
               ,
               as
               the
               chiefe
               Iewes
               told
            
             Paul
             
               in
               his
               time
            
             ?
             Acts
             28.22
             .
             
               And
               that
               so
               soone
               as
               men
               become
               religious
               and
               conscionable
               ,
               they
               are
               made
               a
            
             by-word
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             Iob
             17.6
             .
             A
             song
             of
             the
             drunkards
             ,
             Psal.
             69.12
             .
             
               And
               generally
            
             hated
             of
             all
             ,
             Math.
             10.22
             .
          
           
             
               Answer
               .
               Know
               yee
               not
            
             (
             saith
             St.
             Iames
             )
             
               that
               the
               Amity
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               is
               the
               Enmity
               of
               God
               ?
               And
               that
               whosoever
               will
               be
               a
               friend
               
               of
               the
               World
               maketh
               him●elfe
               the
               enemy
               of
               God
               ?
            
             
             James
             4.4
             .
             
               A
               wicked
               man
            
             (
             saith
             Solomon
             )
             
               is
               abomination
               to
               the
               just
            
             ,
             and
             
               be
               that
               is
               upright
               in
               his
               way
               ,
               is
               abomination
               to
               the
               wicked
               ,
            
             Pro.
             29.27
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             naturall
             Enmity
             ,
             and
             a
             spirituall
             Antipathy
             betweene
             the
             men
             of
             the
             World
             and
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             ;
             whence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             (
             who
             can
             give
             most
             congruous
             Names
             to
             Natures
             )
             useth
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             Gods
             Dictionary
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             call
             wicked
             men
             Adders
             ,
             Alpes
             ,
             Cockatrices
             ,
             Serpents
             ,
             Dragons
             ,
             Lyons
             ,
             Tygers
             ,
             &c.
             Psal.
             10.9
             .
             &
             74.13
             .
             &
             80.13
             .
             &
             140.3
             .
             Esay
             14.29
             .
             Dan.
             7.
             
             Zeph.
             3.
             
             Math.
             23.33
             .
             which
             are
             the
             mortallest
             Enemies
             to
             mankind
             that
             live
             ;
             but
             most
             frequently
             Wolves
             ,
             and
             the
             godly
             Sheep
             ,
             Behold
             (
             saith
             our
             Saviour
             to
             his
             Apostles
             )
             
               I
               send
               you
               forth
               as
               sheep
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Wolves
               ,
            
             Mat.
             10.16
             .
             between
             whom
             there
             is
             a
             strange
             contrariety
             and
             antipathy
             living
             ,
             and
             dead
             ,
             as
             both
             Naturalists
             and
             Lutinists
             observe
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             everlasting
             rule
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             
               He
               that
               is
               borne
               after
               the
               Flesh
               will
               persecute
               him
               that
               is
               borne
               after
               the
               Spirit
               ,
            
             Gal.
             4.29
             .
             not
             because
             he
             is
             evill
             ,
             but
             because
             hee
             is
             so
             much
             better
             
             then
             himselfe
             .
             1.
             
             Iohn
             3.12
             .
             because
             his
             
               life
               is
               not
               like
               other
               mens
            
             ;
             his
             wayes
             are
             of
             another
             fashion
             ,
             Wis.
             2.15
             .
             
               for
               therefore
               speak
               they
               evill
               of
               you
               ,
               because
               yee
               will
               no
               longer
               run
               with
               them
               to
               the
               same
               excess
               of
               ryot
               ,
            
             1.
             
             Pet.
             4.4
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               BVt
               are
               not
               many
               discouraged
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               others
               beaten
               off
               from
               being
               Religious
               ,
               through
               the
               daily
               scoffes
               and
               reproaches
               ,
               which
               in
               every
               place
               the
               Godly
               meet
               withall
               ,
               for
               refusing
               to
               do
               as
               others
               do
               with
               whom
               they
               are
               conversant
               ?
            
          
           
             Answ.
             Yea
             millions
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             such
             rub
             in
             the
             way
             to
             Heaven
             as
             that
             generall
             contempt
             which
             the
             Devill
             and
             the
             World
             have
             cast
             upon
             Religion
             and
             the
             practisers
             of
             Piety
             ;
             which
             makes
             our
             Saviour
             pronounce
             that
             man
             
               blessed
               that
               is
               not
               offended
               in
               him
               ,
               Math.
            
             11.6
             .
             For
             hereby
             it
             is
             growne
             to
             that
             ,
             that
             men
             feare
             nothing
             more
             then
             to
             have
             a
             name
             that
             they
             feare
             God
             ,
             and
             are
             more
             ashamed
             to
             be
             holy
             then
             prophane
             ,
             because
             holiness
             is
             worse
             intreated
             then
             prophaneness
             :
             with
             Peter
             we
             are
             apt
             to
             deny
             
             our
             Religion
             ,
             when
             we
             come
             in
             company
             with
             Christs
             Enemies
             :
             and
             with
             David
             ,
             to
             dissemble
             our
             Faith
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             amongst
             Philistims
             .
             Like
             those
             white-livered
             Rulers
             ,
             Iohn
             12.42
             .
             who
             
               loved
               the
               praise
               of
               men
               ,
               more
               than
               the
               praise
               of
               God
               ,
            
             we
             choose
             to
             conceale
             our
             knowledge
             of
             ,
             and
             love
             to
             Christ
             ,
             lest
             we
             should
             be
             mockt
             ,
             have
             so
             many
             frownes
             ,
             and
             frumps
             ,
             and
             censures
             ,
             and
             scoffes
             ,
             be
             branded
             with
             that
             odious
             and
             stigmaticall
             name
             of
             an
             Hypocrite
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             True
             ,
             with
             Nicodemus
             ,
             we
             owe
             God
             some
             good
             will
             ,
             but
             we
             dare
             not
             shew
             it
             because
             of
             this
             ,
             we
             would
             please
             him
             ,
             yet
             so
             as
             we
             might
             not
             displease
             others
             ,
             nor
             our selves
             .
             
             Like
             the
             young
             man
             in
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             we
             will
             follow
             Christ
             ,
             so
             Christ
             propound
             no
             other
             conditions
             ,
             then
             what
             we
             like
             of
             :
             but
             what
             will
             be
             the
             issue
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             saith
             expresly
             .
             That
             he
             will
             be
             ashamed
             of
             such
             at
             the
             latter
             day
             ,
             who
             are
             now
             ashamed
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             to
             beare
             a
             few
             scoffes
             and
             reproaches
             from
             the
             World
             ,
             Mark
             8.38
             .
             A
             sad
             saying
             for
             all
             such
             :
             which
             considered
             seriously
             ,
             would
             alter
             the
             case
             with
             many
             ;
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             Vstbazanes
             an
             old
             Noble
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             Christian
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             Sapores
             
             the
             
               King
               of
               Persias
            
             Governour
             in
             his
             minority
             :
             Who
             when
             Sapores
             raised
             a
             great
             persecution
             against
             the
             Christians
             was
             so
             terrified
             ,
             that
             he
             left
             off
             the
             profession
             :
             But
             sitting
             at
             the
             Court
             Gate
             when
             Simion
             an
             aged
             holy
             Bishop
             was
             led
             to
             Prison
             ,
             
             and
             rising
             up
             to
             salute
             him
             ;
             the
             good
             Bishop
             frowned
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             turned
             away
             his
             face
             with
             indignation
             ,
             as
             being
             loth
             to
             look
             upon
             a
             man
             that
             had
             denied
             the
             faith
             :
             whereupon
             Vsthazanes
             fell
             a
             weeping
             ,
             went
             into
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             put
             of
             his
             Courtly
             Garments
             ,
             and
             brake
             out
             into
             these
             words
             ;
             
               Ah!
               how
               shall
               I
               apeare
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               my
               Saviour
               whom
               I
               have
               denied
               ;
               when
            
             Simion
             
               a
               man
               will
               not
               indure
               to
               look
               upon
               me
               :
               If
               he
               frown
               how
               will
               God
               behold
               me
               when
               I
               come
               before
               his
               Tribunall
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             For
             this
             Phisick
             so
             wrought
             with
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             recovered
             not
             only
             health
             ,
             but
             such
             spirituall
             strength
             ,
             that
             he
             went
             boldly
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             profest
             himselfe
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             dyed
             a
             Martyr
             gloriously
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             3.
             
          
           
             BVt
             secondly
             ,
             it
             so
             forestaleth
             (
             such
             as
             are
             without
             )
             with
             Prejudice
             against
             goodness
             and
             circumspect
             walking
             ,
             
             that
             they
             resolve
             never
             to
             be
             Religious
             so
             long
             as
             they
             live
             :
             As
             how
             many
             not
             only
             stumble
             at
             Christ
             ,
             the
             living
             and
             
               chief
               corner
               stone
               ,
               elect
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               precious
               ,
            
             but
             quite
             fall
             as
             at
             a
             Rock
             of
             offence
             :
             yea
             ,
             ●tterly
             disallow
             of
             the
             things
             that
             are
             excellent
             ,
             only
             through
             the
             contempt
             which
             is
             cast
             upon
             Religion
             ?
             1
             Pet.
             2.7.8
             .
          
           
             What
             such
             mens
             thoughts
             are
             we
             may
             heare
             from
             the
             damned
             in
             Hell
             ,
             
               We
               fooles
               thought
               their
               lives
               madness
               &c.
               Wisd.
            
             5.3.4
             .
             And
             experience
             shewes
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             hate
             a
             man
             to
             the
             death
             ,
             though
             he
             have
             nothing
             to
             condemne
             him
             ,
             but
             his
             being
             holy
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             where
             Satan
             hath
             once
             set
             this
             his
             porter
             of
             Prejudice
             ,
             
             though
             Christ
             himselfe
             were
             on
             earth
             ,
             that
             soule
             would
             stumble
             and
             be
             offended
             at
             his
             very
             best
             actions
             ,
             as
             we
             see
             in
             the
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             who
             made
             an
             evill
             construction
             of
             whatsoever
             he
             did
             or
             spake
             :
             For
             when
             he
             wrought
             Miracles
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Sorcerer
             :
             When
             he
             cast
             out
             Devils
             ,
             it
             was
             by
             the
             
             power
             of
             Devils
             :
             When
             he
             reproved
             sinners
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             seducer
             :
             When
             he
             received
             sinners
             ,
             he
             was
             their
             favourer
             :
             When
             he
             healed
             the
             sick
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             breaker
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             &c.
             Iohn
             8.
             
          
           
             Nor
             can
             the
             highest
             eloquence
             of
             the
             best
             Preacher
             ever
             reclaime
             such
             .
             
             For
             first
             ,
             words
             are
             vagabonds
             where
             the
             admon●shed
             hath
             an
             evill
             opinion
             of
             the
             Admonisher
             Secondly
             ,
             they
             are
             resolved
             against
             yeelding
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             let
             them
             be
             convinc't
             by
             strength
             of
             argument
             ,
             the
             thought
             of
             those
             things
             presently
             passes
             away
             like
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             Bell
             that
             is
             rung
             .
             O
             this
             is
             a
             difficult
             Devill
             to
             be
             cast
             out
             ,
             even
             like
             that
             which
             we
             read
             of
             ,
             Math.
             17.16
             .
             For
             as
             all
             the
             Disciples
             could
             not
             cast
             out
             that
             Devill
             ,
             no
             more
             can
             all
             the
             Preachers
             this
             :
             for
             the
             
               Cure
               of
               prejudice
            
             alone
             in
             one
             man
             ,
             is
             more
             then
             to
             cure
             the
             seaven
             deadly
             sins
             (
             as
             the
             Papists
             tearme
             them
             )
             in
             another
             .
             Nay
             (
             if
             I
             may
             speak
             it
             with
             reverence
             )
             what
             meanes
             can
             God
             use
             that
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             convert
             such
             an
             one
             ?
             The
             nine
             plagues
             shall
             not
             prevaile
             with
             Pharaoh
             ,
             the
             graves
             opening
             ,
             the
             dead
             arising
             ,
             the
             vayle
             of
             the
             Temple
             renting
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             fayling
             ,
             the
             Centurion
             confessing
             ,
             
             &c.
             will
             do
             no
             good
             upon
             the
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             :
             Yea
             ,
             though
             Ahab
             be
             told
             from
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             go
             to
             War
             he
             shall
             perish
             ,
             
               yet
               be
               goeth
               and
               speeds
               accordingly
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               BVt
               how
               should
               weak
               Christians
               know
               the
               mystery
               of
               this
               iniquity
               ,
            
             
             
               shake
               off
               this
               slavish
               yoke
               of
               bondage
               and
               feare
               ,
               in
               which
               Satan
               for
               the
               present
               holds
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             Answ.
             Search
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             so
             cleare
             your
             judgement
             ,
             and
             
               cure
               your
               Prejudice
            
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             measure
             you
             shall
             be
             enabled
             to
             
               quench
               those
               fiery
               darts
               ,
               Ephes.
            
             6.16
             .
             I
             meane
             ,
             the
             reproaches
             of
             those
             evill
             tongues
             ,
             which
             are
             
               set
               on
               fire
               from
               Hell
               ,
               Iames
            
             3.6
             .
             for
             Virgil
             most
             excellently
             and
             profoundly
             couples
             the
             knowledge
             of
             cause
             ,
             and
             the
             conquest
             of
             all
             feares
             together
             .
          
           
             First
             for
             the
             informing
             of
             your
             judgement
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             hath
             abundantly
             foretold
             the
             same
             .
             Of
             a
             multitude
             of
             predictions
             I
             'le
             only
             instance
             three
             or
             foure
             .
             
               All
               that
               will
               live
               
               godly
               in
               Christ
               Iesus
               shall
               suffer
               persecution
               ,
            
             2.
             
             Tim.
             3.12
             .
             Not
             some
             ,
             but
             all
             :
             and
             what
             all
             ,
             but
             even
             all
             that
             will
             live
             godly
             ?
             Now
             ,
             methinkes
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             no
             other
             texts
             in
             the
             Bible
             but
             this
             one
             ,
             it
             were
             omnisufficient
             to
             take
             away
             Prejudice
             and
             wonder
             touching
             the
             Worlds
             hatred
             and
             calumny
             :
             but
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             full
             of
             the
             like
             ,
             
               Ye
               shall
               be
               hated
               of
               all
               men
               and
               Nations
            
             (
             saith
             our
             Saviour
             )
             
               for
               my
               names
               sake
               ,
               Math.
            
             10.22
             .
             &
             24.9
             .
             Not
             of
             a
             few
             ,
             but
             of
             all
             Men
             and
             Nations
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             all
             naturall
             men
             ,
             or
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             men
             in
             all
             Countries
             and
             Nations
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             for
             no
             other
             cause
             ,
             but
             for
             professing
             of
             Christs
             Name
             .
             Neither
             is
             
               Christ
               a
               signe
               to
               be
               spoken
               against
            
             of
             many
             in
             Babylon
             ,
             or
             Assyria
             ,
             
             but
             of
             many
             in
             Israel
             ,
             Luke
             2.34
             where
             Religion
             is
             profest
             publickly
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             when
             sincerity
             is
             wanting
             ,
             the
             nearer
             the
             line
             with
             any
             opposition
             ,
             the
             greater
             Eclips
             .
             The
             Gadereans
             but
             besought
             Christ
             to
             depart
             ,
             his
             own
             Country
             men
             drave
             him
             out
             ,
             and
             cast
             him
             down
             headlong
             ,
             Luk
             4.29
             .
             Yea
             ,
             who
             was
             his
             greatest
             enemy
             but
             his
             greatest
             friend
             ,
             even
             one
             of
             his
             houshold-Chaplains
             ?
             And
             who
             but
             Ieremies
             familiars
             watched
             for
             his
             haulting
             ?
          
           
           
             Againe
             (
             saith
             our
             Saviour
             )
             
               The
               servant
               is
               not
               above
               his
               Master
               ,
               Iohn
            
             15.20
             .
             But
             Christ
             having
             suffered
             so
             much
             ,
             if
             we
             should
             rest
             ,
             the
             Servant
             were
             above
             his
             Master
             ,
             which
             were
             senslesse
             to
             thinke
             :
             For
             could
             not
             his
             wisdome
             ,
             innocency
             ,
             and
             holinesse
             ,
             fence
             him
             from
             these
             scornes
             ,
             and
             can
             thine
             fence
             thee
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             that
             ancient
             prediction
             must
             bee
             fulfilled
             ,
             
               I
               will
               put
               emnity
               between
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               the
               seede
               of
               the
               Woman
               Gen.
            
             3.15
             .
             But
             ,
             if
             there
             bee
             no
             war
             betweene
             the
             men
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             of
             God
             ;
             if
             they
             should
             not
             hate
             and
             persecute
             us
             ,
             this
             Prediction
             were
             not
             fulfilled
             :
             Yea
             ,
             all
             the
             former
             predictions
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             many
             ,
             that
             I
             omit
             ,
             should
             bee
             false
             ;
             which
             were
             blasphemy
             once
             to
             thinke
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             
               marvell
               not
               my
               bretheren
               ,
               though
               the
               world
               hate
               you
               ,
            
             as
             Saint
             Iohn
             speakes
             ,
             
             1
             Iohn
             3.13
             .
             
               Neither
               count
               it
               strange
            
             ,
             as
             Saint
             Peter
             hath
             it
             ,
             
               concerning
               the
               fiery
               tryall
               which
               is
               among
               you
               ,
               to
               prove
               you
               ,
               as
               though
               some
               strange
               thing
               were
               come
               unto
               you
               ,
            
             1
             Pet.
             4.12
             ,
             for
             Christ
             and
             his
             crosse
             are
             unseparable
             ,
             Luke
             14.27
             .
          
           
             Whence
             that
             definition
             of
             Luther
             that
             
             a
             Christian
             is
             a
             crosse-bearer
             .
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             search
             the
             whole
             Bible
             over
             and
             you
             shall
             not
             finde
             one
             holy
             man
             mentioned
             ,
             without
             mention
             of
             something
             hee
             suffered
             from
             ungodly
             men
             ;
             as
             it
             were
             easie
             to
             instance
             ,
             how
             
               Abel
               ,
               Lot
            
             ,
             
             Noah
             ,
             Righteous
             men
             Abraham
             the
             Father
             of
             the
             faithfull
             ,
             
               Isaac
               ,
               Iacob
               ,
               Ioseph
            
             Patriarches
             and
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             meek
             Moses
             ,
             upright
             Sam●●l
             ,
             holy
             David
             ,
             wise
             Solomon
             ,
             all
             the
             Lords
             Priests
             ,
             Prophets
             ,
             Apostles
             ;
             yea
             the
             harmlesse
             Babes
             and
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             himselfe
             ,
             did
             severally
             suffer
             from
             wicked
             and
             ungodly
             men
             ,
             yea
             ,
             never
             man
             came
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             first
             hee
             passed
             through
             this
             Purgatory
             :
             God
             had
             one
             Sonne
             without
             sinne
             ,
             but
             never
             any
             one
             without
             suffering
             ;
             which
             makes
             our
             Saviour
             say
             ,
             
               Woe
               be
               to
               you
               ,
               when
               all
               men
               speake
               well
               of
               you
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             evill
             men
             speake
             well
             of
             you
             ,
             for
             so
             did
             the
             Iews
             of
             the
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             Luke
             6.26
             .
             Whereas
             hee
             pronounceth
             them
             blessed
             ,
             which
             heare
             ill
             for
             well
             doing
             ,
             Mat.
             5.11
             .
             Which
             leads
             mee
             to
             the
             second
             point
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             SEcondly
             ,
             For
             Scriptures
             to
             confirme
             ,
             comfort
             ,
             and
             strengthen
             weake
             Christians
             against
             the
             worlds
             hatred
             and
             calumny
             ,
             
             these
             would
             be
             applyed
             which
             follow
             .
          
           
             
               Blessed
               are
               they
            
             (
             saith
             our
             Saviour
             )
             
               which
               suffer
               persecution
               for
               righteousnesse
               sake
               ,
               for
               theirs
               is
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               Mat.
            
             5.10
             .
             And
             againe
             ,
             
               B●essed
               are
               yee
               when
               men
               shall
               revile
               you
               ,
               and
               persecute
               you
               an●
               say
               all
               manner
               of
               evill
               against
               you
               falsly
               for
               my
               sake
               ,
               rejoyce
               and
               bee
               exceeding
               glad
               ,
               for
               great
               is
               your
               reward
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               for
               so
               persecuted
               they
               the
               Prophets
               which
               were
               before
               you
               ,
               ver
               .
            
             11.12
             .
             And
             Saint
             Peter
             ,
             
               Rejoyce
               ,
               inasmuch
               as
               yee
               are
               partakers
               of
               Christs
               sufferings
               ,
               that
               when
               his
               glory
               shall
               be
               revealed
               ,
               yee
               may
               bee
               glad
               also
               with
               exceeding
               joy
               ,
               for
               if
               yee
               be
               reproached
               for
               the
               name
               of
               Christ
               ,
               happy
               are
               yee
               ,
               for
               the
               spirit
               of
               glory
               and
               of
               Go●
               resteth
               upon
               you
               ;
               Which
               on
               their
               part
               is
               evill
               spoken
               off
               ,
               but
               on
               your
               part
               is
               gloryfied
               ,
            
             1
             Pet.
             4.12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             Loe
             here
             is
             reward
             enough
             for
             all
             that
             men
             or
             divills
             can
             do
             against
             us
             :
             And
             what
             will
             not
             men
             undergoe
             ,
             
             so
             their
             reward
             may
             be
             answerable
             ?
             This
             hath
             made
             thousands
             even
             ambitious
             to
             imbrace
             the
             flames
             .
             Your
             cruelty
             is
             our
             glory
             ,
             said
             the
             Martyrs
             in
             Tertullians
             time
             ,
             to
             their
             persecutors
             ;
             for
             the
             harder
             wee
             are
             put
             to
             it
             ,
             the
             greater
             shall
             our
             reward
             bee
             in
             heaven
             .
             It
             is
             to
             my
             losse
             (
             said
             Gordius
             the
             Martyer
             )
             if
             you
             bate
             mee
             any
             thing
             of
             my
             sufferings
             .
          
           
             But
             yet
             further
             ,
             what
             saith
             Saint
             Paul
             ?
             
               In
               nothing
               feare
               your
               adversaries
               ,
               whose
               malice
               is
               to
               them
               a
               token
               of
               perdition
               ,
            
             
             
               but
               to
               you
               of
               salvation
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               God
               ,
               Phil.
            
             1
             28.
             
             Yea
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             Chapter
             ,
             ver
             .
             29.
             
             He
             preferreth
             the
             gift
             of
             suffering
             before
             the
             gift
             of
             beleeving
             :
             And
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Thessalonica
             peremptorily
             concludeth
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             elect
             of
             God
             ,
             from
             this
             ground
             ,
             That
             they
             
               received
               the
               word
               in
               much
               affliction
               with
               joy
               in
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               .
            
             They
             that
             
               dwell
               where
               Sathans
               seate
               is
               ,
               holding
               fast
               Christs
               name
               ,
               without
               denying
               his
               faith
            
             :
             are
             Protestants
             indeed
             ,
             Revel
             .
             2.13
             .
          
           
             Examine
             these
             Scriptures
             againe
             and
             againe
             ,
             for
             every
             word
             of
             them
             is
             ponderous
             ,
             and
             consider
             of
             whom
             and
             by
             whom
             they
             were
             spoken
             :
             then
             certainly
             
             thou
             wilt
             confess
             ,
             that
             if
             their
             be
             any
             Nectar
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             't
             is
             in
             sorrows
             wee
             indure
             for
             Righteousnesse
             .
             And
             methinks
             ,
             when
             I
             heare
             goodnesse
             calumniated
             ,
             I
             beare
             it
             the
             easier
             ,
             because
             the
             servants
             of
             vice
             do
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             6
          
           
             
             Quest.
             
               WHat
               is
               the
            
             original
             
               ground
               of
               the
               worlds
               hatred
            
             ?
          
           
             Ans.
             That
             Proclamation
             which
             God
             himselfe
             made
             in
             Paradise
             Gen.
             3.15
             .
             where
             hee
             saith
             unto
             the
             Serpent
             ;
             
               I
               will
               put
               enmity
               between
               thee
               ,
               and
               the
               woman
               ,
               and
               betweene
               thy
               seed●
               ,
               and
               her
               seed
               ,
               hee
               ,
               or
               it
               ,
               shall
               bruise
               thine
               head
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               bruise
               his
               heele
               .
            
          
           
             
             Quest.
             As
             to
             the
             building
             of
             an
             house
             ,
             it
             is
             needfull
             ,
             first
             to
             lay
             a
             good
             foundation
             ,
             before
             wee
             either
             raise
             the
             walls
             ,
             or
             cover
             it
             with
             the
             Roofe
             :
             so
             this
             Text
             being
             the
             foundation
             ,
             roote
             ,
             or
             spring
             of
             our
             insuing
             discourse
             ,
             it
             is
             necessary
             (
             for
             the
             better
             supporting
             ,
             and
             also
             conceiving
             of
             that
             which
             follows
             )
             clearly
             to
             open
             it
             ,
             or
             take
             it
             in
             peeces
             ,
             that
             every
             part
             may
             bee
             viewed
             severally
             .
          
           
           
             Ans.
             The
             whole
             frame
             ,
             or
             substance
             of
             the
             text
             being
             a
             generall
             Proclamation
             of
             VVarre
             ,
             even
             of
             its
             owne
             accord
             ,
             falls
             ,
             or
             empties
             it selfe
             into
             ten
             parts
             ;
             And
             they
             especially
             leade
             us
             to
             consider
             these
             particulars
             ,
             Viz.
             
             
               
                 The
                 
                   Thing
                   ,
                   proclaimed
                
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Author
                   ,
                   proclaiming
                
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Captains
                 &
                 
                   Souldiers
                   ,
                   between
                   whom
                
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Cause
                   why
                
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 
                   End
                   wherefore
                
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Time
                   when
                
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Manner
                   how
                
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Place
                   where
                
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Continuance
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Issue
                 &
                 effects
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Quest.
             
             
               The
               whole
               being
               thus
               let
               fall
               into
               parts
               ,
               let
               us
               take
               up
               each
               severall
               in
               order
               ,
               and
               view
               it
               .
               And
               first
               tell
               me
               what
               is
               intimated
               ,
               by
               this
               Enmity
               which
               is
               here
               proclamed
               .
            
          
           
             Ans.
             By
             Enmity
             is
             ment
             ,
             a
             bitter
             ,
             inveterate
             ,
             irreconsiliable
             and
             endlesse
             hatred
             and
             devision
             ;
             opposite
             to
             that
             amity
             and
             familiarity
             ,
             which
             formerly
             had
             been
             betweene
             the
             Woman
             and
             the
             Serpent
             .
             Breifly
             it
             is
             the
             very
             gall
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             darkenesse
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
             
               Who
               was
               the
               Author
               and
               proclamor
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             Ans.
             The
             Authour
             and
             principall
             efficient
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             God
             himselfe
             :
             for
             it
             we
             looke
             a
             little
             backe
             to
             the
             preceding
             
             verse
             ,
             wee
             shall
             see
             that
             this
             (
             I
             )
             is
             Iehovah
             ;
             the
             eternall
             God
             ,
             and
             
               Lord
               of
               Hosts
            
             .
          
           
             
             Quest.
             
               Betweene
               whom
               was
               this
               Enmity
               proclamed
               ?
            
          
           
             Ans.
             Between
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             his
             seed
             on
             the
             one
             side
             :
             and
             the
             woman
             ,
             and
             her
             seed
             on
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               What
               is
               meant
               by
               the
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               his
               seede
               .
            
          
           
             Ans.
             By
             the
             Serpent
             wee
             are
             to
             understand
             Sathan
             who
             opened
             the
             Serpents
             mouth
             ;
             and
             caused
             it
             to
             speake
             with
             mans
             voyce
             .
             as
             the
             Lord
             by
             an
             Angell
             ,
             opened
             the
             mouth
             of
             Balaams
             Asse
             ,
             Num.
             22.
             
          
           
             
             Secondly
             ,
             by
             the
             Serpents
             seede
             ,
             is
             ment
             the
             whole
             Generation
             of
             wicked
             men
             ,
             as
             interpreters
             conclude
             generally
             :
             and
             other
             Scriptures
             make
             cleare
             ,
             calling
             them
             Serpents
             ,
             
               Generations
               of
               vipers
            
             ,
             and
             
               Children
               of
               the
               Divell
            
             .
             Mat.
             23.33
             .
             Iohn
             8.44
             .
             and
             1
             Iohn
             3.10
             .
             yea
             !
             when
             Sathan
             by
             seducing
             Adam
             ,
             to
             breake
             
               Gods
               law
            
             in
             eating
             the
             forbidden
             fruite
             ,
             had
             deformed
             him
             after
             his
             own
             Image
             ;
             as
             God
             had
             formed
             him
             after
             his
             :
             hee
             intituled
             all
             his
             heires
             to
             that
             name
             
               the
               seede
               of
               the
               Serpent
               .
               Iohn
            
             
             8.44
             .
             of
             which
             more
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               What
               is
               meant
               by
               the
               woman
               and
               her
               seed
               ?
            
          
           
             Ans.
             By
             the
             woman
             is
             meant
             Eve
             :
             
             by
             her
             seede
             ,
             wee
             are
             to
             understand
             first
             and
             cheifely
             Christ
             ;
             the
             singular
             seede
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             woman
             ,
             as
             that
             hee
             was
             not
             of
             the
             
               Man.
               Gal.
            
             4.4
             .
             being
             borne
             of
             a
             Virgin.
             Esay
             7.14
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             it
             implyeth
             all
             the
             elect
             his
             members
             ;
             who
             are
             not
             only
             Eves
             seede
             ,
             as
             she
             was
             the
             Mother
             of
             all
             liveing
             by
             nature
             ;
             but
             by
             faith
             also
             :
             as
             else
             where
             they
             are
             called
             the
             seed
             ,
             
               or
               children
               of
               Abraham
               Gal.
            
             3.29
             ,
          
           
             Quest.
             
             
               What
               may
               bee
               gathered
               from
               these
               tearmes
               thus
               explicated
               ?
               and
               what
               instructions
               afford
               they
            
             ?
          
           
             Ans.
             1.
             
             
             That
             there
             was
             a
             twofold
             Kingdom
             set
             up
             in
             this
             world
             :
             A
             Kingdome
             of
             darkenesse
             ,
             of
             sinne
             ,
             and
             of
             misery
             ;
             and
             a
             Kingdome
             of
             light
             ,
             of
             holinesse
             ,
             and
             of
             happinesse
             :
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             cheife
             Commander
             of
             the
             one
             being
             Sathan
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             darkenesse
             ;
             the
             God
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             of
             all
             wicked
             men
             in
             this
             World
             )
             And
             cheife
             of
             evill
             spirits
             ,
             his
             subjects
             all
             the
             sons
             of
             Adam
             ,
             without
             exception
             ,
             or
             exemption
             of
             any
             ;
             even
             
             the
             Elect
             before
             calling
             ,
             and
             Regeneration
             ;
             and
             the
             reprobate
             without
             limitation
             .
             And
             the
             King
             of
             the
             other
             being
             Christ
             ,
             called
             in
             scripture
             
               the
               wonderfull
               Councellor
               ,
               the
               mighty
               God
               the
               everlasting
               Father
               and
               Prince
               of
               peace
               ,
               the
               Lord
               of
               Lords
               and
               King
               of
               Kings
               .
               Isa.
            
             9.6
             .
             Rev.
             17.14
             .
             who
             is
             also
             the
             chief
             of
             men
             ,
             even
             the
             chief
             son
             of
             man.
             His
             Subjects
             ,
             the
             godly
             alone
             ,
             by
             which
             I
             understand
             so
             many
             of
             the
             Elect
             ,
             as
             are
             regenerate
             :
             though
             indeed
             wee
             have
             all
             received
             our
             presse-money
             in
             baptisme
             ,
             and
             ought
             every
             one
             according
             to
             our
             ingagement
             ;
             maintain
             this
             fight
             against
             the
             Devil
             and
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             Sathan
             hath
             more
             Subjects
             ,
             th●n
             any
             Emperor
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             
             yea
             ,
             more
             men
             to
             serve
             and
             fight
             for
             him
             ;
             th●n
             the
             Trinity
             which
             made
             us
             :
             that
             the
             little
             handfull
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             is
             invironed
             ,
             and
             besieged
             with
             a
             numberless
             Multitude
             of
             deadly
             Enemies
             :
             All
             the
             Armadoes
             and
             Troopes
             of
             Devills
             ,
             all
             the
             Companies
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             all
             the
             forces
             and
             powers
             of
             Hell
             ;
             have
             bent
             their
             Bowes
             ,
             and
             made
             ready
             their
             Arrowes
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             privily
             shoote
             at
             the
             righteous
             ;
             who
             are
             the
             only
             marke
             
             of
             their
             malice
             ,
             and
             white
             at
             which
             they
             levell
             .
             Psa.
             11.2
             .
          
           
             I
             confesse
             among
             us
             Christians
             :
             Christ
             is
             the
             subject
             of
             all
             tongues
             ;
             Oh
             that
             hee
             were
             the
             object
             of
             all
             hearts
             !
             but
             whereas
             the
             Schoole
             disputes
             of
             him
             ,
             the
             Pulpit
             preaches
             of
             him
             ,
             Hipocrites
             talk
             of
             him
             ,
             time
             servers
             make
             use
             of
             him
             ,
             Polititians
             pretend
             him
             ,
             Profane
             men
             swear
             by
             him
             ,
             Civill
             honest
             men
             persecute
             him
             ,
             Millions
             professe
             him
             ,
             few
             love
             him
             ,
             few
             serve
             him
             ,
             few
             care
             to
             honour
             him
             .
             Godly
             men
             even
             amongst
             us
             Christians
             ,
             are
             like
             timber
             Trees
             in
             a
             wood
             ;
             here
             one
             and
             there
             one
             ;
             yea
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             bee
             feared
             ,
             that
             as
             once
             in
             Israel
             ,
             a
             thousand
             followed
             Baal
             ,
             for
             one
             that
             followed
             God
             :
             So
             now
             in
             England
             ,
             many
             serve
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             flesh
             and
             the
             Devill
             ,
             for
             one
             that
             truely
             serves
             God
             in
             sincerity
             ,
             truth
             and
             holinesse
             .
             
          
           
             3
             If
             our
             Enemies
             are
             so
             many
             in
             number
             ,
             so
             great
             in
             might
             ,
             in
             malice
             ,
             in
             experience
             and
             cunning
             ;
             as
             from
             hence
             wee
             are
             informed
             :
             yea
             ,
             if
             wee
             have
             Enemies
             inferiour
             ,
             as
             wicked
             men
             ,
             exterior
             ,
             as
             the
             world
             ;
             interior
             ,
             as
             the
             flesh
             ;
             superiour
             ,
             as
             the
             Devill
             ;
             it
             behooves
             us
             not
             to
             trust
             to
             our
             owne
             strength
             (
             Hercules
             
             himselfe
             could
             not
             coape
             with
             two
             adversaries
             at
             once
             )
             but
             to
             implore
             the
             assistance
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             and
             Christ
             our
             Captaine
             ;
             whose
             weakenesse
             was
             too
             strong
             for
             all
             their
             power
             and
             might
             ;
             the
             which
             beeing
             done
             ;
             feare
             not
             a
             strong
             Enemie
             against
             thee
             ,
             seeing
             thou
             hast
             a
             stronger
             friend
             with
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Quest.
               WHat
               collect
               you
               in
               particular
               from
               those
               words
               ;
               I
               will
               put
               Enmity
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
             Ans.
             This
             shewes
             the
             stabillity
             ,
             and
             certainty
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             with
             God
             ,
             neither
             doth
             his
             word
             disagree
             from
             his
             intention
             (
             because
             hee
             is
             truth
             it selfe
             )
             nor
             his
             deede
             ,
             from
             his
             word
             ,
             because
             hee
             is
             power
             it selfe
             :
             
               God
               is
               not
               as
               man
               ,
               that
               hee
               should
               lye
               ;
               neither
               as
               the
               Sonne
               of
               man
               that
               he
               should
               repent
               :
               Hath
               hee
               said
               ,
               I
               will
               put
               enmity
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               not
               do
               it
               ?
            
             Or
             
               hath
               he
               spoaken
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               shall
               not
               hee
               accomplish
               it
               ?
            
             Numb
             .
             23.19
             .
             
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               shall
               passe
               away
               ,
               but
               one
               jott
               ,
               or
               tittle
               of
               ●is
               word
               shall
               not
               passe
               ,
               til
               all
               bee
               fulfilled
               ,
            
             Mat.
             5.18
             .
          
           
           
             Quest.
             
               What
               instruction
               affords
               this
            
             ?
          
           
             Ans.
             
             1
             That
             to
             be
             without
             reproaches
             ,
             or
             persecutions
             ,
             wee
             may
             rather
             wish
             then
             hope
             ;
             for
             what
             peace
             can
             we
             looke
             for
             ,
             
             betweene
             the
             seede
             of
             the
             woman
             ,
             and
             the
             seede
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             seeing
             God
             himselfe
             from
             the
             beginni●g
             hath
             set
             them
             at
             Enmity
             ?
             yea
             ,
             once
             to
             expect
             it
             were
             an
             effect
             of
             frenzy
             ,
             not
             of
             hope
             .
          
           
             2
             Since
             we
             can
             expect
             no
             peace
             f●om
             the
             Serpents
             seede
             ;
             
             let
             as
             many
             as
             are
             of
             the
             womans
             seede
             ,
             and
             of
             Christs
             side
             ;
             ●nanimously
             hold
             together
             .
             It
             is
             hard
             to
             say
             ,
             whither
             Bazil
             ▪
             and
             Eusebius
             ,
             who
             perceiving
             the
             Arrians
             to
             improve
             a
             difference
             between
             them
             ;
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Orthodox
             ;
             soone
             reconciled
             themselves
             ,
             and
             united
             their
             forces
             together
             against
             the
             common
             enemy
             ,
             are
             more
             to
             bee
             commended
             ,
             Or
             the
             Pope
             to
             bee
             abhorred
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             busie
             and
             hot
             against
             Luther
             ,
             that
             hee
             neglected
             to
             looke
             to
             all
             Christendome
             against
             the
             Turke
             .
             Which
             declared
             ,
             that
             hee
             could
             easier
             disgest
             Mahometisme
             ,
             then
             Lutheronisme
             .
             The
             case
             of
             too
             many
             in
             our
             dayes
             ,
             that
             thinke
             they
             love
             Christ
             fervently
             ,
             though
             wee
             may
             justly
             suspect
             
             the
             contrary
             ,
             by
             their
             being
             so
             busie
             ,
             and
             hot
             against
             the
             Reformation
             established
             .
             Against
             which
             they
             cannot
             bring
             any
             expresse
             scripture
             ;
             only
             they
             seek
             straws
             to
             put
             out
             their
             own
             eyes
             ,
             &
             puzzell
             others
             withall
             .
             As
             Bernard
             speaks
             of
             som●
             in
             his
             time
             ;
             and
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             it
             would
             argue
             more
             love
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             obedience
             to
             his
             gospell
             ;
             if
             they
             would
             ioyne
             with
             the
             godly
             party
             ,
             against
             Atheists
             ,
             and
             Papists
             .
             As
             ,
             let
             but
             two
             Mastifes
             bee
             jarring
             betweene
             themselves
             :
             when
             the
             Bare
             comes
             they
             forget
             private
             strife
             ,
             to
             assayle
             their
             common
             Enemy
             .
             And
             certainly
             they
             might
             bee
             as
             firme
             friends
             to
             truth
             ;
             although
             they
             were
             not
             such
             bitter
             enemies
             to
             peace
             .
             For
             as
             the
             case
             standeth
             it
             is
             hard
             to
             determine
             whether
             they
             more
             intend
             to
             doe
             God
             service
             ;
             or
             really
             doe
             the
             Devill
             and
             his
             instruments
             service
             ;
             by
             their
             contradicting
             ,
             and
             aspersing
             all
             that
             are
             not
             of
             their
             owne
             judgement
             .
          
           
             
             3
             If
             the
             Lord
             have
             put
             this
             Enmity
             ,
             betweene
             us
             and
             the
             wicked
             .
             Here
             is
             warrant
             in
             opposing
             ,
             comfort
             in
             suffering
             .
          
           
             
             4
             If
             the
             seede
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             fight
             on
             Christs
             side
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             
               Gods
               word
            
             
             for
             their
             warrant
             :
             they
             are
             sure
             to
             have
             him
             assist
             them
             ,
             and
             prevent
             their
             Enemies
             :
             and
             is
             not
             that
             God
             wee
             fight
             for
             able
             enough
             to
             vindicate
             all
             our
             wrongs
             ?
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
             
               What
               occasioned
               the
               Lord
               to
               proclaime
               this
               enmity
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ans.
               Adams
            
             si●ne
             in
             eating
             the
             
               forbidden
               fruite
            
             .
             a●d
             Sathans
             malice
             in
             moving
             ,
             and
             seducing
             him
             thereunto
             ,
             was
             the
             meritorious
             cause
             :
             the
             originall
             of
             this
             discord
             ,
             
             is
             from
             originall
             sin
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               What
               was
               the
               finall
               cause
               or
               end
               why
               God
               proclaimed
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             Ans.
             His
             end
             was
             threefold
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             1
             In
             regard
             of
             himselfe
             :
             his
             principal
             ●nd
             was
             his
             owne
             glory
             ,
             which
             should
             a●ise
             from
             the
             manifestation
             ,
             or
             admirable
             composition
             of
             his
             justice
             ,
             mercy
             ,
             holinesse
             ,
             wisdome
             ,
             power
             ,
             and
             providence
             herein
             .
          
           
             2
             In
             regard
             of
             Sathan
             ,
             and
             wicked
             men●
             that
             hee
             might
             for
             the
             present
             punish
             one
             sinne
             with
             another
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             
             end
             take
             due
             vengeance
             on
             them
             in
             their
             greater
             condemnation
             ,
             and
             finall
             Ruine
             and
             destruction
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             regard
             of
             the
             Godly
             for
             their
             greater
             good
             ,
             as
             namely
             that
             they
             might
             ,
             by
             this
             affliction
             and
             chastisement
             ,
             be
             stopt
             in
             their
             course
             of
             sin
             ,
             be
             brought
             to
             the
             ●ight
             of
             their
             evills
             pas●
             ,
             and
             made
             repent
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             prevented
             from
             si●ning
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             lastly
             to
             keep
             them
             in
             continuall
             exercise
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             walke
             on
             in
             the
             way
             of
             holiness
             which
             will
             bring
             them
             to
             eternall
             happiness
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             condemned
             with
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             SECT
             9.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               But
               how
               can
               God
               be
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               ,
               without
               being
               the
               Author
               of
               Sin
               ?
            
          
           
             Ans.
             Very
             well
             ;
             Even
             as
             the
             temporal
             Magistrate
             may
             put
             a
             fello●
             to
             death
             ,
             without
             committing
             of
             Murther
             :
             That
             he
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             fountaine
             of
             all
             good
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             Author
             of
             any
             evill
             herein
             ,
             may
             appeare
             .
          
           
             
             1.
             
             By
             considering
             how
             the
             case
             stood
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             with
             Adam
             and
             al
             his
             posterity
             ,
             being
             condemned
             persons
             ,
             every
             moment
             expecting
             ,
             and
             waiting
             for
             that
             
             direfull
             sentence
             to
             be
             executed
             ,
             and
             inflicted
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             God
             before
             had
             threatned
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             should
             transgress
             his
             Royall
             command
             Gen.
             2.17
             .
             namely
             the
             sent●nce
             of
             death
             .
          
           
             Which
             was
             threefold
             ,
             viz.
             of
             
               
                 Body
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 temporall
                 Death
                 .
              
               
                 Soule
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 spirituall
                 Death
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Body
                   ,
                   and
                   soule
                
                 which
                 is
                 eternall
                 Death
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Opposite
             to
             that
             three-fold
             life
             of
             
               
                 Nature
                 ,
              
               
                 Grace
                 ,
              
               
                 Glory
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             which
             if
             it
             had
             been
             fully
             ,
             and
             universally
             accomplisht
             ,
             we
             could
             have
             had
             nothing
             to
             say
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             was
             just
             (
             as
             now
             we
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             give
             why
             so
             many
             should
             be
             Redeemed
             ,
             but
             because
             he
             is
             mercifull
             )
             yet
             because
             he
             would
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             nature
             in
             Justice
             remember
             Mercy
             ,
             he
             ordained
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             Remedy
             even
             Christ
             implyed
             in
             the
             Pronoune
             Relative
             ,
             Hee
             ,
             for
             so
             many
             as
             he
             had
             before
             predestinated
             ,
             to
             be
             borne
             againe
             by
             his
             word
             and
             Spirit
             .
             Iohn
             3.
             to
             a
             lively
             faith
             ,
             whereby
             they
             might
             lay
             hold
             on
             this
             Remedy
             ,
             yet
             with
             all
             hee
             did
             appoint
             ,
             that
             this
             their
             way
             to
             Heaven
             should
             be
             thorny
             and
             troublesome
             .
             To
             which
             end
             he
             mixed
             with
             the
             sweet
             promise
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             the
             bitter
             Ingredient
             
             of
             griefe
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             Implyed
             in
             the
             word
             Enmity
             ,
             but
             yet
             more
             to
             justifie
             this
             Judgement
             of
             God
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             appeare
             just
             .
          
           
             
             2
             It
             will
             appeare
             if
             we
             distinguish
             the
             ends
             of
             
               God
               ,
               Sathan
            
             ,
             and
             
               wicked
               men
            
             .
             To
             which
             purpose
             I
             will
             instance
             in
             our
             Saviours
             example
             ;
             Iudas
             delivered
             him
             to
             death
             for
             gaine
             ,
             the
             Iewes
             for
             Envy
             ,
             Pilate
             for
             feare
             ,
             the
             Devill
             provoked
             each
             of
             them
             ,
             through
             this
             
               Enmity
               ;
               Christ
            
             himselfe
             to
             obey
             his
             Fathers
             will
             ,
             God
             the
             Father
             in
             love
             to
             sinners
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             Redemption
             ,
             each
             did
             one
             and
             the
             same
             thing
             .
             But
             to
             contrary
             ends
             :
             so
             when
             this
             Enmity
             breaks
             forth
             in
             the
             wicked
             ,
             Sathan
             hath
             a
             hand
             in
             it
             as
             a
             malicious
             Author
             ,
             As
             when
             he
             entred
             into
             Iudas
             and
             made
             him
             betray
             Christ
             ,
             
             Luk
             22.3
             .
             Man
             himselfe
             as
             a
             voluntary
             Instrument
             ,
             as
             when
             Pharoah
             hardened
             his
             owne
             heart
             against
             the
             
               Children
               of
               Israel
               Exod.
            
             9.34
             .
             God
             as
             a
             most
             Righteous
             Judge
             ,
             and
             Avenger
             ,
             as
             when
             hee
             also
             hardened
             Pharoahs
             heart
             ,
             Exod.
             9.12
             but
             how
             ?
             even
             by
             permitting
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             from
             his
             owne
             malicious
             inclination
             to
             hate
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             :
             not
             by
             infusing
             this
             malice
             ,
             nor
             
             by
             withdrawing
             any
             grace
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             denying
             that
             grace
             which
             hee
             was
             not
             bound
             to
             give
             :
             he
             doth
             not
             infuse
             corruption
             ,
             he
             doth
             not
             with
             hold
             the
             occasion
             ,
             Even
             as
             when
             the
             Rider
             gives
             his
             fiery
             horse
             the
             Reyns
             ,
             we
             saie
             he
             puts
             him
             on
             ;
             In
             mercy
             infusing
             this
             Enmity
             into
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             against
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             :
             Not
             against
             their
             persons
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             his
             Creatures
             ,
             but
             only
             against
             their
             condition
             ,
             disposition
             ,
             and
             wicked
             conversation
             ;
             we
             and
             the
             Devill
             should
             never
             have
             falne
             out
             ,
             we
             agree
             but
             too
             well
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             hath
             put
             an
             enmity
             between
             us
             .
             Yea
             in
             the
             last
             place
             ,
             as
             God
             turned
             the
             treachery
             of
             Iudas
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             his
             Justice
             ,
             Mercy
             ,
             &c.
             but
             to
             the
             good
             of
             all
             beleevers
             ,
             so
             he
             turnes
             this
             Enmity
             of
             Sathan
             and
             wicked
             men
             ,
             to
             his
             Childrens
             great
             advantage
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             glory
             .
             
             And
             hereupon
             is
             that
             distinction
             of
             adversities
             :
             as
             they
             come
             from
             Sathan
             ,
             they
             are
             usually
             called
             temptations
             ;
             as
             they
             come
             from
             
               men
               ,
               persecutions
            
             ;
             as
             from
             
               God
               ,
               afflictions
            
             .
             And
             well
             may
             hee
             work
             good
             ,
             by
             evill
             Instruments
             ,
             when
             every
             Prince
             ,
             or
             Magistrate
             hath
             the
             feat
             to
             make
             profitable
             Instruments
             ,
             aswell
             
             of
             evill
             persons
             as
             of
             good
             :
             And
             each
             Physitian
             can
             make
             poyson
             medicinable
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             10.
             
          
           
             
             Q.
             
               This
               rub
               being
               removed
               ,
               and
               the
               passage
               made
               cleere
               :
               proceed
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               your
               Text
               ,
               and
               shew
               me
               the
               time
               of
               this
               Enmity
               .
            
          
           
             Ans.
             First
             I
             will
             make
             a
             distinction
             ,
             and
             then
             give
             the
             Answer
             .
             The
             circumstance
             of
             time
             is
             twofold
             ;
             the
             time
             when
             it
             was
             proclaimed
             ,
             And
             the
             time
             that
             it
             is
             to
             continue
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             If
             wee
             consider
             the
             time
             when
             it
             was
             first
             proclaimed
             ;
             It
             was
             immediatly
             after
             the
             fall
             ▪
             when
             Adam
             had
             newly
             sinned
             :
             not
             long
             after
             the
             Creation
             :
             even
             when
             time
             it self
             was
             not
             a
             week
             old
             ,
             as
             is
             probably
             conjectured
             by
             the
             learned
             .
          
           
             
             2.
             
             If
             we
             consider
             the
             time
             that
             this
             Enmity
             is
             to
             continue
             ,
             it
             is
             either
             generall
             ,
             or
             particular
             ;
             The
             generall
             time
             is
             here
             set
             downe
             in
             the
             Text
             indefinitly
             ,
             
               I
               will
               put
               Enmity
               between
               ●hee
               and
               the
               Woman
               ,
               and
               between
               they
               seed
               and
               her
               seed
               ,
            
             which
             being
             without
             limitation
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             largely
             ,
             and
             so
             signifies
             that
             it
             is
             perpetuall
             without
             end
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             time
             ▪
             to
             the
             end
             of
             all
             time
             ,
             when
             time
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             began
             ,
             
             this
             malice
             first
             began
             ,
             nor
             will
             it
             end
             but
             with
             the
             latest
             Man
             :
             It
             is
             an
             everlasting
             
               Act
               of
               Parliament
            
             ,
             like
             a
             
               Statute
               in
               Magna
               Charta
            
             .
          
           
             3
             If
             we
             consider
             the
             time
             more
             strictly
             ,
             
             then
             it
             signifies
             in
             the
             Subject
             possest
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             whole
             time
             of
             a
             wicked
             mans
             life
             :
             or
             if
             in
             time
             he
             becomes
             the
             Womans
             seed
             by
             a
             new
             birth
             ,
             then
             it
             signifies
             that
             part
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             which
             went
             before
             Regeneration
             :
             But
             in
             the
             Object
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             whole
             time
             of
             a
             godly
             mans
             spirituall
             life
             ,
             after
             he
             is
             become
             the
             Womans
             seed
             ,
             even
             from
             the
             morning
             of
             his
             new
             birth
             ,
             to
             the
             evening
             of
             his
             departure
             hence
             ,
             without
             intermission
             which
             makes
             the
             Psalmist
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               for
               thy
               sake
               are
               we
               killed
               all
               the
               day
               long
               ,
            
             Psal.
             44.22
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               What
               way
               wee
               gleane
               from
               hence
               ?
            
          
           
             Answ.
             Some
             comfort
             ,
             
             in
             that
             this
             War
             shall
             once
             have
             an
             end
             :
             The
             Israellites
             shall
             not
             alwayes
             live
             under
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             Pharaoh
             ,
             or
             travells
             of
             the
             Wildernesse
             :
             Nor
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             alwayes
             under
             this
             heavy
             yoak
             of
             affliction
             and
             persecution
             :
             for
             Death
             shall
             free
             us
             from
             our
             sorrowes
             ,
             aswell
             
             as
             from
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             yea
             as
             this
             is
             their
             time
             to
             persecute
             ,
             ours
             to
             suffer
             ,
             so
             their
             time
             will
             come
             to
             suffer
             ,
             ours
             to
             triumph
             ,
             let
             me
             rather
             feele
             their
             mallice
             ,
             
               then
               be
               wrapt
               up
               in
               their
               vengeance
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             
             Quest.
             
               WHat
               is
               their
               manner
               of
               venting
               this
               Enmity
               ?
            
          
           
             Answ.
             Sathan
             the
             Prince
             of
             Darknes
             ,
             and
             his
             adherents
             the
             wicked
             world
             :
             do
             war
             against
             Christ
             and
             his
             Members
             two
             wayes
             ,
             by
             Persecutions
             ,
             and
             by
             Perswasions
             ,
             under
             which
             two
             Generalls
             ,
             are
             comprised
             divers
             and
             sundry
             particulars
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             severally
             speak
             of
             ,
             when
             I
             come
             to
             the
             Properties
             of
             this
             Enmity
             ,
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             we
             are
             to
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             all
             Sathans
             businesse
             was
             ,
             and
             is
             (
             at
             ,
             and
             ever
             since
             the
             fall
             of
             Adam
             )
             to
             slay
             Soule●
             ,
             1
             Peter
             5.8
             .
             Iob.
             1.7
             .
             Neither
             doth
             he
             want
             Instruments
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             
             to
             further
             ,
             and
             promote
             this
             his
             designe
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               Now
               a
               word
               of
               the
               place
               where
               .
            
          
           
             Answ.
             The
             circumstance
             of
             place
             ,
             is
             threefold
             .
          
           
             
             
               1.
               
               If
               we
               consider
               the
               place
               strictly
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               Subject
               in
               whom
               it
               resides
               :
               then
               it
               is
               principally
               the
               heart
               of
               Man
               unsanctified
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               If
               we
               consider
               the
               place
               ,
               where
               it
               was
               proclaimed
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               Paradise
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Garden
                 of
                 Eden
              
               ,
               as
               verse
               23.
               shewes
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               But
               if
               wee
               consider
               the
               place
               ,
               where
               they
               exercise
               this
               Enmity
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               the
               place
               of
               this
               miserable
               world
               ,
               where
               the
               Church
               is
               Militant
               indeed
               ,
               Revel
               .
               12.7
               .
               It
               is
               said
               
                 there
                 was
                 warre
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 Michael
                 and
                 his
                 Angells
                 ,
                 fought
                 against
                 the
                 Dragon
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 Dragon
                 fought
                 and
                 his
                 Angells
              
               ;
               But
               this
               cannot
               fitly
               be
               construed
               of
               Heaven
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               but
               of
               Heaven
               on
               Earth
               :
               For
               in
               Heaven
               the
               Church
               is
               triumphant
               ,
               and
               the
               Devill
               in
               the
               beginning
               
                 was
                 cast
                 out
                 of
                 that
                 Heaven
                 ,
              
               2.
               
               Peter
               2.4
               .
               And
               there
               is
               no
               Warfare
               ,
               but
               all
               wellfare
               ,
               no
               Jarr
               ;
               but
               love
               and
               peace
               ;
               yea
               such
               a
               peace
               ,
               as
               passeth
               all
               understanding
               ,
               So
               that
               by
               Heaven
               there
               ,
               is
               meant
               ,
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               on
               Earth
               ;
               called
               in
               holy
               Scripture
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               
                 holy
                 Ierusalem
                 above
              
               ;
               for
               that
               her
               chiefe
               treasure
               is
               in
               Heaven
               .
               Math.
               6.20
               .
               her
               affections
               in
               Heaven
               .
               
               Colos.
               3.2
               .
               her
               Conversation
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               Phil.
               3.20
               .
               and
               for
               that
               the
               Lord
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               dwells
               in
               her
               heart
               by
               faith
               .
               Ephes.
               3.17
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               WHat
               is
               promised
               shall
               be
               the
               issue
               ,
               or
               effect
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               who
               shall
               get
               the
               victory
               ?
            
          
           
             
             Answ.
             The
             issue
             or
             effect
             is
             declared
             in
             these
             words
             ;
             
               He
               shall
               bruise
               thine
               head
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               bruise
               his
               heele
               .
            
             The
             meaning
             whereof
             is
             this
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             By
             bruising
             of
             the
             head
             ,
             is
             meant
             Sathans
             overthrow
             ,
             and
             finall
             Ruine
             and
             distruction
             by
             Christ
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             Workes
             ,
             Iohn
             12.31
             .
             and
             1.
             
             Iohn
             3.8
             .
             to
             which
             purpose
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             are
             very
             significant
             .
             
             
               Hee
               also
               himselfe
               tooke
               part
               of
               our
               flesh
               and
               blood
               that
               through
               death
               he
               might
               destroy
               him
               ,
               that
               had
               the
               power
               of
               death
               ,
               that
               is
               the
               Divell
               ,
               Heb.
            
             2.14
             .
             And
             he
             being
             overcome
             ,
             his
             seed
             are
             overcome
             ,
             and
             perish
             with
             him
             ,
             Revel
             .
             12.9
             .
             Iohn
             14.13.30
             .
             and
             12
             ,
             31.32
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             first
             promise
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             
             life
             made
             to
             Eve
             ,
             and
             all
             mankind
             ,
             now
             dead
             in
             sin
             ,
             and
             enemies
             to
             
               God.
               Collos.
            
             2.13
             .
             and
             1.21
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             only
             meant
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             owne
             person
             ,
             but
             it
             implyes
             that
             all
             his
             Members
             ,
             by
             resisting
             the
             Devill
             stedfastly
             through
             faith
             in
             him
             ,
             
               shall
               have
               victory
            
             also
             1
             Corinth
             .
             15.57
             .
             
               given
               them
               by
               the
               God
               of
               peace
               ,
               who
               shall
               bruise
            
             Sathan
             
               under
               our
               feet
               shortly
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             speaketh
             plainely
             ,
             Rom.
             16.20
             .
             Faith
             in
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             shall
             put
             this
             roaring
             Lyon
             to
             flight
             :
             
               They
               overcame
               him
               by
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Lamb
               ,
               Reve.
            
             12.11
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             by
             his
             heele
             bruising
             is
             meant
             ,
             
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 First
                 Christs
                 holy
                 wayes
                 ,
                 which
                 Sathan
                 should
                 by
                 all
                 means
                 (
                 either
                 of
                 Temptations
                 ,
                 or
                 Persecutions
                 )
                 seek
                 to
                 suppresse
                 :
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 And
                 secondly
                 his
                 humane
                 Nature
                 ,
                 which
                 Sathan
                 should
                 afflict
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 wayes
                 ,
                 untill
                 he
                 brought
                 upon
                 him
                 
                   
                     That
                     Shamefull
                     ,
                     Death
                     of
                     the
                     Crosse
                     ,
                     Ga●
                     .
                     3.13
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     Painefull
                     ,
                     and
                     Death
                     of
                     the
                     Crosse
                     ,
                     Ga●
                     .
                     3.13
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     Cursed
                     ,
                     Death
                     of
                     the
                     Crosse
                     ,
                     Ga●
                     .
                     3.13
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             For
             then
             his
             heele
             was
             bruised
             ,
             when
             his
             Body
             was
             crucified
             .
             And
             it
             was
             no
             
             more
             then
             the
             bruising
             of
             his
             heele
             ;
             his
             divine
             Nature
             being
             impassible
             and
             untouched
             ;
             where
             note
             that
             it
             was
             the
             politick
             malice
             of
             the
             Devill
             and
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             aymed
             by
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Generall
             ,
             to
             disband
             the
             Army
             .
             So
             long
             as
             Christ
             lived
             on
             earth
             ,
             we
             read
             of
             no
             persecution
             against
             his
             
               Disciples
               ,
               Math.
            
             9.15
             .
             But
             let
             him
             be
             once
             removed
             ,
             and
             then
             there
             is
             havock
             made
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             Stephen
             is
             stoned
             ,
             Peter
             crucified
             ,
             Paul
             beheaded
             ,
             some
             strangled
             ,
             some
             burned
             ,
             some
             broyled
             ,
             some
             brained
             ,
             all
             but
             only
             St.
             Iohn
             murthered
             .
             And
             Thirdly
             it
             is
             meant
             ,
             that
             all
             who
             beleeved
             in
             Christs
             name
             ,
             shall
             suffer
             bruising
             ,
             in
             one
             kinde
             or
             other
             for
             his
             sake
             :
             And
             then
             his
             heele
             is
             bruised
             ,
             when
             his
             Members
             are
             afflicted
             :
             But
             all
             the
             hurt
             they
             can
             do
             is
             ,
             but
             to
             bruise
             the
             heele
             .
          
           
             Bruise
             them
             in
             their
             
               
                 Persons
                 ,
              
               
                 Estates
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Good
                   Names
                
                 ;
              
            
          
           
             For
             to
             hurt
             their
             best
             parts
             ,
             their
             Soules
             ,
             they
             shall
             never
             be
             able
             :
             yea
             all
             this
             bruising
             in
             the
             end
             shall
             turne
             to
             the
             further
             good
             .
          
           
           
             Of
             their
             Soules
             ,
             
               
                 
                   Here
                   in
                   Grace
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Hereafter
                   in
                   Glory
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             And
             so
             you
             have
             the
             matter
             ,
             the
             Author
             ,
             the
             Subject
             ,
             the
             Object
             ,
             the
             Cause
             ,
             the
             End
             ,
             the
             Time
             ,
             the
             Manner
             ,
             the
             Place
             ,
             the
             Continuance
             ,
             the
             Issue
             and
             effects
             of
             this
             Enmity
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               BY
               your
               opening
               of
               this
               Text
               ,
               and
               unveyling
               of
               the
               termes
               :
               I
               see
               it
               looketh
               two
               severall
               wayes
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               reacheth
               out
               as
               it
               were
               with
               one
               hand
               ,
               a
               blessing
               to
               all
               beleevers
               ,
               aswell
               as
               a
               curse
               with
               the
               other
               to
               all
               wicked
               men
               and
               Spirits
               .
            
          
           
             Answ.
             Yea
             it
             is
             like
             a
             Checker
             ;
             
               
                 halfe
                 white
                 ,
              
               
                 halfe
                 black
                 .
              
            
             Consisting
             as
          
           
             Much
             of
             Mercy
             and
             Consolation
             ,
             
             as
             Judgement
             and
             terror
             :
             resembling
             Moses
             who
             saved
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             and
             slew
             the
             Egyptians
             .
             For
             as
             harsh
             as
             the
             words
             sound
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             full
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             mercy
             ;
             and
             containe
             so
             much
             in
             a
             little
             ,
             that
             this
             text
             may
             well
             be
             called
             
             the
             Gospells
             Epitome
             ;
             yea
             the
             marrow
             ,
             or
             pith
             of
             the
             whole
             Bible
             ,
             compiled
             by
             wisdome
             it selfe
             ;
             A
             short
             ,
             yet
             absolute
             Sum
             of
             all
             holy
             faith
             ,
             yea
             the
             foundation
             of
             all
             whatsoever
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             have
             written
             ,
             or
             Ministers
             do
             preach
             ;
             The
             key
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             Ambrose
             calls
             the
             Creed
             ;
             It
             is
             but
             of
             a
             short
             sound
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             large
             extent
             ;
             little
             in
             shew
             ,
             infinite
             in
             sence
             .
          
           
             In
             fine
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             large
             for
             matter
             ,
             so
             short
             for
             phrase
             ,
             so
             profound
             for
             depth
             ,
             so
             sweet
             for
             Consolation
             ,
             and
             yet
             so
             terrible
             for
             severity
             ,
             that
             it
             well
             suites
             with
             the
             Author
             who
             spake
             the
             words
             and
             none
             els
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               I
               perceive
               then
               ,
               that
               to
               draw
               this
            
             Well
             
               dry
               ,
               to
               dig
               this
            
             Mine
             
               to
               the
               bottome
               ,
               and
               to
               speak
               of
               each
               severall
               ,
               in
               this
            
             universe
             
               were
               an
            
             Herculean
             
               work
               ,
               and
               fit
               for
               some
               divine
            
             Theseus
             ,
             or
             Solomon
             .
          
           
             
               Besides
               it
               would
               require
               too
               large
               a
               vollume
               ,
               for
               Common
               use
               :
               wherefore
               it
               shall
               content
               mee
               ,
               you
               only
               Anatomize
               that
               part
               or
               Member
               of
               the
               whole
               which
               is
               here
               termed
               Enmity
               ,
               by
               laying
               open
               the
               veines
               ,
               and
               Arteries
               thereof
               ;
               it
               being
               the
               very
               point
               ,
               or
               mayn
               Center
               ,
               the
               pole
               ,
               or
               Cardinall
               Axeltree
               ,
               upon
               which
               this
               text
               moves
               ,
               and
               
               is
               turned
               .
               And
               that
               will
               be
               sufficient
               :
               For
               where
               prevailing
               is
               by
               lyes
               ,
               there
               discovery
               is
               victory
               ;
               yet
               lest
               the
               Pages
               should
               still
               grow
               ,
               As
               fi●h
               into
               a
               multitude
               ,
               garble
               your
               notions
               ,
               and
               give
               us
               but
               the
               very
               Marrow
               of
               the
               matter
               .
            
             
             
               And
               because
               Method
               to
               the
               matter
               is
               as
               fashion
               to
               Apparell
               ;
               and
               form
               to
               building
               ,
               propose
               what
               shall
               be
               your
               order
               of
               distribution
               .
            
          
           
             Ans.
             As
             the
             
               Throne
               of
               Solomon
            
             was
             mounted
             unto
             ,
             by
             six
             staires
             :
             so
             this
             Throne
             of
             Sathan
             ,
             this
             strong
             hold
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             may
             be
             mounted
             unto
             (
             for
             I
             only
             intend
             a
             discovery
             at
             this
             time
             )
             by
             a
             Ladder
             of
             six
             steps
             ,
             set
             upon
             this
             ground
             which
             is
             already
             laid
             ,
             or
             if
             this
             originall
             ,
             be
             counted
             for
             one
             step
             ,
             then
             the
             Ladder
             consists
             of
             seaven
             staves
             ,
             answerable
             to
             the
             seven
             steps
             which
             led
             up
             to
             that
             
               Temple
               in
               Ezekiels
               Vision
               ,
               Ezek.
            
             40.26
             .
             For
          
           
             I
             will
             draw
             all
             our
             present
             discourse
             ,
             to
             one
             of
             these
             heads
             :
             (
             taking
             liberty
             so
             to
             place
             them
             ,
             as
             may
             serve
             best
             for
             my
             purpose
             ,
             and
             the
             Readers
             benefit
             .
             )
             
             Viz.
             
             
               
                 The
                 Originall
                 ,
                 of
                 Enmity
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Continuance
                 ,
                 of
                 Enmity
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Properties
                 ,
                 of
                 Enmity
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Causes
                 ,
                 Why
                 wicked
                 men
                 hate
                 and
                 persecute
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Ends
                 ,
                 Why
                 wicked
                 men
                 hate
                 and
                 persecute
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Reasons
                 why
                 ,
                 God
                 permits
                 them
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Reasons
                 why
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Godly
                
                 suffer
                 it
                 so
                 patiently
                 .
              
            
          
           
             These
             seaven
             shall
             limit
             my
             speech
             ,
             and
             your
             patient
             attention
             ,
             and
             I
             take
             them
             only
             to
             be
             inherent
             in
             the
             words
             ,
             there
             be
             some
             short
             adherent
             circumstances
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             salute
             as
             I
             passe
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             within
             the
             circumference
             ,
             these
             are
             in
             the
             heart
             and
             Center
             ;
             And
             these
             alone
             as
             I
             suppose
             ,
             may
             serve
             as
             spectacles
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             Devill
             ●nd
             his
             Workes
             by
             ,
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             hatred
             and
             persecution
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             14
          
           
             Quest.
             
               TO
               begin
               with
               the
               second
               point
               proposed
               (
               having
               dispatched
               
               the
               first
               )
               and
               to
               proceed
               from
               Explication
               to
               Confirmation
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               so
               to
               Application
               .
               How
               prove
               you
               that
               there
               hath
               been
               in
               all
               Ages
               past
               ,
               is
               now
               ,
               and
               ever
               shall
               be
               between
               these
               two
               Kings
            
             Sathan
             and
             Christ
             ,
             
               and
               their
               Regiments
               ,
               the
               wicked
               and
               the
               Godly
               ,
               a
               perpetuall
               War
               ,
               Enmity
               and
               strife
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Lords
               prediction
               or
               Proclamation
               ?
            
          
           
             Ans.
             For
             proofe
             I
             could
             produce
             Testimonies
             and
             examples
             innumerable
             there
             being
             scarce
             a
             Page
             in
             the
             Bible
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             ●ither
             expresse
             or
             imply
             somewhat
             touching
             this
             Enmity
             ,
             yea
             as
             if
             the
             Scriptures
             contained
             nothing
             else
             ,
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             significantly
             calls
             them
             the
             book
             of
             the
             Battailes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Numb
             .
             21.14
             .
             as
             Rupertus
             well
             observes
             .
          
           
             And
             because
             examples
             ,
             give
             a
             quicker
             impression
             then
             Arguments
             :
             the
             proofe
             shall
             be
             by
             Induction
             of
             particuler
             instances
             collected
             from
             the
             Scripures
             and
             Ecclesiasticall
             History
             ,
             wherein
             I
             will
             be
             briefe
             ,
             and
             only
             mention
             ,
             Three
             in
             every
             Age
             (
             though
             the
             Sea
             of
             examples
             hath
             no
             bottome
             )
             for
             that
             I
             shall
             be
             forced
             to
             speak
             more
             
             at
             large
             when
             I
             come
             to
             the
             properties
             and
             Causes
             of
             Enmity
             .
          
           
             
               The
               continuance
               of
               the
               worlds
               Enmity
               in
               all
               Ages
               .
               Viz.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 old
                 world
                 before
                 the
                 flood
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 After
                 the
                 flood
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Law.
                 
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 After
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 before
                 Christ.
                 
              
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 Since
                 the
                 Gospell
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 Christ
                 and
                 his
                 Apostles
                 .
              
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 After
                 the
                 Apostles
                 for
                 the
                 residue
                 of
                 the
                 ten
                 Persecutions
                 .
              
            
             
               6.
               
               
                 From
                 the
                 Primitive
                 times
                 and
                 Infancy
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 hitherto
                 .
              
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 For
                 these
                 present
                 times
                 wherein
                 we
                 live
                 .
              
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 For
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 unto
                 the
                 Worlds
                 end
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             1.
             
             To
             begin
             with
             the
             first
             Age
             ,
             Viz.
             the
             old
             World
             before
             the
             Flood
             .
             Wee
             read
             of
             this
             War
             ,
             enmity
             and
             strife
             between
             Cain
             and
             Abell
             ,
             1
             Iohn
             3.12
             .
             Betweene
             Lamech
             and
             the
             holy
             Seed
             ,
             Gen.
             4.23.24
             .
             and
             between
             those
             wicked
             Gyants
             ,
             which
             Moses
             speaks
             of
             ,
             and
             the
             sons
             of
             God
             ,
             Gen.
             6.2
             .
             to
             .12
             .
             Yea
             ,
             those
             Gyants
             bad
             battle
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             our
             Mythologists
             add
             ,
             to
             ver
             .
             4.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             AFter
             the
             Flood
             ,
             
             before
             the
             Law
             ,
             between
             all
             the
             men
             of
             Sodom
             and
             righteous
             
               Lot
               ,
               Gen.
            
             19.4.9.11
             .
             2
             Pet.
             2.8
             .
             between
             Hagar
             and
             Ishmael
             ,
             the
             Bond
             woman
             and
             her
             son
             ,
             and
             Sarah
             and
             Isaac
             ,
             the
             Free-woman
             and
             her
             son
             ,
             Gen.
             21.9.10
             .
             Gal.
             4.29
             .
             And
             between
             Esau
             and
             Iacob
             ,
             first
             in
             the
             wombe
             ,
             the
             more
             plainely
             to
             shadow
             out
             this
             enmity
             ,
             Gen.
             25.22.23
             .
             and
             after
             they
             were
             borne
             ,
             Gen.
             27.41
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             AFter
             the
             Law
             ,
             
             before
             Christ
             ,
             between
             Doeg
             and
             the
             eighty
             five
             Priests
             ,
             which
             he
             slew
             with
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             sword
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             22.18.19
             .
             Between
             Iezabell
             and
             all
             the
             Prophets
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             which
             she
             destroyed
             ,
             1
             Kings
             18.13.14
             .
             And
             between
             the
             Heads
             in
             Israel
             in
             Micahs
             time
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             were
             good
             ,
             Micah
             3.2
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             
             4.
             
             SInce
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             this
             enmity
             so
             manifested
             it selfe
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             Gods
             ow●e
             people
             ,
             who
             first
             moved
             those
             persecutions
             against
             Christ
             and
             his
             Members
             ,
             that
             having
             beheaded
             Iohn
             Baptist
             his
             Harbinger
             ,
             and
             crucified
             himselfe
             the
             
               Lord
               of
               life
            
             ,
             we
             read
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             the
             Twelve
             ,
             none
             dyed
             a
             naturall
             death
             save
             onely
             Saint
             Iohn
             ,
             and
             he
             also
             was
             banished
             by
             Domitian
             to
             Pathmos
             ;
             and
             at
             another
             time
             thrust
             into
             a
             Tun
             of
             seething
             Oyle
             at
             Rome
             ,
             as
             Tertullian
             and
             Saint
             Hierom
             do
             report
             :
             See
             Acts
             7.51
             .
             to
             60.
             
             &
             12.1
             .
             to
             5.
             
             Rom.
             8.36
             .
             Iohn
             21.18.19
             .
          
           
             
             Now
             all
             these
             ,
             besides
             many
             other
             of
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             suffered
             martyrdome
             meerely
             for
             professing
             the
             faith
             of
             Christ
             ;
             whereof
             some
             were
             stoned
             ,
             some
             crucified
             ,
             some
             beheaded
             ,
             some
             thrust
             thorow
             with
             Speares
             ,
             some
             burnt
             with
             fire
             ,
             with
             a
             multitude
             of
             other
             Beleevers
             ,
             for
             Ecclesiasticall
             History
             makes
             mention
             of
             two
             thousand
             which
             suffered
             the
             same
             day
             with
             
               Nicanor
               ,
               
               Acts
               and
               Monuments
               ,
            
             page
             32.
             which
             makes
             Saint
             Paul
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               I
               think
               that
               God
               hath
               set
               forth
               us
               the
               last
               Apostles
               ,
            
             as
             
               men
               appointed
               to
               death
            
             ,
             1
             Corinth
             .
             4.9
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             18.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             AFter
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             ten
             Persecutions
             ,
             
             raysed
             by
             the
             Romans
             against
             the
             Christians
             ,
             which
             was
             for
             three
             hundred
             yeares
             ,
             till
             the
             comming
             of
             godly
             Constantine
             ,
             we
             find
             that
             under
             Dioclesian
             ,
             seaventeen
             thousand
             Christians
             ,
             were
             slaine
             in
             one
             month
             :
             amongst
             whom
             also
             was
             Serena
             the
             Emperesse
             ,
             yea
             under
             him
             and
             nine
             other
             Emperors
             ,
             there
             was
             such
             an
             innumerable
             company
             of
             innocent
             Christians
             put
             to
             death
             and
             tormented
             ,
             that
             St.
             Hierome
             (
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             Chromatius
             and
             Heliodorus
             )
             saith
             ,
             There
             is
             no
             one
             day
             in
             the
             whole
             yeare
             unto
             which
             the
             number
             of
             five
             thousand
             Martyrs
             might
             not
             be
             ascribed
             ,
             except
             only
             the
             first
             day
             of
             Ianuary
             ,
             who
             were
             put
             to
             the
             most
             exquisite
             deaths
             and
             torments
             that
             ever
             the
             wit
             or
             malice
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             
             Devils
             could
             invent
             to
             inflict
             :
             we
             read
             of
             no
             lesse
             then
             twenty
             nine
             severall
             deaths
             that
             they
             were
             put
             unto
             ,
             if
             no
             other
             be
             omitted
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             
             6
             FRom
             the
             primitive
             times
             and
             infancy
             of
             the
             Church
             hitherto
             the
             Turk
             and
             the
             Pope
             have
             acted
             their
             parts
             ,
             in
             shedding
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Iewes
             and
             Roman
             Emperours
             :
             touching
             which
             ,
             for
             brevities
             sake
             ,
             I
             referre
             you
             to
             the
             Book
             of
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
             .
             Yet
             because
             a
             tast
             may
             please
             some
             ,
             I
             will
             insert
             what
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             hath
             foretold
             in
             the
             Revelation
             ,
             touching
             the
             Pope
             ,
             who
             calls
             himselfe
             Christs
             Vicar
             and
             supreme
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             the
             Angell
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               Shee
               was
               drunk
               with
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Saints
               and
               with
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Martyrs
               of
               Iesus
               ,
               Revell
               .
            
             17.6
             .
             Which
             in
             part
             was
             fulfilled
             in
             England
             ,
             under
             the
             raigne
             of
             Queene
             Mary
             ,
             when
             in
             one
             yeare
             ,
             a
             hundred
             seventy
             six
             persons
             of
             good
             quality
             were
             burnt
             for
             Religion
             ,
             
             with
             many
             of
             the
             Common
             sort
             :
             and
             in
             France
             ,
             for
             before
             these
             late
             bloody
             Massacres
             ,
             there
             were
             more
             then
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             which
             suffered
             Martyrdome
             about
             Transubstantiation
             :
             For
             the
             chiefe
             persecutors
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             followers
             ,
             are
             not
             Atheists
             ,
             or
             Turks
             ,
             or
             Iewes
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             hold
             great
             place
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             Antichristians
             and
             Pseudochristians
             ,
             which
             makes
             our
             Saviour
             say
             
               they
               shall
               excommunicate
               you
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             shall
             blot
             out
             your
             names
             from
             among
             Gods
             people
             ,
             or
             cast
             you
             out
             from
             the
             visible
             outward
             communion
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             ,
             
             vertue
             hath
             ever
             suffered
             most
             from
             those
             ,
             which
             should
             and
             seeme
             to
             uphold
             her
             :
             and
             instruders
             upon
             other
             mens
             right
             can
             indure
             any
             man
             ,
             how
             bad
             soever
             ,
             rather
             to
             live
             by
             them
             ,
             then
             the
             servants
             of
             him
             whom
             they
             intrude
             upon
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             ,
             Mat.
             21.33
             .
             to
             39.
             where
             those
             Farmers
             of
             the
             Vineyard
             killed
             the
             servants
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             receive
             their
             Masters
             rent
             :
             they
             did
             not
             kill
             the
             Theeves
             and
             Robbers
             ,
             and
             spoylers
             of
             the
             Vineyard
             ,
             but
             the
             servants
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             Son
             too
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             of
             all
             was
             ,
             that
             
             they
             might
             take
             the
             inheritance
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             the
             godly
             have
             ever
             suffered
             most
             from
             such
             as
             professe
             the
             same
             Faith
             and
             Religion
             with
             them
             .
             It
             hath
             been
             the
             complaint
             almost
             of
             all
             the
             Fa●●ers
             and
             Saints
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             have
             written
             ,
             that
             the
             faithfull
             ,
             in
             their
             several
             times
             ,
             were
             hated
             ,
             traduced
             ,
             calumniated
             ,
             slandered
             reproached
             ,
             accused
             ,
             persecuted
             and
             condemne●
             of
             such
             as
             professe
             the
             same
             Religion
             with
             them
             ,
             (
             ●hough
             under
             o●her
             pretences
             ,
             yet
             only
             fo
             their
             au●ier
             and
             holy
             lives
             ,
             that
             they
             stucke
             close
             to
             the
             truth
             ,
             made
             conscience
             of
             their
             wayes
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             rush
             so
             boldly
             into
             sin
             as
             others
             .
             
               Ecclesiasticall
               History
               .
               lib.
            
             6.
             
             Chap.
             4.5.16
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             
             7
             TO
             come
             unto
             these
             present
             times
             wherein
             wee
             live
             .
             Is
             the
             World
             mended
             with
             age
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             I
             would
             to
             God
             we
             did
             not
             find
             ,
             that
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             little
             world
             ,
             the
             older
             it
             grows
             the
             more
             diseased
             ;
             so
             in
             the
             great
             world
             ,
             the
             older
             the
             more
             vicious
             ;
             that
             the
             
             consummation
             of
             times
             and
             sins
             were
             not
             met
             together
             upon
             us
             .
             But
             as
             commonly
             in
             a
             diseased
             body
             all
             the
             humours
             fall
             down
             into
             the
             Legs
             or
             feet
             ,
             and
             make
             an
             Issue
             there
             :
             so
             the
             corruption
             of
             all
             ages
             hath
             sliden
             downe
             into
             this
             of
             ours
             ,
             as
             into
             the
             feete
             .
             Many
             (
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             )
             
               walke
               ,
               that
               are
               enemies
               to
               the
               Crosse
               of
            
             Christ
             ,
             Phil.
             3.18
             .
             If
             many
             in
             Saint
             Paules
             time
             ,
             more
             now
             ;
             for
             Satan
             ,
             who
             was
             then
             bound
             is
             now
             loosed
             again
             out
             of
             his
             prison
             ,
             and
             hath
             great
             wrath
             ▪
             because
             he
             knows
             he
             hath
             but
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             Revel
             .
             12.12
             .
             To
             speake
             onely
             of
             the
             entertainment
             which
             piety
             finds
             among
             such
             as
             would
             be
             counted
             (
             not
             only
             Christians
             but
             )
             Protestants
             ,
             
             which
             principally
             I
             intend
             .
             Is
             it
             possible
             for
             a
             man
             to
             live
             a
             conscionable
             and
             unreprovable
             life
             ,
             abstaine
             from
             drunkennesse
             ,
             swearing
             ,
             prophaning
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             separate
             himselfe
             from
             evill
             ,
             yea
             ,
             wicked
             company
             ,
             be
             zealous
             for
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             
             Without
             being
             traduced
             ,
             calumlumniated
             ,
             hated
             ,
             slandered
             and
             persecuted
             for
             the
             same
             ?
             No
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             :
             for
             if
             our
             righteousnesse
             doe
             but
             exceed
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             a
             swearer
             ,
             
             or
             a
             drunkard
             ,
             we
             are
             sure
             to
             be
             persecuted
             for
             our
             righteousnesse
             ,
             as
             Abel
             was
             persecuted
             of
             Caine
             ,
             because
             his
             Sacrifice
             was
             better
             than
             his
             .
             If
             a
             man
             walk
             with
             God
             ,
             he
             is
             too
             precise
             :
             if
             he
             will
             be
             more
             than
             almost
             a
             Christian
             ,
             he
             is
             curious
             ,
             phantastical
             ,
             factious
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             mocked
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             were
             a
             spirit
             of
             dishonour
             and
             shame
             .
             How
             common
             a
             thing
             is
             it
             to
             wound
             all
             holinesse
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Puritan
             ,
             a
             name
             so
             full
             of
             the
             Serpents
             enmity
             ,
             as
             the
             egge
             of
             a
             Cockatrice
             is
             full
             of
             poyson
             ?
             What
             should
             I
             say
             ?
             The
             world
             is
             growne
             so
             much
             knave
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             now
             a
             vice
             to
             be
             honest
             .
             O
             the
             deplorable
             condition
             of
             these
             times
             !
             Even
             the
             Devill
             himself
             durst
             not
             have
             been
             so
             impudent
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             scoft
             at
             holinesse
             in
             those
             ancient
             and
             purer
             times
             :
             but
             now
             I
             could
             even
             sinke
             downe
             with
             shame
             ,
             to
             see
             Christianity
             every
             where
             so
             discountenanced
             :
             our
             very
             names
             come
             into
             few
             mouths
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             they
             returne
             but
             with
             reproaches
             .
             Amongst
             the
             rest
             of
             our
             sins
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             be
             mercifull
             to
             the
             contempt
             of
             thy
             Servants
             .
          
           
             True
             ,
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             and
             good
             laws
             ,
             
             we
             suffer
             little
             but
             the
             lash
             of
             evill
             tongues
             ;
             but
             were
             wicked
             mens
             powers
             answerable
             to
             their
             wils
             and
             malice
             ,
             they
             
               would
               deliver
               us
               up
               to
               be
               afflicted
               ,
               put
               us
               out
               of
               the
               Synagogues
               ,
               excommunicate
               and
               kill
               us
               ,
            
             as
             our
             Saviour
             shewes
             ,
             Iohn
             16.2.33
             .
             and
             Mat.
             24.9
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             
             their
             enmity
             and
             hatred
             would
             be
             so
             virulent
             and
             bitter
             ,
             that
             the
             brother
             would
             betray
             the
             brother
             to
             death
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             Children
             would
             rise
             up
             against
             their
             Parents
             and
             cause
             them
             to
             dye
             ,
             the
             kinsman
             against
             the
             kinsman
             ,
             and
             the
             friend
             against
             the
             friend
             ,
             only
             for
             professing
             Christs
             name
             ,
             &
             being
             religious
             ,
             as
             himselfe
             affirmes
             ,
             Math.
             10.34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36.
             
             Luke
             21.16.17
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             strange
             ,
             for
             this
             was
             one
             of
             the
             endes
             of
             Christs
             comming
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             appeares
             ,
             Mat.
             10.34.35
             .
             where
             himselfe
             saith
             ,
             
               Think
               not
               that
               I
               am
               come
               to
               send
               Peace
               ,
               but
               the
               sword
            
             ;
             meaning
             between
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             &
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ;
             for
             
               I
               am
               come
               to
               set
               a
               man
               at
               variance
               against
               his
               Father
               ,
               the
               daughter-in-Law
               against
               the
               Mother-in-Law
               ,
               and
               a
               mans
               enemies
               shall
               be
               they
               of
               his
               owne
               houshold
               ,
               Luke
            
             12.51
             ,
             52
             ,
             53.
             
          
           
             Neither
             want
             we
             precedents
             of
             this
             ;
             
             For
             ,
             by
             whom
             was
             upright
             Abel
             persecuted
             and
             slain
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             owne
             brother
             Caine
             ?
             Who
             scoffed
             at
             righteous
             Noah
             ,
             but
             his
             owne
             son
             Cham
             ?
             By
             whom
             was
             that
             vertuous
             and
             religious
             Lady
             Barbara
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             for
             imbracing
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             but
             by
             her
             owne
             Father
             Dioscorus
             ?
             Who
             made
             Serena
             the
             Empresse
             ,
             a
             Martyr
             for
             her
             faith
             in
             Christ
             ?
             but
             her
             owne
             Husband
             Dioclesian
             .
             Who
             helped
             to
             burne
             Bradford
             ?
             but
             Bourne
             ,
             whose
             life
             he
             had
             formerly
             saved
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             by
             whom
             was
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             betrayed
             ,
             bu●
             by
             his
             owne
             Disciple
             Iudas
             ?
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             21.
             
          
           
             
             8.
             
             FOr
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             As
             this
             strife
             and
             enmity
             in
             the
             wicked
             against
             the
             Godly
             ,
             was
             early
             in
             its
             entrance
             ,
             taking
             its
             first
             being
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             hath
             constantly
             continued
             hitherto
             :
             so
             it
             will
             be
             long
             in
             continuance
             ,
             and
             endure
             to
             the
             end
             of
             time
             ,
             as
             the
             Scripture
             shewes
             :
             Yea
             ,
             the
             last
             remnants
             of
             time
             are
             likely
             to
             have
             the
             most
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             as
             in
             them
             
             
               love
               shall
               wax
               cold
               ,
               Math.
            
             24.12
             .
             so
             as
             love
             groweth
             cold
             ,
             contention
             groweth
             hot
             .
          
           
             More
             expresly
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             foretels
             ,
             That
             
               in
               the
               last
               dayes
               shall
               come
               such
               perilous
               times
               ,
            
             that
             
               all
               who
               will
               live
               godly
               shall
               suffer
               persecution
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               toward
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               there
               shall
               be
               scoffers
               ,
               false
               accusers
               ,
               cursed
               speakers
               ,
               fierce
               despisers
               of
               them
               that
               be
               good
               ,
               such
               as
               shall
               turne
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               into
               wantonnesse
               ,
               and
               deny
               God
               the
               only
               Lord
               ,
               and
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ;
               And
               being
               fleshly
               ,
               not
               having
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               they
               shall
               speak
               evill
               of
               the
               things
               which
               they
               know
               not
               ;
               And
               whatsoever
               things
               they
               know
               naturally
               as
               bruit
               beasts
               ,
               which
               are
               without
               reason
               ,
            
             in
             those
             things
             
               they
               shall
               corrupt
               themselves
               ;
               And
               that
               many
               shall
               follow
               their
               damnable
               wayes
               ,
               whereby
               the
               way
               of
               truth
               shall
               be
               evill
               spoken
               off
               :
            
             And
             that
             
               as
               Iannes
               and
               Iambres
               withstood
               Moses
               :
               so
               these
               also
               shall
               resist
               the
               truth
               ,
               being
               men
               of
               corrupt
               mindes
               ,
               reprobate
               concerning
               the
               Faith
               ,
               being
               before
               of
               old
               ,
               ordained
               to
               condemnation
               ,
            
             2
             Tim.
             3.1
             .
             to
             13.
             2.
             
             Pet.
             2.2
             .
             &
             3.3
             .
             Iude
             4.10
             .
             16
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             continuance
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             wind
             up
             with
             a
             word
             of
             
             Application
             :
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Godly
             that
             have
             gone
             before
             us
             have
             been
             envyed
             ,
             
             hated
             ,
             traduced
             ,
             nick-named
             ,
             and
             persecuted
             by
             wicked
             men
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             come
             after
             us
             shall
             be
             ;
             let
             no
             particular
             member
             of
             the
             Church
             look
             to
             faire
             better
             then
             the
             whole
             body
             :
             we
             see
             the
             Patriarchs
             went
             this
             way
             ,
             the
             Prophets
             this
             way
             ,
             the
             Apostles
             this
             way
             ,
             the
             Martyrs
             this
             way
             ,
             this
             way
             went
             all
             the
             Saints
             and
             servants
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             do
             we
             look
             for
             an
             easier
             way
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             if
             the
             dearest
             of
             Gods
             Children
             in
             former
             ages
             have
             suffered
             so
             much
             for
             Christ
             ,
             beene
             put
             to
             such
             cruell
             deaths
             and
             torments
             for
             keeping
             of
             a
             good
             conscience
             ;
             let
             us
             praise
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             hath
             dealt
             with
             us
             farre
             otherwise
             ;
             and
             pray
             for
             good
             Magistrates
             to
             whom
             ,
             next
             under
             God
             ,
             we
             owe
             the
             thanks
             :
             Yea
             ,
             if
             our
             Fore-fathers
             so
             willingly
             underwent
             those
             fiery
             tryals
             ,
             let
             none
             for
             shame
             shrink-under
             the
             burthen
             of
             an
             aiery
             tryall
             only
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             the
             brother
             persecute
             the
             brother
             ,
             the
             son
             ,
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Parent
             his
             Childe
             ,
             the
             Hnsband
             his
             Wife
             the
             Disciple
             his
             Lord
             ,
             thinke
             it
             not
             strange
             to
             
             be
             persecuted
             of
             any
             ;
             for
             lightly
             they
             which
             are
             not
             persecuted
             ,
             are
             persecutors
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             22.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               HAving
               proved
               the
            
             Continuance
             
               of
               this
               Enmity
               in
               all
               ages
               ,
            
             
             
               now
               tell
               us
               what
               be
               the
            
             Signes
             and
             Properties
             
               of
               it
            
             .
          
           
             Ans.
             They
             are
             either
             
               
                 Mentall
                 ,
              
               
                 Verball
              
               
                 or
                 Actuall
                 .
              
            
             The
             first
             whereof
             are
             inward
             and
             secret
             ,
             the
             two
             later
             outward
             and
             manifest
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               What
               are
               the
            
             mentall
             properties
             ,
             
               which
               you
               call
               inward
               and
               secret
               .
            
          
           
             Ans.
             They
             are
             foure
             in
             number
             .
          
           
             It
             being
             their
             manor
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 To
                 envy
                 the
                 good
                 Estate
                 of
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 To
                 contemne
                 the
                 meane
                 Estate
                 of
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 To
                 rejoyce
                 at
                 the
                 evill
                 Estate
                 of
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 To
                 hate
                 them
                 .
              
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             it
             is
             〈…〉
             ner
             of
             wicked
             men
             ,
             
             out
             of
             Enmity
             to
             envy
             the
             vertuous
             and
             good
             estate
             of
             the
             godly
             :
             
             For
             envy
             shall
             lead
             the
             Troope
             ,
             as
             Iudas
             lead
             the
             Souldiers
             ;
             and
             it
             may
             challenge
             the
             first
             place
             in
             the
             right-hand
             file
             (
             as
             pride
             doth
             in
             the
             Popes
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             seaven
             deadly
             sinnes
             )
             because
             it
             was
             the
             eldest
             and
             first
             borne
             sin
             that
             ever
             was
             in
             the
             Devill
             ,
             after
             he
             was
             cast
             out
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             that
             ever
             he
             begate
             upon
             our
             nature
             ,
             after
             we
             were
             cast
             out
             of
             Paradice
             ;
             which
             makes
             St.
             Austin
             therefore
             call
             it
             (
             as
             by
             a
             kind
             of
             excellency
             )
             
               the
               Devills
               sin
            
             .
             Thus
             Caine
             envied
             his
             brother
             
               Abel
               ,
               Gen.
            
             4.5
             .
             
               Saul
               ,
               David
            
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             18.28.29
             .
             and
             those
             unbeleeving
             
               Iewes
               ,
               Paul
               ,
               Acts
            
             17.13
             .
             The
             wicked
             take
             as
             much
             delight
             to
             see
             the
             vertuous
             life
             of
             an
             holy
             man
             ,
             as
             sore
             eyes
             do
             to
             look
             upon
             the
             Sunne
             .
             How
             contrary
             are
             good
             Angels
             and
             evill
             men
             ?
             The
             Angels
             rejoyce
             at
             that
             ,
             whereat
             these
             powte
             and
             stomack
             ;
             they
             are
             ready
             to
             cry
             and
             burst
             for
             Anger
             ,
             at
             that
             which
             makes
             musick
             in
             Heaven
             .
             
             But
             why
             is
             it
             ?
             These
             Antipodes
             to
             vertue
             ,
             having
             lost
             all
             good
             themselves
             ,
             are
             vexed
             to
             see
             it
             in
             another
             :
             a
             true
             note
             to
             know
             the
             Serpents
             Seed
             by
             ,
             for
             
             it
             is
             the
             Devils
             cognizance
             ,
             1.
             
             Iohn
             3.14
             ,
             15.
             as
             Love
             is
             
               Christs
               ,
               Iohn
            
             13.35
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             it
             is
             the
             very
             Lees
             of
             vice
             ;
             so
             it
             hath
             a
             punishment
             answerable
             :
             for
             by
             a
             just
             judgement
             of
             God
             ,
             their
             owne
             malice
             turnes
             back
             into
             their
             owne
             bowels
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             Psalm
             .
             7.14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             and
             slayeth
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             swords
             of
             Gideons
             enemies
             kild
             themselves
             ,
             Iudges
             7.22
             .
             For
             that
             none
             might
             have
             cause
             to
             envy
             the
             envious
             man
             againe
             ,
             but
             all
             to
             pity
             him
             ;
             envy
             it selfe
             is
             a
             fire
             ,
             which
             consumes
             that
             fuell
             ;
             a
             Worme
             which
             gnaweth
             that
             gourd
             ;
             a
             viper
             ,
             which
             eats
             through
             those
             bowels
             ;
             a
             Moath
             ,
             which
             fretteth
             that
             garment
             wherein
             it
             is
             bred
             ,
             nourished
             and
             maintained
             ;
             
               it
               is
               the
               consuming
               of
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               rotting
               of
               the
               bones
               :
               Prov.
            
             14
             30.
             
          
           
             And
             for
             hereafter
             ,
             if
             wicked
             men
             thus
             envy
             the
             vertuous
             and
             good
             estate
             of
             the
             godly
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             their
             Hell
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             their
             Purgatory
             ;
             How
             will
             it
             gall
             them
             ,
             
               when
               they
               shall
               see
               Abraham
               ,
               and
               Isaac
               ,
               and
               Iacob
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Prophets
               and
               Saints
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               themselves
               thrust
               out
               of
               doores
               ,
               and
               cast
               into
               the
               Lake
               which
               burneth
               with
               fire
               and
               brimstone
            
             ?
          
           
           
             This
             shall
             make
             them
             
               gnash
               their
               teeth
               for
               envy
            
             ,
             as
             our
             Saviour
             shewes
             ,
             Luke
             13.28
             .
             Math.
             8.11.12
             .
             but
             how
             just
             is
             it
             with
             God
             ,
             that
             this
             fire
             of
             envy
             should
             be
             punished
             with
             the
             fire
             of
             Hell
             !
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             23.
             
          
           
             
             2.
             
             SEcondly
             ,
             it
             is
             their
             manner
             and
             property
             to
             contemne
             the
             supposed
             meane
             estate
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             as
             
               Samballat
               ,
               Tobiah
            
             and
             Gershom
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             crue
             ,
             contemned
             Nehemiah
             and
             the
             
               Iewes
               ,
               Nehem.
            
             4.1.2
             ,
             3.
             
             Thus
             Rabshakeh
             contemned
             Hezekiah
             and
             his
             people
             ,
             2
             Kings
             18.19
             .
             to
             36.
             and
             the
             Epicurean
             Philosophers
             
               Paul
               ,
               Acts
            
             ,
             17.18
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             misery
             ,
             with
             good
             natures
             ,
             is
             made
             a
             loadstone
             of
             mercy
             ;
             with
             base
             mindes
             ,
             it
             is
             contrarily
             made
             a
             footstoole
             for
             pride
             to
             trample
             on
             ;
             and
             nothing
             so
             midnights
             the
             soule
             of
             him
             that
             is
             falne
             ,
             as
             scorne
             and
             contempt
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             may
             observe
             that
             arrogancy
             is
             a
             weed
             that
             ever
             grows
             on
             a
             dunghill
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             ranknesse
             of
             that
             
             soyle
             ,
             she
             hath
             her
             heighth
             and
             spreadings
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             but
             puft
             mindes
             ,
             and
             frothy
             wits
             ,
             that
             get
             so
             to
             the
             top
             ,
             and
             bubble
             thus
             above
             inferiours
             .
             As
             what
             makes
             them
             contemne
             us
             ,
             but
             ,
             together
             with
             pride
             ,
             their
             ignorance
             ?
             For
             alass●
             ,
             they
             take
             notice
             of
             our
             misery
             ,
             not
             of
             our
             happinesse
             .
             Noahs
             vertues
             are
             not
             Chams
             admiration
             ;
             but
             his
             drunkennesse
             is
             his
             sport
             .
             Wicked
             men
             are
             like
             those
             ill
             taught
             children
             ,
             2
             King.
             2.24
             .
             that
             could
             upbraid
             Elisha
             with
             his
             bald
             head
             ,
             but
             had
             not
             the
             wit
             to
             consider
             how
             God
             had
             crowned
             that
             head
             with
             vertue
             and
             honour
             .
             O
             that
             they
             could
             but
             see
             all
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             but
             say
             all
             :
             as
             Ephialtes
             ,
             when
             one
             cast
             him
             in
             the
             teeth
             with
             his
             poverty
             ,
             answered
             ,
             
               Why
               dost
               thou
               not
               make
               rehearsall
               of
               other
               things
               also
               ,
               as
               that
               I
               love
               law
               ,
               and
               regard
               right
               ?
            
             But
             indeed
             ,
             this
             were
             to
             cleane
             our
             faces
             ,
             and
             foule
             their
             owne
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             them
             insult
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             they
             cannot
             sit
             upon
             so
             high
             a
             cogge
             ,
             but
             may
             with
             turning
             prove
             the
             lowest
             in
             the
             Wheele
             :
             as
             it
             fell
             out
             with
             Hammon
             ,
             who
             being
             now
             made
             Lackey
             to
             a
             despised
             Iew
             ,
             begins
             to
             envy
             ,
             where
             halfe
             an
             houre
             since
             he
             had
             scorned
             ;
             and
             
             misery
             ,
             like
             a
             Vulture
             ,
             must
             have
             some
             body
             to
             prey
             upon
             .
             There
             is
             a
             continuall
             vicissitude
             of
             things
             :
             
               The
               Righteous
               is
               delivered
               out
               of
               trouble
               ,
               and
               the
               wicked
               cometh
               in
               his
               stead
               ,
               Prov.
            
             11.8
             .
             
               The
               wicked
               shall
               bee
               a
               ransome
               for
               the
               righteous
               ,
               and
               the
               transgressor
               for
               the
               upright
               ,
               Prov.
            
             21.18
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             THirdly
             ,
             it
             is
             their
             manner
             ,
             to
             rejoyce
             at
             the
             supposed
             evill
             estate
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Philistims
             did
             at
             Sampsons
             blindnesse
             and
             bondage
             ,
             whom
             they
             insulted
             over
             ,
             and
             made
             their
             laughing
             stock
             ,
             Iudg.
             16.25
             .
             Peninna
             at
             Hannahs
             barrennesse
             ,
             especially
             when
             shee
             went
             up
             to
             the
             house
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             1.
             
             Sam.
             1.6.7
             .
             And
             the
             Iewes
             at
             the
             Disciples
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             when
             Herod
             vexed
             some
             ,
             and
             slew
             others
             ,
             Acts
             12.1.2
             ,
             3.
             
             Wicked
             men
             feed
             themselves
             with
             others
             adversity
             ,
             as
             Beetles
             are
             fed
             with
             their
             fellowes
             dung
             :
             and
             like
             Flesh-flies
             ,
             make
             the
             wounds
             of
             Gods
             children
             their
             chiefe
             nourishment
             :
             Yea
             ,
             
             Crocodile-like
             ,
             they
             would
             ,
             if
             they
             might
             ,
             fatten
             themselves
             with
             the
             warmest
             blood
             of
             godly
             mens
             lives
             .
             
          
           
             And
             not
             so
             onely
             ;
             for
             we
             have
             a
             generation
             ,
             whose
             onely
             rejoycing
             is
             ,
             
             Cham-like
             ,
             to
             see
             another
             fall
             into
             some
             grosse
             sin
             ,
             or
             infirmity
             :
             Yea
             ,
             as
             Luther
             speaks
             ,
             
               they
               hunger
               and
               thirst
               after
               the
               scandals
               of
               the
               godly
            
             :
             and
             if
             at
             any
             time
             through
             humane
             frailty
             ,
             they
             doe
             fall
             into
             some
             evill
             ,
             like
             hungry
             Hogges
             ,
             they
             muzzle
             in
             their
             excrements
             ,
             and
             feast
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             upon
             dainties
             ;
             there
             being
             nothing
             that
             so
             glads
             their
             hearts
             ,
             that
             so
             opens
             their
             mouths
             with
             so
             much
             insolency
             and
             triumph
             ;
             as
             what
             cure
             will
             they
             take
             to
             spread
             the
             same
             abroad
             by
             a
             common
             fame
             :
             Yea
             ,
             it
             were
             well
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             not
             play
             the
             Curres
             ,
             and
             open
             when
             they
             are
             able
             to
             sp●ing
             no
             Game
             .
          
           
             But
             they
             must
             needs
             be
             filthy
             creatures
             ,
             that
             feed
             upon
             nothing
             but
             corruption
             .
             To
             delight
             in
             mens
             sinnes
             ,
             is
             the
             sport
             of
             devils
             :
             recovery
             from
             those
             sinnes
             ,
             is
             the
             joy
             of
             good
             men
             and
             Angels
             .
             Cham
             derides
             his
             Fathers
             nakednesse
             ;
             it
             should
             have
             been
             his
             sorrow
             :
             he
             makes
             it
             his
             sport
             .
             But
             it
             is
             ill
             for
             a
             
             man
             to
             make
             himself
             merry
             ,
             with
             that
             which
             angers
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             25.
             
          
           
             
             4.
             
             IT
             is
             their
             manner
             to
             hate
             the
             religious
             ,
             as
             all
             carnall
             men
             hate
             the
             members
             of
             
               Christ
               ,
               Matth.
            
             10.22
             .
             thus
             Ahab
             hated
             Eliah
             ,
             as
             himselfe
             confessed
             ,
             1
             King.
             22.8
             .
             Yea
             ,
             so
             inveterately
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             not
             one
             Kingdome
             or
             Nation
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             not
             sent
             to
             take
             away
             his
             life
             ,
             1
             King.
             18.10
             .
             and
             
               Haman
               Mordecai
            
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             deadly
             ,
             that
             he
             thought
             it
             too
             little
             to
             lay
             hands
             on
             Mordecai
             only
             ;
             
             wherefore
             he
             sought
             to
             destroy
             all
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             Mordecai
             ,
             that
             were
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             of
             
               Abashuerus
               ,
               Hest.
            
             3-5
             ,
             6.
             
             For
             the
             effecting
             of
             which
             ,
             he
             obtained
             that
             bloody
             Edict
             ,
             ver
             .
             6.9
             .
             And
             lest
             it
             should
             want
             successe
             ,
             he
             offered
             ten
             thousand
             Talents
             of
             silver
             into
             the
             Kings
             Treasury
             ,
             to
             have
             it
             effected
             .
             Hest.
             3.9.13
             .
             And
             such
             another
             was
             cruell
             Arundel
             ,
             sometime
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ;
             who
             vowed
             and
             swore
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             leave
             a
             slip
             of
             Professors
             in
             
             this
             Land
             ;
             For
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             That
             their
             hatred
             extendeth
             not
             to
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             person
             alone
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             whole
             generation
             of
             Gods
             Children
             and
             people
             .
             As
             what
             saith
             the
             wicked
             in
             Davids
             time
             ?
             
               Come
               ,
               let
               us
               cut
               them
               off
               from
               being
               a
               Nation
               &
               ,
               let
               the
               name
               of
               Israel
               be
               no
               more
               in
               remembrance
               .
               Let
               us
               take
               for
               our
               possessions
               the
               habitations
               of
               God
               ,
               Psa.
            
             83.4.12
          
           
             And
             the
             World
             is
             no
             changling
             ;
             for
             this
             age
             wants
             not
             many
             such
             Hamans
             and
             Arundels
             ,
             
             who
             so
             hate
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             wish
             ,
             as
             Caligula
             once
             did
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
               That
               they
               had
               all
               but
               one
               neck
               that
               so
               they
               might
               cut
               it
               off
               at
               a
               blow
               ,
            
             where
             it
             in
             their
             power
             ,
             Mic.
             3.2
             .
             Ps.
             83.4
          
           
             But
             our
             comfort
             is
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             so
             much
             authority
             as
             malice
             ;
             resembling
             the
             Serpent
             Porphyrus
             ,
             which
             abounds
             with
             poyson
             ,
             but
             can
             hurt
             none
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             teeth
             :
             Though
             their
             punishment
             shall
             be
             never
             the
             lesse
             .
             For
             as
             the
             will
             to
             doe
             God
             acceptable
             service
             ,
             is
             accepted
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             service
             indeed
             :
             so
             the
             intent
             and
             offer
             of
             wrong
             shall
             be
             judged
             for
             wrong
             ,
             in
             that
             Court
             of
             justice
             .
             Good
             and
             evill
             thoughts
             and
             desires
             in
             Gods
             account
             are
             good
             and
             evill
             workes
             :
             And
             so
             much
             touching
             the
             
             
               Mentall
               properties
            
             of
             this
             enmity
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             SECT
             .
             26.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               WHat
               are
               their
            
             Verball
             properties
             ?
          
           
             Ans.
             They
             are
             Eleven
             in
             number
             :
             And
             are
             manifested
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 In
                 murmuring
                 against
                 the
                 persons
                 of
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 In
                 misconstruing
                 of
                 their
                 actions
                 and
                 intentions
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 In
                 carrying
                 tales
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 others
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 In
                 perswading
                 others
                 against
                 them
              
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 In
                 scoffing
                 at
                 them
              
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               
                 In
                 nicknaming
                 them
              
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 In
                 rayling
                 on
                 them
              
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 In
                 raysing
                 slanders
                 of
                 them
              
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               
                 In
                 cursing
                 them
              
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               
                 In
                 threatning
                 of
                 them
              
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               
                 In
                 undermining
                 of
                 them
                 by
                 flattery
                 .
              
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             ungodly
             men
             verbally
             manifest
             their
             enmity
             by
             murmuring
             against
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             :
             as
             Labans
             sons
             murmured
             against
             
               Iacob
               ,
               Gen.
            
             31.1
             .
             The
             Israelites
             against
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             ;
             Yea
             ,
             against
             God
             himselfe
             ;
             for
             which
             ,
             the
             
             utmost
             part
             of
             the
             Host
             was
             consumed
             with
             fire
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             Num.
             11.1
             .
             &
             14.2
             ,
             3.
             
             And
             lastly
             ,
             the
             labourers
             in
             the
             Vineyard
             against
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             their
             fellowes
             ,
             Matth.
             20.11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             And
             have
             not
             we
             the
             like
             murmurers
             ?
             O
             that
             so
             many
             Loaves
             and
             Fishes
             ,
             as
             did
             feede
             five
             thousand
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             ,
             would
             but
             stop
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             who
             amongst
             us
             doe
             both
             vex
             at
             others
             plenty
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             their
             owne
             want
             !
             that
             doe
             murmure
             against
             the
             godly
             ,
             
             even
             for
             no
             other
             cause
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             alone
             should
             bee
             the
             men
             in
             whom
             no
             crime
             ,
             or
             fault
             scandalous
             can
             justly
             bee
             found
             :
             that
             make
             it
             their
             Grace
             ,
             both
             before
             and
             after
             dinner
             ,
             to
             disgrace
             some
             Innocent
             .
          
           
             But
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             baggage
             World
             desireth
             nothing
             more
             ,
             then
             to
             scarre
             the
             face
             that
             is
             fairer
             then
             her selfe
             :
             whence
             she
             takes
             occasion
             ,
             in
             every
             company
             ,
             to
             ●rect
             the
             faylings
             of
             holy
             men
             very
             high
             ,
             like
             Saint
             Pauls
             ,
             for
             the
             gaze
             of
             all
             ;
             whereas
             they
             hide
             their
             good
             parts
             under
             ground
             ,
             
             like
             Saint
             Faiths
             ,
             that
             none
             may
             note
             them
             .
          
           
             Wherein
             also
             is
             another
             disadvantage
             ,
             
             that
             cannot
             be
             helped
             .
             The
             multitude
             will
             sooner
             beleeve
             them
             ,
             then
             our selves
             .
             Affirmations
             being
             ap●er
             to
             win
             beliefe
             ,
             then
             Negatives
             are
             to
             uncredit
             them
             :
             whereby
             ●t
             fals
             out
             ,
             that
             Piety
             is
             every
             where
             pusht
             at
             ,
             an●
             the
             religious
             murmured
             at
             ,
             and
             clamoured
             against
             in
             all
             places
             .
          
           
             
             If
             such
             men
             would
             know
             their
             wages
             :
             let
             them
             looke
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             2.12
             .
             and
             there
             they
             shall
             finde
             ,
             that
             as
             their
             tongues
             have
             walked
             against
             Heaven
             ,
             so
             they
             shall
             be
             confined
             to
             Hell
             :
             And
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             
               Cursed
               is
               hee
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             )
             
               that
               smiteth
               his
               neighbour
               secretly
               ;
               and
               let
               all
               the
               people
               say
               ,
               Amen
               ,
               Deut.
            
             27.24
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             27.
             
          
           
             
             2.
             
             BY
             Censuring
             their
             actions
             ,
             and
             mis-construing
             their
             intentions●
             as
             Eliab
             :
             did
             Davids
             zeale
             for
             Gods
             glory
             to
             be
             pride
             and
             malice
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             17.28
             .
             And
             those
             wicked
             ones
             ,
             his
             fasting
             and
             mourning
             to
             be
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             Psalm
             .
             35.13
             .
             to
             17.
             
             Thus
             Iobs
             friends
             condemned
             him
             for
             an
             Hypocrite
             ,
             Iob
             4.6
             .
             
             to
             11.
             
             And
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             Christianity
             to
             be
             Heresie
             ;
             and
             Paul
             ,
             the
             Preacher
             of
             it
             ,
             
               a
               pestilent
               fellow
               ,
               a
               mover
               of
               sedition
               ,
               and
               maintainer
               of
               schisme
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             all
             the
             Disciples
             to
             be
             deceivers
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             6.8
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             too
             many
             in
             our
             dayes
             ,
             will
             definitively
             censure
             men
             for
             Hypocrites
             ,
             whom
             they
             scarce
             know
             superficially
             :
             Yea
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             worse
             )
             only
             because
             their
             works
             are
             good
             .
          
           
             Prejudice
             casteth
             a
             false
             colour
             upon
             the
             best
             actions
             :
             
             and
             Basenesse
             ,
             what
             it
             cannot
             attain
             to
             ,
             it
             will
             vellicate
             and
             deprave
             .
             But
             what
             saith
             Sincerity
             ?
             While
             my
             conscience
             is
             innocent
             ,
             the
             Worlds
             suppositions
             cannot
             make
             me
             culpable
             :
             Let
             me
             rather
             ,
             with
             Eliah
             and
             Micah
             ,
             doe
             well
             ,
             and
             heare
             ill
             ▪
             then
             ,
             with
             Ahab
             and
             Iezabel
             ,
             do
             ill
             and
             be
             flattered
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Accuser
               of
               the
               Brethren
            
             makes
             choyce
             of
             wicked
             men
             ,
             
             to
             t●aduce
             those
             whom
             he
             cannot
             seduce
             as
             he
             desireth
             ;
             as
             we
             may
             plainly
             see
             in
             our
             Saviours
             example
             ;
             who
             notwithstanding
             he
             fulfilled
             all
             righteousnesse
             ,
             and
             did
             all
             things
             well
             ;
             for
             
               in
               his
               mouth
               was
               found
               no
               guile
               ,
            
             nor
             fault
             in
             his
             manners
             ,
             nor
             error
             in
             his
             doctrine
             ;
             
               Which
               of
               you
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               can
               rebuke
               me
               of
               sinne
            
             ?
             Yet
             the
             world
             traduced
             
             him
             for
             a
             Samaritan
             ,
             a
             Blasphemer
             ,
             a
             Sorcerer
             ,
             a
             wine-bibber
             ,
             an
             enemy
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ?
          
           
             
               A
               Deceiver
               and
               yet
               true
            
             ,
             was
             
               S.
               Pauls
               Motto
            
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             6.8
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             as
             it
             was
             then
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             now
             .
          
           
             Wicked
             men
             deale
             with
             the
             Godly
             ,
             as
             sometimes
             a
             lustfull
             person
             will
             doe
             by
             a
             chaste
             woman
             ,
             when
             he
             cannot
             take
             away
             her
             honesty
             ,
             he
             will
             take
             away
             her
             credit
             ;
             brag
             of
             effecting
             his
             will
             with
             her
             ,
             when
             yet
             he
             could
             never
             have
             admittance
             into
             her
             company
             .
          
           
             
             Bad
             natures
             ,
             whom
             they
             cannot
             reach
             by
             imitation
             ,
             they
             will
             by
             detraction
             :
             like
             the
             Fox
             ,
             what
             they
             cannot
             attain
             to
             ,
             they
             will
             depresse
             ,
             and
             seem
             to
             despise
             :
             their
             cunning
             is
             to
             condemne
             others
             ,
             that
             themselves
             may
             be
             justified
             .
             As
             Caligula
             took
             off
             the
             heads
             from
             the
             Images
             of
             the
             gods
             ,
             to
             set
             up
             his
             owne
             :
             Or
             as
             Merchants
             ,
             who
             to
             raise
             the
             price
             of
             their
             own
             commodities
             ,
             will
             beat
             down
             the
             prices
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             And
             have
             they
             not
             reason
             thus
             to
             do
             ?
             Yes
             :
             for
             how
             is
             a
             vicious
             person
             discredited
             ,
             and
             made
             contemptible
             ,
             by
             the
             vertuous
             life
             of
             an
             holy
             man
             ?
             We
             know
             straight
             lines
             help
             to
             shew
             the
             crooked
             .
             
             And
             it
             is
             easie
             to
             guesse
             ,
             the
             Pharaohs
             fat
             Kine
             made
             the
             lean
             ones
             more
             ill-favoured
             .
             A
             swarthy
             and
             hard-featured
             visage
             ,
             loves
             not
             the
             company
             of
             cleare
             beauties
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             
             another
             reason
             is
             ,
             They
             judge
             others
             by
             themselves
             :
             now
             they
             doe
             all
             their
             good
             in
             hypocrisie
             ,
             and
             so
             thereafter
             judge
             of
             others
             .
             Saint
             Chrysostome
             hath
             given
             the
             Rule
             ,
             
               As
               it
               is
               a
               hard
               thing
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               for
               one
               to
               suspect
               another
               to
               be
               evil
               who
               is
               good
               himselfe
               :
               so
               it
               is
               as
               hard
               for
               him
               to
               suppose
               another
               to
               be
               good
               ,
               who
               is
               himselfe
               ill
               .
            
             And
             we
             see
             it
             fulfilled
             in
             Nero
             ,
             who
             verily
             beleeved
             ,
             that
             all
             men
             were
             foule
             libidinists
             ,
             because
             himselfe
             was
             such
             an
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             28.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             WIcked
             men
             manifest
             their
             enmity
             against
             the
             religious
             ,
             
             by
             carrying
             tales
             of
             them
             unto
             others
             :
             as
             
               C
               ham
               carried
               tales
            
             to
             his
             brethren
             of
             Noahs
             nakednesse
             ,
             his
             tongue
             was
             the
             trumpet
             to
             sound
             forth
             his
             Fathers
             shame
             ,
             Gen.
             9.22
             .
             Thus
             
               Doeg
               carried
               tales
            
             to
             Saul
             of
             David
             ,
             and
             Ahimelech
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             
             22.9
             ,
             10.
             and
             the
             Zip●ins
             ,
             two
             severall
             times
             brought
             tidings
             to
             Saul
             ,
             where
             David
             had
             hid
             himselfe
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             Saul
             might
             slay
             him
             ,
             1
             Sam
             ,
             23.19
             ,
             20.
             
             &
             26.1
             .
             And
             those
             Libertines
             ,
             with
             other
             suborned
             men
             against
             Steven
             ,
             to
             the
             Counsell
             of
             Priests
             ,
             Acts
             6.8
             .
             to
             15.
             
          
           
             And
             of
             this
             burthen
             many
             amongst
             us
             are
             in
             continuall
             travell
             .
             For
             how
             frequently
             doe
             debauched
             Drunkards
             ,
             and
             incorrigible
             sinners
             (
             resembling
             their
             father
             the
             Devill
             ,
             who
             both
             by
             name
             Revel
             .
             12.10
             .
             and
             by
             nature
             ,
             Iob.
             1.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             is
             a
             continuall
             
               Accuser
               of
               the
               brethren
            
             )
             
               carry
               tales
            
             to
             their
             fellowes
             ,
             of
             such
             as
             will
             not
             consort
             with
             them
             ?
             yea
             ,
             of
             their
             faithfull
             Ministers
             ,
             especially
             if
             hee
             
               thunders
               in
               his
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               lightens
               in
               his
               conversation
               ,
            
             as
             
               Gregory
               Nazianzen
            
             speakes
             of
             Basil
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             and
             thinke
             they
             doe
             as
             good
             service
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             Secretaries
             ,
             and
             Espialls
             of
             Princes
             ,
             do
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             when
             they
             bring
             in
             bills
             of
             intelligence
             ?
          
           
             
             But
             doe
             they
             ,
             as
             they
             ought
             ,
             with
             an
             upright
             minde
             tell
             both
             our
             vertues
             and
             vices
             impartially
             ,
             as
             Swetonius
             writeth
             of
             the
             twelve
             Caesars
             ,
             and
             so
             leave
             the
             upshot
             to
             collection
             ?
             No
             ,
             but
             
             rather
             ,
             as
             the
             Iewes
             did
             by
             
               Paul
               ,
               Acts
            
             24.
             
               charge
               us
               with
               many
               things
            
             ,
             as
             that
             we
             are
             
               pestilent
               fellowes
               ,
               movers
               of
               sedition
               ,
            
             and
             
               maintainers
               of
               Schisme
            
             ,
             but
             
               proving
               nothing
               ,
               verse
            
             13.
             
             And
             indeed
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             ,
             when
             every
             word
             they
             speake
             is
             a
             slander
             ?
             Or
             if
             otherwise
             ,
             they
             look
             on
             our
             infirmities
             ,
             they
             looke
             not
             on
             our
             graces
             ,
             
             on
             our
             repentance
             ?
             No
             these
             Flyes
             skip
             over
             all
             a
             mans
             sound
             parts
             ,
             I
             meane
             his
             excellencies
             ;
             to
             fasten
             on
             a
             scab
             ,
             or
             ulcer
             ;
             resembling
             our
             Prognosticators
             ,
             that
             are
             more
             diligent
             to
             make
             mention
             of
             foule
             weather
             than
             of
             faire
             ;
             stormes
             and
             thunder
             they
             much
             harp
             upon
             ,
             but
             calme
             and
             serene
             dayes
             passe
             them
             un-observed
             :
             whereas
             an
             ingenious
             nature
             would
             passe
             over
             the
             evill
             where
             he
             findes
             more
             good
             ;
             considering
             wee
             are
             full
             of
             faults
             by
             nature
             ;
             good
             ,
             not
             without
             our
             care
             and
             industery
             ;
             for
             a
             minde
             well
             qualified
             ,
             is
             often
             beholding
             to
             the
             industry
             of
             the
             owner
             :
             and
             Vlysses
             as
             Homer
             relates
             ,
             was
             so
             applauded
             for
             the
             accutenesse
             of
             an
             ingenious
             minde
             ,
             that
             men
             spared
             to
             object
             unto
             him
             the
             deformity
             of
             his
             body
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             contrarily
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             matter
             to
             expect
             against
             ,
             will
             coyne
             it
             of
             
             their
             owne
             heads
             .
             
             And
             that
             they
             may
             deliver
             themselves
             with
             the
             greater
             Emphasis
             ,
             will
             affirme
             as
             that
             Gymnosophist
             in
             Plutarch
             did
             ,
             of
             those
             Orators
             to
             
               Alexander
               ,
               That
               every
               one
               of
               them
               doth
               exceed
               his
               fellowes
               ,
            
             and
             sweare
             that
             the
             matter
             is
             so
             cleare
             and
             manifest
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Towne
             rings
             of
             him
             (
             meaning
             the
             good
             fellows
             of
             the
             Towne
             )
             and
             to
             speake
             truth
             ,
             the
             parties
             faults
             are
             so
             cleare
             and
             evident
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             see
             them
             as
             well
             in
             the
             darke
             ,
             as
             with
             a
             candel
             ,
             as
             appeares
             by
             the
             sequell
             .
             For
             ●re
             there
             not
             some
             godly
             and
             faithfull
             ,
             both
             Christians
             and
             Preachers
             ,
             that
             have
             beene
             often
             (
             I
             say
             not
             ninety
             five
             times
             )
             accused
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             Aristophanes
             was
             by
             the
             Athenians
             ,
             and
             every
             time
             found
             innocent
             ?
             though
             no
             thankes
             to
             their
             accusers
             ,
             for
             they
             indeavour
             all
             they
             can
             to
             corrupt
             such
             as
             heare
             them
             ,
             and
             fore-stall
             their
             judgements
             against
             the
             good
             and
             goodnesse
             .
          
           
             
             O
             that
             men
             were
             so
             wise
             ,
             as
             to
             heare
             the
             tale-bearer
             with
             indignation
             ,
             examin
             before
             they
             trust
             ,
             beleeve
             his
             reports
             ,
             if
             infallibly
             true
             ,
             with
             unwillingnesse
             ,
             acknowledge
             it
             with
             griefe
             ,
             hide
             our
             neighbours
             faults
             with
             honest
             excuses
             ,
             
             and
             bury
             them
             in
             silence
             :
             for
             commonly
             it
             fares
             with
             the
             first
             relator
             ,
             as
             it
             doth
             with
             a
             stone
             throwne
             into
             the
             water
             ,
             which
             of
             it selfe
             makes
             but
             one
             circle
             ,
             but
             that
             one
             begets
             a
             hundred
             ,
             and
             so
             both
             offends
             and
             infects
             many
             others
             ,
             but
             alwayes
             prooves
             himselfe
             to
             be
             uncharitable
             .
             It
             were
             good
             for
             other
             men
             if
             tale-bearers
             would
             consider
             this
             ,
             but
             better
             for
             themselves
             .
          
           
             True
             ,
             
             the
             wise
             and
             honest
             are
             able
             ,
             as
             so
             many
             Angels
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             discerne
             truth
             from
             slander
             ;
             though
             to
             the
             grief
             of
             many
             good
             hearts
             ,
             no
             musick
             can
             be
             so
             sweet
             to
             the
             eares
             of
             others
             ,
             as
             to
             heare
             well
             of
             themselves
             ,
             ill
             of
             the
             Religious
             .
          
           
             And
             these
             ,
             as
             they
             often
             set
             the
             former
             on
             worke
             ,
             so
             they
             are
             resolutely
             opinionated
             in
             beleeving
             of
             lyes
             (
             as
             Saint
             Austin
             speaks
             of
             the
             Priscillianists
             )
             whereby
             they
             supererogate
             of
             Satan
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             is
             the
             end
             of
             these
             tale-bearers
             ,
             
             and
             informers
             against
             good
             men
             ?
             Follow
             them
             to
             their
             ends
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             ,
             that
             if
             ever
             the
             Lord
             open
             their
             eyes
             to
             see
             this
             their
             fact
             ,
             they
             are
             even
             in
             this
             life
             rewarded
             with
             the
             strappadoes
             of
             an
             humane
             soule
             ,
             rackt
             
             in
             conscience
             ,
             and
             tortured
             with
             the
             very
             flashes
             of
             Hell
             fire
             ,
             and
             not
             seldome
             forced
             to
             lay
             violent
             hands
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             being
             never
             well
             ,
             nor
             in
             their
             owne
             place
             ,
             till
             they
             bee
             in
             Hell
             ,
             Acts
             1.25
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             29.
             
          
           
             
             4.
             
             IT
             is
             their
             manner
             to
             perswade
             and
             
               give
               devillish
               counsell
            
             to
             others
             ,
             like
             themselves
             ,
             to
             persecute
             the
             godly
             ,
             as
             Balaam
             gave
             w●cked
             councell
             to
             Balack
             against
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             .
             when
             he
             could
             not
             be
             suffered
             to
             curse
             them
             ,
             Revel
             .
             2.14
             .
             Th●s
             the
             Princes
             and
             Rulers
             did
             to
             Zedekiah
             the
             King
             against
             Ieremiah
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Wee
               beseech
               you
               ,
               let
               this
               man
               bee
               put
               to
               death
               for
               thus
               he
               weakneth
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               men
               of
               Warre
               ,
               &c.
               
               Ier.
            
             38.4
             .
             and
             the
             Iewes
             of
             Thessalonica
             to
             the
             people
             of
             Berea
             against
             
               Paul
               ,
               Acts
            
             17.13
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             enemies
             of
             the
             Crosse
             of
             Christ
             ,
             are
             still
             accustomed
             to
             deale
             after
             this
             manner
             with
             the
             religious
             ,
             I
             need
             not
             demonstrate
             ;
             plain
             things
             ,
             which
             our selves
             are
             daily
             witnesses
             of
             ,
             need
             no
             
             proofe
             .
             Onely
             note
             their
             matchlesse
             malice
             herein
             ;
             
             who
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             sure
             to
             prevaile
             ,
             first
             dazell
             their
             friends
             eyes
             with
             
               false
               accusations
            
             against
             us
             ,
             as
             true
             and
             certain
             ,
             as
             that
             Naboth
             did
             blaspheme
             God
             and
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             their
             associates
             are
             as
             sure
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             Darius
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             Idoll
             Bell
             did
             eate
             and
             drinke
             every
             day
             forty
             Sheep
             ,
             twelve
             Kakes
             ,
             and
             six
             great
             pots
             of
             Wine
             ,
             because
             threescore
             and
             ten
             of
             the
             Priests
             gave
             it
             out
             so
             :
             And
             that
             their
             mortall
             enmity
             may
             be
             taken
             for
             a
             zeale
             of
             the
             Churches
             good
             ,
             as
             Iudas
             would
             have
             his
             covetousnesse
             taken
             for
             Charity
             ,
             Iohn
             12.6
             .
             And
             the
             Pharisees
             their
             Cruelty
             thought
             Piety
             ,
             Matth.
             23.14
             .
             All
             the
             reproaches
             that
             the
             Devill
             ,
             and
             these
             his
             Scavengers
             ,
             can
             rake
             out
             of
             the
             Channels
             ,
             of
             Hell
             ,
             
             shall
             be
             flung
             in
             our
             faces
             ,
             the
             worst
             language
             that
             hath
             ever
             been
             dipt
             in
             the
             forge
             ,
             or
             tipt
             at
             the
             fire
             of
             Hell
             ,
             shall
             be
             bestowed
             upon
             us
             ;
             wherein
             they
             resemble
             those
             ancient
             enemies
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             who
             clad
             the
             Martyrs
             in
             the
             skins
             of
             wild
             Beasts
             ,
             to
             animate
             the
             Dogs
             to
             teare
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             evill
             world
             hating
             true
             Christians
             (
             as
             it
             did
             Christ
             )
             without
             a
             cause
             ;
             readily
             takes
             up
             Arms
             against
             the
             most
             
             innocent
             ,
             and
             so
             cloathing
             them
             with
             pretended
             causes
             ,
             to
             colour
             that
             her
             hatred
             ,
             (
             For
             as
             no
             man
             loves
             evill
             ,
             but
             under
             the
             shew
             of
             good
             :
             so
             no
             man
             will
             appeare
             to
             hate
             what
             is
             good
             ,
             but
             under
             the
             appearance
             of
             evill
             .
             )
             Truth
             it selfe
             is
             arraigned
             ,
             as
             a
             deceiver
             :
             And
             he
             by
             whom
             Kings
             reigne
             ,
             represented
             as
             
               an
               enemy
               to
               Caesar
            
             :
             and
             under
             such
             representations
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             he
             is
             crucified
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             
             Though
             perhaps
             this
             is
             more
             then
             needs
             ,
             for
             not
             seldome
             the
             counselled
             are
             more
             ready
             to
             yeeld
             their
             ayd
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             to
             ask
             it
             ;
             being
             of
             Maximinus
             his
             humor
             ,
             who
             seeing
             none
             offer
             themselves
             ,
             set
             on
             work
             certain
             vile
             persons
             to
             
               accuse
               the
               Christians
            
             of
             heynous
             crimes
             ,
             that
             so
             he
             might
             persecute
             them
             with
             more
             shew
             of
             reason
             ;
             for
             that
             one
             may
             supply
             the
             others
             defects
             ,
             the
             first
             finds
             an
             head
             ,
             the
             second
             a
             tongue
             ,
             the
             third
             hands
             :
             As
             Vlysses
             may
             contrive
             ,
             but
             Diomedes
             must
             thorow
             with
             it
             :
             so
             altogether
             deale
             with
             the
             poore
             Minister
             ,
             or
             Christian
             ,
             as
             the
             Soldiers
             did
             with
             Christ
             ,
             first
             blind
             him
             ,
             then
             strike
             him
             ,
             and
             last
             ask
             him
             ,
             
               Who
               is
               it
               that
               smote
               thee
               ?
            
             And
             he
             may
             answer
             the
             best
             man
             of
             them
             ,
             It
             
             was
             thou
             ,
             O
             mine
             enemy
             ,
             thou
             wast
             an
             Achitophel
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             a
             Doeg
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             a
             Belial
             in
             both
             .
             And
             let
             such
             men
             know
             ,
             that
             this
             their
             instigation
             will
             end
             at
             last
             ,
             either
             in
             anguish
             or
             confusion
             ,
             teares
             or
             torment
             will
             become
             their
             recompence
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             30.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             IT
             is
             the
             manner
             and
             custome
             of
             wicked
             men
             to
             scoffe
             at
             the
             righteous
             ,
             
             as
             Ishmael
             scoft
             at
             
               Isaac
               ,
               Gen.
            
             21.9
             .
             Rabshakeh
             at
             Hezekiah
             ,
             and
             his
             people
             ,
             2
             Kings
             18.27
             .
             And
             the
             Philosophers
             at
             
               Paul
               ,
               Acts
            
             17.18
             to
             21.
             
          
           
             And
             to
             this
             day
             the
             world
             is
             too
             full
             of
             scoffing
             Atheists
             ,
             and
             mockers
             of
             Piety
             .
             Michal
             was
             barren
             ,
             yet
             she
             hath
             too
             many
             children
             ,
             that
             scorn
             holy
             exercises
             ;
             every
             houshold
             almost
             hath
             some
             in
             it
             ,
             if
             not
             many
             ,
             of
             the
             brood
             of
             Cham
             and
             Ishmael
             :
             so
             that
             if
             any
             one
             refrain
             from
             impiety
             ,
             refuse
             to
             doe
             as
             the
             rest
             in
             all
             excesse
             of
             ryot
             ,
             
             he
             is
             made
             both
             their
             prey
             and
             laughing-stock
             :
             Yea
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             so
             bold
             as
             to
             preach
             righteousnesse
             to
             them
             ,
             by
             voyce
             or
             by
             example
             ,
             there
             is
             instantly
             some
             Tobiah
             ,
             or
             Sanballat
             ,
             steps
             
             up
             to
             flout
             him
             .
             They
             so
             hate
             righteousnesse
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             hate
             a
             man
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             say
             of
             good
             living
             ,
             as
             Festus
             did
             of
             great
             learning
             ,
             it
             
               makes
               a
               man
               mad
            
             .
             But
             they
             cannot
             know
             who
             are
             sober
             ,
             
             that
             are
             mad
             themselves
             .
             Achish
             and
             his
             Courtiers
             thought
             David
             mad
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             the
             wisest
             man
             amongst
             them
             .
             Yea
             ,
             as
             old
             men
             answer
             young
             men
             ,
             You
             thinke
             us
             fooles
             ,
             but
             we
             know
             you
             are
             not
             wise
             :
             so
             answer
             we
             these
             ,
             You
             think
             us
             mad
             that
             are
             so
             hot
             against
             sinnes
             ,
             but
             wee
             know
             you
             mad
             that
             are
             so
             cold
             for
             your
             soules
             .
          
           
             Dogges
             will
             bark
             at
             the
             Moone
             :
             and
             what
             all
             men
             commend
             ,
             you
             have
             some
             Thersites
             take
             delight
             to
             blast
             .
             Lot
             vexed
             himselfe
             because
             hee
             saw
             men
             bad
             :
             these
             ,
             because
             men
             are
             good
             :
             not
             because
             Gods
             Law
             is
             broken
             ,
             but
             because
             others
             keep
             it
             better
             then
             themselves
             .
             
             But
             these
             are
             brinish
             &
             ill
             made
             candles
             ,
             which
             so
             sparkle
             and
             spit
             at
             others
             :
             it
             is
             a
             cursed
             zeale
             in
             these
             men
             ,
             to
             maligne
             the
             good
             zeale
             of
             all
             men
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             them
             alone
             ,
             they
             need
             no
             help
             to
             be
             miserable
             :
             
             for
             as
             they
             scoffe
             at
             us
             ,
             so
             God
             laughs
             at
             them
             ,
             
               He
               that
               sitteth
               in
               the
               Heavens
               shall
               laugh
               ,
               the
               Lord
               shall
               have
               
               them
               in
               derision
               ,
               Psal.
            
             2.4
             .
             Yea
             ,
             Judgements
             are
             prepared
             for
             these
             scorners
             ,
             and
             
               stripes
               for
               the
               backs
               of
               these
               fooles
               ,
               Prov.
            
             19.29
             .
             God
             shall
             raine
             down
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             upon
             such
             scorners
             of
             his
             word
             ,
             and
             blasphemers
             of
             his
             people
             as
             thou
             art
             ,
             said
             Mr.
             Philpot
             the
             Martyr
             ,
             to
             mocking
             Morgan
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             persecuters
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             smart
             not
             here
             ,
             as
             Cham
             did
             ,
             whose
             scoffing
             only
             brought
             his
             Fathers
             Curse
             ,
             and
             Gods
             upon
             that
             :
             And
             the
             two
             and
             forty
             children
             who
             were
             devoured
             of
             wilde
             Beares
             for
             scoffing
             at
             Elishas
             bald
             head
             ,
             
             2
             King.
             2.24
             .
             and
             Foelix
             ,
             who
             for
             one
             malicious
             scoffe
             ,
             did
             nothing
             day
             and
             night
             but
             vomit
             blood
             ,
             till
             his
             unhappy
             soule
             was
             fetcht
             from
             his
             wretched
             carkasse
             :
             And
             Pherecydes
             ,
             who
             was
             consumed
             by
             worms
             alive
             ,
             for
             giving
             Religion
             but
             a
             nick-name
             ;
             a
             small
             matter
             if
             thou
             mayst
             be
             made
             Judge
             .
             And
             Lucian
             ,
             who
             for
             barking
             against
             Religion
             like
             a
             Dog
             ,
             was
             by
             a
             just
             judgement
             of
             God
             ,
             devoured
             of
             Dogs
             .
          
           
             For
             this
             let
             me
             tell
             them
             ,
             
             what
             ever
             the
             D●vil
             blinding
             them
             ,
             they
             think
             there
             cannot
             be
             a
             greater
             Argument
             of
             a
             foule
             soule
             ,
             then
             the
             deriding
             of
             religious
             services
             :
             
             Yea
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             scoffer
             ,
             is
             the
             depth
             of
             sin
             :
             such
             an
             one
             is
             upon
             the
             very
             threshold
             of
             Hell
             ,
             as
             being
             set
             down
             in
             a
             resolute
             contempt
             of
             all
             goodnesse
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             31.
             
          
           
             
             6.
             
             IT
             is
             their
             manner
             and
             property
             to
             nick-name
             the
             godly
             ,
             as
             Ahab
             nick-named
             
               Eliah
               ,
               the
               troubler
               of
               Israel
               ,
            
             1
             Kings
             18.17
             .
             The
             wicked
             ,
             Iob
             and
             David
             hypocrites
             ,
             Psalm
             35.13.14
             .
             Iob
             4.6
             .
             to
             11.
             
             The
             Courtiers
             ,
             Ieremiah
             an
             enemy
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             Israel
             .
             The
             
               Iewes
               ,
               Paul
            
             a
             factions
             and
             seditious
             fellow
             ,
             Acts
             24.14
             .
             Yea
             ,
             they
             tearmed
             all
             the
             Disciples
             Sectaries
             ,
             Schismatickes
             ,
             subverters
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             &c.
             
             1
             Cor.
             4.9.10
             .
          
           
             
             And
             the
             same
             Devill
             ,
             who
             spake
             in
             Ahab
             ,
             and
             those
             wicked
             ones
             of
             old
             ,
             now
             speaks
             in
             our
             loose
             Libertines
             ,
             who
             nick-name
             the
             conscionable
             ,
             Puritanes
             ,
             and
             seditious
             persons
             :
             For
             doe
             but
             examine
             who
             they
             be
             which
             cast
             these
             aspersions
             upon
             the
             godly
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             hand
             of
             Ioab
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             Devill
             ,
             is
             in
             this
             businesse
             .
             Alas
             ,
             poore
             soules
             !
             they
             are
             but
             set
             on
             by
             that
             subtile
             Serpent
             ,
             as
             
             Zebede
             was
             by
             her
             sonnes
             ,
             Matth.
             20.20
             .
             Mark.
             10.35
             .
             It
             is
             but
             his
             heart
             in
             their
             lips
             .
          
           
             And
             Satan
             hath
             ever
             found
             it
             infinitely
             successfull
             ,
             
             to
             give
             every
             vice
             a
             title
             ,
             and
             every
             vertue
             a
             disgrace
             ;
             for
             still
             hee
             hath
             found
             ,
             that
             the
             rude
             and
             unstable
             multitude
             ,
             onely
             look
             upon
             the
             vizard
             and
             out-side
             of
             things
             ,
             which
             he
             pleaseth
             to
             put
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             
               judge
               according
               to
               appearance
               ,
               not
               righteous
               judgement
               .
            
          
           
             Neither
             doth
             the
             Devill
             onely
             gain
             by
             fastning
             reproachfull
             nick-names
             upon
             the
             religious
             ,
             but
             his
             servants
             gain
             too
             ;
             much
             like
             the
             Thiefe
             ,
             who
             meeting
             with
             a
             full
             purse
             ,
             not
             onely
             takes
             it
             away
             ,
             but
             returnes
             a
             stab
             :
             For
             in
             making
             vertue
             contemptible
             ,
             and
             in
             depraving
             the
             godly
             ,
             they
             are
             at
             least
             upon
             even
             ground
             with
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             not
             the
             better
             :
             For
             were
             all
             the
             world
             ugly
             ,
             deformity
             would
             be
             no
             monster
             .
             Among
             the
             Myconians
             baldnesse
             is
             no
             unseemly
             thing
             ,
             
             because
             all
             there
             are
             born
             bald
             :
             and
             hereupon
             infamous
             persons
             love
             to
             mitigate
             their
             owne
             shame
             ,
             with
             others
             discredit
             .
             As
             AEsops
             Fox
             ,
             when
             she
             had
             lost
             her
             taile
             ,
             would
             have
             redeemed
             her
             shame
             ,
             by
             perswading
             all
             her
             fellow-Foxes
             
             to
             cut
             of
             theirs
             ;
             yea
             ,
             by
             despressing
             the
             good
             ,
             they
             may
             possibly
             get
             the
             start
             of
             them
             .
             Even
             Heliogabulus
             ,
             that
             beastly
             monster
             ,
             thought
             to
             make
             hims●●●e
             the
             sole
             God
             ,
             and
             be
             only
             worsh●●pped
             ,
             by
             banishing
             all
             other
             Religions
             o●t
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             ●●t
             let
             these
             depravers
             take
             heed
             ,
             lest
             im●●●ting
             the
             fact
             of
             
               Censor
               Fulvius
            
             ,
             wh●●
             untiled
             Iunos
             Temple
             to
             cover
             his
             ow●●
             house
             ,
             they
             partake
             of
             the
             like
             judgement
             ,
             run
             mad
             ,
             and
             dye
             despairing
             ▪
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             32.
             
          
           
             
             7
             IT
             is
             their
             manner
             to
             revile
             and
             rayle
             on
             them
             ,
             as
             Goliah
             reviled
             and
             rayled
             on
             the
             Host
             of
             Israel
             ,
             and
             their
             God
             ,
             1
             Sam
             ,
             17.45
             .
             Shimei
             ,
             upon
             David
             ,
             calling
             him
             murtherer
             ,
             and
             wicked
             m●n
             ,
             2
             Sam
             16.7
             .
             And
             likewise
             the
             mig●●y
             men
             ,
             Psal.
             31.13
             .
             And
             the
             Iewes
             up●n
             Paul
             and
             
               Barnabas
               ,
               Acts
            
             13.45
             .
          
           
             Calumny
             is
             every
             good
             mans
             Lackey
             ,
             which
             followes
             him
             wheresoever
             hee
             goes
             ;
             for
             the
             Devill
             hath
             his
             servants
             in
             every
             corner
             ;
             and
             rotten
             Lungs
             can
             never
             send
             forth
             sweet
             breath
             .
             If
             the
             
             Law
             bind
             their
             hands
             ,
             yet
             they
             will
             be
             
               smiting
               with
               their
               tongues
            
             :
             and
             if
             the
             Law
             keepe
             them
             in
             awe
             for
             smitting
             on
             the
             mouth
             ,
             yet
             they
             will
             doe
             what
             they
             dare
             ,
             ,
             they
             will
             smite
             with
             the
             mouth
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             with
             these
             men
             ,
             
             as
             it
             was
             with
             Zoilus
             ,
             that
             common
             slanderer
             ,
             who
             being
             demanded
             why
             hee
             spake
             evill
             of
             such
             and
             such
             ,
             answered
             ,
             because
             I
             cannot
             doe
             them
             evill
             :
             or
             else
             ,
             like
             another
             Parisian
             Vigils
             ,
             wee
             should
             feele
             their
             swords
             ,
             before
             we
             heard
             their
             alarums
             .
             When
             the
             Devills
             hands
             are
             bound
             ,
             he
             
               vomits
               a
               flood
               of
               reproaches
               with
               his
               tongue
               Revel
               .
            
             12.15
             .
             What
             say
             they
             ?
             Since
             we
             cannot
             attaine
             to
             their
             vertues
             ,
             let
             us
             revenge
             our selves
             with
             rayling
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             for
             nothing
             ,
             
             that
             wicked
             men
             are
             so
             often
             is
             Scripture
             called
             Dogs
             ,
             as
             Psalm
             .
             59.6
             .
             
               deliver
               my
               soule
            
             ,
             or
             my
             darling
             ,
             
               from
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Dog
               :
            
             and
             
               they
               make
               a
               noyse
               like
               a
               Dog
               ,
            
             and
             goe
             round
             about
             the
             City
             ,
             
               Beware
               of
               Dogs
            
             ,
             saith
             S.
             
               Paul
               ,
               Philip.
            
             3.2
             .
             which
             either
             grin
             with
             malice
             ,
             or
             barke
             with
             reproaches
             ,
             or
             bite
             with
             mischiefe
             .
          
           
             But
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             although
             some
             of
             these
             Dogs
             have
             
               teeth
               like
               swords
               ,
               and
               
               jaws
               like
               knives
               ,
            
             as
             Solomon
             speakes
             ,
             Prov.
             30.14
             .
             And
             
               smite
               cruelly
            
             ,
             as
             Ieremy
             complaines
             ,
             Chap.
             18.18
             .
             which
             deserve
             ,
             like
             Shepheards
             Curres
             ,
             to
             have
             their
             teeth
             beaten
             out
             ,
             
             to
             prevent
             their
             biting
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             their
             chaps
             muzled
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             opening
             ;
             yet
             most
             of
             them
             are
             tooth-lesse
             Curres
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             barke
             ,
             yet
             they
             cannot
             bite
             ;
             and
             cowardly
             Curres
             ,
             for
             if
             you
             note
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             he
             seldome
             unbuttons
             his
             tumoured
             brest
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             finds
             none
             to
             oppose
             the
             bignes
             of
             his
             looks
             and
             tongue
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             such
             our
             only
             way
             is
             ,
             either
             to
             slight
             them
             ,
             as
             King
             Philip
             did
             Nicanor
             in
             the
             like
             case
             ;
             who
             being
             told
             by
             Smitichus
             of
             his
             evill
             reports
             and
             raylings
             ,
             answered
             ,
             
               Nicanor
               is
               not
               esteemed
               by
               the
               worst
               in
               Macedonia
               .
            
          
           
             Or
             else
             stop
             their
             mouths
             with
             some
             good
             turne
             ,
             as
             AEneas
             ,
             in
             the
             fiction
             ,
             cast
             Cerberus
             the
             hell-hound
             a
             sweet
             morsell
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             not
             barke
             against
             him
             .
             The
             doore
             ,
             when
             it
             hath
             been
             oyled
             ,
             leaves
             creaking
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             good
             policy
             :
             for
             barking
             Curres
             oft-times
             great
             mastiffs
             wake
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             if
             the
             tearme
             of
             Dogge
             ,
             were
             
             of
             too
             narrow
             extent
             ,
             
             the
             Scripture
             elsewhere
             calls
             them
             Devils
             .
             Saint
             Pau●
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             3.3
             .
             (
             as
             Bishop
             Andrews
             observes
             from
             the
             Originall
             )
             foretels
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             latter
             dayes
             there
             shall
             bee
             men
             Devils
             ,
             foule
             mouthed
             men
             ,
             evill
             speakers
             ,
             and
             1
             Tim.
             3
             11
             he
             speaketh
             of
             women-devils
             ,
             whose
             speeches
             are
             calumnious
             .
             And
             wherefore
             is
             the
             Devill
             called
             by
             that
             name
             ,
             but
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             foul
             mouth
             in
             defaming
             ?
             Yea
             
               A
               Calumny
            
             ,
             saith
             one
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             
               is
               the
               Devils
               minde
               in
               the
               mouth
               of
               a
               man
               ,
            
             
             
               his
               arrow
               shot
               by
               mans
               bow
            
             ;
             he
             lendeth
             him
             his
             lyes
             and
             malice
             ,
             and
             borroweth
             his
             tongue
             to
             utter
             them
             because
             the
             Devill
             wants
             a
             tongue
             .
          
           
             I
             close
             up
             this
             point
             with
             those
             words
             of
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             either
             
               convert
               the
               persons
               or
               confound
               the
               lying
               lips
               ,
               O
               God
               ,
               that
               speake
               against
               the
               righteous
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             33.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             IT
             is
             their
             man●er
             to
             
               raise
               slanders
            
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             
             as
             those
             wicked
             men
             slandered
             Naboth
             ,
             saying
             ,
             he
             hath
             
               blasphemed
               God
               and
               the
               King
            
             ,
             confirming
             
             the
             same
             with
             an
             oath
             ,
             1
             Kings
             21.
             
             Thus
             the
             wicked
             slandered
             
               David
               ,
               Psalm
            
             .
             57.4
             .
             And
             the
             multitude
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             ,
             saying
             
               he
               had
               a
               Devill
               ,
               Matth.
            
             11.18
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             Satans
             policy
             (
             because
             report
             both
             makes
             jealousies
             ,
             
             where
             there
             are
             none
             ,
             and
             increaseth
             those
             that
             are
             )
             to
             abuse
             our
             eares
             in
             hearing
             ,
             our
             tongues
             in
             speaking
             ,
             and
             our
             hearts
             in
             beleeving
             lyes
             ,
             to
             disable
             us
             from
             discerning
             the
             truth
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             this
             stratagem
             of
             raising
             slanders
             upon
             good
             men
             ,
             like
             a
             huge
             and
             mighty
             Polyphems
             ,
             hath
             done
             such
             service
             to
             the
             uncircumcised
             ,
             that
             examples
             thereof
             in
             Scripture
             are
             like
             moats
             in
             the
             Sunne
             :
             and
             it
             were
             easie
             to
             parallel
             former
             ages
             with
             this
             of
             ours
             ,
             for
             well
             may
             we
             take
             up
             those
             words
             of
             the
             Psalmist
             ,
             
             
               The
               wicked
               bend
               their
               bow
               ,
               and
               make
               ready
               their
               arrows
               upon
               the
               string
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               secretly
               shoot
               at
               them
               which
               are
               upright
               in
               heart
               ,
               Psalme
            
             11.2
             .
          
           
             Innocency
             is
             no
             shelter
             against
             evill
             tongues
             .
             Malice
             never
             regards
             how
             true
             any
             accusation
             is
             ,
             but
             how
             spitefull
             .
          
           
           
             And
             great
             wits
             are
             not
             more
             ready
             ,
             
             with
             the
             high
             Priests
             and
             Elders
             ,
             Matth.
             28.12
             ,
             13.
             to
             raise
             these
             slanders
             ,
             then
             the
             common
             sort
             are
             apt
             to
             beleeve
             the
             same
             ;
             as
             we
             see
             by
             our
             Saviours
             example
             ,
             ver
             .
             15.
             
             And
             how
             many
             particular
             persons
             know
             ,
             to
             their
             smart
             ,
             that
             a
             slander
             once
             raised
             will
             scarce
             ever
             dye
             ;
             for
             comming
             once
             into
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             true
             or
             false
             ,
             like
             wild-fire
             it
             can
             never
             bee
             quenched
             ;
             for
             even
             death
             it selfe
             ,
             which
             delivereth
             a
             man
             from
             all
             other
             enemies
             ,
             
             is
             not
             able
             to
             deliver
             him
             from
             this
             of
             the
             tongue
             .
             Whereas
             Truth
             hath
             much
             adoe
             to
             be
             beleeved
             ,
             a
             lye
             runs
             far
             before
             it
             can
             be
             stayed
             .
          
           
             However
             ,
             
             a
             man
             once
             wounded
             in
             his
             good
             name
             ,
             is
             not
             cured
             without
             scarres
             of
             suspition
             .
             Yea
             ,
             commonly
             ,
             as
             a
             little
             ball
             rowled
             in
             the
             snow
             gathers
             it selfe
             to
             a
             great
             lump
             :
             so
             the
             report
             that
             is
             but
             a
             little
             sparke
             at
             first
             ,
             proves
             a
             great
             flame
             ,
             by
             that
             it
             hath
             past
             through
             many
             mouths
             .
          
           
             But
             did
             not
             mens
             owne
             wickednesse
             blinde
             them
             ,
             were
             they
             not
             absolutely
             turned
             fooles
             ,
             they
             would
             thus
             argue
             :
             Not
             he
             that
             is
             accused
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             is
             
             convicted
             is
             guilty
             ,
             
             as
             Lactantius
             hath
             it
             .
             In
             the
             Chancery
             are
             many
             accusations
             they
             never
             meane
             to
             prove
             :
             Neither
             doth
             any
             Law
             condenme
             a
             man
             ,
             till
             hee
             comes
             to
             his
             answer
             .
             Upright
             Cato
             was
             fifty
             times
             undeservedly
             indited
             and
             accused
             by
             his
             fellow
             Citizens
             ,
             yet
             was
             every
             time
             acquitted
             and
             found
             innocent
             .
          
           
             The
             Orator
             Tertullus
             ,
             when
             hee
             would
             plead
             against
             Paul
             ,
             sayes
             ,
             
               Wee
               have
               found
               this
               man
               a
               pestilent
               fellow
               ,
               Acts
            
             24.5
             .
             But
             ,
             if
             you
             marke
             it
             ,
             this
             foolish
             Tertul●us
             mistooke
             the
             antidote
             for
             the
             poyson
             ,
             the
             remedy
             for
             the
             disease
             :
             Indeed
             ,
             he
             hath
             some
             wit
             in
             his
             anger
             ,
             and
             so
             have
             his
             followers
             in
             slandering
             such
             as
             excell
             in
             vertue
             :
             for
             whereas
             formerly
             the
             splendor
             of
             the
             others
             vertues
             hath
             obscured
             the
             meannesse
             of
             their
             credit
             ,
             as
             the
             lesser
             light
             of
             a
             candle
             is
             obscured
             by
             the
             greater
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             :
             so
             now
             by
             clouding
             and
             depraving
             him
             and
             all
             his
             fellows
             ,
             himselfe
             shall
             be
             judged
             vertuous
             ,
             ve●y
             cheap
             ,
             accounted
             a
             man
             of
             honesty
             and
             honour
             ,
             though
             a
             Paricide
             or
             a
             sacrilegious
             person
             .
          
           
             And
             is
             it
             not
             good
             policy
             for
             a
             
             swinish
             drunkard
             ,
             
             or
             a
             beastly
             liver
             to
             fling
             durt
             in
             a
             holy
             mans
             face
             ,
             when
             ,
             first
             ,
             any
             colour
             seemes
             the
             fairer
             ,
             when
             as
             blacke
             is
             by
             ?
             Secondly
             ,
             when
             (
             being
             conscious
             of
             their
             owne
             defects
             )
             by
             this
             meanes
             they
             draw
             away
             mens
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             consideration
             of
             the
             beholders
             ,
             from
             climbing
             up
             into
             their
             faults
             ,
             while
             they
             are
             fixed
             and
             busied
             upon
             a
             new
             object
             ?
             One
             colour
             wee
             know
             ,
             being
             laid
             upon
             another
             ,
             doth
             away
             t●e
             former
             ,
             and
             remains
             it selfe
             .
             
             A
             Cut-purse
             in
             a
             throng
             ,
             when
             he
             hath
             committed
             the
             fact
             ,
             will
             cry
             out
             ,
             my
             Masters
             ,
             take
             heed
             of
             your
             purses
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             is
             pursued
             will
             cry
             ,
             stop
             theefe
             ,
             that
             by
             this
             meanes
             hee
             may
             escape
             unattached
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             34.
             
          
           
             9.
             
             IT
             is
             usuall
             with
             them
             to
             Curse
             the
             godly
             ,
             
             as
             Goliah
             cursed
             David
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             17.43
             .
             And
             also
             Shimei
             ,
             2
             Sam.
             16.7
             .
             to
             15.
             
             Thus
             the
             Heathen
             cursed
             
               Israel
               ,
               Zach.
            
             8.13
             .
             And
             thus
             wicked
             in
             all
             ages
             shall
             be
             so
             drunke
             with
             
             malice
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             spew
             out
             cursing
             and
             slander
             against
             the
             godly
             ,
             as
             our
             Saviour
             hath
             foretold
             ,
             Mat.
             5.44
             .
          
           
             And
             experience
             proves
             ,
             that
             not
             a
             few
             amongst
             us
             doe
             steep
             their
             words
             in
             hate
             and
             curses
             against
             the
             good
             ,
             carrying
             this
             deadly
             poyson
             ,
             these
             arrows
             ,
             swords
             ,
             knives
             ,
             razors
             in
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             wherewith
             to
             interlace
             their
             discourse
             ,
             whether
             in
             reviling
             the
             present
             ,
             or
             backbiting
             the
             absent
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             generation
             (
             pity
             they
             should
             be
             called
             Christians
             )
             all
             whose
             Prayers
             are
             Curses
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             relations
             lyes
             :
             Or
             if
             sometimes
             they
             lend
             the
             truth
             their
             voice
             ,
             
             they
             are
             but
             false
             witnesses
             in
             speaking
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             their
             hearts
             are
             of
             another
             judgement
             .
             As
             let
             them
             say
             with
             their
             mouths
             ,
             
               I
               beleeve
               in
               God
            
             ,
             or
             
               Our
               Father
               which
               art
               in
               Heaven
               ,
            
             or
             
               God
               spake
               these
               words
               ,
               &c.
            
             even
             in
             this
             they
             lye
             ,
             for
             
               in
               their
               hearts
               they
               thinke
               there
               is
               no
               God
            
             at
             all
             :
             or
             if
             with
             their
             hearts
             they
             beleeve
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             tongues
             confesse
             that
             there
             is
             a
             God
             ,
             at
             least
             
               by
               their
               works
               they
               deny
               him
               ,
            
             and
             the
             power
             of
             his
             word
             .
             So
             that
             all
             the
             difference
             between
             them
             ,
             and
             very
             infidels
             ,
             is
             only
             this
             ,
             the
             one
             
             are
             infidels
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             the
             other
             are
             infidels
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             as
             Augustine
             pithily
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             's
             the
             reason
             they
             curse
             us
             ,
             
             but
             this
             ?
             They
             are
             the
             Devils
             best
             schollers
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             highest
             Forme
             ;
             the
             language
             of
             Hell
             is
             so
             familiar
             unto
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             speake
             not
             a
             word
             of
             our
             Countrey
             language
             :
             And
             indeed
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             speake
             the
             language
             of
             Canaan
             ,
             to
             whom
             blasphemy
             is
             become
             the
             mother
             tongue
             ?
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
             they
             curse
             us
             because
             they
             cannot
             be
             suffered
             to
             kill
             us
             ;
             for
             in
             heart
             and
             Gods
             account
             they
             are
             no
             better
             then
             murtherers
             ;
             nor
             will
             it
             bee
             any
             rare
             thing
             at
             the
             day
             of
             Judgement
             ,
             for
             Cursers
             to
             be
             indited
             of
             murther
             :
             they
             would
             kill
             us
             ,
             if
             they
             durst
             :
             they
             doe
             kill
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             can
             .
             I
             would
             be
             loath
             to
             trust
             his
             hands
             ,
             that
             bannes
             mee
             with
             his
             tongue
             .
             It
             is
             easie
             to
             guesse
             how
             they
             would
             deale
             with
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             were
             at
             their
             mercy
             .
             He
             that
             smiled
             on
             David
             in
             his
             throne
             ,
             curseth
             him
             in
             his
             flight
             :
             Now
             his
             unsound
             and
             treacherous
             heart
             discovers
             it selfe
             in
             a
             tongue
             full
             of
             venome
             ,
             a
             handfull
             of
             
             stones
             ;
             and
             had
             not
             David
             been
             yet
             too
             strong
             for
             his
             impotent
             Subject
             ,
             he
             had
             then
             breathed
             his
             last
             .
          
           
             Prosperous
             successe
             hides
             many
             a
             false
             heart
             ,
             as
             a
             drift
             of
             snow
             covers
             a
             heape
             of
             dung
             :
             but
             when
             that
             white
             mantle
             melts
             ,
             the
             filthy
             rottennesse
             will
             soon
             appeare
             .
          
           
             
             Neither
             is
             it
             any
             sinne
             we
             commit
             ,
             or
             offence
             wee
             give
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             Curse
             us
             .
             Who
             could
             have
             lesse
             deserved
             those
             curses
             ,
             those
             aspersions
             ,
             those
             stones
             ,
             then
             David
             ?
             Had
             Shimei
             beene
             other
             then
             a
             dog
             ,
             hee
             had
             never
             so
             rudely
             barked
             at
             so
             harmeles
             a
             passenger
             .
             That
             head
             deserved
             to
             be
             tonguelesse
             ,
             that
             body
             to
             be
             headlesse
             ,
             that
             thus
             blasphemed
             an
             Innocent
             ,
             though
             hee
             had
             beene
             lesse
             then
             the
             Lords
             Anoynted
             .
          
           
             
             Againe
             ,
             Why
             would
             they
             kill
             our
             bodies
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             could
             not
             slay
             our
             soules
             ?
             For
             it
             is
             soule-blood
             which
             the
             Serpent
             and
             his
             Seed
             thirst
             after
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             shew
             afterward
             .
          
           
             But
             alasse
             ,
             if
             all
             their
             Curses
             and
             threats
             ,
             all
             their
             aspersions
             and
             Anti-christian
             slanders
             ,
             could
             flout
             us
             out
             of
             the
             integrity
             of
             our
             devotion
             ,
             when
             
             our
             forefathers
             feared
             not
             the
             flames
             ,
             we
             were
             fearfull
             cowards
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             their
             banning
             of
             us
             ,
             we
             have
             learnt
             from
             Solomon
             ,
             
             
               That
               the
               causelesse
               curse
               shall
               not
               come
               ,
               Prov
            
             26.2
             .
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             it
             shall
             not
             come
             where
             the
             curser
             meant
             it
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             Psalmist
             tells
             us
             plainly
             ,
             That
             
               though
               they
               curse
               ,
               yet
               God
               will
               blesse
               ,
               Psalm
               .
            
             109.28
             .
             And
             his
             blessing
             shall
             doe
             us
             good
             ,
             while
             their
             curses
             hurt
             none
             but
             themselves
             :
             for
             what
             saith
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             in
             the
             same
             Psalme
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             desperately
             wicked
             ,
             whose
             brand
             is
             ,
             that
             
               they
               love
               cursing
            
             .
             The
             words
             are
             these
             ,
             
               As
               he
               loved
               cursing
            
             ,
             
             
               so
               shall
               it
               come
               unto
               him
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               loved
               not
               blessing
               ,
               so
               shall
               it
               be
               far
               from
               him
               .
               As
               be
               cloathed
               himselfe
               with
               cursing
               ,
               as
               with
               a
               rayment
               :
               so
               shall
               it
               come
               into
               his
               bowels
               like
               water
               ,
               and
               like
               oyle
               into
               his
               bones
               .
               Let
               it
               be
               unto
               him
               ,
               as
               a
               garment
               to
               cover
               him
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               girdle
               ,
               wherewith
               he
               shall
               be
               alwayes
               girded
               ,
            
             ver
             .
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Heare
             this
             all
             yee
             whose
             tongues
             run
             so
             fast
             on
             the
             Devils
             errand
             ,
             Yee
             loved
             cursing
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             it
             ,
             both
             upon
             you
             ,
             about
             you
             ,
             and
             in
             you
             ,
             and
             that
             everlastingly
             ,
             if
             you
             persevere
             and
             goe
             on
             .
             For
             if
             Christians
             be
             charged
             
             to
             blesse
             their
             enemies
             ;
             what
             will
             bee
             their
             case
             ,
             that
             curse
             their
             friends
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             if
             he
             which
             but
             curseth
             Satan
             curseth
             his
             owne
             soule
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             Eccles.
             21.27
             .
             What
             doth
             he
             that
             curseth
             the
             Saints
             and
             deare
             children
             of
             God
             ?
             Surely
             ,
             their
             curses
             shall
             bound
             backe
             into
             their
             owne
             breasts
             ,
             as
             the
             stones
             ,
             which
             Shimei
             threw
             at
             David
             ,
             did
             rebound
             upon
             Shimei
             ,
             and
             split
             his
             heart
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             knockt
             out
             his
             braines
             .
          
           
             Cursing
             mouthes
             are
             like
             ill
             made
             Peeces
             ,
             which
             while
             men
             discharge
             at
             others
             ,
             recoile
             in
             splinters
             upon
             their
             owne
             faces
             .
             Their
             words
             and
             wishes
             bee
             but
             whirle-winds
             ,
             which
             being
             breathen
             forth
             ,
             returne
             againe
             to
             the
             same
             place
             ;
             
               Cursed
               be
               he
               that
               curseth
               thee
               ,
               Gen.
            
             27.29
             .
             Yea
             ,
             hee
             shall
             be
             cursed
             with
             a
             witnesse
             ,
             for
             even
             Christ
             ,
             which
             
               came
               to
               save
               the
               world
            
             ,
             shall
             say
             unto
             them
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             
               Depart
               yee
               cursed
               into
               everlasting
               fire
               ,
               prepared
               for
               the
               Devill
               and
               his
               Angels
               ,
               Matth.
            
             25.41
             .
             Where
             they
             shall
             doe
             nothing
             but
             
               curse
               for
               evermore
               ,
               Revel
            
             .
             16.11.21
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             Who
             should
             goe
             to
             Hell
             ,
             if
             cursers
             should
             be
             left
             out
             ?
             Wherefore
             let
             
             all
             those
             learne
             to
             blesse
             ,
             that
             looke
             to
             be
             heires
             of
             the
             Blessing
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             35.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             IT
             is
             their
             use
             to
             threaten
             the
             religious
             ,
             
             as
             all
             the
             men
             of
             
               Sodome
               threatned
            
             just
             Lot
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             
               deale
               worse
               with
               him
               then
               with
               the
               Angels
               ,
               Gen.
            
             19.9
             .
             
               Iehoram
               ,
               Elisha
            
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               God
               do
               so
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               more
               also
               if
               the
               head
               of
               Elisha
               shall
               stand
               on
               him
               this
               day
               ,
            
             2
             Kings
             6.31
             .
             And
             thus
             Paul
             ,
             before
             his
             conversion
             ,
             
               breathed
               out
               threatnings
               and
               slaughter
               against
               the
               Disciples
               ,
               Acts
            
             9.1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             It
             were
             no
             living
             for
             godly
             men
             ,
             if
             their
             hands
             were
             allowed
             to
             bee
             as
             bloody
             as
             their
             hearts
             .
             But
             men
             and
             Devills
             are
             under
             restraint
             of
             the
             Almighty
             .
          
           
             Neither
             are
             their
             words
             more
             swelling
             ,
             
             or
             their
             designes
             more
             lavish
             ,
             then
             their
             atchievements
             be
             vaine
             ,
             and
             their
             execution
             short
             .
             Benhadad
             sends
             great
             words
             unto
             the
             King
             of
             Israel
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             nothing
             to
             conquer
             him
             :
             but
             stay
             the
             proofe
             ,
             Benhadad
             flyes
             ,
             and
             Israel
             pursues
             .
             Commonly
             they
             that
             
             least
             can
             doe
             ,
             best
             cavill
             can
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             greatest
             flourish
             .
          
           
             
             However
             ,
             it
             is
             well
             for
             the
             innocent
             ,
             that
             wicked
             men
             cannot
             keepe
             their
             owne
             counsels
             ,
             as
             God
             fetcheth
             their
             thoughts
             out
             of
             their
             owne
             mouthes
             ,
             many
             times
             ,
             even
             against
             their
             wills
             ,
             for
             the
             good
             of
             his
             Children
             ;
             as
             we
             may
             see
             in
             Esau
             ,
             when
             hee
             purposed
             the
             death
             of
             Iacob
             ;
             and
             in
             Saul
             ,
             touching
             David
             ;
             and
             in
             Iezabel
             touching
             Elisha
             ;
             whose
             threats
             did
             preserve
             them
             ,
             whom
             they
             meant
             to
             kill
             .
             The
             wisdome
             and
             power
             of
             God
             could
             have
             found
             evasions
             for
             his
             Prophets
             ,
             with
             their
             enemies
             greatest
             secrecy
             :
             but
             now
             they
             need
             no
             other
             meanes
             of
             rescue
             ,
             then
             their
             own
             lips
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             mercy
             (
             deserving
             thanks
             )
             from
             God
             ,
             
             that
             the
             lightning
             of
             anger
             in
             a
             cruell
             mans
             eyes
             ,
             gives
             us
             warning
             of
             the
             thunderbolt
             in
             his
             hand
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             concernes
             us
             only
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             threatned
             by
             the
             potent
             :
             in
             other
             cases
             ,
             our
             best
             way
             will
             bee
             to
             stand
             it
             out
             :
             for
             many
             a
             foe
             hath
             spoken
             bravely
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             push
             hath
             made
             more
             use
             of
             his
             heels
             ,
             then
             of
             his
             
             hands
             :
             their
             threats
             being
             but
             like
             a
             boyes
             squib
             ,
             that
             onely
             flashes
             ,
             and
             cracks
             ,
             and
             stinks
             ,
             but
             is
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             36.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             IT
             is
             their
             manner
             by
             subtlety
             to
             undermine
             the
             godly
             in
             talke
             ,
             
             that
             they
             may
             betray
             them
             ,
             as
             Saul
             caused
             his
             servants
             to
             undermine
             David
             by
             flattery
             ,
             thereby
             to
             worke
             his
             confusion
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             18.17
             .
             And
             againe
             ,
             verse
             21.25
             .
             thus
             those
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             other
             enemies
             of
             the
             truth
             undermined
             Ieremiah
             ,
             seeking
             every
             way
             to
             destroy
             him
             ,
             Ier.
             18.18
             .
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Chap.
             And
             thus
             certaine
             of
             the
             Synagogue
             sought
             to
             undermine
             Steven
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             have
             matter
             wherby
             to
             informe
             the
             Councell
             against
             him
             ,
             Acts
             69
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Their
             chiefe
             Principle
             is
             that
             of
             Lysanders
             ,
             
             
               VVhere
               the
               Lyons
               skinne
               will
               not
               suffice
               ,
               we
               must
               adde
               a
               scantling
               of
               the
               Foxes
               .
            
             Whereupon
             ,
             as
             intelligencers
             for
             States
             ,
             mingle
             themselves
             with
             all
             companies
             ,
             but
             use
             their
             best
             art
             to
             keep
             themselves
             concealed
             :
             so
             doe
             
             these
             ,
             you
             may
             travell
             with
             such
             an
             one
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Indies
             ;
             and
             yet
             finde
             the
             way
             into
             his
             heart
             a
             farther
             journey
             .
             For
             as
             High-way-men
             ,
             lighting
             into
             true
             meaning
             company
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             can
             talke
             of
             sincere
             dealing
             ,
             and
             uprightnesse
             ,
             against
             robbery
             and
             oppression
             ,
             to
             take
             off
             suspition
             ,
             till
             they
             spy
             their
             opportunity
             :
             so
             will
             they
             have
             semblances
             of
             religion
             ,
             pretend
             great
             love
             ;
             yea
             perhaps
             doe
             you
             a
             reall
             curtesie
             ;
             but
             with
             the
             same
             intent
             that
             Saul
             gave
             Michall
             to
             David
             ,
             which
             was
             only
             to
             ensnare
             him
             .
          
           
             Like
             Fowlers
             and
             Anglers
             ,
             when
             they
             meane
             to
             catch
             and
             snare
             us
             ,
             
             they
             hide
             their
             nets
             ,
             and
             cover
             their
             hooks
             with
             the
             pleasing
             baites
             of
             flattery
             ,
             setting
             a
             sunshine
             countenance
             upon
             cloudy
             thoughts
             :
             Yea
             ,
             when
             they
             intend
             to
             murther
             ,
             then
             speake
             they
             fairest
             ;
             when
             deadly
             malice
             dives
             deepest
             into
             their
             hearts
             ,
             then
             the
             smoothest
             words
             floate
             in
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             as
             no
             faces
             looke
             lovelyer
             then
             the
             painted
             .
             
          
           
             Now
             this
             kind
             of
             undermining
             they
             have
             borrowed
             from
             Satan
             ,
             that
             old
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             arch-polititian
             ,
             who
             in
             
             the
             beginning
             useth
             this
             complement
             to
             our
             first
             Parents
             ,
             
               Ye
               shall
               be
               as
               gods
            
             :
             when
             his
             drift
             was
             ,
             to
             have
             them
             devils
             ,
             Gen.
             3.5
             .
             Yea
             ,
             he
             sets
             them
             on
             worke
             ,
             who
             never
             ceaseth
             ,
             either
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             or
             by
             his
             servants
             to
             tempt
             and
             undermine
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             5.8
             .
             especially
             at
             such
             times
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             or
             should
             be
             addressing
             themselves
             to
             some
             notable
             workes
             in
             performing
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             see
             ,
             Ier
             1.6
             .
             Ezek.
             3.14
             ,
             15.
             
             Nehe.
             2.48.19
             .
             &
             6.5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             10.
             
             Acts
             6.9
             ,
             10.
             
             Matth.
             4.1
             .
          
           
             But
             beware
             we
             trust
             them
             not
             ,
             
             for
             these
             Hypocrites
             never
             wound
             so
             deadly
             ,
             as
             when
             they
             stroak
             us
             with
             a
             silken
             ●and
             being
             like
             the
             mistaken
             Lanthorne
             in
             Eighty
             eight
             ;
             for
             under
             pretence
             of
             guiding
             ,
             they
             will
             draw
             us
             into
             hazzard
             and
             losse
             among
             our
             enemies
             ;
             and
             whosoever
             puts
             confidence
             in
             their
             words
             ,
             shall
             finde
             them
             to
             resemble
             sinking
             floores
             ,
             which
             will
             then
             fail
             us
             ,
             when
             our
             weight
             is
             on
             them
             .
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             
               Verbal
               properties
            
             of
             this
             enmitie
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             37.
             
          
           
             
             Qu.
             
               IN
               the
               last
               place
               what
               are
               the
            
             Actuall
             Properties
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             Thirdly
             ,
             wicked
             men
             actually
             manifest
             their
             enmitie
             against
             the
             Religious
             in
             seven
             particulars
             :
             viz.
             
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 By
                 scornefull
                 gestures
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 By
                 withstanding
                 their
                 Doctrine
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 By
                 combining
                 together
                 against
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 By
                 imprisoning
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 By
                 striking
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 By
                 hurting
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 By
                 killing
                 the
                 Godly
                 .
              
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             by
             gesture
             ,
             as
             Goliah
             against
             David
             ,
             when
             he
             looked
             upon
             him
             with
             a
             disdainfull
             countenance
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             17.42
             .
             Which
             is
             a
             kinde
             of
             brow-beating
             ;
             and
             other
             wicked
             ones
             ,
             who
             
               made
               mowes
               ,
               and
               nodded
               the
               head
               at
               him
               ,
               Psalme
            
             22.7
             .
             
               Gaped
               upon
               him
               with
               their
               mouthes
               ,
               as
               ramping
               and
               roaring
               Lions
               ,
               verse
            
             13.
             
             
               Gnashed
               their
               teeth
               at
               him
            
             ,
             at
             publique
             meetings
             ,
             Psal.
             35.16
             .
             
               Shaked
               their
               heads
            
             at
             him
             ,
             Psal.
             109.25
             .
             Thus
             Iob
             complaines
             ,
             That
             his
             enemies
             
               opened
               
               their
               mouthes
               against
               him
               ,
               Iob
            
             16.10
             .
             And
             Isaiah
             ,
             that
             the
             scoffing
             Idolaters
             
               gaped
               and
               thrust
               out
               their
               tongues
               against
               the
               godly
               ,
            
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             Isai
             57.3
             ,
             4.
             
             And
             the
             Labourers
             in
             the
             Parable
             are
             said
             to
             have
             an
             
               evil
               eye
            
             against
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Vineyard
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             good
             ,
             Matth.
             20.15
             .
             Many
             will
             speak
             ,
             that
             dare
             not
             strike
             ;
             and
             some
             will
             make
             mouthes
             ,
             that
             fear
             to
             speak
             .
          
           
             Now
             this
             of
             gesture
             is
             a
             silent
             foe
             ;
             
             yet
             upon
             inquisition
             made
             ,
             I
             finde
             none
             more
             guilty
             of
             the
             Serpents
             enmitie
             ,
             than
             he
             ,
             who
             speakes
             with
             his
             brow
             ,
             and
             striketh
             with
             his
             eyes
             ;
             who
             ,
             because
             his
             tongue
             cannot
             us●ly
             condemn
             a
             man
             ,
             he
             will
             leave
             him
             suspected
             of
             ill
             by
             silence
             ,
             or
             some
             disdainfull
             gesture
             :
             For
             ,
             as
             his
             Ma●estie
             said
             most
             aptly
             and
             elegantly
             ,
             
               As
               the
               tongue
               speaketh
               to
               the
               ear
               ;
               so
               the
               gesture
               speaketh
               to
               the
               eye
               .
            
             And
             though
             such
             an
             one
             be
             silent
             for
             want
             of
             words
             ,
             yet
             he
             is
             not
             so
             for
             want
             of
             malice
             ,
             even
             scoffes
             and
             nick-names
             ,
             slander
             and
             cur●ing
             stickes
             in
             his
             teeth
             ,
             and
             onely
             dares
             not
             freely
             come
             forth
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             guilty
             of
             his
             owne
             faultinesse
             :
             and
             were
             he
             not
             a
             monstrous
             coward
             ,
             not
             daring
             to
             speak
             
             or
             act
             for
             fear
             of
             ●ustice
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             no
             dealing
             with
             him
             :
             yet
             bad
             as
             he
             is
             ,
             being
             dumbe
             ,
             I
             finde
             him
             uncapable
             of
             a
             verdict
             ,
             and
             so
             dismisse
             him
             to
             leade
             the
             Van
             ,
             which
             is
             both
             a
             punishment
             to
             himselfe
             and
             those
             that
             follow
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             38.
             
          
           
             
             2.
             
             IT
             is
             their
             manner
             to
             withstand
             and
             contrary
             the
             Doctrine
             which
             they
             are
             commanded
             by
             God
             to
             deliver
             .
             Thus
             Zidkiah
             the
             false
             Prophet
             withstood
             and
             contraried
             Michaia's
             Doctrine
             ,
             1
             Kings
             22.24
             .
             The
             Priests
             ,
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             people
             ,
             Ieremiahs
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Why
               hast
               thou
               prophesied
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               that
               this
               house
               shall
               be
               like
               Shilo
               ,
               and
               this
               Citie
               shall
               be
               desolate
               ,
               and
               without
               an
               inhabitant
               ?
               Ierem.
            
             26.8
             ,
             9.
             
             And
             thus
             Elimas
             the
             Sorcerer
             withstood
             and
             contraried
             Paul
             and
             Barnabas
             in
             their
             preaching
             ,
             Acts.
             13.8
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             still
             the
             manner
             of
             wicked
             men
             (
             being
             better
             acquainted
             with
             wrangling
             than
             reasoning
             ,
             and
             deeper
             in
             love
             with
             strife
             that
             truth
             )
             even
             to
             
             cavill
             against
             the
             good
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             
             and
             oppose
             the
             messenger
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             cannot
             maintain
             by
             reason
             ,
             a
             feminine
             testinesse
             shall
             outwrangle
             .
          
           
             These
             night-birds
             know
             right
             well
             ,
             that
             where
             the
             Sun
             shines
             ,
             there
             is
             small
             place
             for
             them
             to
             appear
             :
             whence
             the
             Ministers
             preaching
             is
             as
             great
             a
             vexation
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             their
             conversation
             is
             to
             him
             :
             and
             in
             case
             he
             hath
             a
             ●ire
             in
             his
             tongue
             kindled
             with
             a
             coal
             from
             the
             Altar
             ,
             they
             have
             a
             sea
             of
             water
             in
             their
             hearts
             to
             quench
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             some
             one
             be
             more
             specially
             gifted
             in
             convincing
             of
             sin
             ,
             
             he
             is
             sure
             to
             have
             treble
             opposition
             :
             if
             he
             molest
             Satan
             ,
             and
             dispossesse
             him
             of
             his
             strong
             holds
             ,
             Satan
             will
             molest
             him
             with
             a
             powder
             ;
             all
             the
             Drunkards
             in
             that
             Parish
             shall
             fall
             about
             such
             a
             Ministers
             eares
             ;
             yea
             ,
             perhaps
             some
             neighbour
             Ministers
             that
             pretend
             gravitie
             and
             good
             will
             to
             God
             ,
             shall
             more
             than
             set
             them
             on
             :
             for
             vertue
             fares
             hardest
             oftentimes
             from
             such
             as
             should
             uphold
             her
             .
             When
             
               Henry
               Zu●phen
            
             was
             Preacher
             at
             Breame
             ;
             the
             Catholiques
             sent
             their
             Chaplaines
             to
             evey
             Sermon
             to
             trap
             him
             in
             his
             words
             :
             but
             the
             greater
             part
             
             of
             them
             that
             were
             sent
             to
             hearken
             ,
             were
             thereby
             converted
             :
             and
             did
             openly
             witnesse
             for
             him
             to
             his
             Adversaries
             teeth
             ,
             
             that
             they
             never
             in
             all
             their
             life
             had
             heard
             the
             like
             ,
             at
             which
             the
             Monkes
             and
             Cardinals
             were
             mad
             .
             The
             case
             of
             our
             Prelates
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             of
             their
             
               High
               Commission
            
             .
             None
             so
             deep
             in
             Hell
             ,
             as
             knowing
             men
             :
             strong
             braines
             are
             commonly
             too
             wise
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             the
             
               foolishnesse
               of
               preaching
            
             .
             But
             
               Paul
               the
               babler
            
             must
             be
             both
             heard
             and
             admired
             ,
             before
             heaven
             can
             be
             had
             :
             yea
             ,
             great
             Doctors
             must
             acknowledge
             themselves
             but
             great
             Dunces
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             meaner
             men
             ;
             speaking
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             :
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             the
             Philosopher
             ,
             when
             he
             read
             the
             fir●t
             Chapter
             of
             
               Saint
               Iohn's
               Gospel
            
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             This
             Barbarian
             hath
             comprised
             more
             s●upendious
             stuffe
             in
             three
             lines
             ,
             than
             we
             have
             done
             in
             all
             our
             voluminous
             Discourses
             .
          
           
             
             And
             indeed
             ,
             
               The
               wisedom
               from
               above
               is
               gentle
               ,
               easie
               to
               be
               perswaded
            
             ;
             when
             better
             ,
             reason
             is
             alleadged
             ,
             Iames
             3.17
             .
             as
             in
             
               Peter
               ,
               Iohn
            
             13.8
             .
             First
             ,
             peremptory
             ,
             but
             after
             conviction
             pliable
             .
             An
             humble
             man
             will
             never
             be
             an
             Heretique
             :
             shew
             him
             his
             errour
             ,
             he
             will
             soon
             retract
             it
             .
             
             
               Iohannes
               Bugenhagius
            
             a
             reverend
             Dutch
             Divine
             lighting
             upon
             Luthers
             Book
             ,
             
               De
               captivitate
               Babylonicâ
            
             ,
             and
             reading
             some
             few
             pages
             of
             it
             as
             he
             sate
             at
             supper
             ,
             rashly
             pronounced
             him
             the
             most
             pestilent
             and
             pernitious
             Heretique
             that
             ever
             the
             Church
             had
             been
             troubled
             with
             since
             the
             times
             of
             Christ
             :
             but
             a
             few
             dayes
             after
             ,
             having
             seriously
             read
             over
             the
             Book
             ,
             and
             well
             weighed
             the
             matter
             ,
             he
             returned
             to
             his
             Colegioners
             ,
             and
             recanted
             what
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             affirming
             and
             proving
             ,
             that
             Luther
             onely
             was
             in
             the
             light
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             world
             besides
             in
             grosse
             darknesse
             ,
             so
             that
             many
             of
             them
             were
             converted
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             won
             to
             imbrace
             the
             same
             truth
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Satan
             and
             his
             instruments
             deal
             like
             our
             Pirats
             ,
             who
             will
             set
             upon
             rich
             laden
             ships
             ,
             but
             passe
             by
             those
             that
             are
             empty
             .
          
           
             Nor
             are
             they
             to
             be
             appeased
             after
             they
             have
             once
             begun
             ,
             
             for
             that
             which
             rashnesse
             and
             follie
             have
             brought
             forth
             ,
             pride
             afterwards
             and
             contumacie
             shall
             maintain
             to
             the
             last
             gaspe
             .
             Usually
             ,
             an
             ill
             cause
             once
             undertaken
             ,
             shall
             be
             maintained
             ,
             though
             with
             bloud
             .
             Nay
             ,
             rather
             than
             want
             cause
             ,
             they
             will
             now
             
             hate
             such
             a
             Minister
             ,
             
             because
             they
             have
             formerly
             hurt
             him
             :
             as
             many
             husbands
             hate
             their
             wives
             ,
             onely
             because
             themselves
             have
             wronged
             them
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             love
             them
             the
             lesse
             for
             their
             owne
             faults
             :
             all
             which
             they
             will
             defend
             with
             their
             tongues
             ,
             though
             they
             condemne
             it
             with
             their
             consciences
             .
          
           
             
             Which
             men
             are
             like
             those
             wicked
             
               Iewes
               ,
               Acts
            
             13
             45.
             who
             would
             neither
             believe
             the
             Doctrine
             which
             Paul
             preacht
             ,
             nor
             abide
             that
             the
             Gentiles
             should
             be
             brought
             to
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             :
             For
             they
             not
             onely
             forbear
             to
             hear
             such
             a
             Mini●●er
             themselves
             ,
             but
             will
             dehort
             all
             their
             familiars
             :
             in
             imitation
             of
             the
             high
             Prie●●s
             ,
             Scribes
             ,
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             own
             opinion
             were
             too
             good
             ,
             too
             wise
             ,
             too
             holy
             to
             receive
             Christ
             into
             their
             companie
             ;
             and
             ,
             not
             content
             to
             seque●●er
             themselves
             from
             Christ
             ,
             they
             disdained
             also
             that
             he
             should
             be
             conversant
             with
             Publicans
             and
             sinners
             .
          
           
             
             Pride
             was
             ever
             envious
             and
             contumelious
             ,
             thinking
             she
             addes
             so
             much
             to
             her
             own
             reputation
             ,
             as
             she
             detracts
             from
             others
             :
             and
             indeed
             the
             twinckling
             starres
             at
             the
             approach
             of
             the
             Sun
             
             lose
             their
             light
             ,
             and
             after
             regain
             it
             not
             ,
             untill
             darknesse
             be
             upon
             the
             deep
             :
             yea
             ,
             the
             whiter
             the
             Swan
             is
             the
             more
             black
             is
             the
             Crow
             that
             's
             by
             her
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             39.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             THey
             will
             
               combine
               themselves
            
             together
             ,
             
             and
             lay
             devilish
             plots
             to
             destroy
             the
             godly
             ,
             as
             the
             new
             King
             of
             Egypt
             with
             his
             people
             did
             against
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             when
             they
             perceived
             them
             to
             multiply
             so
             fast
             ,
             Exod.
             1.9
             ,
             10.
             
             Thus
             the
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             Governours
             combined
             together
             to
             worke
             Daniels
             overthrow
             ,
             Dan.
             6.
             
             And
             thus
             Demetrius
             the
             Silver-smith
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             crafts-men
             ,
             which
             made
             gain
             by
             the
             silver
             Temples
             of
             Diana
             ,
             combined
             themselves
             together
             ,
             to
             conspire
             the
             death
             of
             Paul's
             companions
             ,
             Acts
             19.
             
             And
             when
             Paul
             was
             rescued
             by
             Lysias
             ,
             the
             next
             day
             there
             were
             more
             than
             forty
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             which
             bound
             themselves
             by
             a
             curse
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               They
               would
               neither
               eat
               nor
               drinke
               ▪
               till
               they
               had
               killed
               Paul
            
             ;
             in
             which
             conspiracie
             the
             chief
             Priests
             and
             Elders
             were
             likewise
             assistants
             ,
             Acts
             23.10
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Apostle
             saith
             ,
             
               If
               God
               be
               on
               our
               side
               ,
               who
               can
               be
               against
               us
               ?
            
             But
             Saint
             Chrysostome
             ,
             in
             opening
             of
             those
             words
             saith
             ,
             Nay
             rather
             ,
             
               Who
               is
               not
               against
               us
               ,
               if
               God
               be
               with
               us
               ?
            
             For
             ,
             
               they
               cast
               their
               heads
               together
            
             ,
             saith
             
               David
               ,
               with
               one
               consent
               ,
               and
               are
               confederate
               against
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               secret
               ones
               ,
               imagining
               crafty
               counsel
               against
               them
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Come
               ,
               Let
               us
               root
               them
               out
               ,
               &c.
               Psal.
            
             83.3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             
             How
             wicked
             men
             agree
             in
             persecuting
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             professours
             thereof
             ,
             we
             may
             see
             ,
             Acts
             4.26
             ,
             27.
             
             &
             Mark
             14.
             where
             even
             old
             Annas
             ,
             and
             that
             wicked
             bench
             of
             grey-headed
             Scribes
             and
             Eld●rs
             ,
             are
             content
             to
             break
             their
             sleep
             to
             do
             mischief
             ,
             and
             make
             noon
             of
             midnight
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             manner
             of
             their
             consultations
             ,
             they
             are
             lively
             exprest
             by
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Book
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             who
             bringeth
             them
             in
             ,
             saying
             thus
             ,
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             
               Come
               ,
               let
               us
               lie
               in
               wait
               for
               the
               righteous
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               not
               for
               our
               turne
               ,
               but
               is
               clean
               contrary
               to
               our
               doings
               :
               he
               upbraideth
               us
               with
               our
               offending
               the
               Law
               :
               he
               was
               made
               to
               reprove
               our
               thoughts
               :
               it
               grieveth
               us
               also
               to
               look
               upon
               him
               ,
               for
               his
               life
               is
               not
               like
               other
               mens
               ,
               his
               wayes
               are
               of
               another
               fashion
               ,
               he
               vaunteth
               to
               have
               the
               knowledge
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               
               counteth
               us
               as
               bastards
               ;
               he
               withdraweth
               himselfe
               from
               our
               wayes
               as
               from
               filthinesse
               ;
               he
               commendeth
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               the
               just
               ,
               and
               boasteth
               that
               God
               is
               his
               Father
               .
               Wherefore
               let
               us
               see
               if
               his
               workes
               be
               true
               ;
               let
               us
               prove
               and
               examine
               him
               with
               rebukes
               and
               torments
               ;
               let
               us
               condemne
               him
               to
               a
               shamefull
               death
               .
            
             And
             then
             gives
             the
             reason
             :
             
               Such
               things
               do
               they
               imagine
               ,
               for
               their
               own
               wickednesse
               hath
               blinded
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               do
               n●t
               understand
               the
               mysteries
               of
               God
               ,
               neither
               hope
               for
               the
               reward
               of
               righteousnesse
               ,
               nor
               can
               discern
               the
               honour
               of
               the
               soules
               that
               are
               faultlesse
               ,
            
             Wisd.
             2.12
             .
             to
             23.
             
          
           
             Qu.
             I
             ,
             
             
               but
               what
               have
               they
               whereupon
               to
               ground
               their
               accusations
               ?
               For
               the
               religious
               mans
               life
               is
               commonly
               like
            
             Paul's
             ,
             Phil.
             3.6
             .
             unrebukable
             ,
             and
             he
             walketh
             in
             all
             the
             Commandments
             and
             Ordinances
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             without
             reproof
             ,
             as
             Zacharie
             and
             Elizabeth
             did
             ,
             Luke
             1.6
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             He
             that
             studies
             quarrels
             will
             easily
             finde
             occasion
             .
             When
             the
             Governours
             were
             resolved
             that
             Daniel
             should
             die
             ,
             they
             soon
             found
             pretences
             .
             As
             suppose
             it
             be
             a
             private
             Christian
             ,
             they
             will
             lie
             in
             wait
             to
             finde
             faults
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             turne
             good
             into
             evil
             ,
             and
             are
             of
             so
             prying
             an
             observation
             ,
             that
             
             they
             will
             look
             farther
             into
             his
             actions
             ,
             than
             the
             best
             man
             would
             willingly
             have
             them
             search
             .
             Nor
             can
             you
             easely
             finde
             the
             man
             that
             is
             not
             quick-sighted
             in
             other
             mens
             faults
             ,
             blinde
             to
             his
             own
             .
          
           
             
             But
             being
             disappointed
             of
             their
             hopes
             ,
             hear
             what
             they
             say
             ,
             We
             shall
             not
             finde
             an
             accusation
             against
             him
             ,
             he
             is
             so
             faithfull
             ,
             
               Except
               we
               finde
               it
               concerning
               the
               Law
               of
               his
               God
               ,
               Dan.
            
             6.5
             .
             And
             his
             punctuall
             obedience
             to
             Gods
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             ●●icking
             close
             to
             the
             word
             of
             truth
             ,
             shall
             serve
             for
             a
             need
             .
          
           
             Or
             secondly
             ,
             If
             he
             be
             a
             Minister
             ,
             they
             will
             assemble
             together
             to
             hear
             him
             pray
             and
             preach
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             catch
             something
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             whereof
             they
             may
             accuse
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             dealt
             with
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             Luke
             11.54
             .
             And
             those
             Governours
             with
             Daniel
             ,
             wherein
             he
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             speak
             so
             warily
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             finde
             matter
             enough
             to
             insnare
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             words
             shall
             be
             wrested
             ,
             though
             indeed
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             great
             audience
             onely
             shall
             be
             made
             crime
             enough
             :
             
             you
             know
             when
             the
             Jewes
             saw
             that
             a
             great
             companie
             were
             at
             
             Paul's
             Sermon
             ,
             they
             were
             filled
             with
             envie
             ,
             and
             fell
             to
             contradiction
             and
             blasphemie
             ,
             Acts
             13.45
             .
             And
             the
             
               high
               Priests
            
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             when
             our
             Saviour
             was
             so
             flocked
             after
             ,
             said
             among
             themselves
             ,
             Perceive
             ye
             not
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             the
             World
             goeth
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             if
             we
             let
             him
             thus
             alone
             ,
             all
             men
             will
             beleeve
             in
             him
             ,
             Iohn
             11.48
             .
             and
             12.19
             .
             They
             were
             like
             the
             Dog
             in
             the
             manger
             ,
             that
             will
             neither
             eat
             hay
             himselfe
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             the
             Horse
             ;
             yet
             they
             had
             a
             reason
             for
             it
             ,
             as
             these
             have
             :
             Rome
             thinkes
             that
             the
             Gospels
             rising
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             her
             falling
             ,
             as
             when
             the
             day
             comes
             ,
             the
             night
             must
             end
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             opinion
             makes
             them
             coyn
             that
             for
             a
             reason
             ,
             which
             others
             will
             not
             assent
             unto
             :
             yea
             ,
             what
             is
             truth
             to
             these
             men
             ,
             is
             errour
             to
             others
             more
             wise
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             once
             he
             is
             questioned
             ,
             every
             one
             ,
             like
             Iael
             to
             Sisera
             ,
             will
             drive
             a
             nail
             ,
             to
             keep
             him
             from
             rising
             again
             .
          
           
             O
             the
             wicked
             mindes
             that
             many
             go
             to
             Church
             withall
             ,
             
             and
             the
             great
             dangers
             that
             Ministers
             are
             liable
             unto
             ,
             did
             not
             God
             mightily
             support
             them
             !
             many
             of
             their
             hearers
             being
             like
             that
             
             Lawyer
             ,
             which
             stood
             up
             to
             tempt
             Christ
             ;
             for
             they
             come
             not
             to
             be
             taught
             by
             him
             ,
             but
             to
             catch
             him
             .
             In
             which
             case
             ,
             let
             him
             preach
             like
             an
             Angel
             ,
             yea
             ,
             like
             Christ
             himselfe
             ,
             he
             shall
             speak
             to
             no
             more
             purpose
             than
             Beda
             did
             ,
             when
             he
             preacheed
             to
             an
             heap
             of
             stones
             .
             It
             is
             well
             known
             ,
             saith
             Erasmus
             ,
             that
             many
             points
             are
             condemned
             as
             hereticall
             in
             Luthers
             books
             ,
             which
             in
             Austens
             and
             Bernards
             books
             are
             received
             for
             good
             and
             orthodox
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             saith
             
               David
               ?
               Though
               they
               have
               conceived
               mischief
               ,
               and
               do
               travail
               with
               wickednesse
               ,
               yet
               they
               shall
               bring
               forth
               a
               lye
               ,
            
             Psal.
             7.14
             .
             For
             ,
             
               the
               Lord
               breaketh
               their
               counsels
               ,
               and
               bringeth
               their
               devices
               to
               naught
               ,
               Psal.
            
             33.10
             .
             
             Yea
             ,
             while
             the
             ungodly
             are
             whetting
             a
             knife
             to
             cut
             our
             throats
             .
             God
             is
             whetting
             a
             sword
             to
             cut
             their
             throats
             .
             Shall
             the
             powder
             thinke
             to
             blow
             up
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             scape
             it selfe
             from
             burning
             ?
             No
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             true
             rule
             ,
             that
             of
             evil
             premises
             doth
             not
             follow
             a
             good
             conclusion
             ,
             but
             from
             evil
             seeds
             come
             evil
             plants
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             40.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             THey
             are
             very
             proan
             to
             imprison
             the
             godly
             ,
             
             cause
             or
             no
             cause
             ;
             as
             Ahab
             commanded
             
               Michaiah
               to
               be
               put
               into
               the
               prison
               house
               ,
               and
               sed
               with
               the
               bread
               of
               affliction
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               water
               of
               affliction
               ,
            
             1
             Kings
             22.27
             .
             Thus
             the
             malicious
             Priests
             procured
             Ieremiah
             to
             be
             shut
             up
             in
             prison
             ,
             Ier.
             36.5
             .
             And
             thus
             our
             Saviour
             shewing
             what
             entertainment
             the
             faithfull
             should
             finde
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             foretelleth
             that
             wicked
             men
             
               shall
               lay
               hands
               on
               them
               ,
               and
               deliver
               them
               up
               to
               the
               Assemblies
               ,
               and
               into
               prisons
               ,
               bring
               them
               before
               Kings
               and
               Rulers
               ,
               for
               his
               names
               sake
               ,
               Luke
            
             21.12
             .
             As
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
               ,
               Peter
               ,
               Paul
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             were
             put
             into
             the
             common
             prison
             by
             Herod
             ,
             and
             the
             Synod
             of
             Priests
             ,
             when
             they
             preached
             in
             Christs
             Name
             ,
             Acts
             5.18
             .
             and
             12.4
             .
             and
             4.3
             .
             and
             22.25
             .
             and
             28.17
             .
             and
             2
             Cor.
             11.23
             .
             And
             ●
             presume
             the
             common
             people
             were
             more
             glad
             of
             the
             Churches
             losse
             herein
             ,
             than
             they
             would
             have
             been
             of
             their
             own
             gain
             .
          
           
             But
             why
             into
             prison
             ?
             Why
             not
             unto
             
             death
             ?
             No
             thankes
             to
             Satan
             ,
             nor
             his
             seed
             ,
             they
             would
             destroy
             all
             .
             Yea
             ,
             Why
             are
             not
             our
             Sanctuaries
             turned
             into
             Shambles
             ,
             and
             our
             beds
             made
             to
             swim
             with
             our
             blouds
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             hath
             crossed
             the
             confederacie
             of
             Balak
             ,
             and
             their
             wickednesse
             doth
             not
             prosper
             ,
             their
             studies
             are
             the
             plots
             of
             our
             ruine
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             they
             intend
             ,
             is
             the
             destruction
             and
             overthrow
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             the
             religious
             ,
             or
             both
             .
          
           
             
             Again
             ,
             Why
             these
             ,
             and
             a
             thousand
             more
             in
             all
             ages
             shut
             up
             in
             prison
             ?
             What
             was
             their
             delinquencie
             ?
             Even
             this
             .
             They
             were
             too
             good
             ,
             too
             holy
             to
             be
             endured
             .
             What
             was
             it
             but
             Iosephs
             goodnesse
             ,
             that
             brought
             him
             to
             the
             stockes
             and
             Irons
             ?
             And
             so
             of
             
               Michaiah
               ,
               Ieremiah
            
             ,
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Saints
             in
             succeeding
             Ages
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             speak
             truly
             ,
             
             this
             is
             a
             deep
             point
             of
             policie
             in
             our
             Adversaries
             :
             for
             when
             all
             their
             arguments
             faile
             ,
             by
             this
             meanes
             they
             get
             the
             better
             ,
             and
             withall
             prevent
             further
             dispute
             .
             In
             the
             mid●
             of
             their
             anger
             they
             use
             this
             discretion
             ,
             Stand
             not
             to
             argue
             ,
             le●●
             thou
             be
             overcome
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             accused
             plead
             
             what
             he
             can
             for
             his
             owne
             innocencie
             :
             the
             Wolfe
             would
             answer
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             
               Indeed
               thy
               cause
               is
               better
               then
               mine
               ,
               but
               my
               teeth
               are
               better
               then
               thine
               ,
               I
               will
               devour
               thee
               :
            
             So
             the
             Devill
             puts
             off
             the
             Fox
             ,
             and
             puts
             on
             the
             Lyon.
             
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             
             we
             know
             the
             Moone
             hath
             so
             much
             the
             lesse
             light
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             it
             is
             neerer
             the
             Sun
             ;
             yea
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Sun
             shines
             above
             the
             Horizon
             ,
             the
             Moone
             is
             scarcely
             seene
             .
             And
             we
             use
             to
             say
             of
             Homer
             ,
             that
             the
             dazling
             beames
             of
             his
             Sunne
             makes
             all
             other
             Poets
             ,
             like
             little
             Stars
             ,
             loose
             their
             light
             .
          
           
             This
             made
             Dionysius
             ,
             when
             he
             could
             not
             equall
             Philoxenus
             in
             Poetry
             ,
             nor
             match
             Plato
             in
             discourse
             ,
             condemne
             the
             one
             to
             the
             stone-quarries
             ,
             and
             sell
             the
             other
             as
             a
             slave
             into
             the
             I
             le
             of
             Agina
             .
             And
             out
             of
             like
             consideration
             ,
             have
             the
             wicked
             alwayes
             dealt
             with
             the
             godly
             ,
             even
             as
             Iulian
             the
             Apostate
             did
             by
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             who
             tooke
             down
             his
             Image
             in
             contempt
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             set
             up
             his
             owne
             in
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             people
             worship
             it
             ,
             which
             he
             knew
             they
             would
             never
             doe
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             other
             was
             reverenc'd
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             41.
             
          
           
             
             5
             THey
             often
             manifest
             their
             enmity
             against
             the
             Religious
             by
             striking
             them
             ,
             as
             Zedikiah
             ,
             the
             false
             Prophet
             ,
             strook
             Michaiah
             on
             the
             cheek
             ,
             1
             King.
             22.24
             .
             thus
             Pasher
             strooke
             
               Ieremiah
               ,
               Ier.
            
             20.2
             .
             And
             the
             Princes
             also
             ,
             Chap.
             37.15
             .
             And
             thus
             Ananias
             the
             high
             Priest
             caused
             Paul
             to
             be
             smitten
             on
             the
             mouth
             ,
             Acts
             23.2
             .
             and
             the
             Iewes
             whipt
             him
             five
             times
             with
             forty
             stripes
             save
             one
             ,
             and
             others
             beat
             him
             with
             rods
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             11.23
             ,
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             And
             thus
             our
             rough
             adversaries
             of
             Rome
             stopt
             our
             Martyrs
             mouthes
             ,
             and
             refuted
             them
             ,
             not
             with
             reasons
             ,
             nor
             by
             Law
             (
             for
             the
             Law
             hath
             no
             power
             to
             strike
             the
             vertuous
             )
             but
             with
             fists
             .
          
           
             
             When
             Polititians
             Rhetorick
             failes
             ,
             Carters
             Logick
             must
             do
             the
             feat
             .
             Their
             arguments
             are
             all
             Steel
             and
             Iron
             ,
             they
             speake
             dagger
             points
             :
             As
             Ioab
             discoursed
             with
             Amaza
             in
             the
             fifth
             Rib.
             So
             Zedikiah
             disputed
             with
             the
             Prophet
             a
             word
             and
             a
             blow
             ;
             yea
             ,
             a
             blow
             without
             a
             word
             ;
             for
             hee
             smote
             him
             first
             ,
             and
             spake
             to
             him
             afterwards
             .
          
           
           
             Every
             false
             Prophet
             is
             like
             Iulius
             the
             second
             ,
             who
             threw
             Saint
             Peters
             keyes
             into
             the
             river
             Tiber
             ,
             protesting
             ,
             that
             thenceforth
             
               he
               would
               use
               and
               helpe
               himselfe
               with
               Saint
               Pauls
               sword
               .
            
          
           
             And
             in
             case
             they
             cannot
             have
             their
             wills
             ,
             they
             resemble
             Achillis
             ,
             who
             is
             fained
             to
             eate
             his
             owne
             heart
             ,
             because
             he
             might
             not
             be
             suffered
             to
             fight
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             42.
             
          
           
             6
             IT
             is
             usuall
             with
             them
             to
             hurt
             and
             maime
             the
             godly
             :
             
             as
             the
             whole
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             would
             have
             served
             those
             true
             hearted
             Spyes
             ,
             for
             seeking
             to
             appease
             the
             tumult
             ,
             and
             speaking
             well
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Can●a●
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Lord
             appeared
             in
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             Numb
             .
             14.10
             .
             Thus
             the
             Philistims
             put
             out
             Sampsons
             eyes
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             bound
             him
             ,
             Iudg.
             16.21
             .
             and
             thus
             the
             Iewes
             of
             An●iochia
             and
             Ico●●m
             hurt
             Paul
             ,
             when
             they
             ●toned
             him
             ,
             
               and
               drew
               him
               out
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               supposing
               he
               had
               beene
               dead
               ,
               Act.
            
             14.19
             .
             Neither
             have
             succeeding
             ages
             wanted
             Alexanders
             ,
             
             who
             have
             done
             much
             hurt
             to
             Gods
             people
             :
             for
             not
             seldome
             when
             reason
             and
             railing
             failed
             ,
             have
             they
             come
             to
             plow-mans
             Logick
             ,
             Gun-powder
             arguments
             ,
             open
             violence
             ,
             taking
             up
             swords
             to
             strike
             ,
             or
             stones
             to
             cast
             at
             us
             ,
             though
             they
             incurre
             by
             it
             the
             danger
             of
             the
             Law.
             Whereas
             religion
             makes
             wild
             beasts
             civill
             ;
             Atheisme
             ,
             and
             Impiety
             makes
             of
             wise
             meu
             beasts
             and
             ●ools
             .
             How
             many
             have
             been
             known
             ,
             like
             him
             in
             Esop
             ,
             who
             willingly
             lost
             one
             eye
             ,
             that
             his
             fellow
             might
             loose
             both
             .
             
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             whereas
             the
             drift
             of
             such
             an
             ones
             preaching
             ,
             in
             case
             he
             be
             a
             minister
             ,
             is
             to
             make
             them
             like
             him
             ,
             in
             whose
             name
             they
             preach
             :
             contrarily
             ,
             the
             very
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             accident
             ,
             makes
             them
             degenerate
             into
             stockes
             and
             stones
             :
             for
             hearing
             but
             their
             sins
             layd
             open
             ,
             and
             the
             judgement
             due
             thereunto
             ,
             they
             become
             so
             stupid
             and
             in
             sensible
             of
             reason
             ,
             that
             now
             ,
             maugre
             all
             admonition
             ,
             the
             quarrell
             must
             end
             in
             blood
             :
             Yea
             ,
             away
             with
             such
             a
             fellow
             from
             the
             earth
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             not
             meet
             that
             he
             should
             live
             ,
             Acts
             22.22
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             43.
             
          
           
             7
             ANd
             lastly
             ,
             
             It
             is
             their
             manner
             out
             of
             Enmity
             to
             
               slay
               the
               godly
            
             ,
             as
             Doeg
             slew
             Ahimeleck
             and
             the
             re●t
             of
             the
             Prie●s
             ,
             even
             fourscore
             and
             five
             persons
             ,
             and
             Nob
             the
             City
             of
             Priests
             ,
             whom
             he
             smote
             with
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             sword
             ,
             both
             man
             and
             woman
             ,
             child
             and
             suckling
             ,
             at
             Sauls
             command
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             22.19
             .
             Thus
             Iezabel
             slew
             all
             the
             Prophets
             of
             the
             Lord
             she
             could
             finde
             ,
             1
             Kings
             18.4
             .
             And
             Herod
             ,
             all
             the
             male
             children
             that
             were
             in
             Bethlehem
             ,
             and
             al
             the
             coasts
             thereof
             ,
             from
             two
             years
             old
             and
             under
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             make
             sure
             worke
             with
             
               Christ
               ,
               Matth.
            
             2.16
             .
             And
             thus
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Ierusalem
             ,
             Gods
             owne
             people
             ,
             chosen
             out
             of
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             used
             to
             make
             such
             havock
             of
             their
             own
             Prophets
             ,
             that
             out
             Saviour
             bemoaning
             her
             case
             ,
             cryeth
             out
             ,
             
               O
               Ierusalem
               ,
               Ierusalem
               ,
               which
               killest
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               stonest
               them
               which
               are
               sent
               unto
               thee
               ,
               &c.
               
               Matth.
            
             23.37
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             it
             fares
             with
             the
             Saints
             &
             servants
             of
             God
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             
             in
             such
             places
             where
             wicked
             men
             may
             have
             
             their
             wills
             .
             Whereas
             those
             Romish
             Doctors
             are
             appointed
             for
             the
             saving
             of
             many
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             for
             distruction
             :
             like
             rash
             Empiricks
             ,
             they
             can
             cure
             no
             way
             ;
             but
             by
             letting
             of
             blood
             ;
             and
             hereupon
             they
             turn
             their
             Massing
             into
             massacring
             ;
             the
             School
             into
             a
             Camp
             ;
             Arguments
             ,
             into
             Armes
             ;
             teaching
             all
             their
             Proselytes
             dismall
             conclusions
             :
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             no
             rare
             thing
             ,
             for
             some
             of
             their
             Priests
             in
             Queen
             Maries
             reign
             ,
             when
             in
             arguments
             they
             have
             found
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             their
             pens
             ,
             to
             fall
             to
             their
             pen-knives
             :
             In●●ead
             of
             arguments
             they
             take
             up
             armes
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             zeale
             and
             the
             spirituall
             word
             ,
             they
             use
             fire
             and
             the
             sword
             ;
             yea
             ,
             treasons
             ,
             are
             their
             best
             reasons
             ;
             the
             Spanish
             Inquisition
             ,
             is
             their
             Grammer
             ;
             fire
             and
             fagot
             their
             Rheitorick
             ;
             Fleete
             and
             fetters
             ,
             their
             Log●ck
             ;
             The
             Canons
             roar
             ,
             their
             Musick
             ;
             poysoning
             ,
             their
             physick
             ;
             Yea
             ,
             their
             very
             building
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             is
             by
             blowing
             up
             of
             common-wealths
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             fighting
             for
             God
             ,
             they
             fight
             against
             God
             and
             his
             Leivtenant
             .
             
          
           
             And
             if
             at
             this
             day
             they
             catch
             but
             a
             Protestant
             in
             their
             net
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             miracle
             
             if
             ever
             he
             escapes
             death
             ,
             without
             making
             shipwracke
             of
             faith
             and
             a
             good
             conscience
             .
             For
             if
             we
             will
             not
             obey
             them
             rather
             then
             God
             ,
             they
             have
             a
             Law
             by
             which
             men
             ought
             to
             dye
             ,
             a
             Law
             like
             Draco's
             ,
             written
             with
             blood
             ,
             and
             sealed
             with
             death
             .
             Of
             which
             their
             savage
             proceeding
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             reasons
             to
             be
             rendered
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
             they
             must
             doe
             the
             workes
             of
             their
             father
             the
             Devil
             :
             
               he
               is
               a
               murtherer
            
             ,
             and
             so
             his
             children
             are
             given
             to
             blood
             ,
             Iohn
             8.44
             .
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
             that
             their
             deeds
             of
             darknesse
             may
             not
             come
             to
             light
             Vriah
             must
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             least
             Davids
             adultery
             bee
             discovered
             ,
             and
             himselfe
             disgraced
             .
             A
             living
             Curre
             you
             know
             ,
             will
             doe
             more
             harme
             then
             a
             dead
             Lion
             :
             and
             it
             is
             a
             sure
             rule
             ,
             that
             of
             Egges
             fried
             in
             the
             Pan
             come
             no
             ill
             Chickens
             .
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             wicked
             through
             malice
             seek
             by
             all
             meanes
             to
             cut
             off
             the
             godly
             ,
             because
             their
             sinfull
             and
             wicked
             lives
             are
             reproved
             by
             their
             godly
             conversation
             :
             neither
             can
             they
             follow
             their
             sinnes
             so
             freely
             as
             they
             would
             ,
             nor
             so
             quietly
             ,
             without
             detection
             or
             check
             .
             Now
             if
             Abels
             good
             works
             reprove
             
             Caines
             evill
             deeds
             ,
             let
             Caine
             but
             take
             away
             the
             cause
             ,
             kill
             Abel
             ,
             and
             the
             effect
             shall
             not
             follow
             .
          
           
             
             Fourthly
             ,
             whereas
             the
             godly
             are
             too
             hard
             for
             them
             in
             disputing
             :
             take
             Steven
             for
             an
             instance
             :
             they
             will
             be
             even
             with
             him
             ,
             by
             casting
             of
             stones
             ,
             stop
             his
             mouth
             with
             brick-bats
             ,
             fetch
             arguments
             from
             the
             Shambles
             ;
             and
             this
             they
             are
             sure
             will
             doe
             ,
             when
             all
             other
             hopes
             and
             helps
             fayle
             .
             So
             they
             make
             their
             party
             good
             ,
             if
             not
             with
             arguments
             of
             reason
             ,
             yet
             with
             arguments
             of
             steele
             ,
             and
             Iron
             .
             But
             this
             is
             a
             very
             hard
             way
             of
             confuting
             .
          
           
             
             Fifthly
             ,
             their
             glory
             and
             credit
             with
             the
             World
             is
             ecclipsed
             ,
             by
             suffering
             these
             which
             excell
             in
             vertue
             ,
             This
             made
             Adrian
             and
             Nero
             to
             kill
             all
             such
             as
             ecclipsed
             their
             glory
             by
             any
             demerit
             :
             and
             Mercine
             ,
             you
             know
             ,
             was
             murthered
             of
             her
             fellowes
             ,
             because
             she
             did
             excell
             the
             rest
             in
             beauty
             .
             Thus
             Herod
             ,
             thought
             he
             could
             not
             be
             King
             ,
             if
             Christ
             should
             reigne
             .
             Yea
             ,
             as
             though
             hee
             had
             beene
             of
             the
             race
             of
             the
             Ottamans
             ,
             he
             thought
             hee
             could
             not
             reigne
             ,
             except
             the
             first
             thing
             hee
             d●d
             ,
             hee
             killed
             all
             the
             males
             in
             
               Bethlehe
               ,
               m
            
             from
             two
             
             yeares
             old
             and
             under
             :
             and
             the
             Pharisees
             that
             they
             should
             be
             despised
             ,
             if
             Christ
             were
             regarded
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             
               actual
               properties
            
             of
             this
             Enmity
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             44.
             
          
           
             Q.
             
               IN
               how
               many
               of
               these
               kindes
               did
               our
               Saviour
               himself
               suffer
               (
               whose
               example
               hitherto
               you
               have
               omitted
               )
               in
               his
               own
               person
               of
               the
            
             Jewes
             ,
             
             
               his
               Countrey-men
               and
               Kinsfolke
               ;
               yea
               ,
               of
               the
               Chief
               Priests
               ,
               Scribes
               ,
               and
               Pharisees
               ,
               who
               were
               Teachers
               and
               Expounders
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               which
               sate
               in
            
             Moses
             Chair
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             In
             every
             one
             of
             the
             22.
             for
             as
             touching
             the
             Mental
             Properties
             .
          
           
             
               1
               They
               Envied
               him
               ,
               
               Matth.
               26.15
               .
            
             
               2
               They
               Contemned
               him
               ,
               Matth.
               12.24
               .
               &
               13.55
               .
            
             
               3
               They
               Rejoyced
               at
               him
               in
               his
               miserie
               and
               distresse
               ,
               Matth.
               27.29
               .
            
             
               4
               They
               Hated
               him
               ,
               Iohn
               7.7
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               2.
               
               
                 Touching
                 the
                 Verbal
              
               .
            
             
               
               1
               They
               Murmured
               against
               him
               ,
               Luke
               15.2
               .
            
             
               2
               They
               Misconstrued
               his
               actions
               and
               intentions
               ,
               Matth.
               11.19
               .
            
             
               3
               They
               Carried
               tales
               of
               him
               ,
               Mat.
               12.14
            
             
               4
               They
               Gave
               devilish
               counsel
               against
               him
               ,
               Matth.
               27.20
               .
            
             
               5
               They
               Scoft
               at
               him
               ,
               Matth
               27
               42.
               
            
             
               6
               They
               Nick-named
               him
               ,
               Matth.
               13
               55.
               
            
             
               7
               They
               Railed
               on
               him
               ,
               Luke
               23.39
               .
            
             
               8
               They
               Slandered
               him
               ,
               Matth.
               28
               13.
               
            
             
               9
               They
               Cursed
               him
               ,
               Gal
               3
               13.
               
            
             
               10
               They
               Threatened
               him
               ,
               Iohn
               11.53
               .
            
             
               11
               They
               Undermined
               him
               in
               talke
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               accuse
               him
               ,
               Matth.
               22.15
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               3.
               
               
                 Touching
                 the
                 Actual
              
               .
            
             
               1
               They
               Used
               disdainfull
               gestures
               before
               him
               ,
               
               Matth.
               2●
               .
               29.39
               .
            
             
               2
               They
               Withstood
               and
               contraried
               his
               Doctrine
               ,
               Luke
               5.21
               .
               Matth.
               9.34
               .
            
             
               3
               They
               Combined
               together
               ,
               and
               laid
               plots
               to
               destroy
               him
               ,
               Matth.
               12.14
               .
            
             
               4
               They
               Took
               him
               prisoner
               ,
               Mat.
               26.57
               .
            
             
               5
               They
               Smote
               him
               ,
               Luke
               22.64
               .
            
             
               6
               They
               Hurt
               and
               wonnded
               him
               ,
               Matth.
               27.29
               .
               Iohn
               19
               34.
               
            
             
               7
               They
               Put
               him
               to
               death
               ,
               even
               that
               cursed
               death
               of
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               Matth.
               27
               .
               3●
               .
            
          
           
             That
             the
             Scriptures
             might
             be
             fulfilled
             which
             saith
             ,
             
               And
               thou
               shalt
               bruise
               his
               hell
            
             ;
             for
             all
             that
             he
             suffered
             was
             but
             in
             his
             Humanity
             ,
             and
             so
             no
             more
             than
             the
             bruising
             of
             his
             heel
             .
          
           
             And
             why
             all
             this
             ?
             Not
             for
             any
             evil
             they
             found
             in
             him
             ;
             for
             their
             own
             
             words
             are
             ,
             
             
               He
               hath
               done
               all
               things
               well
               ,
               Marke
            
             7.37
             .
             He
             hath
             done
             ,
             such
             was
             his
             power
             ;
             all
             things
             ,
             such
             was
             his
             wisedom
             :
             well
             ,
             such
             was
             his
             goodnesse
             :
             and
             yet
             crucified
             ,
             and
             abused
             every
             way
             he
             must
             be
             .
             It
             was
             indeed
             for
             his
             zeal
             ,
             purity
             ,
             and
             holinesse
             ,
             and
             because
             his
             life
             and
             practice
             was
             clean
             contrary
             to
             theirs
             ,
             his
             Doctrine
             too
             powerfull
             and
             pure
             for
             such
             carnal
             hearts
             to
             imbrace
             or
             endure
             .
             So
             that
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             and
             all
             men
             may
             see
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             dead
             in
             sense
             ,
             how
             it
             would
             fare
             with
             us
             ,
             might
             our
             enemies
             ,
             the
             same
             Seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             have
             their
             wils
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             45.
             
          
           
             
             Q
             WHat
             Uses
             
               may
               this
               serve
               for
               ,
               which
               hath
               been
               spoken
               touching
               the
               properties
               of
               this
               enmity
               ,
               and
               our
               Saviours
               suffering
               ?
            
          
           
             
             Answ.
             First
             ,
             by
             this
             tast
             of
             it's
             fruits
             learne
             we
             to
             detest
             them
             all
             .
          
           
             
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             may
             serve
             to
             informe
             every
             man
             ,
             whether
             he
             be
             of
             the
             
               Serpents
               Seed
            
             ,
             a
             childe
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             as
             he
             
             came
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             
             or
             regenerate
             ,
             and
             so
             become
             of
             the
             Womans
             Seed
             ,
             a
             Childe
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Member
             of
             Christ
             :
             for
             as
             our
             Saviour
             saith
             ,
             speaking
             of
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             
               By
               their
               fruits
               ye
               shall
               know
               them
               :
            
             so
             I
             of
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             children
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             By
             these
             22
             fruits
             of
             enmity
             you
             shall
             know
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             you
             shall
             know
             the
             life
             by
             breathing
             ,
             or
             the
             day
             by
             it's
             light
             .
             Wherefore
             all
             ye
             that
             read
             ,
             reflect
             and
             cast
             your
             eyes
             on
             these
             Examples
             ,
             which
             are
             such
             lively
             Emblems
             and
             Representations
             of
             your selves
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             the
             Serpent's
             Seed
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             your
             sinnes
             .
             Yea
             ,
             let
             it
             make
             you
             tremble
             ;
             for
             know
             assuredly
             ,
             that
             if
             this
             spawn
             of
             enmity
             ,
             formerly
             spoken
             of
             ,
             remain
             in
             you
             ;
             if
             any
             of
             these
             ●ayes
             you
             persecute
             Christ
             in
             his
             Members
             ,
             or
             but
             hate
             the
             good
             ,
             because
             they
             will
             not
             be
             so
             evil
             as
             you
             are
             ,
             you
             have
             not
             cast
             off
             this
             serpentine
             quality
             ,
             which
             you
             drew
             from
             the
             loines
             of
             old
             Adam
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             an
             infallible
             signe
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             of
             the
             Serpents
             Seed
             ,
             children
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             enemies
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             all
             goodnes
             ,
             the
             brethren
             of
             Cain
             ,
             yea
             ,
             Cain
             himselfe
             in
             
             another
             person
             ,
             and
             without
             repentance
             ,
             your
             portion
             shall
             be
             with
             Cain
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             cursed
             Crue
             .
          
           
             
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             doth
             any
             conscionable
             Christian
             finde
             himselfe
             hated
             &
             persecuted
             by
             ungodly
             men
             for
             wel-doing
             ,
             for
             Christ's
             sake
             ,
             for
             Religion
             and
             righteousnesse
             sake
             ?
             Let
             him
             be
             comforted
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             a
             manifest
             signe
             ,
             and
             a
             notable
             strong
             evidence
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             of
             the
             Womans
             Seed
             ,
             regenerate
             and
             borne
             a
             new
             ,
             the
             Childe
             of
             God
             ,
             a
             Member
             of
             Christ's
             mystical
             Bodie
             ,
             and
             an
             Heir
             of
             eternal
             Life
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             these
             Examples
             being
             written
             to
             admonish
             us
             ,
             
               upon
               whom
               the
               ends
               of
               the
               world
               are
               come
               ,
            
             may
             informe
             the
             Godly
             what
             they
             are
             to
             expect
             from
             the
             world
             :
             Shall
             any
             hope
             to
             be
             free
             from
             suffering
             ,
             or
             t●●●ke
             it
             a
             strange
             thing
             ,
             when
             he
             doth
             suffer
             for
             wel-doing
             ,
             when
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             himselfe
             suffered
             so
             much
             as
             he
             did
             ,
             being
             
               the
               onely
               begotten
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
            
             
             
               full
               of
               grace
               and
               truth
            
             ?
             
             No
             ,
             
               the
               Disciple
               is
               not
               above
               his
               Master
               ,
               nor
               the
               Servant
               above
               his
               Lord
               :
            
             If
             they
             have
             persecuted
             Christ
             ,
             they
             will
             persecute
             you
             also
             ,
             Iohn
             15.20
             .
             
               If
               they
               have
               called
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               house
               
               Beelzebub
               ,
               how
               much
               more
               them
               of
               his
               household
               ?
               Matth.
            
             10.25
             .
             Yea
             ,
             senselesse
             were
             it
             once
             to
             thinke
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             enmity
             which
             spared
             not
             to
             strike
             at
             the
             Head
             ,
             will
             forbear
             the
             weakest
             and
             remotest
             Limbe
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             arme
             thou
             us
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             with
             an
             expectation
             of
             that
             evil
             which
             we
             cannot
             avoid
             ,
             yea
             ,
             make
             thou
             us
             as
             strong
             ,
             as
             Satan
             and
             his
             instruments
             are
             malicious
             ,
             and
             then
             let
             them
             do
             their
             worst
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Kindes
             and
             Properties
             of
             this
             enmity
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             46.
             
             The
             Causes
             .
          
           
             Q
             
               WHat
               are
               the
               Causes
            
             ,
             
             
               why
               wicked
               and
               ungodly
               men
               thus
               hate
               ,
               and
               persecute
               the
               religious
               ?
            
          
           
             Answ.
             The
             Causes
             being
             divers
             ,
             may
             yet
             be
             reduced
             to
             three
             Heads
             ,
             for
             either
             they
             be
             
             Causes
             in
             regard
             of
             
               
                 God
                 his
                 
                   
                     Justice
                     .
                  
                   
                     Mercy
                     .
                  
                   
                     Wisedom
                     .
                  
                   
                     Power
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Satan
                 his
                 permitted
                 
                   
                     Malice
                     .
                  
                   
                     Subtiltie
                     .
                  
                   
                     Strength
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Men
                 
                   
                     Wicked
                     .
                  
                   
                     Godly
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             And
             these
             we
             might
             further
             branch
             ,
             subdivide
             and
             distribute
             into
             Cause●
             
               
                 Internal
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Material
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Formal
                     ,
                     
                       
                         Natural
                         .
                      
                       
                         Artificial
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 External
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Efficient
                     .
                     
                       
                         Properly
                         .
                      
                       
                         Improperly
                         ,
                         
                           
                             Meritorious
                             .
                          
                           
                             Instrumental
                             .
                          
                        
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     Final
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             And
             those
             are
             either
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   
                     Next
                     :
                  
                   
                     or
                     ,
                     Remote
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   
                     By
                     themselves
                     :
                  
                   
                     or
                     ,
                     By
                     accident
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   
                     Sufficient
                     :
                  
                   
                     or
                     ,
                     Insufficient
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             But
             the
             time
             would
             be
             too
             short
             ,
             o●
             this
             Treatise
             too
             long
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             speak
             of
             every
             one
             :
             yea
             ,
             talking
             Fabius
             would
             be
             tyred
             ,
             before
             he
             could
             relate
             halfe
             of
             what
             is
             requisite
             to
             be
             spoken
             of
             each
             ;
             for
             they
             require
             whole
             Volumes
             :
             besides
             ,
             Instructions
             ,
             if
             they
             exceed
             ,
             are
             wont
             ,
             as
             nailes
             ,
             to
             drive
             out
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             Q1
             .
             
               Then
               select
               out
               the
               Principal
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               such
               as
               in
               regard
               of
               our
               edification
               ,
               are
               most
               behoovefull
               for
               us
               to
               know
               .
               And
               least
               the
               pages
               should
               still
               grow
               ,
               as
               fish
               ,
               into
               a
               multitude
               ,
               garble
               your
               notions
               ,
               and
               give
               us
               onely
               the
               marrow
               of
               the
               matter
               .
            
          
           
           
             Answ.
             The
             Causes
             best
             deserving
             our
             discovery
             ,
             and
             the
             worlds
             notice
             ,
             I
             take
             to
             be
             Eleaven
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Contrariety
                 ,
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Ignorance
                 ,
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Separation
                 ,
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Speaking
                 of
                 Truth
                 ,
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Infidelity
                 ,
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Example
                 of
                 the
                 multitude
                 ,
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 The
                 preaching
                 of
                 some
                 Ministers
                 ,
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 The
                 scandalous
                 lives
                 of
                 some
                 Professours
                 ,
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 Flocking
                 after
                 Sermons
                 ,
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 Misprision
                 ,
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 That
                 they
                 may
                 have
                 more
                 company
                 here
                 in
                 sin
                 ,
                 and
                 hereafter
                 in
                 torment
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             First
             ,
             a
             main
             Cause
             why
             wicked
             men
             hate
             and
             persecute
             the
             godly
             ,
             is
             the
             contrariety
             of
             their
             natures
             .
          
           
             Q1
             .
             
               How
               contrary
               are
               they
            
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             As
             contrary
             and
             opposite
             one
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             are
             God
             and
             the
             Devill
             ;
             
             for
             the
             one
             are
             
               Children
               of
               God
            
             ,
             
             2
             Cor.
             6.18
             .
             Gal.
             3.26
             Iohn
             1.12
             .
             And
             
               partake
               of
               the
               Divine
               Nature
            
             ,
             2
             Peter
             1.4
             Being
             
               begotten
               ,
               Iames
            
             1.18
             .
             And
             
               borne
               a
               new
               of
               God
               ,
               Iohn
            
             1.13
             .
             1
             Iohn
             3.9
             
               By
               the
               immortal
               seed
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               Iames
            
             1.18
             .
             And
             the
             
               Spirit
               's
               powerfull
               working
               with
               it
               ,
               Iohn
            
             3.5
             ,
             8.
             whereby
             they
             are
             become
             
               like
               God
               in
               holinesse
            
             ,
             1
             Peter
             1.15
             .
             And
             
               not
               children
               onely
               ,
               but
               heires
               also
               ,
               even
               the
               heires
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               heires
               annexed
               with
               Christ
               ,
               Rom.
            
             8.17
             .
             being
             his
             
               brethren
               ,
               Rom.
            
             8.29
             .
             
               Members
               of
               his
               B●dy
            
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             12.27
             .
             
               Bone
               of
               his
               bone
               ,
               and
               flesh
               of
               his
               flesh
               ,
               Ephes.
            
             5.30
             .
             having
             
               his
               Spirit
               dwelling
               in
               them
               ,
               Rom.
            
             8.9
             
               to
               witnesse
               with
               their
               spirits
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               ,
               verse
            
             16.
             
             And
             being
             
               Temples
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             .
             1
             Cor.
             6.19
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             other
             are
             the
             
               Seed
               of
               the
               Serpent
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               Children
               of
               the
               Devil
            
             ,
             and
             so
             partake
             of
             his
             nature
             ,
             1
             Iohn
             3.8
             ,
             10
             ,
             12
             ,
             14
             Acts
             13.10
             .
             Iohn
             6.70
             .
             and
             8
             .
             4●
             .
             and
             14.30
             .
             and
             16.11
             .
             Matth.
             13.
             38
             
             ▪
             39.
             2
             
             Cor
             4
             4.
             2
             
             Tim.
             2.26
             .
             Gen.
             3
             15.
             and
             5.3
             .
             Ephes.
             2.1
             .
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             and
             5.14
             .
             1
             Cor.
             15.22
             .
             Rom.
             5.12.18
             .
             Titus
             3.3
             .
             to
             8.
             1
             
             Peter
             2.9
             ,
             10
             ,
             25.
             
             Iohn
             3.3.5
             6.
             which
             being
             so
             ,
             they
             must
             needs
             be
             
             very
             contrary
             ,
             and
             if
             contrary
             ,
             no
             marvell
             they
             should
             so
             ill
             agree
             ,
             although
             God
             had
             not
             proclaimed
             an
             enmity
             between
             them
             .
          
           
             
             For
             there
             can
             be
             no
             amity
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             no
             sympathy
             ;
             no
             reconciling
             of
             the
             Wolfe
             and
             the
             Lambe
             ;
             the
             Windes
             and
             the
             Sea
             ;
             no
             neighbourhood
             ,
             no
             alliance
             ,
             no
             conjunction
             is
             able
             to
             make
             the
             cursed
             ▪
             Seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             the
             blessed
             seede
             of
             the
             Woman
             ever
             agree
             :
             for
             Fire
             and
             Water
             ,
             Light
             and
             Darknesse
             ,
             Heaven
             and
             Hell
             are
             not
             more
             contrary
             .
          
           
             One
             bloud
             ,
             one
             belly
             ,
             one
             house
             ,
             one
             education
             could
             never
             make
             Cain
             and
             Abel
             accord
             ,
             Iacob
             and
             
               Esau
               ,
               Isack
            
             and
             Ishmael
             at
             one
             :
             yea
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             Man
             and
             Wife
             ,
             Parent
             and
             Childe
             ,
             yet
             if
             they
             be
             not
             like
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             like
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             6.14
             ,
             15.
             
             And
             indeed
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             corporal
             sympathy
             to
             the
             spiritual
             antipathy
             ?
             Can
             there
             be
             such
             a
             parity
             between
             the
             Parent
             and
             the
             Childe
             ,
             the
             Husband
             and
             the
             Wife
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             a
             disparity
             between
             God
             and
             Satan
             ?
             No
             certainly
             ,
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             47.
             
          
           
             A
             Wicked
             man
             can
             agree
             with
             all
             that
             are
             wicked
             ,
             
             be
             they
             Papists
             ,
             or
             Turkes
             ,
             or
             Atheists
             ,
             profane
             and
             loose
             persons
             ,
             civil
             or
             moral
             men
             ,
             for
             all
             these
             agree
             with
             him
             in
             blindenesse
             and
             darknesse
             :
             as
             who
             feeles
             the
             smart
             of
             their
             tongues
             ,
             or
             hands
             ?
             not
             the
             Idolater
             or
             vile
             person
             ,
             not
             the
             professed
             Atheist
             ,
             the
             Canker-fretting
             Arminian
             ,
             or
             State-betraying
             Jesuite
             :
             for
             with
             all
             these
             they
             are
             Haile
             fellow
             ,
             well
             met
             :
             but
             with
             sincere
             Christians
             and
             Practicers
             of
             piety
             ,
             he
             can
             never
             agree
             :
             the
             religious
             shall
             be
             sure
             of
             opposition
             ,
             because
             their
             light
             is
             contrary
             to
             his
             darknesse
             ;
             grace
             in
             the
             one
             is
             a
             secret
             disgrace
             to
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             
             let
             wicked
             men
             be
             at
             never
             so
             much
             odds
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             yet
             they
             will
             concurre
             and
             joyne
             against
             the
             godly
             :
             as
             for
             Example
             ,
             Edom
             and
             
               Ishmael
               ,
               Moa●
            
             and
             the
             
               Hagarens
               ,
               Gebal
            
             and
             
               Ammon
               ,
               Amalek
            
             and
             the
             Philistims
             ,
             the
             men
             of
             Tyre
             and
             Assur
             had
             each
             several
             gods
             ;
             yet
             all
             conspired
             against
             the
             
             true
             God
             Psal.
             83
             5.
             to
             9.
             
             
               Manasses
               against
               Ephraim
               ,
               and
               Ephraim
               against
               Manasses
               ;
               but
               both
               against
               Iudah
               .
               He●od
            
             and
             Pilate
             two
             Enemies
             ,
             will
             agree
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             against
             Christ
             :
             they
             will
             fall
             in
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             to
             fall
             out
             with
             God.
             The
             
               Sadduces
               ,
               Pharisees
            
             ,
             and
             Herodians
             were
             Sectaries
             of
             divers
             and
             adverse
             Factions
             ,
             all
             differing
             one
             from
             another
             ;
             and
             yet
             all
             these
             joyne
             together
             against
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             Matth.
             22.
             
             The
             
               Libertines
               ,
               Cyrenians
               ,
               Alexandrians
               ,
               Cilicians
            
             and
             Asians
             ,
             differ
             they
             never
             so
             much
             ,
             will
             joyne
             in
             dispute
             against
             
               Stephen
               ,
               Acts
               6.9
               .
               Herod
            
             neither
             loved
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             nor
             the
             
               Iewes
               Herod
            
             ,
             yet
             both
             are
             agreed
             to
             vex
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             think
             of
             a
             sitter
             Emblem
             of
             a
             naturall
             man
             ,
             than
             Lime
             ,
             which
             agreeth
             well
             with
             all
             things
             that
             are
             dry
             ,
             and
             of
             it's
             own
             nature
             ;
             but
             meeting
             with
             Water
             ,
             a
             thing
             directly
             opposite
             ,
             it
             breakes
             ,
             burnes
             ,
             ●welles
             ,
             smokes
             ,
             crackles
             ,
             skips
             ,
             and
             scatters
             :
             so
             Nature
             will
             give
             a
             man
             leave
             to
             be
             any
             thing
             ,
             save
             a
             sound
             Christian
             ,
             and
             agree
             with
             all
             others
             ,
             ●e
             their
             conditions
             never
             so
             contrary
             ,
             provided
             they
             agree
             in
             the
             main
             ,
             are
             all
             Seed
             of
             the
             
             same
             Serpent
             .
             But
             let
             the
             natural
             man
             meet
             with
             one
             that
             is
             Spiritual
             ,
             they
             agree
             lik
             heat
             and
             cold
             :
             if
             one
             stays
             ,
             the
             other
             flies
             ;
             or
             if
             both
             stay
             ,
             they
             agree
             like
             two
             Poysons
             in
             one
             stomacke
             ,
             the
             one
             being
             ever
             sicke
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             be
             they
             never
             so
             near
             allyed
             .
             As
             how
             many
             a
             Wife
             is
             so
             much
             the
             more
             hated
             ,
             
             because
             a
             zealous
             Wife
             ?
             How
             many
             a
             Childe
             lesse
             beloved
             ,
             because
             a
             religious
             Childe
             ?
             How
             many
             a
             Servant
             lesse
             respected
             ,
             because
             a
             godly
             Servant
             ?
             And
             no
             marvell
             ;
             for
             though
             they
             dwell
             in
             the
             same
             house
             ,
             yet
             they
             belong
             to
             two
             several
             Kingdomes
             ;
             and
             albeit
             they
             both
             remain
             upon
             earth
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             governed
             by
             two
             severall
             Lawes
             ,
             the
             ones
             Burguship
             being
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             Philip.
             3.20
             .
             And
             the
             other
             ,
             being
             a
             Denizon
             ,
             belonging
             to
             Hell
             :
             as
             Irish-men
             are
             Dwelle●s
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             but
             Denizons
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             governed
             by
             the
             Statutes
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             48.
             
          
           
             
             NEither
             is
             this
             of
             theirs
             an
             
               ordinary
               hatred
            
             ,
             but
             the
             most
             bitter
             ,
             exorbitant
             ,
             unlimited
             ,
             and
             unplacable
             of
             all
             others
             .
             
               No
               such
               concord
               ,
               no
               such
               discord
               ,
            
             faith
             one
             of
             the
             learned
             ,
             
               as
               that
               which
               proceeds
               from
               Religion
               .
            
             My
             name
             ,
             ●aith
             
               Luther
               ,
               is
               more
               odious
               unto
               them
               ,
               then
               any
               thiefe
               ,
               or
               mur●herer
            
             :
             as
             Christ
             was
             more
             detestable
             to
             the
             Iewer
             then
             
               Barrabas
               .
               Behold
            
             ,
             saith
             
               David
               ,
               mine
               enemies
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               many
               ,
               and
               they
               ●ate
               me
               with
               a
               cruell
               hatred
               ,
               Psal.
            
             25.19
             .
             yea
             ,
             so
             cruell
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             their
             teeth
             gnash
             ,
             and
             their
             hearts
             burst
             againe
             ,
             Act.
             7.54
             .
             which
             made
             the
             Truths
             adversaries
             give
             Saint
             Paul
             stripes
             above
             measure
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             11.2
             ,
             3.
             
             And
             the
             Heathen
             Emperours
             to
             devise
             such
             cruell
             tor●ures
             ,
             for
             all
             those
             which
             but
             profest
             themselves
             Christians
             .
          
           
             
             Yea
             ,
             agreement
             in
             some
             poynts
             ,
             when
             there
             are
             differences
             in
             the
             maine
             ,
             does
             but
             advance
             hatred
             the
             more
             :
             Witnesse
             the
             Reigne
             of
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             and
             the
             Butchery
             over
             al
             France
             of
             above
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             Protestants
             ;
             
             besides
             the
             many
             thousands
             of
             late
             yeares
             :
             Yea
             ,
             aske
             from
             East
             to
             West
             ,
             from
             one
             Pole
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             search
             all
             Records
             under
             Heaven
             ,
             if
             ever
             there
             was
             the
             like
             of
             the
             intended
             Powder-Plot
             .
          
           
             You
             cannot
             anger
             a
             wicked
             man
             worse
             ,
             
             than
             to
             do
             well
             :
             Yea
             ,
             he
             hates
             you
             more
             bitterly
             for
             this
             ,
             and
             the
             credit
             you
             gaine
             thereby
             ,
             than
             if
             you
             had
             cheated
             him
             of
             his
             Patrimony
             ,
             with
             your
             owne
             discredit
             .
             But
             that
             there
             is
             no
             hatred
             so
             virulent
             and
             bitter
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             is
             occasioned
             by
             vertuous
             living
             ,
             and
             professing
             of
             Christs
             Name
             ;
             our
             Saviour
             himselfe
             proves
             copiously
             ,
             Matthew
             10.
             
             Luke
             21.
             
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             49.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               WHerein
               consists
               their
            
             unlikenesse
             and
             contrariety
             ?
             
          
           
             Answ.
             Chiefly
             ,
             in
             foure
             particulars
             ;
             though
             indeed
             there
             bee
             more
             differences
             between
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             than
             there
             are
             betweene
             men
             and
             beasts
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             they
             exceedingly
             differ
             in
             
             their
             judgements
             touching
             Wisdome
             .
             
             1
             Cor.
             1.18.20
             ,
             23.
             and
             2.14
             .
             and
             4.10
             .
             Luke
             6.27
             .
             to
             36.
             
             Acts
             26.24
             .
             Wisd.
             5.4
             .
             Gen.
             41.8
             .
             Iob
             5.13
             .
             Prov.
             28.11
             .
             
             Ier.
             4.22
             .
             1
             Cor.
             3.19
             .
             Exod.
             1
             10.
             
             Iosh.
             9.4
             .
             Titus
             3
             9.
             
             Prov.
             10.
             ver
             .
             18.
             
             Rom.
             16.
             ver
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             
             Happinesse
             ,
             Luke
             6.26
             .
             and
             8.13
             .
             Ia.
             4.4
             .
             Mark.
             16.16
             .
             Iob.
             3.16
             ,
             18.
             and
             8.34
             ,
             36.
             
             Rom.
             6.16.18.22
             .
             Psal.
             2.3
             ,
             4.
             and
             10.3
             .
             and
             21.4
             .
             2
             Tim.
             2.26
             .
             Mal.
             3.15
             .
             Revel
             .
             3.17
             .
             1
             Thes.
             5.3
             .
          
           
             
             Fortitude
             ,
             Prov.
             28.1
             ,
             2.
             
             Rev.
             13.6
             ,
             7.
             and
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             17
             Mar.
             13.9
             .
             Acts
             7.52
             .
             Mat.
             10.28
             .
             Gal.
             4
             29.
             
             Ioh.
             16.2
             .
          
           
             
             Sinne
             ,
             Luke
             16.15
             .
             Prov.
             13.19
             .
             Marke
             7.5
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             Luke
             7.33
             ,
             34.
             
             Matth.
             7.14
             .
             1
             Pet.
             4
             18
             Psal.
             35.13.16
             .
          
           
             
             Holinesse
             ,
             Acts
             26.9
             .
             Exod.
             8.26
             .
             1
             Cor.
             4.10
             .
             and
             2.14
             .
             Prov.
             13.19
             .
             Psal.
             14.1
             Ier.
             44.16
             .
             to
             19.
             
             Yea
             ,
             they
             are
             of
             a
             reprobate
             judgement
             touching
             actions
             and
             persons
             Isa.
             5.20
             .
             and
             so
             speak
             ,
             thinke
             and
             doe
             all
             by
             contraries
             ,
             like
             Heliogabalus
             who
             wore
             shooes
             of
             Gold
             ,
             and
             Rings
             of
             Leather
             .
             Or
             the
             Black-moores
             who
             judge
             of
             beauty
             by
             contraries
             .
             Wherefore
             read
             their
             words
             as
             Scholars
             doe
             Hebrew
             ,
             backward
             ,
             
             and
             you
             have
             the
             meaning
             :
             for
             instance
             do
             they
             call
             thee
             Puritan
             as
             nothing
             more
             frequent
             in
             their
             mouths
             ,
             understand
             by
             it
             Saint
             for
             a
             Christian
             indeed
             (
             as
             thou
             art
             )
             is
             a
             Puritan
             in
             the
             Devils
             language
             ,
             and
             a
             Christian
             in
             name
             onely
             (
             as
             such
             an
             one
             is
             )
             is
             an
             Atheist
             in
             Gods
             language
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             They
             no
             lesse
             differ
             in
             their
             Passions
             and
             affections
             of
             Love
             ,
             
             Psalm
             ,
             119.57
             ,
             72
             ,
             and
             17
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Feare
             ,
             Prov.
             28.1
             ,
             2.
             1
             
             Tim
             4.1
             .
             Rom.
             2.14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Anger
             ,
             Acts
             7.52
             .
             to
             60.
             and
             5.30
             .
             to
             34.
             
             Prov.
             12.10
             .
             Rev.
             18.19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Joy
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             2.7
             ,
             8.
             
             Ioh.
             3.15
             .
             Mat.
             11.19
             .
             And
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             for
             brevities
             sake
             I
             forbeare
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             they
             differ
             no
             lesse
             in
             practice
             ,
             
             &
             this
             breeds
             many
             quarrels
             :
             as
             what
             more
             common
             than
             for
             all
             sorts
             and
             kinds
             of
             men
             to
             hate
             ,
             scorne
             ,
             persetute
             ,
             reproach
             ,
             
             revile
             ,
             accuse
             ,
             slander
             and
             condemn
             the
             Religious
             ,
             because
             their
             owne
             workes
             are
             evill
             and
             wicked
             ,
             and
             the
             others
             good
             ,
             holy
             ,
             and
             righteous
             .
             Wherefore
             slew
             Caine
             his
             brother
             ,
             saith
             Saint
             Iohn
             ,
             but
             because
             his
             own
             Workes
             were
             evill
             ,
             and
             
             his
             brothers
             good
             ?
             1
             Ioh.
             3.12
             .
             Why
             was
             Ioseph
             accused
             of
             his
             Mistris
             for
             an
             adulterer
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             committed
             to
             prison
             ,
             but
             because
             hee
             would
             not
             bee
             an
             Adulterer
             like
             her
             ?
             Genesis
             39.
             
             Yea
             ,
             it
             was
             his
             party-coloured
             Coat
             ,
             composed
             of
             all
             kinds
             of
             graces
             and
             blessings
             that
             formerly
             procured
             his
             Brethrens
             hate
             .
             And
             what
             is
             it
             that
             Iobs
             Wife
             expostulates
             with
             him
             about
             ,
             but
             his
             integrity
             ?
             As
             if
             shee
             tooke
             it
             ill
             ,
             that
             he
             took
             it
             no
             worse
             :
             his
             patience
             made
             her
             impatient
             .
             Wherefore
             was
             holy
             David
             ,
             
             as
             himself
             complaines
             ,
             almost
             in
             every
             Psalme
             Had
             in
             derison
             ,
             hated
             ,
             slandered
             ,
             reviled
             ,
             contemned
             and
             made
             a
             proverbe
             and
             song
             of
             the
             Drunkards
             ,
             and
             other
             wicked
             men
             which
             sate
             in
             the
             gate
             ?
             but
             because
             
               he
               followed
               the
               things
               which
               were
               good
               and
               pleasing
               unto
               God
               and
               in
               him
               part
               his
               trust
               ?
               Psal.
            
             11.2
             .
             and
             22.6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             and
             37.14
             .
             and
             69.10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             And
             lastly
             (
             for
             I
             might
             bee
             endlesse
             in
             the
             prosecution
             of
             this
             .
             )
             Why
             were
             all
             the
             just
             ,
             in
             Solomons
             time
             ,
             had
             in
             abhomination
             and
             mockt
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             were
             
               upright
               in
               their
               way
               ,
               and
               holy
               in
               their
               conversation
               ,
               Prov.
            
             
             29.27
             .
             Or
             those
             numberlesse
             Martyrs
             ,
             whose
             soules
             Saint
             Iohn
             saw
             under
             the
             the
             Alter
             (
             Rev.
             6.9
             .
             )
             killed
             ,
             but
             
               for
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               testimony
               which
               they
               maintained
            
             ?
             And
             the
             Master
             himselfe
             ?
             not
             for
             any
             evill
             as
             themselves
             are
             forced
             to
             confesse
             ,
             Marke
             7.37
             .
             which
             examples
             sufficiently
             prove
             ,
             that
             all
             wicked
             men
             are
             like
             the
             women
             of
             Lemnos
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             had
             every
             one
             slaine
             their
             husbands
             and
             kinsmen
             ,
             exiled
             Hypsipyle
             the
             Kings
             daughter
             ,
             for
             that
             she
             alone
             saved
             her
             Father
             alive
             .
             That
             great
             Dragon
             the
             Devill
             ,
             and
             these
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             make
             warre
             and
             are
             wroth
             with
             none
             but
             
               the
               woman
               ,
               and
               the
               remnant
               of
               her
               Seed
               ,
               which
               keepe
               the
               Commandements
               of
               God
               and
               have
               the
               testimony
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               Revel
               .
            
             12.17
             .
             All
             was
             quiet
             at
             Ephesus
             before
             Saint
             Paul
             came
             thither
             :
             
               but
               then
               there
               arose
               no
               small
               strife
               about
               that
               way
               ▪
               Acts.
            
             19.23
             .
             &c.
             A
             Wolfe
             flys
             not
             upon
             a
             painted
             sheepe
             ;
             we
             can
             with
             delight
             look
             upon
             the
             picture
             of
             a
             Toa●●
             It
             is
             your
             active
             christian
             ,
             that
             is
             most
             spighted
             ,
             and
             persecuted
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             50.
             
          
           
             
             BUt
             to
             apply
             this
             to
             our selves
             .
             I
             would
             faine
             know
             ,
             whether
             the
             power
             of
             godlinesse
             ,
             the
             sincere
             profession
             of
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Vow
             which
             we
             made
             in
             Baptisme
             ,
             all
             kind
             of
             purity
             and
             holinesse
             ,
             doth
             not
             live
             in
             persecution
             among
             us
             ,
             as
             Protestants
             doe
             in
             Spaine
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             capitall
             crime
             to
             bee
             vertuous
             ?
             Is
             not
             the
             name
             of
             an
             honest
             man
             ,
             who
             makes
             conscience
             of
             his
             wayes
             ,
             growne
             odious
             ?
             Is
             not
             circumspect
             walking
             ,
             the
             zeale
             of
             Gods
             glory
             in
             promoting
             the
             best
             things
             ,
             frequent
             hearing
             of
             Sermons
             ,
             singing
             of
             Psalmes
             holy
             conference
             ,
             brotherly
             admonition
             ,
             &c.
             counted
             a
             vice
             ,
             and
             that
             vice
             called
             Puritanisme
             ?
             And
             must
             not
             hee
             who
             is
             called
             a
             Puritan
             ,
             be
             derided
             ,
             hated
             ,
             persecuted
             ,
             slandered
             and
             laught
             to
             scorne
             ?
             how
             many
             may
             complaine
             with
             Ieremy
             ,
             that
             because
             they
             live
             a
             godly
             life
             themselves
             ,
             and
             call
             upon
             others
             to
             doe
             the
             same
             ,
             they
             are
             cursed
             of
             everyone
             ,
             and
             counted
             contentious
             ?
             Ier.
             15.10
             .
             It
             faring
             with
             Professors
             ,
             
             as
             it
             did
             with
             
               Caius
               Selius
            
             :
             of
             whom
             the
             Heathen
             were
             wont
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             hee
             was
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             a
             Christian.
             Yea
             ,
             let
             but
             a
             sparke
             of
             fervent
             devotion
             breake
             out
             in
             a
             Family
             ,
             
             all
             the
             rest
             are
             up
             in
             clamors
             ;
             as
             when
             Bels
             ring
             disorderly
             ,
             every
             man
             is
             ready
             with
             his
             bucket
             to
             quench
             the
             fire
             ;
             disgraced
             he
             must
             be
             for
             a
             Puritan
             ,
             but
             onely
             by
             Laodiceans
             .
             Indifferency
             strives
             to
             dash
             zeale
             out
             of
             countenance
             ,
             The
             reason
             is
             ,
             wheresoever
             Christ
             comes
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             opposition
             .
             When
             Christ
             was
             borne
             ,
             all
             Ierusalem
             was
             troubled
             ,
             and
             Herod
             cut
             the
             throats
             of
             all
             the
             children
             in
             Bethlehem
             :
             so
             when
             Christ
             is
             borne
             in
             any
             man
             ,
             the
             soule
             is
             in
             an
             uproare
             ,
             and
             Satan
             with
             his
             instruments
             are
             ready
             to
             kill
             in
             him
             every
             good
             motion
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             never
             so
             little
             a
             Babe
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             the
             Antients
             did
             cheifly
             admire
             
               (
               goodnesse
            
             )
             we
             do
             most
             of
             all
             contemne
             :
             
             for
             is
             not
             the
             godly
             man
             more
             dispised
             for
             his
             godlinesse
             ,
             then
             the
             wicked
             for
             his
             wickednesse
             ?
             Are
             not
             the
             members
             of
             Christ
             more
             hated
             ,
             and
             worse
             intreated
             by
             us
             ,
             then
             the
             limbs
             of
             the
             Devill
             ?
             What
             suppressing
             
             and
             disgracing
             is
             there
             of
             Hels
             ,
             and
             Romes
             cheifest
             adversaries
             ,
             under
             the
             aspersion
             and
             pretence
             of
             Puritanisme
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             if
             the
             same
             men
             ,
             would
             but
             beare
             them
             company
             in
             their
             sins
             ,
             bee
             drunke
             ,
             sweare
             ,
             temporise
             ,
             contemne
             holinesse
             ,
             mispend
             their
             time
             ,
             haunt
             Play-Houses
             and
             Tavernes
             ,
             play
             the
             good
             fellows
             ,
             and
             doe
             as
             the
             rest
             doe
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             the
             approbation
             &
             good
             word
             of
             the
             greatest
             number
             ;
             yea
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             not
             be
             precise
             in
             their
             actions
             ,
             nor
             reprove
             others
             for
             their
             evill
             courses
             ;
             
             if
             they
             would
             not
             speake
             against
             pluralities
             ,
             Non-residents
             ,
             lazy
             and
             good-fellow
             Pastors
             ,
             who
             either
             starve
             or
             quite
             neglect
             ,
             or
             else
             mis-leade
             their
             flocks
             ;
             if
             they
             would
             but
             bee
             prophane
             and
             wicked
             ,
             and
             make
             no
             bones
             of
             sinne
             ,
             their
             malice
             would
             cease
             ,
             and
             wee
             should
             not
             have
             a
             Puritan
             in
             all
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             51.
             
          
           
             AS
             let
             mee
             appeale
             from
             their
             tongues
             to
             their
             hearts
             ,
             
             and
             from
             their
             mouthes
             to
             their
             consciences
             ,
             whether
             this
             be
             not
             the
             greatest
             cause
             of
             their
             quarrell
             ,
             We
             refuse
             to
             pledge
             them
             in
             their
             wicked
             customes
             .
             Or
             we
             will
             not
             breake
             Gods
             Law
             ,
             to
             conforme
             to
             theirs
             .
             It
             faring
             betweene
             us
             and
             our
             adversaries
             ;
             as
             betweene
             Socrates
             ,
             and
             the
             Athenians
             :
             who
             said
             unto
             them
             in
             his
             apollogie
             ,
             I
             love
             ,
             and
             imbrace
             you
             ,
             O
             Athenians
             ▪
             but
             yet
             I
             will
             obey
             
               God
               rather
               than
               you
            
             .
             Yea
             ,
             may
             not
             all
             see
             (
             saving
             such
             as
             the
             P●ince
             of
             darknesse
             hath
             blinded
             )
             that
             those
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             whom
             the
             World
             speakes
             so
             basely
             of
             ,
             are
             before
             men
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             any
             scandalous
             offences
             or
             open
             crimes
             ,
             unblamable
             ,
             and
             may
             say
             with
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             whom
             they
             follow
             ,
             
               Which
               of
               you
               can
               rebuke
               me
               of
               sinne
               ,
            
             though
             with
             Paul
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             1.15
             .
             they
             think
             themselves
             the
             worst
             of
             sinners
             ?
             And
             doe
             not
             their
             adversaries
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             men
             whom
             they
             terme
             Puritans
             ,
             are
             honester
             men
             ,
             and
             more
             righteous
             
             than
             themselves
             ,
             as
             Pharoah
             was
             forc'd
             to
             confesse
             touching
             
               Moses
               ?
               Exod.
            
             10.16
             ,
             17.
             
             
             And
             Saul
             touching
             David
             ?
             1
             Sam.
             26.21
             .
             Yea
             ,
             I
             know
             they
             are
             perswaded
             well
             of
             them
             ,
             even
             when
             they
             speake
             most
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             though
             I
             expect
             not
             they
             should
             use
             them
             thereafter
             .
             We
             know
             Pilate
             judged
             Christ
             guiltlesse
             ,
             but
             yet
             he
             put
             him
             to
             death
             .
             And
             Festus
             acknowledged
             that
             Paul
             was
             without
             crime
             ,
             yet
             he
             left
             him
             in
             prison
             .
             I
             dare
             say
             Tertullus
             knew
             that
             he
             lyed
             ,
             when
             hee
             called
             
               Paul
               a
               Pestilent
               fellow
            
             :
             his
             conscience
             could
             not
             chuse
             but
             answer
             him
             ,
             Thou
             lyest
             in
             thy
             throat
             
               Tertulus
               ,
               Paul
            
             is
             an
             honester
             man
             than
             thy selfe
             .
             And
             must
             not
             these
             mens
             consciences
             tell
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             they
             accuse
             so
             ,
             are
             in
             their
             lives
             the
             most
             unreproveable
             of
             the
             Land
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             I
             will
             appeal
             to
             their
             greatest
             adversaries
             ,
             whether
             the
             Protestant
             at
             large
             ,
             or
             those
             who
             are
             called
             Puritans
             ,
             be
             of
             the
             purest
             Religion
             ,
             and
             most
             reformed
             to
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ?
             For
             not
             seldome
             are
             wicked
             mens
             judgements
             forced
             to
             yeeld
             unto
             that
             truth
             ,
             against
             which
             their
             affections
             maintaine
             a
             rebellion
             ▪
             
             And
             yet
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             would
             stamp
             Gods
             Image
             on
             the
             Devills
             drosse
             ,
             and
             the
             Devills
             Image
             on
             Gods
             silver
             ,
             they
             justifie
             those
             actions
             and
             persons
             ,
             which
             God
             condemnes
             ,
             and
             condemn
             those
             which
             he
             justifies
             .
          
           
             True
             these
             enemies
             to
             holines
             spare
             not
             to
             cast
             asper●●ions
             on
             us
             ,
             
             else
             how
             should
             they
             worke
             their
             wills
             ?
             How
             should
             Naboth
             be
             cleanly
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             not
             first
             accused
             of
             blasphemy
             ?
             1
             Kin.
             21.13
             .
             and
             the
             like
             of
             
               Ioseph
               ,
               Eliah
               ,
               Ieremiah
               ,
               Susanna
               ,
               Paul
               ,
               Stephen
               ,
            
             and
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             himself
             But
             if
             you
             marke
             it
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             guilty
             of
             the
             crimes
             whereof
             they
             be
             accused
             ,
             as
             Ioseph
             was
             ,
             in
             forcing
             of
             his
             Mi●tris
             ,
             or
             as
             Naboth
             and
             the
             rest
             were
             ,
             of
             those
             things
             which
             were
             layd
             to
             their
             charge
             .
          
           
             I
             speak
             not
             of
             those
             monsters
             ,
             those
             white
             Devills
             who
             make
             Religion
             a
             stalking
             Hor●e
             to
             villany
             .
             I
             know
             too
             many
             dishonour
             God
             ,
             by
             wearing
             of
             his
             livery
             .
             But
             what
             was
             Satan
             to
             the
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             Iob
             1.6
             .
             though
             hee
             thrust
             himselfe
             into
             their
             company
             ?
             Or
             what
             wise
             man
             will
             tax
             all
             the
             Apostles
             because
             one
             was
             
             a
             Iudas
             .
             
             To
             argue
             ,
             because
             some
             are
             so
             and
             so
             ,
             therefore
             the
             rest
             are
             alike
             ,
             is
             a
             saplesse
             reason
             ,
             only
             becomming
             a
             foole
             .
             An
             argument
             ,
             that
             deserves
             rather
             laughter
             ,
             than
             beleife
             .
          
           
             Yet
             most
             men
             are
             〈◊〉
             fooles
             ,
             
             or
             rather
             brute
             beasts
             ,
             
               led
               with
               sensuality
               ,
               and
               made
               to
               be
               taken
               and
               destroyed
               ,
            
             as
             Saint
             Peter
             speaks
             ,
             who
             because
             they
             
               love
               to
               speake
               evill
               of
               the
               way
               of
               truth
               ,
            
             2
             Pet.
             2.2.12
             .
             If
             they
             see
             but
             an
             hipocrite
             discover
             himselfe
             ,
             they
             not
             onely
             harden
             themselves
             in
             their
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             breake
             their
             owne
             necks
             at
             this
             stumbling
             block
             ,
             being
             Satans
             trap
             ,
             set
             on
             purpose
             to
             catch
             their
             blinde
             soules
             in
             ,
             but
             condemn
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             profession
             to
             be
             such
             as
             he
             is
             ,
             save
             that
             they
             dissemble
             their
             hypocrisie
             more
             closly
             &
             cunningly
             ;
             which
             is
             as
             equal
             and
             ●u●t
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             for
             Simeon
             and
             Levi
             to
             murder
             all
             the
             Sechemites
             for
             the
             offence
             only
             of
             Hamors
             Son.
             But
             as
             all
             are
             not
             theeves
             that
             Dogs
             bark
             at
             ;
             so
             all
             are
             not
             hypocrites
             which
             they
             terme
             so
             .
             But
             admit
             there
             were
             more
             than
             there
             are
             :
             the
             faults
             of
             many
             ,
             should
             not
             make
             us
             uncharitable
             to
             all
             :
             Nor
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             some
             ,
             make
             us
             credulous
             of
             the
             rest
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             52.
             
          
           
             INdeed
             ,
             as
             all
             our
             enemies
             are
             not
             alike
             witty
             ,
             
             so
             they
             are
             not
             alike
             malicious
             ,
             for
             some
             transcend
             this
             way
             ,
             as
             Doeg
             did
             the
             rest
             of
             Sauls
             servants
             another
             way
             ,
             you
             shall
             know
             such
             an
             one
             by
             these
             few
             markes
             ;
             his
             hatred
             is
             so
             inveterate
             and
             universall
             ,
             that
             hee
             spends
             all
             his
             wits
             in
             frothy
             scoffes
             ,
             and
             invectives
             against
             the
             whole
             people
             of
             God
             ?
             and
             as
             if
             the
             door
             were
             not
             wide
             enough
             except
             he
             set
             open
             all
             the
             windows
             ,
             and
             break
             downe
             the
             walls
             to
             let
             in
             this
             infectious
             ayre
             ,
             his
             tongue
             scrues
             something
             against
             the
             religious
             into
             all
             discourses
             ;
             and
             when
             his
             owne
             invention
             failes
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             supplyed
             with
             what
             he
             hath
             heard
             :
             for
             as
             the
             Papists
             never
             found
             any
             error
             spued
             out
             by
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             but
             they
             have
             licked
             it
             up
             ,
             superstitiously
             to
             abuse
             the
             same
             :
             so
             he
             never
             heares
             of
             any
             scoffe
             ,
             slander
             ,
             or
             devillish
             invective
             formerly
             devised
             ,
             but
             he
             licks
             it
             up
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             spit
             it
             out
             againe
             in
             the
             face
             of
             some
             Professor
             ,
             or
             on
             the
             other
             side
             poyson
             those
             
             with
             whom
             he
             doth
             converse
             ;
             being
             to
             his
             company
             like
             a
             mad
             dog
             ,
             that
             so
             biteth
             every
             one
             he
             meets
             ,
             that
             they
             become
             madde
             too
             ,
             and
             as
             apt
             to
             bite
             others
             as
             himselfe
             ;
             or
             in
             case
             he
             meets
             with
             another
             like
             himselfe
             in
             wit
             and
             malice
             ,
             it
             may
             bee
             said
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             Diogenes
             spake
             of
             two
             ill
             conditioned
             women
             ,
             when
             hee
             saw
             them
             talking
             ,
             
               See
               how
               the
               viper
               and
               the
               Aspe
               are
               changing
               poyson
               .
            
             And
             nothing
             so
             tickles
             the
             spleen
             ,
             or
             glads
             the
             heart
             of
             such
             ,
             as
             that
             discourse
             which
             may
             most
             shame
             profession
             ,
             disgrace
             Relion
             ,
             and
             dishonour
             God.
             But
             ,
             O
             that
             ever
             those
             tongues
             ,
             which
             dare
             call
             God
             Father
             ,
             should
             suffer
             them●elves
             thus
             to
             be
             moved
             and
             possessed
             by
             that
             uncleane
             spirit
             !
             Or
             that
             ever
             the
             church
             should
             own
             such
             for
             her
             children
             .
             In
             the
             Primitive
             times
             ,
             the
             Church
             would
             have
             denied
             her
             blessing
             to
             such
             a
             Sonne
             ,
             that
             should
             have
             thought
             himselfe
             disparaged
             by
             serving
             Christ
             ,
             and
             wearing
             of
             his
             livery
             ,
             although
             hee
             had
             not
             scoft
             at
             others
             :
             
             yet
             this
             man
             flatters
             himself
             that
             he
             is
             a
             Christian
             ;
             yea
             ,
             you
             cannot
             beat
             him
             from
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             is
             as
             good
             a
             Christian
             
             as
             the
             precisest
             ,
             and
             shall
             goe
             to
             Heaven
             as
             soone
             .
             But
             let
             him
             that
             reads
             ,
             consider
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             a
             fearefull
             thing
             ,
             to
             lend
             to
             Satan
             the
             heart
             for
             devinng
             ,
             the
             tongue
             for
             uttering
             ,
             and
             the
             eare
             for
             hearing
             of
             calumnies
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             to
             disgrace
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             in
             his
             children
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             fruitlesse
             to
             themselves
             and
             others
             .
             O
             impiety
             to
             be
             abhorred
             :
             Such
             sport
             on
             earth
             is
             only
             sport
             for
             the
             Fiends
             in
             Hell
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             look
             to
             it
             ,
             for
             such
             joyes
             may
             chance
             to
             cost
             them
             eternall
             mourning
             ;
             yea
             ,
             certainly
             ,
             if
             the
             infernall
             Tophet
             be
             not
             for
             them
             (
             in
             case
             they
             repent
             not
             )
             it
             can
             challenge
             no
             guests
             ;
             for
             I
             may
             well
             say
             unto
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             Many
             sinners
             have
             done
             wickly
             ,
             but
             thou
             surpassest
             them
             al
             ;
             thine
             is
             such
             a
             superlative
             ,
             such
             a
             soul
             murthering
             sin
             ,
             that
             no
             other
             sin
             can
             paralel
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             53.
             
          
           
             BUt
             thou
             hast
             plenty
             of
             excuses
             to
             pacify
             thy
             blinded
             and
             benummed
             conscience
             :
             
             Yea
             ,
             thou
             wantest
             not
             some
             carnall
             reasons
             to
             make
             it
             good
             ,
             
             as
             an
             easie
             in●ention
             may
             put
             false
             matters
             into
             true
             Sylogismes
             :
             And
             amongst
             the
             rest
             ,
             thou
             wouldest
             not
             have
             men
             singular
             :
             wherefore
             that
             they
             may
             have
             lesse
             zeale
             and
             more
             temper
             ,
             thou
             seekest
             to
             allay
             their
             heat
             with
             frumps
             ,
             and
             scoffes
             ,
             and
             taunts
             ,
             and
             jeeres
             ;
             as
             how
             often
             doe
             we
             hear
             remisse
             professors
             strive
             to
             choake
             all
             forward
             holinesse
             and
             zeale
             by
             commending
             the
             
               golden
               meane
            
             ?
             For
             carnall
             men
             (
             who
             cleave
             as
             close
             to
             custome
             ,
             and
             example
             of
             the
             greatest
             number
             ,
             as
             clay
             to
             a
             Cart
             Wheele
             )
             thinke
             every
             one
             exorbitant
             ,
             that
             walketh
             not
             after
             their
             rule
             ,
             
             1
             Pet.
             4.4
             .
             As
             the
             Sodomites
             thought
             of
             
               Lot
               ,
               Gen.
            
             19.9
             .
             the
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             Governours
             of
             
               Daniel
               ,
               Dan.
            
             6.11
             .
             and
             the
             Caldeans
             of
             
               Shadrach
               ,
               Meshech
            
             ,
             and
             
               Abednego
               ,
               Dan.
            
             3.10
             .
             to
             30.
             
             Daniel
             of
             all
             Darius
             his
             servants
             was
             so
             bold
             as
             to
             pray
             three
             times
             a
             day
             ,
             not
             in
             contempt
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Babilons
             decree
             ,
             but
             in
             zeale
             and
             obedience
             to
             the
             God
             of
             Heavens
             command
             :
             the
             Governours
             ●●ranging
             at
             it
             ,
             accuse
             him
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             this
             Daniel
             which
             is
             of
             the
             captivity
             ,
             regardeth
             not
             thee
             O
             King
             ,
             nor
             the
             Decree
             which
             thou
             
             hast
             signed
             ;
             but
             doth
             so
             and
             so
             :
             wherfore
             command
             we
             pray
             thee
             ,
             that
             he
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             Lyons
             den
             ,
             for
             no
             decree
             ,
             nor
             statute
             which
             the
             King
             establisheth
             may
             be
             altered
             ,
             Dan.
             6.
             
             Again
             ,
             what
             disorder
             is
             this
             that
             I
             heare
             of
             you
             ,
             
             saith
             Nebuchadnezzer
             to
             
               Shadrach
               ,
               Meshech
            
             ,
             and
             Abednego
             :
             will
             you
             not
             serve
             my
             Gods
             ,
             nor
             worship
             the
             golden
             Image
             that
             I
             have
             set
             up
             ,
             Dan.
             3.14
             .
             who
             answered
             no
             ,
             be
             it
             knowne
             unto
             thee
             O
             King
             ,
             wee
             are
             not
             carefull
             to
             answer
             thee
             in
             this
             matter
             :
             they
             were
             all
             as
             stiffe
             as
             if
             they
             had
             eaten
             a
             stake
             ,
             and
             they
             could
             not
             bow
             to
             an
             Idoll
             :
             as
             the
             godly
             have
             been
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             wheele
             with
             the
             times
             .
             Yea
             ,
             they
             that
             truely
             fear
             God
             are
             usually
             as
             immoveable
             as
             the
             Sun
             in
             its
             course
             ,
             because
             they
             thinke
             ,
             and
             speak
             ,
             and
             live
             by
             rule
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             example
             ,
             and
             hold
             themselves
             as
             fast
             tyed
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             the
             oath
             given
             them
             ,
             which
             the
             〈…〉
             solemnly
             presented
             to
             their
             Judges
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               to
               sw●rve
               from
               t●eir
               consciences
            
             wh●●●●mmand
             soever
             they
             should
             〈…〉
             themselves
             to
             the
             contrary
             〈…〉
             strictnesse
             is
             a
             great
             eyesore
             〈…〉
             men
             :
             who
             hate
             singularity
             ,
             
             almost
             as
             they
             doe
             sanctity
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             so
             cry
             it
             down
             .
          
           
             
             And
             no
             marvell
             ,
             for
             these
             men
             ,
             and
             so
             all
             Protestants
             at
             large
             ,
             so
             scorne
             to
             be
             singular
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             conform
             to
             any
             Religion
             the
             State
             shall
             establish
             :
             yea
             ,
             should
             they
             be
             commanded
             to
             worship
             a
             Calfe
             with
             the
             
               Israelites
               ,
               Exod.
            
             32.4
             .
             or
             a
             
               golden
               Image
            
             with
             the
             
               Chaldeans
               ,
               Dan.
            
             3.7
             .
             They
             would
             instantly
             doe
             it
             ;
             as
             the
             times
             of
             
               Queene
               Mary
            
             ,
             witnesse
             :
             Good
             honest
             men
             ,
             let
             them
             injoy
             their
             communities
             ;
             peace
             ,
             and
             plenty
             :
             any
             Religion
             shall
             serve
             their
             turne
             .
             They
             are
             as
             indifferent
             as
             
               Doctor
               Kitching
            
             ,
             who
             being
             Abbot
             ,
             was
             first
             the
             Popes
             sworne
             Servant
             :
             then
             an
             halfe
             Papist
             ,
             
               King
               Henry
            
             having
             cast
             off
             the
             Pope
             :
             a
             Protestant
             under
             
               Edward
               the
               sixt
            
             :
             a
             downe
             right
             Papist
             with
             
               Queene
               Marie
            
             :
             And
             a
             Parliament
             Protestant
             againe
             ,
             when
             hee
             tooke
             the
             Oath
             of
             Supremasy
             under
             
               Queene
               Elizabeth
            
             .
             Of
             whose
             faith
             I
             take
             most
             Protestants
             at
             large
             to
             be
             ;
             For
             let
             them
             hear
             of
             a
             change
             in
             Religion
             ,
             it
             shall
             never
             a
             whit
             trouble
             them
             :
             What
             cares
             a
             stupified
             worldling
             ,
             for
             the
             removall
             of
             our
             Candlestick
             ?
             
             What
             is
             it
             to
             him
             if
             the
             superstition
             ,
             and
             blindnesse
             of
             Popery
             did
             over-shadow
             the
             Land
             ?
             and
             turne
             day
             into
             night
             :
             It
             is
             nothing
             to
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             can
             but
             see
             to
             get
             money
             .
             Light
             or
             darknesse
             ,
             Scripture
             or
             tradition
             ,
             the
             King
             or
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
               Christ
            
             or
             Antichrist
             ,
             are
             all
             one
             to
             him
             ;
             to
             heare
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             or
             see
             a
             Masse
             ,
             he
             likes
             them
             both
             alike
             .
          
           
             Perhaps
             they
             may
             thinke
             better
             of
             themselves
             ;
             
             and
             untill
             they
             be
             put
             to
             it
             ,
             resolve
             stoutly
             :
             but
             a
             temporaries
             Religion
             ,
             and
             flashes
             are
             but
             like
             Conduites
             running
             with
             wine
             at
             the
             coronation
             :
             that
             will
             not
             hold
             ,
             or
             like
             a
             land
             flood
             ,
             that
             seemes
             to
             be
             a
             great
             Sea
             ,
             but
             comes
             to
             nothing
             .
          
           
             Now
             these
             are
             the
             men
             (
             if
             you
             observe
             them
             )
             that
             cry
             out
             so
             against
             singularity
             :
             which
             imputation
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             extolling
             the
             meane
             ,
             is
             a
             cunning
             discouragement
             ,
             
             but
             it
             is
             the
             Devils
             Sophistry
             ;
             for
             the
             meane
             of
             vertue
             ,
             is
             between
             two
             kindes
             ,
             not
             betweene
             two
             degrees
             :
             it
             is
             a
             meane
             grace
             ,
             that
             loves
             a
             meane
             degree
             of
             grace
             .
          
           
             Yet
             this
             is
             the
             onely
             staffe
             ,
             with
             
             which
             the
             World
             beates
             all
             that
             are
             better
             then
             themselves
             .
             
             What
             will
             you
             be
             singular
             ?
             Or
             are
             you
             wiser
             then
             all
             ?
             Or
             what
             is
             this
             but
             want
             of
             discretion
             ?
             And
             to
             speake
             truth
             ,
             that
             which
             worldly
             men
             call
             discretion
             ,
             eates
             up
             all
             true
             wisedome
             :
             Their
             discretion
             and
             moderate
             stayednesse
             ,
             devoures
             all
             true
             honesty
             ,
             and
             goodnesse
             .
             But
             shall
             
               Lot
               ▪
            
             leave
             his
             righteousnesse
             for
             such
             an
             imputation
             of
             singularity
             ?
             Or
             shall
             he
             not
             depart
             Sodom
             ,
             because
             the
             whole
             City
             thinkes
             it
             better
             to
             stay
             there
             still
             ?
             Shall
             Noah
             leave
             building
             the
             Arke
             ,
             and
             so
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             his
             whole
             houshould
             perish
             ,
             because
             all
             the
             World
             else
             thinkes
             him
             haire-brained
             ?
             Or
             must
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Puritan
             ,
             dishearten
             us
             from
             the
             service
             of
             God
             ?
             No
             ,
             but
             as
             Saint
             Paul
             said
             in
             his
             Apollogy
             ,
             Acts
             24.14
             .
             
               after
               the
               way
               which
               they
               call
               heresie
               ,
               so
               worship
               I
               the
               God
               of
               my
               Fathers
            
             :
             so
             wee
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             After
             the
             way
             which
             prophane
             men
             call
             Puritanisme
             ,
             let
             my
             soule
             desire
             to
             serve
             
               Iesus
               Christ.
            
             
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             54.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             I
             
               Grant
               (
               will
               the
               more
               moderate
               worldling
               say
               )
               in
               such
               cases
               wherein
               the
               word
               of
               God
               is
               expresse
               ,
               singularity
               is
               not
               lawfull
               onely
               ,
               but
               laudable
               :
               But
               (
               which
               makes
               my
               spleene
               rise
               )
               they
               will
               not
               conforme
               to
               things
               indifferent
            
          
           
             Answ.
             
             A
             seduced
             heart
             deceives
             thee
             in
             so
             saying
             ,
             why
             else
             doest
             thou
             cast
             the
             same
             aspersions
             ,
             upon
             such
             as
             are
             conformable
             .
          
           
             But
             admit
             they
             onely
             are
             thornes
             in
             thine
             Eyes
             ▪
             doest
             thou
             well
             to
             hate
             al
             that
             are
             not
             of
             thy
             own
             judgement
             ,
             or
             that
             have
             tenderer
             consciences
             then
             thy selfe
             ?
             No
             ,
             for
             honest
             and
             good
             men
             may
             differ
             in
             opinion
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             things
             triviall
             ,
             but
             in
             matters
             of
             great
             moment
             ;
             provided
             they
             agree
             in
             the
             
               fundamental
               articles
               of
               the
               Catholique
               faith
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             may
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             continue
             brotherly
             love
             and
             communion
             ,
             as
             members
             of
             the
             same
             mysticall
             body
             :
             as
             many
             examples
             witnesse
             ,
             both
             of
             eminent
             Christians
             ,
             and
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             as
             also
             our
             Saviours
             words
             ,
             who
             speaking
             of
             the
             fundamentall
             
             poynts
             ,
             penneth
             the
             league
             thus
             ,
             
               He
               that
               is
               not
               with
               us
               ,
               is
               against
               us
               ,
            
             but
             o●
             poynts
             not
             fundamentall
             thus
             ,
             
               He
               tha●
               is
               not
               against
               us
               ,
               is
               with
               us
               .
            
             Wherea●
             these
             differ
             from
             thee
             (
             if
             thou
             beest
             a
             true
             Protestant
             as
             thou
             wouldest
             bee
             thought
             to
             be
             )
             in
             nothing
             materiall
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             a
             vast
             difference
             ,
             
             between
             another
             discipline
             ,
             and
             another
             doctrine
             :
             and
             they
             little
             differ
             ,
             that
             agree
             in
             matter
             .
             Only
             their
             consciences
             are
             not
             so
             large
             as
             thine
             :
             and
             thou
             thinkest
             those
             things
             indifferent
             ,
             which
             they
             cannot
             assent
             unto
             though
             they
             take
             more
             paines
             to
             satisfie
             and
             informe
             themselves
             then
             thou
             doest
             .
             But
             admit
             they
             be
             things
             of
             an
             indifferent
             nature
             ,
             
             even
             actions
             of
             indifferency
             ,
             when
             once
             they
             are
             felt
             to
             trench
             upon
             the
             conscience
             ,
             lay
             deep
             obligations
             upon
             the
             soul
             ,
             even
             whiles
             they
             are
             most
             slighted
             by
             carelesse
             hearts
             :
             there
             being
             no
             lesse
             difference
             in
             consciences
             ,
             then
             stomacks
             ,
             of
             which
             some
             will
             digest
             the
             hardest
             meats
             ,
             and
             turne
             over
             substances
             not
             in
             their
             nature
             edible
             ,
             whiles
             others
             surfeite
             of
             the
             lightest
             food
             ,
             and
             complaine
             even
             of
             dainties
             .
          
           
           
             And
             indeed
             ,
             
             every
             gracious
             heart
             is
             in
             some
             measure
             scrupulous
             ,
             and
             findes
             more
             safety
             in
             feare
             then
             in
             presumption
             :
             And
             certainely
             ,
             in
             cases
             of
             a
             doubtfull
             and
             questionable
             nature
             ,
             it
             is
             ever
             good
             to
             take
             the
             surest
             side
             ,
             and
             which
             draws
             neerest
             to
             probability
             .
             Many
             things
             are
             of
             so
             questionable
             a
             nature
             ,
             
             that
             much
             may
             be
             said
             on
             either
             side
             :
             Now
             if
             I
             chuse
             that
             side
             ,
             on
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             shal
             not
             sin
             ,
             I
             deserve
             to
             be
             excused
             ,
             rather
             then
             censured
             ;
             if
             I
             use
             them
             it
             is
             possible
             I
             may
             sin
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             they
             are
             not
             sinfull
             :
             yet
             I
             am
             not
             so
             sure
             of
             it
             that
             I
             shall
             not
             sin
             if
             I
             use
             them
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             shall
             not
             sin
             ,
             nor
             break
             any
             of
             Gods
             Commandments
             if
             I
             doe
             not
             use
             them
             .
             This
             I
             may
             be
             bold
             to
             build
             upon
             ,
             He
             that
             sayles
             amongst
             Rocks
             ,
             it
             is
             possible
             hee
             may
             escape
             splitting
             ,
             but
             hee
             is
             not
             so
             sure
             to
             keep
             his
             Vessell
             safe
             ,
             and
             whole
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             sayles
             in
             a
             cleare
             Sea
             ,
             where
             no
             Rocks
             are
             at
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             55.
             
             
          
           
             Qu.
             
               BVt
               to
               speak
               really
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               truth
               is
               ,
               why
               doe
               they
               use
               all
               these
            
             discouragements
             ?
          
           
           
             An.
             Their
             onely
             aime
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             us
             square
             
               our
               lives
            
             according
             to
             
               their
               Rule
            
             ;
             as
             that
             Gya●t
             did
             proportion
             the
             bodies
             of
             all
             his
             guests
             ,
             to
             the
             bed
             of
             his
             Harlot
             ;
             Yea
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             give
             their
             tongues
             liberty
             to
             acquaint
             us
             with
             their
             hearts
             and
             consciences
             ,
             they
             must
             needs
             confesse
             ,
             that
             they
             use
             that
             odious
             nickname
             (
             devised
             by
             Satan
             himselfe
             )
             for
             no
             other
             end
             ,
             but
             to
             slout
             men
             out
             of
             their
             faith
             and
             holy
             profession
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             the
             very
             truth
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             power
             of
             godlinesse
             into
             contempt
             and
             scorn
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             ,
             whom
             not
             heroicall
             in
             fortitude
             (
             the
             case
             standing
             as
             it
             doth
             )
             would
             it
             not
             discourage
             and
             beat
             back
             to
             the
             world
             ?
             
             But
             thanks
             be
             given
             to
             God
             ,
             his
             Spirit
             herein
             so
             hardneth
             and
             steeleth
             his
             servants
             ,
             that
             their
             faces
             are
             like
             flint
             ,
             and
             themselves
             like
             brazen
             walls
             ,
             and
             defenced
             Cities
             ,
             though
             otherwise
             soft
             in
             affection
             ,
             and
             true
             professors
             of
             meeknesse
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             undoubtedly
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             more
             then
             man
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             
             more
             spirit
             then
             flesh
             )
             that
             can
             contentedly
             make
             himself
             contemptible
             to
             follow
             Christ
             ,
             be
             pointed
             at
             for
             singularity
             ,
             endure
             so
             many
             base
             and
             vile
             nicknames
             ,
             as
             are
             every
             where
             
             cast
             upon
             the
             conscionable
             (
             for
             there
             is
             scarce
             a
             house
             ,
             but
             is
             haunted
             with
             these
             kinde
             of
             spirits
             ,
             familiars
             ,
             visible
             and
             carnall
             Devills
             ,
             soule-murtherers
             )
             have
             his
             religion
             ●udged
             Hypocrisie
             ;
             his
             Christian
             prudence
             ,
             cra●t
             and
             policy
             ;
             his
             godly
             simplicity
             ,
             sillinesse
             his
             zeale
             ,
             madnesse
             ▪
             his
             punctuall
             obedience
             to
             Gods
             Laws
             ,
             rebellion
             to
             Princes
             ▪
             his
             contempt
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             ignorance
             :
             his
             godly
             sorrow
             ,
             dumpishnes
             ,
             &c.
             
             For
             these
             and
             the
             like
             as
             unseasonable
             fro●s
             ,
             nip
             all
             gracious
             offers
             and
             beginnings
             in
             the
             bud
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             as
             in
             them
             lyeth
             ,
             with
             Herod
             labour
             to
             kill
             Christ
             in
             young
             professors
             Yea
             ,
             the
             censures
             and
             scoffs
             of
             these
             Atheists
             and
             Worldlings
             ,
             like
             the
             blasts
             of
             Rams-hornes
             before
             the
             wals
             of
             Iericho
             ,
             lay
             al
             the
             strength
             of
             a
             young
             beginners
             vertues
             levell
             at
             one
             utterance
             :
             yea
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             only
             Remora
             &
             greatest
             cause
             of
             arrest
             ,
             if
             any
             looke
             heaven-ward
             ,
             
             that
             makes
             them
             recoyle
             .
          
           
             True
             ,
             a
             wise
             man
             will
             not
             be
             scoft
             out
             of
             his
             money
             ,
             nor
             a
             just
             man
             be
             flouted
             out
             of
             his
             faith
             ▪
             Yea
             ,
             like
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             ,
             hee
             will
             hold
             his
             profession
             ,
             
             though
             hee
             loose
             his
             head
             for
             it
             .
             If
             Christ
             have
             but
             once
             possest
             the
             affections
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             dis-possessing
             him
             againe
             .
             The
             league
             that
             Heaven
             hath
             made
             ,
             Hell
             wants
             power
             to
             breake
             .
             If
             the
             sweet
             doctrine
             of
             Christ
             be
             once
             gotten
             into
             the
             heart
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             got
             out
             againe
             by
             all
             the
             torments
             which
             wit
             and
             cruelty
             can
             devise
             ,
             as
             we
             see
             in
             the
             Martyrs
             .
          
           
             
             Neither
             would
             hee
             ever
             endure
             a
             blow
             ,
             who
             cannot
             concoct
             a
             foule
             word
             .
             Hee
             that
             is
             discouraged
             and
             made
             returne
             with
             an
             
               Ishmaelitish
               persecution
            
             of
             the
             tongue
             :
             how
             would
             hee
             endure
             a
             
               Spanish
               Inquisition
            
             ,
             or
             those
             
               Marian
               times
            
             ?
             Hee
             that
             is
             so
             frighted
             with
             a
             squib
             ,
             how
             would
             he
             endure
             the
             mouth
             of
             a
             Cannon
             ?
             But
             to
             proceed
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             man
             to
             bee
             scoft
             out
             of
             his
             goodnesse
             ,
             
             by
             those
             that
             are
             lewd
             ,
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             man
             that
             seeth
             should
             blind-fold
             himselfe
             ,
             or
             put
             out
             his
             eyes
             ,
             because
             some
             blind
             wretches
             revile
             and
             scoffe
             at
             him
             for
             seeing
             :
             or
             as
             if
             one
             that
             is
             sound
             of
             limbs
             ,
             should
             limpe
             ,
             or
             maime
             himselfe
             ,
             to
             please
             the
             Criple
             ,
             and
             avoid
             his
             taunts
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             had
             rather
             live
             hated
             of
             all
             
             men
             for
             goodnes
             ,
             then
             be
             beloved
             of
             al
             for
             vice
             ;
             and
             rather
             please
             one
             good
             man
             ,
             then
             content
             a
             thousand
             bad
             ones
             ;
             his
             single
             authority
             being
             sufficient
             to
             countervaile
             the
             disdain
             of
             a
             whole
             Parish
             of
             sensualists
             .
          
           
             Yet
             experience
             shewes
             ,
             
             That
             divers
             are
             content
             to
             be
             misled
             with
             the
             multitude
             ,
             rather
             then
             be
             an
             obiect
             of
             their
             scorne
             and
             derision
             .
             Yea
             thousands
             hold
             it
             the
             best
             and
             safest
             way
             ,
             in
             differences
             of
             religion
             ,
             without
             further
             question
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             stronger
             part
             ;
             that
             so
             doing
             as
             the
             most
             doe
             ,
             they
             may
             have
             the
             fewest
             to
             finde
             fault
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             al
             through
             base
             cowardlinesse
             .
             Which
             bashful
             devill
             never
             leaves
             a
             great
             many
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             live
             ;
             whereby
             with
             the
             rich
             man
             ,
             Luke
             16.
             they
             never
             thinke
             of
             heaven
             ,
             
             till
             tormented
             in
             the
             flames
             of
             hell
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             Satan
             formerly
             assaulted
             the
             Church
             by
             violence
             ,
             now
             he
             doth
             it
             by
             deceit
             :
             and
             certainly
             the
             devill
             gets
             more
             by
             such
             discouragements
             ,
             and
             the
             reproaches
             that
             are
             cast
             upon
             religion
             ,
             then
             he
             did
             formerly
             by
             fire
             and
             Faggot
             ;
             for
             then
             the
             
               blood
               of
               the
               Martyrs
            
             was
             found
             to
             be
             the
             
               seed
               of
               the
               
               Church
            
             ,
             others
             (
             Phoenix-like
             )
             springing
             out
             of
             their
             ashes
             ,
             wheras
             now
             multitudes
             of
             souls
             are
             scoft
             out
             of
             their
             religion
             by
             wicked
             men
             .
             But
             I
             grieve
             to
             see
             how
             they
             wrong
             themselves
             ,
             in
             thus
             wronging
             others
             :
             for
             in
             that
             wicked
             men
             do
             so
             mock
             and
             deride
             such
             as
             are
             in
             love
             with
             heavenly
             things
             ,
             it
             is
             hard
             to
             say
             whether
             they
             doe
             most
             offend
             in
             hindering
             the
             honor
             of
             God
             thereby
             ,
             or
             their
             neighbours
             wel-fare
             ,
             or
             their
             own
             salvation
             .
          
           
             
             Alas
             ,
             some
             men
             will
             better
             abide
             a
             stake
             ,
             then
             some
             others
             can
             a
             mocke
             .
             Zedikiah
             was
             willing
             to
             hearken
             to
             the
             Prophets
             councell
             ,
             but
             that
             this
             lay
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             the
             Chaldeans
             would
             mock
             him
             ,
             Ier.
             38.10
             .
             it
             was
             death
             to
             him
             to
             bee
             mock'd
             .
             A
             generons
             nature
             is
             more
             wounded
             with
             the
             tongue
             ,
             than
             with
             the
             hand
             :
             yea
             ,
             above
             hell
             there
             is
             not
             a
             greater
             punishment
             ,
             then
             to
             become
             a
             Sannio
             ,
             a
             subject
             of
             scorne
             :
             as
             Sampson
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             found
             .
             Alcibiades
             did
             professe
             ,
             That
             neither
             the
             proscription
             of
             his
             goods
             ,
             nor
             his
             banishment
             ,
             nor
             the
             wounds
             received
             in
             his
             body
             ,
             were
             so
             grievous
             to
             him
             as
             one
             scornfull
             word
             of
             his
             enemy
             C●esiphon
             .
          
           
           
             Thou
             thinkest
             not
             tongue-taunts
             to
             be
             persecution
             ,
             
             but
             thou
             shalt
             once
             hear
             it
             so
             pronounced
             in
             thy
             bill
             of
             inditement
             ,
             Ishmael
             did
             but
             flout
             Isaack
             ,
             yet
             Saint
             Paul
             saith
             ,
             he
             
               persecuted
               him
               ,
               Gal.
            
             4.29
             .
             God
             calls
             the
             scorning
             of
             his
             servants
             by
             no
             better
             a
             name
             ,
             then
             persecution
             .
             And
             what
             ever
             thou
             conceivest
             of
             it
             ,
             let
             this
             sault
             be
             as
             far
             from
             my
             soule
             ,
             as
             my
             soule
             from
             hell
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             you
             see
             ,
             That
             nothing
             but
             goodnesse
             is
             the
             whet●●on
             of
             their
             malice
             ;
             
             which
             being
             so
             ,
             are
             not
             we
             heathenish
             Christians
             ?
             What
             honour
             of
             Christ
             is
             there
             among
             us
             ,
             wher
             Religion
             makes
             one
             contemptible
             ?
             Is
             this
             Christian-like
             ?
             Such
             men
             may
             bee
             Christians
             in
             shew
             ,
             or
             name
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             devills
             indeed
             (
             however
             they
             flatter
             themselves
             )
             resembling
             the
             high
             Priests
             ,
             Scribes
             ,
             &
             Pharisees
             ,
             who
             called
             themselves
             the
             Church
             :
             while
             they
             went
             about
             to
             kill
             the
             head
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             who
             the
             same
             night
             that
             Christ
             instituted
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             consulted
             how
             to
             save
             them
             ,
             did
             consult
             how
             they
             might
             destroy
             him
             :
             yea
             ,
             let
             any
             indifferent
             stander
             by
             ,
             ●udge
             whether
             thou
             beest
             not
             bottomlessely
             
             ill
             ,
             who
             doest
             malice
             goodnesse
             in
             others
             ,
             who
             art
             displeased
             with
             us
             ,
             because
             we
             please
             God
             ,
             and
             murmurest
             like
             the
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             at
             the
             same
             things
             ,
             whereat
             the
             Angels
             rejoyce
             :
             for
             none
             but
             a
             Caine
             ,
             or
             a
             Devill
             in
             condition
             ,
             will
             envy
             ,
             
               because
               his
               owne
               workes
               are
               evill
               ,
               and
               his
               brothers
               good
               .
            
             They
             are
             desperately
             wicked
             ,
             that
             cannot
             indure
             so
             much
             as
             the
             sight
             of
             godlinesse
             :
             as
             he
             was
             fearefully
             idle
             ,
             that
             Seneca
             speaks
             of
             ,
             whose
             sides
             would
             ake
             to
             see
             another
             worke
             :
             Neither
             couldest
             thou
             doe
             so
             if
             the
             Devill
             were
             not
             in
             thine
             heart
             .
             And
             so
             much
             touching
             the
             third
             difference
             betweene
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             woman
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             56
          
           
             
             4
             FOurthly
             ,
             as
             they
             hate
             and
             persecute
             the
             godly
             ,
             because
             they
             doe
             well
             :
             so
             likewise
             ,
             because
             they
             
               fare
               well
            
             ,
             and
             are
             accepted
             before
             them
             .
             As
             why
             was
             Caine
             wroth
             with
             his
             brother
             Abel
             ,
             and
             after
             slew
             him
             ,
             as
             affirmeth
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             but
             because
             ,
             
             
               The
               Lord
               had
               respect
               unto
               Abel
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               offering
               :
               but
               unto
               Cain
               and
               his
               offering
               ,
               he
               had
               no
               respect
               ?
               Gen.
            
             4.4
             ,
             5.
             
             Why
             did
             Esau
             hate
             Iacob
             ,
             and
             purpose
             to
             kill
             him
             ,
             but
             because
             of
             the
             blessing
             wherewith
             his
             father
             blessed
             him
             ?
             Gen
             27.41
             .
             Isaacs
             blessing
             bred
             Esaus
             hate
             .
             Again
             ,
             Wherefore
             did
             the
             Philistines
             and
             Abimelek
             envy
             Isaac
             ,
             
             stop
             up
             his
             wells
             ,
             and
             banish
             him
             from
             them
             ,
             but
             because
             the
             Lord
             so
             abundantly
             blessed
             Isaac
             ,
             as
             appeares
             ,
             Gen.
             26
             12.
             to
             18.
             
             Wherefore
             did
             Iosephs
             brethren
             hate
             him
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             speake
             peaceably
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             after
             sell
             him
             into
             AEgypt
             ,
             but
             because
             his
             father
             more
             favoured
             him
             ,
             and
             they
             feared
             he
             should
             reigne
             over
             them
             ?
             Gen.
             37.4
             .
             If
             Ioseph
             be
             his
             fathers
             darling
             ,
             he
             is
             his
             brethrens
             eye-sore
             .
             Wherefore
             did
             Saul
             persecute
             David
             ,
             and
             pursue
             after
             him
             from
             place
             to
             place
             to
             take
             away
             his
             life
             ,
             but
             because
             he
             was
             so
             praised
             and
             preferred
             of
             the
             people
             before
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             ,
             
               The
               Lord
               was
               with
               David
               ,
               and
               prospered
               him
               in
               every
               thing
               he
               tooke
               in
               hand
               ,
            
             1
             Sam.
             18.12
             ,
             13
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
             Davids
             successe
             is
             Sauls
             vexation
             :
             yea
             ,
             he
             findes
             not
             so
             much
             pleasure
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             as
             
             vexation
             in
             the
             prosperity
             of
             David
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             passe
             by
             the
             elder
             brothers
             envy
             in
             the
             Parable
             against
             his
             younger
             brother
             ,
             when
             his
             father
             so
             royally
             entertained
             him
             at
             his
             return
             ,
             Luk.
             15.28
             .
             which
             is
             meant
             of
             the
             Iewes
             envying
             the
             Gentiles
             conversion
             ;
             and
             many
             the
             like
             instances
             .
             )
             Why
             was
             Eliab
             wroth
             with
             his
             younger
             brother
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             17.28
             .
             but
             because
             he
             should
             bee
             more
             exalted
             ?
             And
             I
             doubt
             me
             ,
             whether
             Davids
             brethren
             were
             more
             glad
             ,
             that
             Goliah
             was
             slaine
             ,
             or
             angry
             that
             hee
             was
             slaine
             by
             their
             brother
             :
             
             for
             envy
             is
             sicke
             ,
             if
             her
             neighbour
             be
             well
             ;
             and
             the
             good
             mans
             honour
             ,
             is
             the
             envious
             mans
             torment
             :
             as
             it
             fared
             between
             Haman
             &
             Mordecai
             as
             hereafter
             the
             glory
             of
             Christ
             shall
             adde
             to
             these
             reprobates
             confusion
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             driven
             to
             confesse
             ,
             
               This
               is
               he
               ,
               whom
               we
               once
               had
               in
               derision
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             57.
             
          
           
             
             BUt
             to
             apply
             what
             hath
             been
             collected
             out
             of
             the
             Word
             .
             See
             whether
             these
             examples
             sute
             not
             with
             
             some
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             few
             in
             our
             times
             .
             As
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             why
             doe
             a
             sort
             of
             Ministers
             (
             none
             of
             the
             best
             )
             I
             meane
             such
             as
             live
             ill
             and
             viciously
             ,
             or
             preach
             ill
             and
             unprofitably
             ,
             or
             both
             live
             ill
             ,
             and
             preach
             ill
             ,
             maligne
             ,
             hate
             and
             traduce
             ,
             yea
             ,
             promote
             against
             such
             as
             preach
             more
             faithfully
             and
             powerfully
             ,
             and
             live
             more
             holily
             and
             unblameably
             ,
             but
             because
             God
             honours
             their
             Ministery
             with
             the
             conversion
             of
             soules
             ,
             and
             their
             words
             are
             with
             such
             power
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             flocke
             after
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             wont
             after
             Christ
             ▪
             while
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             themselves
             are
             neglected
             and
             dis-esteemed
             ,
             being
             as
             they
             suppose
             far
             greater
             scholers
             (
             for
             if
             a
             Minister
             preach
             profitably
             ,
             they
             will
             give
             it
             out
             hee
             is
             no
             scholer
             ,
             neither
             can
             they
             doe
             Satan
             a
             greater
             pleasure
             )
             and
             their
             Sermons
             more
             elaborate
             ,
             for
             they
             will
             be
             as
             long
             in
             the
             conception
             and
             breeding
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             an
             Elephant
             is
             of
             her
             young
             ;
             which
             being
             borne
             onely
             amazeth
             the
             hearers
             ,
             and
             makes
             them
             at
             their
             wits
             end
             with
             admiration
             ,
             their
             owne
             bosomes
             will
             tell
             them
             ,
             that
             I
             speake
             truth
             .
          
           
           
             
             Againe
             ,
             why
             doe
             these
             men
             inveigh
             and
             preach
             against
             preaching
             ?
             As
             ,
             what
             needs
             so
             much
             preaching
             ,
             say
             they
             (
             and
             all
             stupified
             sensualists
             )
             it
             was
             never
             a
             good
             world
             ,
             since
             so
             many
             Lectures
             were
             set
             up
             :
             there
             was
             more
             love
             ,
             and
             charity
             ,
             and
             plaine-dealing
             among
             our
             fore-fathers
             (
             they
             meane
             in
             time
             of
             Popery
             )
             who
             were
             only
             verst
             in
             the
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
             Creed
             ,
             and
             ten
             Commandments
             ;
             one
             Sermon
             well
             remembred
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             practise
             ,
             is
             better
             then
             ten
             ;
             yea
             ,
             quoth
             a
             Minister
             in
             the
             pulpit
             ,
             that
             preacht
             (
             himselfe
             )
             once
             in
             six
             weekes
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             silence
             his
             Parishioners
             ,
             who
             complained
             for
             want
             of
             their
             daily
             food
             ,
             you
             will
             finde
             this
             Sermon
             more
             then
             you
             will
             be
             able
             to
             practise
             this
             two
             months
             ;
             and
             no
             question
             ,
             spake
             out
             of
             feeling
             ;
             for
             he
             having
             lived
             already
             above
             five
             ages
             ,
             could
             never
             yet
             put
             those
             five
             words
             of
             his
             text
             into
             practise
             ,
             
               viz.
               Repent
               and
               beleeve
               the
               Gospel
               .
            
             But
             the
             reason
             of
             this
             their
             murmuring
             is
             easie
             :
             Carnall
             worldlings
             cry
             up
             practise
             ,
             to
             cry
             downe
             knowledge
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             by
             their
             own
             practise
             :
             even
             as
             cunning
             Papists
             will
             
             extoll
             Saint
             Iames
             ,
             onely
             to
             disparage
             Saint
             Paul.
             
          
           
             This
             point
             would
             be
             further
             applied
             ,
             
             but
             let
             conscience
             doe
             it
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             a
             sore
             that
             will
             not
             endure
             rubbing
             :
             onely
             this
             ,
             if
             any
             man
             be
             vexed
             at
             his
             brother
             ,
             because
             he
             fares
             better
             ,
             and
             is
             better
             accepted
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             favoured
             and
             respected
             of
             God
             and
             good
             men
             ,
             while
             himselfe
             is
             neglected
             and
             disesteemed
             of
             both
             ;
             much
             more
             ,
             if
             hee
             belch
             out
             his
             spleene
             against
             the
             religious
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             praised
             and
             preferred
             before
             himselfe
             ;
             let
             him
             know
             ,
             that
             this
             could
             not
             be
             if
             hee
             were
             not
             full
             of
             the
             venome
             of
             the
             serpent
             ,
             Psal.
             112.10
             .
             Pro.
             14.30
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             58.
             
          
           
             SEcondly
             ,
             
             this
             may
             be
             applied
             to
             people
             of
             the
             looser
             sort
             .
             As
             ,
             why
             doe
             their
             hearts
             rise
             against
             every
             holy
             man
             they
             see
             ?
             as
             some
             stomacks
             ,
             rise
             at
             sweet-meats
             .
             Why
             doe
             all
             drunkards
             and
             vicious
             livers
             hate
             the
             religious
             ,
             and
             so
             belch
             out
             their
             enmity
             and
             spleene
             against
             them
             ,
             in
             raising
             
             and
             spreading
             of
             slanders
             as
             they
             doe
             ;
             but
             although
             ,
             partly
             to
             rescue
             themselves
             from
             contempt
             ,
             and
             procure
             a
             contrary
             esteeme
             ,
             by
             putting
             a
             foule
             and
             ugly
             vizard
             upon
             vertue
             ,
             and
             decking
             up
             vice
             in
             a
             gorgeous
             and
             comely
             attire
             ;
             yet
             chiefly
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             precious
             in
             Gods
             sight
             ,
             his
             peculiar
             ,
             and
             
               chosen
               people
               out
               of
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               children
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               members
               of
               Christ
               ,
               temples
               of
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             chiefly
             ,
             because
             they
             
               partake
               of
               the
               Divine
               Nature
               ,
               and
               are
               one
               with
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               Sonne
               ?
               Iohn
            
             17.14
             ,
             21
             ,
             22.
             2
             
             Cor.
             6.18
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             eye-sore
             of
             our
             enemies
             and
             let
             envy
             looke
             herselfe
             blinde
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             first
             Cause
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             59.
             
          
           
             
             Quest.
             
               WHat
               is
               the
               second
               Cause
               ,
               why
               ungodly
               men
            
             hate
             and
             persecute
             
               the
               religious
            
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             Their
             ignorance
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Scriptures
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               How
               is
               that
               proved
            
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             By
             Testimonies
             ,
             Examples
             ,
             Reason
             ,
             and
             our
             own
             Experience
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             First
             ,
             
             by
             
               Testimonies
               :
               They
               shall
               hate
               and
               persecute
               you
               ,
               yea
               ,
               they
               shall
               excommunicate
               and
               kill
               you
               for
               my
               Names
               sake
               ,
            
             saith
             our
             Saviour
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             
               because
               they
               have
               not
               knowne
               the
               Father
               ,
               nor
               me
               ,
            
             John
             16.2
             ,
             3.
             and
             15.21
             .
             
               And
               again
               they
               are
               an
               offence
               unto
               us
               ,
               because
               they
               understand
               not
               the
               things
               which
               are
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               the
               things
               which
               are
               of
               men
               ,
            
             Matth.
             16.23
             .
             
               And
               are
               deceived
               ,
               because
               they
               know
               not
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               neither
               the
               power
               of
               God
               ,
            
             Matth.
             22.29
             .
             Luke
             19.42
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             by
             Examples
             and
             Reason
             .
             This
             the
             Apostle
             confesseth
             to
             have
             been
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             persecuting
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             1
             Tim.
             1.13
             .
             Who
             so
             soon
             as
             he
             was
             inlightned
             with
             the
             saving
             knowledge
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             changed
             his
             note
             ,
             with
             his
             name
             ,
             
               and
               preached
               that
               faith
               ,
               which
               before
               be
               persecuted
               ,
            
             It
             s
             worth
             the
             noting
             ,
             how
             he
             was
             no
             sooner
             informed
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             reformed
             .
             Now
             if
             we
             looke
             upon
             him
             as
             Saul
             ,
             wee
             shall
             see
             what
             we
             are
             by
             generation
             ;
             if
             wee
             looke
             upon
             him
             as
             Paul
             ,
             we
             shall
             see
             what
             we
             are
             ,
             or
             should
             be
             ,
             by
             regeneration
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             strange
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             through
             ignorance
             ,
             should
             hate
             and
             persecute
             the
             members
             of
             Christ
             :
             
             for
             upon
             the
             same
             ground
             ,
             they
             even
             crucified
             Christ
             himselfe
             ,
             
               Father
               forgive
               them
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             of
             his
             murtherers
             ,
             
               for
               they
               know
               not
               what
               they
               doe
               .
            
             And
             why
             have
             
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               in
               all
               ages
               banded
               themselves
               together
               against
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               against
               his
               Christ
               ,
            
             Psal.
             22.
             
             But
             because
             they
             knew
             him
             not
             .
             John
             15.21
             .
             For
             if
             the
             Princes
             of
             this
             world
             
               had
               knowne
               ,
               they
               would
               not
               have
               crucified
               the
               Lord
               of
               glory
               ,
            
             as
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             speakes
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             2.8
             .
          
           
             
             Alas
             poore
             ignorant
             soules
             ,
             they
             did
             but
             imitate
             Oedipus
             :
             who
             killed
             his
             Father
             
               Laius
               King
               of
               Thebes
            
             ;
             and
             thought
             he
             had
             killed
             his
             enemy
             .
             And
             what
             do
             the
             Cavaliers
             now
             ,
             in
             killing
             the
             Saints
             ?
             But
             as
             if
             one
             with
             his
             Hatchet
             ,
             should
             cut
             off
             the
             bough
             of
             a
             tree
             ;
             upon
             which
             hee
             standeth
             .
             For
             they
             are
             beholding
             to
             the
             Religious
             ,
             for
             their
             very
             breath
             .
             Neither
             is
             their
             great
             plot
             ,
             any
             other
             peece
             of
             policy
             ;
             then
             as
             if
             the
             Sodomites
             ,
             should
             make
             hast
             to
             turne
             out
             Lot
             and
             his
             Family
             :
             that
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             may
             make
             hast
             ,
             to
             destroy
             them
             .
             For
             as
             when
             Noah
             ,
             and
             his
             Family
             were
             once
             entred
             the
             Arke
             ,
             the
             Flood
             came
             and
             
             destroyed
             the
             first
             World
             ,
             Gen.
             7.11
             ,
             13.
             
             So
             the
             number
             of
             Christs
             Church
             being
             accomplished
             fire
             shal
             come
             down
             to
             destroy
             the
             second
             World
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             ,
             the
             Devill
             and
             all
             Reprobates
             shall
             be
             laid
             up
             in
             hell
             .
          
           
             Oh
             the
             wickednesse
             ,
             
             and
             witlesnesse
             of
             our
             Malignants
             !
             Methinkes
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             may
             justly
             twit
             their
             unnaturall
             Country
             :
             as
             Themistocles
             once
             did
             his
             Athenians
             ,
             with
             these
             words
             :
             Are
             yee
             weary
             of
             receiving
             so
             many
             benifits
             by
             one
             Assembly
             .
             And
             certaynly
             if
             ever
             it
             shal
             be
             dissolved
             without
             their
             consent
             ,
             (
             which
             God
             forbid
             )
             it
             would
             faire
             with
             the
             causers
             of
             it
             ,
             (
             mens
             eyes
             being
             opened
             )
             as
             it
             did
             with
             the
             Authors
             of
             Socrates
             his
             death
             :
             which
             I
             finde
             thus
             reported
             .
          
           
             After
             that
             Socrates
             was
             put
             to
             death
             at
             
               Athens
               ;
               Arastophones
            
             rehearsed
             a
             Tragedy
             of
             his
             ,
             concerning
             Palamides
             :
             at
             the
             hearing
             whereof
             ,
             the
             people
             were
             so
             moved
             :
             that
             they
             presently
             fel
             upon
             the
             Authors
             of
             Socrates
             his
             death
             ,
             and
             drew
             them
             forth
             to
             punishment
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             return
             ,
             to
             what
             we
             intend
             :
             If
             we
             consider
             it
             rightly
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             ,
             that
             ignorance
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             sin
             .
             
             Sin
             indeed
             at
             the
             first
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             but
             now
             ignorance
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             sin
             :
             
               Swearing
               ,
               and
               lying
               ,
               and
               killing
               ,
               and
               stealing
               ,
               and
               whoring
               abound
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             
               because
               there
               is
               no
               knowledge
               of
               God
               in
               the
               land
               ,
            
             Hos.
             4.1.2
             .
             
               It
               is
               a
               people
               that
               doe
               erre
               in
               their
               hearts
               .
            
             saith
             God
             ,
             
               why
               ?
               because
               they
               have
               not
               knowne
               my
               wayes
               ,
            
             Psal.
             95.10
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             60.
             
          
           
             3
             THirdly
             ,
             Experience
             proves
             ,
             that
             none
             are
             so
             farre
             transported
             with
             a
             mad
             and
             supertitious
             zeale
             against
             the
             religious
             ,
             
             as
             the
             rude
             rabble
             who
             can
             yeeld
             no
             other
             reason
             ,
             or
             confession
             of
             their
             faith
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             asked
             ,
             then
             this
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             no
             Puritans
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             hate
             a
             Puritan
             from
             their
             soules
             ;
             when
             as
             the
             devill
             himself
             ,
             who
             hates
             the
             Puritan
             they
             mean
             ,
             most
             of
             any
             ,
             can
             make
             as
             good
             a
             confession
             of
             his
             faith
             as
             this
             .
             For
             who
             are
             the
             greatest
             censurers
             ,
             and
             the
             violentest
             opposers
             of
             goodnesse
             ,
             are
             not
             the
             ignorant
             fry
             ,
             who
             have
             more
             rage
             than
             reason
             and
             the
             more
             fottish
             still
             ,
             the
             more
             insolent
             .
          
           
           
             As
             reprove
             one
             of
             them
             for
             swearing
             ,
             
             or
             drunkennesse
             ,
             or
             unjust
             dealing
             ,
             or
             for
             prophaning
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             for
             Atheisme
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             you
             are
             sure
             to
             be
             branded
             with
             the
             odious
             title
             of
             Puritane
             ,
             yea
             you
             are
             factious
             ,
             and
             schismaticall
             ,
             if
             ye
             will
             not
             be
             drunke
             ,
             and
             every
             whit
             as
             lewd
             as
             they
             are
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             worth
             a
             large
             smile
             ,
             to
             observe
             what
             a
             clamour
             the
             blundering
             rabble
             will
             make
             against
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             one
             in
             their
             company
             but
             mention
             the
             word
             Puritane
             ,
             or
             tell
             them
             how
             scrupulous
             and
             precise
             such
             an
             one
             is
             .
             O
             what
             a
             number
             of
             sharp
             and
             deadly
             arrows
             will
             each
             of
             them
             shoot
             ,
             both
             at
             the
             good
             and
             goodnesse
             ,
             maugre
             all
             admonition
             !
             For
             each
             being
             stung
             with
             the
             Gad-slie
             of
             mis-governed
             zeale
             ,
             as
             Paul
             was
             before
             hee
             knew
             Christ
             ,
             they
             presume
             to
             affirm
             with
             incredible
             impudence
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             invincible
             ignorance
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             not
             worse
             men
             in
             the
             world
             then
             the
             religious
             .
          
           
             Wherein
             it
             is
             hard
             to
             say
             ,
             whether
             ignorance
             or
             malice
             ,
             doe
             more
             abound
             :
             whether
             it
             be
             more
             out
             of
             the
             strength
             of
             will
             ,
             or
             weaknesse
             of
             judgement
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             ignorant
             and
             carnall
             
             men
             (
             that
             walke
             after
             the
             flesh
             in
             the
             lusts
             of
             uncleannesse
             ,
             
             whom
             Saint
             Peter
             calls
             
               bruit
               beasts
               ,
               led
               with
               sensuality
            
             )
             
               to
               speake
               evill
               of
               the
               things
               they
               understand
               not
            
             2
             Pet.
             2.12
             .
             Especially
             in
             judging
             acts
             of
             zeale
             and
             piety
             ,
             their
             opinion
             still
             lights
             upon
             the
             worst
             sense
             ,
             like
             them
             in
             the
             s●cond
             of
             the
             Acts
             ,
             who
             mocked
             the
             Apostles
             when
             they
             were
             filled
             with
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             hearing
             them
             speak
             languages
             ,
             which
             they
             understood
             not
             ,
             cried
             out
             ,
             
               These
               men
               are
               drunke
               with
               new
               wine
               .
            
          
           
             Untill
             we
             be
             borne
             againe
             ,
             we
             are
             like
             Nicodemus
             who
             
               knew
               not
               what
               it
               was
               to
               be
               born
               again
               ,
               Iohn
            
             3.4
             .
             Untill
             we
             become
             zealous
             our selves
             ,
             wee
             are
             like
             Festus
             ,
             who
             thought
             
               zeal
               madnesse
               ,
               Acts
            
             26.24
             .
             Untill
             we
             be
             humble
             our selves
             ,
             we
             are
             like
             Michal
             ,
             who
             mocked
             David
             for
             his
             humility
             ,
             and
             thought
             him
             a
             foole
             ,
             for
             
               dancing
               before
               the
               Arke
            
             ,
             2
             Sam.
             6.16
             .
             Yea
             ,
             to
             such
             as
             shall
             perish
             ,
             or
             are
             for
             the
             present
             in
             a
             perishing
             condition
             ,
             all
             religion
             seemes
             foolishnesse
             ,
             1
             Cor
             1.18
             .
          
           
             
             And
             thus
             you
             see
             in
             grosse
             ,
             that
             Ignorance
             is
             a
             main
             cause
             of
             hatred
             and
             persecution
             .
             Wee
             shall
             more
             clearly
             discerne
             how
             it
             comes
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             if
             we
             note
             
               
               
                 The
                 Root
                 ,
                 Ignorance
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Stem
                 ,
                 Suspition
                 ,
                 or
                 Iealousie
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Sap
                 ,
                 Hatred
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Fruit
                 ,
                 Persecution
                 .
              
            
             severally
             ,
             and
             apart
             ;
             for
             ignorance
             causeth
             .
             Suspition
             ;
             and
             
               Suspition
               ,
               Hatred
            
             ;
             and
             
               Hatred
               ,
               Persecution
            
             .
             But
             I
             cannot
             stand
             upon
             these
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             61.
             
          
           
             Qu.
             IF
             Ignorance
             
               be
               such
               a
               generall
               cause
               of
               hatred
               and
               persecution
               ,
            
             
             
               as
               you
               have
               shewre
               ,
               What
               is
               the
               reason
               ,
               that
               so
               many
               great
               Scholers
               and
               wise
               men
               do
               also
               hate
               and
               persecute
               the
               godly
               ?
            
          
           
             Ans.
             Great
             scholers
             they
             may
             bee
             ,
             and
             wise
             men
             also
             ,
             in
             the
             worlds
             esteeme
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             maine
             ,
             and
             in
             Gods
             account
             they
             are
             nothing
             so
             :
             for
             admit
             they
             have
             inlightned
             heads
             ,
             sufficient
             to
             leave
             them
             without
             excuse
             ,
             yet
             because
             they
             
               withhold
               the
               truth
               in
               unrighteousnesse
            
             ,
             and
             doe
             not
             glorifie
             God
             with
             their
             knowledge
             ,
             neither
             are
             thankfull
             ,
             but
             
               become
               vain
               in
               their
               imaginations
               ,
               their
               foolish
               hearts
               are
               darkned
               ;
               and
               so
               while
               they
               professe
               themselves
               to
               be
               wise
               ,
               in
               changing
               
               the
               truth
               of
               God
               into
               a
               lie
               ,
               they
               become
               fools
               ,
            
             and
             expresse
             it
             ,
             by
             thus
             hating
             God
             and
             his
             children
             ,
             Romans
             1.18.21.22.25.30
             .
             So
             that
             Ignorance
             is
             the
             cause
             even
             in
             them
             also
             .
          
           
             
             And
             indeed
             if
             they
             were
             wise
             ,
             they
             would
             foresee
             the
             torments
             of
             hell
             ,
             and
             prevent
             them
             ,
             as
             Bernard
             speakes
             .
             Or
             if
             they
             knew
             God
             ,
             they
             would
             keep
             his
             commandments
             ,
             
               for
               hereby
            
             ,
             saith
             Saint
             
               Iohn
               ,
               is
               it
               knowne
               that
               wee
               know
               God
               ,
               if
               we
               keep
               his
               Commandements
               ,
            
             1
             John
             2.3
             .
             
               but
               he
               that
               saith
               I
               know
               him
               ,
               and
               yet
               keepeth
               not
               his
               Commandements
               ,
               is
               a
               lyar
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               no
               truth
               in
               him
               ,
            
             Ver.
             4.
             
             Yea
             these
             have
             sworne
             to
             keepe
             the
             commandements
             ,
             and
             to
             deny
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             not
             content
             with
             their
             owne
             disobedience
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             cast
             aspersions
             upon
             them
             that
             obey
             .
          
           
             
             Againe
             thirdly
             ,
             if
             they
             knew
             Christ
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             but
             love
             him
             ;
             and
             loving
             him
             ,
             they
             must
             needs
             love
             his
             members
             ,
             not
             persecute
             them
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             the
             very
             first
             part
             of
             our
             conversion
             ,
             
               to
               love
               them
               that
               love
               God
               ,
            
             1
             Joh.
             3.14
             .
             and
             4.7.8
             .
             and
             Joh.
             13.35
             .
             But
             so
             many
             as
             are
             
               enemies
               to
               the
               crosse
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             shew
             that
             they
             never
             knew
             God
             in
             Christ.
             
          
           
           
             As
             for
             their
             wisdome
             and
             learning
             ;
             you
             must
             know
             that
             men
             may
             be
             ●xquisitely
             wise
             ,
             and
             incomparably
             learned
             in
             the
             worlds
             opinion
             ,
             and
             yet
             very
             fooles
             in
             Gods
             account
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             3.19
             .
             As
             sharp-eyed
             as
             Eagles
             in
             the
             things
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             yet
             as
             blinde
             as
             Beetles
             in
             the
             matters
             of
             heaven
             .
             And
             knowledge
             consisteth
             not
             so
             much
             in
             the
             quantity
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             quality
             :
             not
             in
             the
             greatnesse
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             it
             .
             For
             as
             a
             little
             precious
             stone
             is
             of
             more
             worth
             then
             many
             other
             stones
             of
             greater
             bulke
             :
             so
             one
             drop
             of
             wisdome
             guided
             by
             the
             feare
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             more
             worth
             then
             all
             humane
             learning
             .
             One
             sparke
             of
             spirituall
             ,
             experimentiall
             and
             saving
             knowledge
             ,
             is
             worth
             a
             whole
             flame
             of
             secular
             wisdome
             and
             learning
             .
             One
             scruple
             of
             holinesse
             ,
             one
             dram
             of
             faith
             ,
             one
             graine
             of
             grace
             ,
             is
             more
             worth
             then
             many
             pounds
             of
             naturall
             parts
             .
          
           
             But
             learning
             and
             grace
             doe
             not
             alwayes
             keep
             company
             together
             .
             
             Yea
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             how
             many
             are
             there
             ,
             that
             have
             a
             depth
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             yet
             are
             not
             soule-wise
             !
             That
             have
             a
             Library
             of
             Divinity
             in
             their
             heads
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             
             much
             as
             the
             least
             Catechisme
             in
             their
             consciences
             ?
             no
             rare
             thing
             for
             men
             to
             abound
             in
             speculation
             ,
             and
             be
             bar●en
             in
             devotion
             :
             to
             have
             full
             braines
             ,
             and
             empty
             hearts
             ;
             cleare
             judgements
             ,
             and
             defiled
             affections
             ;
             fluent
             tongues
             ;
             and
             lame
             hands
             :
             Yea
             ,
             you
             shall
             heare
             a
             flood
             in
             the
             tongue
             ,
             when
             ye
             cannot
             see
             one
             drop
             in
             the
             life
             .
          
           
             For
             example
             ,
             I
             might
             instance
             in
             Balaam
             ,
             
             whom
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             stiles
             
               a
               foole
            
             ,
             2
             Peter
             2.16
             .
             And
             
               Iudas
               Mat.
            
             27.3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             And
             Paul
             ,
             before
             his
             conversion
             ,
             who
             (
             even
             while
             hee
             was
             a
             persecuter
             like
             these
             men
             )
             was
             eminent
             among
             the
             Pharisees
             for
             wit
             and
             learning
             ,
             but
             a
             very
             Ideot
             among
             the
             Apostles
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             the
             
               Priests
               ,
               Scribes
            
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             who
             were
             matchlesse
             for
             their
             wisdome
             and
             learning
             ,
             as
             wanting
             nothing
             ,
             that
             either
             nature
             or
             Art
             could
             inrich
             them
             withall
             :
             
             yea
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             chiefly
             learned
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             Gods
             Oracles
             ,
             which
             will
             make
             a
             man
             wise
             ,
             or
             nothing
             :
             and
             yet
             our
             Saviour
             (
             who
             could
             not
             bee
             deceived
             )
             calls
             them
             foure
             times
             in
             one
             Chapter
             blinde
             ,
             and
             twice
             
               fools
               ,
               Mat.
            
             23.16.17.19.24.26
             .
             Because
             they
             wanted
             
             faith
             and
             holinesse
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             sinewes
             and
             nerves
             ,
             yea
             the
             soule
             of
             saving
             knowledge
             ,
             inlivening
             ,
             feeding
             and
             strengthening
             the
             same
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             dialect
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             a
             fool
             is
             a
             naturall
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             
               wise
               man
            
             ,
             a
             man
             sanctified
             .
          
           
             Alas
             !
             God
             regards
             not
             lip-learning
             ,
             and
             tongue-wisdome
             ,
             and
             braine-knowledge
             ,
             except
             it
             ceize
             upon
             the
             heart
             also
             ,
             and
             lead
             captive
             the
             affections
             to
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             whereby
             wee
             are
             changed
             and
             
               transformed
               into
               new
               men
               ,
               after
               the
               image
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             2.12
             .
             Eph.
             4.20
             .
             to
             25.
             
             Col.
             3.10
             .
             except
             we
             digest
             our
             knowledge
             into
             practise
             ,
             
             and
             imploy
             our
             wisdome
             to
             his
             glory
             that
             gave
             it
             ,
             our
             neighbours
             good
             ,
             and
             the
             furthering
             of
             our
             owne
             salvation
             :
             For
             with
             him
             wickednes
             is
             folly
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             sinner
             is
             the
             greatest
             foole
             :
             and
             he
             most
             wise
             ,
             that
             is
             most
             religious
             ,
             and
             that
             offends
             least
             ,
             Prov.
             1.7
             .
             Iob.
             28.28
             .
             Prov.
             9.10.12
             .
             and
             11.3
             .
             Deut.
             4.6
             .
             Hosea
             14.9
             .
             Iames
             3.13.17
             .
             2
             Tim.
             3.15
             .
             And
             he
             that
             is
             truly
             wise
             ,
             thinks
             that
             to
             be
             wisdome
             ,
             and
             folly
             ,
             which
             God
             thinks
             so
             .
          
           
           
             Neither
             is
             that
             worth
             the
             name
             of
             knowledge
             which
             may
             be
             heard
             only
             ,
             and
             not
             seen
             .
             Good
             discourse
             ,
             is
             but
             the
             froth
             of
             wisdome
             ;
             the
             pure
             and
             solid
             substance
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             in
             well
             framed
             actions
             .
             What
             saith
             the
             Scripture
             ?
             
               Keepe
               the
               Commandements
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               doe
               them
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               your
               wisdome
               and
               understanding
               before
               God
               and
               men
               ,
               Deut.
            
             4
             6.
             
             And
             again
             ,
             He
             that
             is
             a
             wise
             man
             and
             indued
             with
             knowledge
             ,
             will
             shew
             it
             by
             his
             conversation
             in
             good
             works
             ,
             Iames
             3.13
             .
             For
             ,
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             62.
             
          
           
             
             RIghtly
             ,
             a
             man
             knows
             no
             more
             then
             he
             practiseth
             .
             It
             is
             said
             of
             Christ
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             5
             ,
             21.
             that
             
               he
               knew
               no
               sinne
            
             ,
             because
             he
             did
             no
             sin
             :
             in
             which
             sense
             ,
             hee
             knows
             no
             good
             ,
             that
             doth
             no
             good
             .
             And
             certainly
             ,
             they
             who
             wander
             in
             the
             by-paths
             of
             sin
             and
             errour
             ,
             declare
             themselves
             ignorant
             of
             the
             right
             way
             of
             salvation
             ,
             Rom.
             3.17
             .
          
           
             Saving
             knowledge
             of
             the
             truth
             works
             a
             love
             of
             the
             truth
             knowne
             ;
             it
             is
             an
             uniforme
             consent
             of
             knowledge
             and
             action
             ,
             Iob
             28.28
             .
             
               He
               onely
               is
               wise
            
             ,
             
             saith
             
               Solomon
               ,
               that
               is
               wise
               for
               himself
               ,
               Prov.
            
             9.12
             .
             He
             whose
             conscience
             pulleth
             all
             he
             hears
             and
             reads
             to
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             his
             heart
             to
             God
             ;
             who
             turneth
             his
             knowledge
             to
             faith
             ,
             his
             faith
             to
             feeling
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             walke
             worthy
             of
             his
             Redeemer
             he
             ;
             that
             subdues
             his
             sensuall
             desires
             and
             appetite
             to
             the
             more
             noble
             faculties
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             
             Reason
             ,
             and
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             makes
             that
             understanding
             of
             his
             serve
             him
             ,
             by
             whom
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             doth
             understand
             ;
             hee
             that
             subdues
             his
             lust
             to
             his
             will
             ;
             submits
             his
             will
             to
             reason
             ,
             his
             reason
             to
             faith
             ;
             his
             faith
             ,
             his
             reason
             ,
             his
             will
             ,
             himself
             ,
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             this
             is
             practicall
             ,
             experimentall
             ,
             and
             saving
             knowledge
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             other
             is
             but
             a
             bare
             name
             or
             title
             .
             For
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             notionall
             sweetnesse
             of
             honey
             ,
             to
             the
             experimentall
             taste
             of
             it
             ?
             It
             is
             one
             thing
             to
             know
             what
             riches
             are
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             bee
             ;
             and
             another
             thing
             to
             bee
             master
             of
             them
             .
             It
             is
             not
             the
             knowing
             ,
             but
             the
             possessing
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             makes
             rich
             .
             What
             saith
             one
             ?
             No
             more
             then
             the
             knowledge
             of
             goodnesse
             ,
             maketh
             one
             to
             be
             named
             a
             good
             man
             ;
             no
             more
             doth
             the
             knowledge
             of
             wisdome
             only
             ,
             
             cause
             any
             person
             properly
             to
             bee
             called
             a
             wiseman
             .
             And
             certainly
             ,
             that
             wisdome
             and
             learning
             is
             little
             worth
             ,
             which
             nothing
             profits
             the
             owner
             of
             it
             ,
             either
             to
             vertue
             or
             happinesse
             .
             
               These
               things
               if
               ye
               know
               ,
               happy
               are
               yee
               if
               yee
               doe
               them
               ,
               Iohn
            
             13.17
             .
             So
             that
             he
             is
             the
             best
             Scholer
             ,
             that
             learnes
             of
             Christ
             obedience
             ,
             humility
             ,
             &c.
             
             He
             the
             best
             Arithmetician
             ,
             that
             can
             adde
             grace
             to
             grace
             .
             He
             the
             best
             learned
             ,
             that
             knows
             how
             to
             be
             saved
             .
             Yea
             ,
             all
             the
             Arts
             in
             the
             world
             are
             Artlesse
             Arts
             to
             this
             .
          
           
             
             But
             alas
             !
             Naturall
             men
             are
             so
             farre
             from
             being
             thus
             learned
             ,
             that
             not
             one
             of
             them
             doth
             really
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             owne
             experience
             know
             the
             chiefe
             Points
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             such
             as
             are
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             Repentance
             ,
             Regeneration
             ,
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             Remission
             of
             sinnes
             ,
             the
             Effusion
             of
             Grace
             ,
             the
             Possession
             of
             heavenly
             Comforts
             ;
             he
             knows
             not
             what
             the
             peace
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             joy
             in
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             is
             ,
             nor
             what
             the
             communion
             of
             Saints
             means
             ;
             he
             knows
             not
             what
             it
             is
             to
             have
             a
             certaine
             and
             experimentall
             feeling
             ,
             with
             a
             continuall
             proofe
             of
             Gods
             favour
             ,
             in
             the
             whole
             
             passage
             of
             a
             mans
             life
             ,
             and
             practise
             ,
             &c.
             Prov.
             24.7
             .
             when
             every
             of
             these
             are
             easie
             and
             familiar
             to
             the
             meanest
             and
             simplest
             beleever
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             63.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             
             BUt
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             in
             divers
             places
             calls
             worldly
             men
             
               wise
               men
            
             ;
             yea
             ascribes
             the
             greatest
             wisdome
             and
             knowledge
             to
             the
             wicked
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             It
             s
             true
             ,
             but
             in
             what
             sense
             ?
             Doe
             ye
             not
             perceive
             ,
             that
             God
             either
             speaks
             it
             in
             a
             holy
             derision
             ?
             as
             ,
             Gen.
             3.22
             .
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             :
             Or
             else
             hee
             speakes
             it
             in
             the
             person
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             calling
             it
             wisdome
             ,
             because
             worldly
             men
             deem
             it
             so
             :
             as
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             he
             calls
             preaching
             ,
             the
             
               foolishnes
               of
               preaching
            
             ,
             because
             the
             wicked
             esteem
             preaching
             but
             foolishnesse
             :
             and
             as
             Christ
             calls
             the
             Pharisees
             just
             ,
             because
             they
             justified
             themselves
             ,
             Luke
             15.7
             .
             Or
             thirdly
             ,
             he
             meanes
             the
             wisdome
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             as
             much
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             said
             in
             other
             words
             ,
             
               foolishnesse
               :
               for
               the
               wisdome
               of
               the
               world
               is
               
               foolishnesse
               with
               God
               ,
            
             and
             no
             lesse
             then
             twelve
             times
             infatuated
             by
             the
             wisdome
             of
             God
             in
             one
             Chapter
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             
          
           
             
             But
             to
             make
             it
             more
             plain
             ,
             that
             no
             naturall
             man
             is
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             we
             must
             know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             speculative
             knowledge
             in
             the
             brain
             common
             to
             hypocrites
             with
             Gods
             children
             ,
             Heb.
             6.4
             .
             And
             there
             is
             a
             spirituall
             and
             heavenly
             wisdom
             ,
             a
             practicall
             ,
             experimentall
             and
             saving
             knowledge
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
             which
             
               keepes
               a
               man
               from
               every
               evill
               way
               ,
            
             Prov.
             2.12
             .
             peculiar
             to
             the
             godly
             alone
             ,
             Ephes.
             4.8
             .
             and
             5.8
             .
             
               The
               naturall
               man
            
             ,
             saith
             
               Paul
               ,
               perceiveth
               not
               the
               things
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               foolishnesse
               unto
               him
            
             :
             but
             the
             spirituall
             ,
             who
             have
             the
             mind
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               understand
               all
               things
               ,
               even
               the
               deepe
               things
               of
               God
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             2.14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             And
             again
             ,
             
               We
               speake
               the
               wisdome
               of
               God
               in
               a
               mystery
               ;
               even
               the
               hid
               wisdome
               ,
               which
               none
               of
               the
               princes
               of
               this
               world
               have
               knowne
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             2.7
             ,
             8.
             
             See
             1
             Thess.
             5.4
             ,
             5.
             
             Whence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             naturall
             men
             are
             said
             to
             be
             
               in
               darknesse
               ,
               Ephes.
            
             5.8
             .
             Matth.
             4.16
             .
             whereas
             the
             regenerate
             are
             called
             ,
             
               Children
               of
               the
               light
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               day
               ,
            
             1
             Th●ss
             .
             5.4
             ,
             5.
             
             Luke
             1.79
             .
          
           
             Which
             comparison
             is
             very
             emphaticall
             .
             
             For
             as
             the
             Soule
             ,
             is
             the
             lamp
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             and
             〈◊〉
             Reason
             ,
             of
             the
             Soule
             ;
             and
             Religion
             ,
             of
             Reason
             ;
             and
             Faith
             of
             Religion
             :
             so
             Christ
             is
             the
             light
             and
             life
             of
             faith
             .
             Whence
             it
             followes
             ,
             that
             as
             meere
             sense
             is
             uncapable
             of
             the
             rules
             of
             reason
             :
             so
             reason
             is
             no
             lesse
             uncapable
             of
             the
             things
             which
             are
             supernaturall
             .
             And
             as
             to
             speake
             ,
             is
             only
             proper
             to
             men
             :
             so
             to
             know
             the
             secrets
             of
             the
             kingdome
             of
             heaven
             is
             onely
             proper
             to
             beleevers
             .
             Sense
             is
             a
             meere
             beasts
             ;
             reason
             ,
             a
             meere
             mans
             ;
             Divine
             knowledge
             is
             onely
             the
             Christians
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             it
             be
             askt
             ,
             
             Why
             
               a
               naturall
               man
               perceiveth
               not
               the
               things
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ?
            
             Saint
             Paul
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             before
             quoted
             ,
             answers
             ;
             
               He
               cannot
               know
               them
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               spiritually
               discerned
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             2.14
             .
             For
             if
             they
             be
             spiritually
             discerned
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             discern
             them
             ,
             that
             have
             not
             the
             Spirit
             ?
             For
             as
             no
             man
             can
             see
             the
             Sun
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             :
             so
             no
             man
             can
             know
             the
             secrets
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             revelation
             of
             God
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             12.8
             .
             Mat.
             16.17
             .
             To
             know
             the
             mysteries
             of
             the
             kingdome
             of
             heaven
             ,
             wee
             must
             have
             hearts
             ▪
             eyes
             and
             eares
             sanctified
             from
             above
             ,
             Deut.
             29.2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             Psal.
             111.10
             .
             Luk.
             
             24.45
             .
             Iohn
             15.15
             .
             Rom
             ,
             8.14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             
             Neither
             is
             spiritual
             and
             ●●avenly
             wisdome
             the
             fruit
             of
             time
             and
             study
             ,
             as
             the
             naturall
             is
             .
             It
             is
             not
             eloquence
             ,
             nor
             Logicall
             demonstrations
             ,
             that
             can
             make
             us
             capable
             of
             it
             .
             We
             cannot
             attaine
             to
             supernaturall
             and
             celestiall
             knowledge
             ,
             by
             any
             naturall
             and
             terrestriall
             meanes
             .
             No
             learning
             ,
             nor
             experience
             will
             serve
             to
             know
             that
             great
             
               mystery
               of
               godlinesse
            
             ,
             and
             
               hid
               wisdome
            
             ,
             spoken
             of
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             2.6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             10
             ,
             &c.
             to
             know
             
               the
               riches
               of
               the
               glory
               of
               Gods
               inheritance
               in
               the
               Saints
               ,
            
             to
             know
             
               the
               love
               of
               Christ
               ,
               which
               passeth
               knowledge
               ,
               &c.
            
             Ephes.
             1.17
             ,
             18.
             and
             3.19
             .
             Because
             
               this
               wisdome
               descendeth
               from
               above
               ,
               Iames
            
             3.17
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             64.
             
          
           
             
             2
             SEcondly
             ,
             As
             none
             can
             attaine
             to
             this
             precious
             grace
             of
             saving
             knowledge
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             
               given
               them
               from
               above
            
             :
             so
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             jewell
             of
             such
             worth
             ,
             that
             God
             gives
             it
             to
             none
             but
             his
             children
             the
             godly
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             hee
             knows
             wil
             improve
             their
             knowledge
             to
             his
             glory
             .
             
               The
               servant
            
             (
             saith
             Christ
             ,
             meaning
             
             the
             ungodly
             man
             )
             
               knoweth
               not
               his
               masters
               will
            
             ,
             
             
               but
               I
               have
               called
               you
               friends
            
             (
             speaking
             to
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             in
             them
             ,
             to
             all
             that
             are
             converted
             )
             
               for
               all
               things
               that
               I
               have
               heard
               of
               my
               Father
               ,
               have
               I
               made
               knowne
               unto
               you
               ,
            
             John
             15.15
             .
             Surely
             ,
             saith
             Solomon
             ,
             
               to
               a
               man
               that
               is
               good
               in
               his
               sight
               ,
               God
               giveth
               wisdome
               and
               knowledge
               ,
            
             Eccles.
             2.26
             .
             Intimating
             ,
             that
             he
             doth
             not
             so
             to
             the
             evill
             man.
             
               The
               Wise
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             godly
             ,
             saith
             Daniel
             ,
             
               shall
               understand
               ,
               but
               none
               of
               the
               wicked
               shall
               have
               understanding
               ,
            
             Dan.
             12.10
             .
             A
             
               scorner
               seeketh
               wisdome
               ,
               and
               findeth
               it
               not
               ;
               but
               knowledge
               is
               easie
               to
               him
               that
               wil
               understand
               .
            
             Pro.
             14.6
             .
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             him
             that
             will
             be
             bettered
             by
             his
             understanding
             .
             
               Wicked
               men
               understand
               not
               judgement
               ,
               but
               they
               that
               seeke
               the
               Lord
               ,
               understand
               all
               things
               ,
            
             Prov.
             28.5
             .
             and
             3.32
             .
             
               They
               which
               observe
               the
               Commandments
               ,
               have
               a
               good
               understanding
               ,
            
             saith
             
               David
               ,
               Psal.
            
             111.10
             .
             the
             rest
             have
             an
             ill
             understanding
             ,
             and
             a
             vain
             ;
             an
             understanding
             ,
             like
             that
             of
             the
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             which
             was
             enough
             to
             condemn
             them
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             save
             them
             .
          
           
             Such
             as
             are
             
               delivered
               up
               to
               councells
               ,
               and
               brought
               before
               Rulers
               ,
               and
               Kings
            
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             Gospell
             :
             are
             straitly
             
             charged
             by
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             
             
               neither
               to
               premeditate
               ,
               or
               take
               thought
               before
               hand
               how
               ,
               or
               what
               to
               answer
               :
               because
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               shall
               teach
               them
               in
               that
               very
               houre
               ;
               what
               they
               ought
               to
               say
               ,
            
             or
             rather
             ,
             
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               shall
               speake
               in
               them
               ,
            
             Mark.
             13.9.11
             .
             Luk.
             12.11
             ,
             12.
             
             And
             which
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             did
             not
             finde
             the
             same
             verified
             ?
             
               Alice
               Drivers
            
             ,
             being
             a
             poore
             mans
             daughter
             ;
             and
             brought
             up
             at
             the
             Plow
             :
             in
             defence
             of
             Gods
             truth
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             cause
             of
             Christ
             at
             her
             examination
             ;
             put
             all
             the
             Doctors
             to
             silence
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             had
             not
             a
             word
             to
             say
             ,
             but
             one
             looked
             upon
             another
             .
             Indeed
             Bonner
             thought
             ,
             hee
             had
             non-plust
             a
             plaine
             fellow
             with
             his
             Sophistry
             about
             the
             reall
             presence
             :
             But
             he
             answered
             him
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             My
             Lord
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             I
             cannot
             so
             well
             dispute
             for
             the
             truth
             ,
             as
             you
             can
             against
             it
             :
             but
             I
             can
             burne
             for
             the
             truth
             ,
             which
             you
             will
             never
             doe
             .
             And
             did
             it
             ,
             a
             good
             argument
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             he
             knew
             truth
             from
             falshood
             ,
             better
             than
             the
             Bishop
             .
          
           
             
             Thus
             as
             
               no
               man
               can
               see
               God
               ,
               and
               live
            
             :
             so
             no
             man
             can
             see
             Christ
             ,
             who
             is
             God
             ,
             sitting
             at
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             his
             Father
             in
             heaven
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             hee
             lives
             a
             meer
             naturall
             man
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             2.14
             .
             God
             will
             not
             
             powre
             
               new
               wine
               ,
               but
               into
               new
               vessells
               ,
            
             Matth.
             9.17
             .
             Christ
             is
             said
             to
             have
             
               expounded
               all
               things
               to
               his
               Disciples
               apart
               ,
            
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             if
             we
             will
             have
             Christ
             to
             teach
             us
             ,
             wee
             must
             goe
             apart
             from
             the
             world
             .
             
               If
               any
               will
               doe
               Gods
               will
               ,
            
             saith
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             
               he
               shall
               know
               the
               Doctrine
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               no
               ,
               Iohn
            
             7.17
             .
             So
             that
             no
             man
             can
             learne
             this
             doctrine
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             doth
             it
             :
             as
             no
             man
             could
             learn
             the
             Virgins
             song
             ,
             but
             they
             that
             sang
             it
             ,
             Revel
             .
             14.3
             .
             Yea
             ,
             if
             
               the
               feare
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               as
               Solomon
               speakes
               ,
               is
               the
               beginning
               of
               wisdome
               ,
            
             how
             should
             they
             have
             wisdome
             ,
             that
             have
             not
             the
             feare
             of
             the
             Lord
             ?
             All
             unrepentant
             sinners
             are
             enemies
             to
             God
             ,
             servants
             to
             Satan
             :
             now
             we
             men
             ,
             doe
             not
             tell
             our
             secrets
             to
             enemies
             ;
             neither
             will
             an
             Artificer
             teach
             another
             mans
             servant
             his
             trade
             :
             but
             the
             righteous
             are
             Christs
             friends
             ,
             and
             brethren
             ,
             and
             sisters
             ,
             and
             father
             ,
             and
             mother
             ,
             between
             whom
             there
             is
             a
             kinde
             of
             familiarity
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             makes
             them
             of
             his
             counsell
             ,
             
               His
               secrets
            
             ,
             saith
             
               Solomon
               ,
               are
               with
               the
               righteous
               ,
            
             Pro.
             3.32
             .
             And
             again
             ,
             Psal.
             ●●
             .
             14
             .
             
               The
               secrets
               of
               the
               Lord
               are
               revealed
               to
               them
               that
               fear
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               Covenant
               is
               to
               give
               them
               understanding
               .
            
          
           
           
             
             See
             this
             in
             Abrahams
             example
             ,
             
               Shall
               I
               hide
               from
               Abraham
               that
               thing
               which
               I
               do
               ?
            
             saith
             God
             ,
             Gen.
             18.17
             .
             As
             if
             this
             were
             an
             offence
             in
             God
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             tell
             the
             righteous
             no
             more
             then
             he
             tells
             the
             wicked
             .
          
           
             Be●ides
             ,
             What
             should
             he
             doe
             with
             a
             talent
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             improve
             it
             ?
             And
             let
             a
             wicked
             man
             know
             never
             so
             much
             he
             is
             resolved
             to
             be
             never
             the
             better
             man.
             And
             they
             that
             are
             unwilling
             to
             obey
             ,
             God
             thinkes
             unworthy
             to
             know
             :
             which
             is
             but
             equity
             .
          
           
             
             Indeed
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             
               put
               off
               ,
               concerning
               their
               former
               conversation
               ,
               the
               old
               man
               ,
               with
               his
               corruptions
               ,
               and
               deceiveable
               lusts
               ,
               and
               be
               changed
               ,
               by
               the
               renewing
               of
               their
               mindes
               and
               by
               putting
               on
               the
               new
               man
               ,
               which
               after
               God
               is
               treated
               in
               righteousnesse
               and
               true
               holinesse
               ,
            
             Ephe.
             4.20
             .
             to
             25.
             
             Col.
             3.10
             .
             2
             Cor.
             5.17
             .
             1
             Joh.
             4.7
             .
             Then
             they
             shall
             see
             
               what
               the
               good
               and
               acceptable
               ,
               and
               perfect
               will
               of
               God
               is
               ,
            
             as
             Saint
             Paul
             ,
             and
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             shews
             ,
             Rom.
             12.2
             .
             Matth.
             5.8
             .
             For
             God
             in
             the
             person
             of
             wisdome
             hath
             made
             a
             generall
             promise
             to
             all
             that
             will
             serve
             him
             ,
             Prov.
             1.
             
             
               If
               thou
               wilt
               turne
            
             ,
             saith
             God
             ,
             
               at
               my
               correction
               ,
               I
               will
               powre
               out
               my
               
               heart
               unto
               thee
               ,
               and
               make
               thee
               understand
               my
               words
               ,
            
             Verse
             23.
             
             But
             else
             ,
             they
             shall
             blindly
             goe
             on
             in
             persecuting
             Christ
             and
             his
             members
             ,
             perhaps
             to
             the
             killing
             of
             his
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             thinke
             also
             that
             they
             doe
             God
             good
             service
             ,
             Iohn
             16.2.3
             .
             For
             
               as
               they
               like
               not
               to
               retaine
               God
               in
               their
               knowledge
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
               so
               God
               shall
               give
               them
               over
               to
               vile
               affections
               ,
               and
               to
               a
               reprobate
               minde
               ,
            
             Rom.
             1.28
             .
             And
             
               because
               they
               will
               not
               receive
               the
               truth
               in
               love
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               be
               saved
               ,
               therefore
               God
               shall
               send
               them
               strong
               delusions
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               beleeve
               lyes
               :
               that
               all
               they
               might
               bee
               damned
               ,
               which
               beleeve
               not
               the
               truth
               ,
               but
               had
               pleasure
               in
               unrighteousnesse
               ,
            
             2
             Thes.
             2.10.11.12
             .
          
           
             And
             is
             it
             not
             iust
             with
             God
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             they
             would
             none
             of
             Christ
             ,
             let
             them
             welcome
             Sathan
             and
             Antichrist
             ?
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             65.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             WHat
             instruction
             
               from
               the
               premisses
            
             ?
             
          
           
             Ans.
             As
             it
             ought
             to
             stop
             all
             wicked
             mens
             mouthes
             :
             so
             it
             may
             both
             serve
             
             for
             direction
             and
             comfort
             to
             the
             godly
             ,
             and
             to
             informe
             all
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             that
             all
             naturall
             men
             are
             uncapable
             of
             divine
             and
             supernaturall
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             blinde
             touching
             spirituall
             things
             :
             let
             not
             any
             carnall
             wretch
             hereafter
             dare
             to
             speake
             evill
             of
             the
             things
             ,
             actions
             and
             persons
             ,
             which
             are
             out
             of
             the
             reach
             of
             his
             capasity
             ,
             but
             silently
             suspend
             his
             judgement
             ,
             untill
             he
             is
             better
             informed
             .
             For
             as
             it
             pertaineth
             not
             to
             the
             rusticke
             to
             judge
             of
             Letters
             ,
             so
             it
             belongeth
             not
             to
             naturall
             men
             to
             judge
             of
             spirituall
             things
             .
             And
             in
             matters
             of
             sensure
             ,
             nothing
             but
             a
             certaine
             knowledge
             should
             make
             us
             give
             a
             certain
             judgement
             ;
             &
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             confesse
             ,
             that
             Ioseph
             may
             know
             his
             brethren
             although
             they
             know
             not
             him
             .
             He
             which
             is
             
               spirituall
               ,
               discerneth
               all
               things
            
             ;
             yet
             he
             himselfe
             
               is
               Iudged
               of
               no
               man
            
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             2.14
             .
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             no
             naturall
             man.
             
          
           
             
             2.
             
             Let
             those
             that
             have
             used
             to
             
               speake
               evill
            
             of
             the
             way
             of
             truth
             ,
             learne
             to
             kicke
             no
             more
             against
             the
             pricks
             ,
             lest
             they
             bring
             the
             same
             curse
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             that
             those
             did
             ,
             which
             brought
             up
             an
             evill
             report
             of
             the
             holy
             Land
             ,
             viz.
             that
             ,
             As
             they
             never
             entred
             into
             the
             terrestriall
             
             Canaan
             :
             So
             these
             never
             enter
             into
             the
             Celestiall
             .
             Yea
             ,
             put
             case
             they
             shall
             think
             to
             doe
             God
             good
             service
             in
             it
             :
             for
             
               there
               is
               a
               way
            
             .
             saith
             Solomon
             ,
             
               that
               seemeth
               right
               to
               a
               man
               ,
               but
               the
               issues
               thereof
               are
               the
               wayes
               of
               death
            
             Pro.
             14.22
             .
          
           
             As
             many
             
               shall
               thinke
            
             ,
             
             
               they
               doe
               God
               good
               service
               ,
               in
               putting
               his
               children
               so
               death
               ,
               Ioh.
            
             16.2
             .
             even
             that
             Monke
             thought
             no
             lesse
             ,
             who
             poysoned
             
               Henry
               the
               seventh
               Emperor
               of
               Germany
            
             with
             the
             sacramentall
             bread
             .
             And
             so
             did
             the
             
               Powder
               Traytors
            
             ,
             intending
             to
             blow
             up
             the
             whole
             State.
             Maximinian
             thought
             ,
             the
             blood
             of
             christians
             would
             be
             an
             acceptable
             sacrifice
             to
             his
             Gods.
             So
             
               Francis
               the
               second
               of
               France
            
             ;
             And
             
               Phillip
               the
               second
               of
               Spaine
            
             :
             thought
             of
             the
             Lutherans
             blood
             in
             their
             dominions
             .
             In
             the
             sixth
             
               councell
               of
               Toledo
            
             it
             was
             inacted
             ;
             that
             the
             
               King
               of
               Spaine
            
             ,
             should
             suffer
             none
             to
             live
             in
             his
             dominions
             that
             professed
             not
             the
             Roman
             Catholique
             Religion
             :
             Whereupon
             
               King
               Philip
            
             having
             hardly
             escaped
             shipwrack
             ,
             as
             he
             returned
             from
             the
             
               Low
               Countries
            
             said
             :
             he
             was
             delivered
             by
             the
             singular
             providence
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             root
             out
             Lutheranisme
             ;
             which
             he
             presently
             began
             to
             doe
             ;
             prosessing
             that
             he
             had
             rather
             have
             no
             Subjects
             
             then
             such
             .
             In
             which
             opinion
             many
             depart
             :
             But
             as
             men
             go
             to
             a
             Lottery
             ,
             with
             heads
             full
             of
             hopes
             :
             but
             returne
             with
             hearts
             full
             of
             blankes
             ;
             so
             will
             it
             one
             day
             fare
             with
             these
             men
             .
          
           
             
             3
             If
             all
             who
             deride
             and
             persecute
             the
             godly
             ,
             are
             ignorant
             persons
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             proved
             :
             then
             let
             not
             Gods
             children
             be
             discouraged
             ,
             maugre
             all
             slander
             and
             opposition
             ;
             nor
             thinke
             the
             worse
             of
             themselves
             ,
             if
             such
             reproach
             them
             never
             so
             .
             The
             Corinthians
             exceedingly
             slighted
             Paul
             ,
             he
             was
             this
             and
             he
             was
             that
             ;
             But
             what
             saith
             
               Pa●l
               ?
               With
               me
               it
               is
               a
               very
               small
               thing
               ,
               that
               I
               sh●uld
               be
               judged
               of
               you
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             43.3
             ,
             4
             ▪
             Alasse
             !
             the
             best
             of
             them
             ●aw
             no
             more
             than
             Saint
             Pauls
             outside
             ;
             the
             grace
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             the
             raptures
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             the
             ravishing
             delights
             of
             the
             inward
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             spirituall
             priviledges
             ,
             more
             glorious
             than
             the
             states
             of
             Kingdomes
             ,
             were
             to
             these
             sensualists
             as
             a
             covered
             messe
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             naturall
             men
             are
             as
             ●it
             to
             judge
             of
             spirituall
             matters
             ,
             as
             ●●●nd
             men
             are
             fit
             to
             judge
             of
             colours
             .
             We
             know
             Litle
             child●ē
             will
             often
             laugh
             at
             wise
             men
             when
             they
             are
             about
             serious
             &
             necessary
             affairs
             &
             busines
             ,
             which
             notwithstanding
             is
             not
             an
             argument
             of
             the
             unworthines
             
             of
             the
             things
             they
             laugh
             at
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             folly
             of
             them
             which
             laugh
             .
             Wil
             the
             Merchāt
             be
             discouraged
             ,
             because
             his
             wine
             pleaseth
             not
             a
             sick
             mans
             palat
             ;
             when
             those
             that
             are
             in
             health
             commend
             it
             ,
             and
             himselfe
             knowes
             it
             to
             be
             good
             ?
             Much
             lesse
             cause
             have
             we
             to
             be
             discouraged
             ,
             having
             more
             certainety
             to
             rely
             upon
             .
             Our
             enemies
             have
             Sense
             ,
             Reason
             ,
             and
             Experience
             to
             confirme
             their
             judgements
             ;
             but
             we
             have
             them
             ,
             with
             an
             advantage
             of
             three
             infalliable
             witnesses
             ,
             Gods
             word
             ,
             and
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Faith.
             Wherefore
             henceforward
             let
             us
             take
             our
             Saviours
             Councell
             ,
             and
             seeke
             to
             justifie
             our
             judgements
             to
             the
             children
             of
             Wisdome
             ,
             of
             whom
             she
             is
             justified
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             fooles
             ,
             by
             whom
             shee
             is
             daily
             crucified
             .
             Neither
             let
             any
             thinke
             the
             better
             of
             such
             whom
             they
             extoll
             ,
             for
             the
             blinde
             eate
             many
             a
             flye
             .
          
           
             4
             This
             shews
             that
             they
             suspect
             much
             ,
             
             because
             they
             know
             little
             ,
             as
             Children
             in
             the
             darke
             suppose
             they
             see
             ,
             what
             they
             see
             not
             .
             They
             complaine
             ,
             like
             the
             Owle
             ,
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             when
             the
             fault
             is
             in
             their
             own
             eyes
             ,
             They
             are
             blind
             ,
             yet
             the
             misery
             is
             ,
             they
             see
             not
             that
             they
             are
             blinde
             ;
             and
             therefore
             believing
             that
             they
             see
             ,
             they
             accuse
             others
             of
             
             schisme
             ,
             when
             indeed
             themselves
             are
             only
             guilty
             of
             prejudice
             ;
             as
             a
             blinde
             man
             running
             against
             one
             that
             seeth
             ,
             calls
             him
             blinde
             that
             did
             not
             shunne
             him
             .
             They
             are
             like
             Harpast
             ,
             a
             blinde
             woman
             in
             Seneca's
             family
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             be
             perswaded
             that
             shee
             was
             blinde
             ;
             but
             found
             fault
             with
             the
             house
             wherein
             she
             was
             ,
             as
             being
             over
             darke
             .
          
           
             
             5.
             
             If
             none
             are
             truly
             wise
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             have
             past
             the
             second
             birth
             ,
             it
             gives
             us
             to
             understand
             that
             the
             regenerate
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             sleep
             nigh
             halfe
             their
             time
             in
             ignorance
             ,
             that
             the
             wicked
             are
             never
             awake
             .
             And
             if
             this
             Wisedome
             commeth
             downe
             from
             the
             
               Father
               of
               lights
            
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             cannot
             have
             it
             ,
             except
             God
             vouchsafe
             to
             give
             it
             us
             ;
             It
             may
             teach
             us
             to
             be
             
               humble
               ,
               Ioh.
            
             42.6
             .
             And
             not
             like
             the
             Ape
             ,
             that
             is
             proud
             of
             his
             Masters
             Jacket
             .
             Heavenly
             notions
             grow
             not
             in
             us
             ,
             we
             spin
             them
             not
             out
             of
             our
             owne
             breasts
             :
             And
             thankfull
             ;
             for
             it
             they
             be
             given
             ,
             let
             us
             not
             forget
             the
             giver
             .
          
           
             
             6.
             
             If
             all
             naturall
             men
             are
             like
             
               blinde
               Sampson
            
             without
             his
             guide
             ,
             not
             able
             without
             the
             Holy
             ●hosts
             direction
             to
             finde
             out
             the
             pillars
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             the
             
             principles
             of
             faith
             ,
             let
             us
             not
             wonder
             that
             they
             swerve
             so
             much
             from
             the
             godly
             ,
             in
             their
             judgements
             and
             practice
             .
             Is
             it
             any
             strange
             thing
             ,
             to
             see
             a
             blinde
             man
             stumble
             and
             fall
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             let
             us
             condole
             all
             their
             disasters
             ,
             and
             drop
             some
             teares
             ,
             in
             pity
             and
             compassion
             for
             their
             great
             and
             grievous
             misery
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             And
             lastly
             ,
             
             If
             with
             God
             one
             sparke
             of
             spirituall
             experimentall
             and
             saving
             knowledge
             be
             of
             more
             worth
             than
             all
             secular
             Wisdome
             ,
             and
             Learning
             ;
             then
             strive
             we
             for
             that
             knowledge
             which
             will
             make
             the
             knower
             blessed
             .
             Let
             us
             so
             be
             learned
             ;
             that
             we
             may
             bee
             saved
             .
             Let
             us
             not
             in
             our
             hearing
             ,
             and
             reading
             ,
             and
             communication
             ,
             doe
             as
             little
             children
             ,
             that
             looke
             only
             upon
             the
             Babyes
             in
             a
             booke
             ,
             without
             regard
             to
             the
             matter
             therein
             contained
             :
             but
             like
             men
             in
             years
             ,
             have
             more
             respect
             to
             the
             pith
             and
             solidity
             of
             the
             matter
             ,
             than
             to
             the
             phrase
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             profit
             of
             our
             soules
             than
             the
             pleasing
             of
             our
             senses
             .
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             second
             cause
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             66.
             
          
           
             Quest.
             
               WHat
               is
               the
               third
               cause
               ,
               why
               ungodly
               men
               hate
               and
               persecute
               the
               Religious
               ?
            
             
          
           
             Answ.
             Their
             
               infidelity
               and
               unbeliefe
            
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             
               How
               doth
               that
               appeare
            
             ?
          
           
             
             Answ.
             I
             will
             demonstrate
             it
             beyond
             deniall
             .
          
           
             
               Why
               doe
               the
               Heathen
               rage
            
             ,
             saith
             
               David
               ,
               and
               the
               people
               murmure
               ,
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               Earth
               band
               themselves
               ,
               and
               the
               Rulers
               take
               counsell
               together
               ,
               against
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               against
               his
               Anointed
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Let
               us
               breake
               their
               bands
               ,
            
             &c.
             Psalm
             .
             2.1
             .
             to
             4.
             but
             this
             they
             thinke
             alwayes
             ,
             
               there
               is
               no
               God
               ,
               God
               is
               not
               in
               all
               their
               thoughts
               ,
            
             Psal.
             10.4
             .
             And
             againe
             ,
             
               They
               breake
               in
               peeces
               thy
               people
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               and
               afflict
               thine
               ●eritage
               ,
               &c.
            
             the
             reason
             followes
             ,
             
               they
               say
               the
               Lord
               shall
               not
               see
               ,
               neither
               shall
               the
               God
               of
            
             Jacob
             
               regard
               it
            
             ,
             Psalm
             .
             94.5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             And
             what
             saith
             our
             Saviour
             to
             the
             
               Iewes
               ,
               Ye
               seeke
               to
               kill
               me
               ,
               because
               my
               Word
               hath
               no
               place
               in
               you
               ,
            
             John
             8.37
             .
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             beleeved
             not
             what
             he●
             spake
             ,
             
               nor
               the
               Scriptures
               which
               testified
               of
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
             If
             yee
             will
             see
             it
             in
             Examples
             ,
             look
             
             2
             King.
             18.35
             .
             Dan.
             3.15
             .
             Exod.
             5.2
             .
          
           
             Or
             if
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             see
             Acts
             17.
             where
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             makes
             a
             decision
             between
             such
             as
             did
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             did
             not
             beleeve
             ;
             Paul
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             Synagogue
             he
             disputed
             with
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             opening
             and
             alleadging
             that
             Christ
             must
             have
             suffered
             ,
             risen
             againe
             ,
             &c.
             for
             saith
             the
             Text
             ,
             
               So
               many
               of
               the
            
             Jewes
             
               as
               beleeved
               ,
               and
               of
               the
            
             Grecians
             
               and
               chiefe
               women
               as
               feared
               God
               ,
               joyned
               themselves
               in
               company
               with
            
             Paul
             and
             Silas
             .
             
               But
               those
               that
               beleeved
               not
               ,
               mooved
               with
               envy
               ,
               tooke
               unto
               them
               certaine
               Vagabonds
               ,
               and
               wicked
               fellowes
               ,
               with
               the
               multitude
               ,
               and
               made
               a
               tumult
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               assaulted
               the
               house
               of
            
             Jason
             ,
             
               drawing
               out
               him
               ,
               and
               as
               many
               of
               the
               brethren
               as
               they
               could
               finde
               ,
               and
               brought
               them
               before
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               the
               heads
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               crying
               ;
               These
               are
               they
               which
               have
               subverted
               the
               State
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               they
               all
               doe
               against
               the
               decrees
               of
            
             Caesar
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             lastly
             ,
             looke
             but
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             you
             shall
             heare
             Saint
             Paul
             most
             ingenuously
             confessing
             ,
             
               I
               was
               a
               blasphemer
               ,
               a
               persecuter
               ,
               and
               an
               opposer
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               his
               members
               ;
               but
               I
               did
               it
               ignorantly
               ,
               through
               unbelie●e
               ,
            
             v.
             13.
             
          
           
             Now
             they
             which
             thinke
             ,
             all
             whatsoever
             
             is
             written
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             His
             Kingdome
             of
             Grace
             here
             ,
             and
             glory
             hereafter
             ,
             to
             be
             but
             a
             fable
             :
             as
             that
             impious
             Pope
             did
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             ashamed
             blasphemously
             to
             boast
             what
             he
             had
             gained
             by
             
               Fabula
               de
               Christo
            
             :
             And
             all
             Machivillian
             Atheists
             ,
             who
             thinke
             Religion
             to
             be
             but
             a
             Politicke
             device
             ,
             to
             keep
             men
             in
             awe
             ,
             do
             ;
             whose
             number
             is
             greater
             than
             is
             supposed
             .
             These
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             must
             needs
             think
             them
             madde
             and
             foolish
             ,
             who
             lose
             thereby
             either
             profit
             ,
             or
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             use
             them
             accordingly
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             67.
             
          
           
             
             TRue
             ,
             this
             might
             seeme
             an
             absurd
             position
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             presume
             upon
             an
             Appeale
             to
             their
             owne
             blinded
             consciences
             ;
             for
             they
             thinke
             ,
             they
             believe
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             wel
             as
             the
             precisest
             :
             and
             so
             did
             those
             
               Iews
               ,
               Iohn
            
             5.
             which
             persecuted
             Iesus
             ,
             and
             sought
             to
             slay
             him
             ,
             thinke
             they
             beleeved
             Moses
             writings
             :
             but
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             ,
             by
             
             Christ's
             answer
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             knew
             their
             hearts
             better
             
             than
             themselves
             :
             his
             words
             are
             ,
             
               Had
               ye
               beleeved
            
             Moses
             ,
             
               yee
               would
               have
               beleeved
               me
               ,
               for
               he
               wrote
               of
               me
               :
               but
               if
               yee
               beleeve
               not
               his
               writings
               ,
               how
               should
               ye
               beleeve
               my
               words
               ?
            
             ver
             .
             46
             ,
             47
             ,
             And
             againe
             ,
             
               Ye
               have
               not
               my
               Fathers
               Word
               abiding
               in
               you
               ,
            
             for
             whom
             he
             hath
             sent
             ,
             
               him
               yee
               beleeve
               not
               ,
               Ver.
            
             38
             ,
             39.
             
             So
             bring
             these
             ,
             that
             persecute
             any
             of
             Gods
             Children
             for
             well
             doing
             ,
             to
             the
             tryal
             ,
             and
             their
             owne
             consciences
             shall
             testifie
             before
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             neither
             beleeve
             the
             Old
             Testament
             nor
             the
             New.
             
          
           
             For
             did
             they
             beleeve
             that
             the
             godly
             are
             unto
             God
             as
             the
             
               Signet
               upon
               his
               right
               hand
            
             ,
             
             Jer.
             22.24
             .
             Zach.
             2.24
             .
             Yea
             ,
             
               as
               the
               Apple
               of
               his
               owne
               eye
               .
               Zach.
            
             2.8
             .
             and
             that
             whatsoever
             wrongs
             and
             contumelies
             are
             done
             to
             his
             Children
             ,
             
               he
               accounts
               as
               done
               to
               himselfe
               ,
               Psalm
               .
            
             44.22
             .
             and
             69.7
             ,
             and
             74.4
             ,
             10
             ,
             18
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             and
             83.2
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             and
             89
             ,
             50
             ,
             51
             ,
             and
             139
             ,
             20.
             
             Prov.
             19.3
             .
             Rom.
             1.30
             and
             9.20
             ,
             Matth.
             10.22
             .
             and
             25.45
             .
             Luk.
             21.17
             .
             1
             Sam.
             17.45
             .
             Esay
             37.4.22
             ,
             23.28
             .
             and
             45.9
             .
             and
             54
             ,
             17.
             
             Act.
             5.39
             .
             and
             9.4
             ,
             5.
             
             Iob
             9.4
             .
             1
             Thess
             ,
             4.8
             .
             Iohn
             15.18
             ,
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             25.
             
             Num.
             16.11
             .
             1
             Sam.
             8.7
             .
             They
             durst
             not
             hate
             ,
             revile
             ,
             slander
             ,
             deride
             ,
             nicke-name
             and
             
             persecute
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             doe
             .
          
           
             
             More
             particularly
             ,
             did
             they
             really
             and
             indeed
             beleive
             God
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             in
             his
             word
             ,
             that
             
               whosoever
               shal
               offend
               one
               of
               those
               little
               ones
               ,
               that
               beleeve
               in
               him
               ,
               it
               were
               better
               for
               him
               rather
               that
               a
               Milston
               were
               hung
               about
               his
               neck
               ,
               &
               that
               he
               wer
               cast
               into
               the
               sea
               ,
            
             Marke
             9
             42.
             
             That
             he
             will
             
               destroy
               them
               for
               ever
            
             ,
             and
             
               roote
               them
               out
               of
               the
               Land
               of
               the
               living
               ,
               whose
               tongues
               imagine
               mischeife
               ,
               and
               are
               like
               a
               sharpe
               Razer
               ,
            
             that
             cutteth
             
               deceitfully
               ,
               loving
               to
               speake
               evill
               ,
               more
               than
               good
               ,
            
             Psalm
             .
             52.2
             .
             to
             5.
             
             That
             hee
             will
             
               confound
               such
               as
               persecute
               his
               Children
               ,
               and
               destroy
               them
               with
               a
               double
               destruction
               ,
            
             Jer.
             17.18
             ▪
             Yea
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             
               render
               unto
               their
               enemies
               seaven
               fold
               into
               their
               bosome
               ,
               their
               reproach
               ,
               wherewith
               they
               have
               reproached
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             Psalm
             .
             79.12
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             
               rayne
               upon
               them
               snares
               of
               five
               and
               brimston
               ,
               with
               storms
               and
               tempests
               ,
            
             Psal.
             11.6
             .
             and
             after
             all
             ,
             
               cast
               them
               into
               a
               furnace
               of
               fire
               ,
               where
               shall
               be
               wailing
               and
               guashing
               of
               teeth
               ,
               for
               evermore
               :
            
             when
             
               the
               just
            
             ,
             whom
             they
             now
             dispise
             ,
             
               shall
               shine
               as
               the
               Sun
               in
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               their
               Father
               :
            
             They
             durst
             not
             doe
             as
             they
             doe
             to
             the
             godly
             .
             Yea
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             beleeve
             but
             that
             one
             place
             ,
             2
             Kings
             2.24
             .
             Where
             God
             caused
             two
             and
             
             forty
             little
             Children
             to
             be
             devoured
             of
             wild
             Beares
             ,
             onely
             for
             nick-naming
             Elisha
             ,
             they
             durst
             not
             nick-name
             the
             religious
             as
             they
             doe
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             God
             doth
             not
             alwaies
             ,
             
             nor
             often
             so
             eminently
             punish
             Persecutors
             in
             this
             life
             as
             here
             it
             fared
             with
             these
             children
             :
             or
             as
             it
             did
             with
             Lucian
             ,
             who
             for
             barking
             against
             religion
             like
             a
             dog
             ;
             was
             by
             the
             just
             judgement
             of
             God
             devoured
             of
             dogges
             ,
             Or
             as
             it
             did
             with
             Nighti●gall
             ,
             parson
             of
             Crondall
             in
             Kent
             :
             who
             was
             strook
             dead
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             while
             he
             was
             belching
             out
             his
             spleen
             against
             Religion
             and
             Goodnesse
             .
             Or
             as
             it
             did
             with
             
               Stephen
               Gardiner
            
             :
             who
             would
             not
             sit
             downe
             to
             dinner
             ,
             till
             the
             newes
             came
             of
             the
             good
             Bishops
             burnt
             at
             Oxford
             .
             But
             then
             came
             out
             rejoycing
             ,
             and
             saying
             to
             the
             
               Duke
               of
               Norfolk
            
             ;
             Now
             let
             us
             goe
             to
             dinner
             :
             but
             it
             was
             the
             last
             that
             ever
             he
             are
             ,
             for
             it
             .
             Or
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             
               Arundal
               Arch-Bishop
               of
               Canterburys
            
             :
             and
             
               Stephen
               Gardiner
               Bishop
               of
               Winchester
            
             in
             their
             times
             :
             who
             putting
             to
             silence
             ,
             both
             the
             word
             of
             God
             and
             those
             that
             purely
             preached
             it
             :
             were
             themselves
             put
             to
             silence
             ,
             and
             so
             smitten
             in
             their
             tongues
             that
             they
             could
             not
             swallow
             their
             meat
             ,
             
             nor
             speak
             for
             a
             good
             space
             before
             they
             died
             .
             True
             some
             flagitious
             persons
             God
             punisheth
             here
             :
             least
             his
             providence
             ;
             but
             not
             all
             ,
             least
             his
             patience
             ,
             and
             promise
             of
             a
             generall
             judgement
             should
             bee
             called
             in
             question
             .
          
           
             
             But
             ,
             alasse
             !
             they
             are
             so
             farre
             from
             beleeving
             wha●
             God
             threatens
             in
             his
             word
             ,
             against
             these
             sinnes
             ;
             that
             they
             
               blesse
               themselves
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               saying
               ,
               we
               shall
               have
               peace
               ,
            
             we
             shall
             speed
             as
             well
             as
             the
             best
             ,
             although
             we
             
               walke
               according
               to
               the
               stubburnnesse
               of
               our
               own
               wills
               ;
               so
               adding
               drunkennesse
               to
               thirst
               ,
               Deut.
            
             29.19
             .
             Yea
             ,
             they
             preferre
             their
             condition
             before
             other
             mens
             ,
             who
             are
             so
             abstemious
             ,
             and
             make
             Conscience
             of
             their
             wayes
             ;
             even
             thinking
             ,
             that
             their
             God
             deceiveth
             them
             with
             needlesse
             feares
             and
             scruples
             ,
             as
             once
             Rabshekab
             would
             have
             perswaded
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             touching
             their
             trust
             and
             considenec
             ,
             2
             Kings
             18.22
             ,
             25
             ,
             30
             ,
             32
             33
             35.
             
          
           
             
             Yea
             ,
             how
             ●'st
             possible
             ,
             that
             any
             wicked
             man
             should
             beleive
             what
             is
             written
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             especially
             touching
             his
             justice
             ,
             and
             severity
             in
             punishing
             sin
             ,
             with
             eternall
             destruction
             of
             body
             and
             soule
             ?
             For
             did
             they
             really
             and
             indeed
             beleive
             God
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             
               his
               curse
               
               shall
               never
               depart
               from
               the
               house
               of
               the
               swearer
               ,
               Zac.
            
             5.
             
             They
             durst
             not
             sweare
             ,
             yea
             and
             forsweare
             as
             they
             doe
             ;
             much
             lesse
             durst
             they
             take
             a
             pride
             inoathing
             of
             it
             ,
             resembling
             Ballio
             the
             baud
             in
             Plautus
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             ashamed
             ,
             but
             even
             proud
             of
             Carting
             .
             Yea
             ,
             which
             is
             worse
             ,
             reprove
             a
             swearer
             ,
             and
             hee
             will
             sweare
             the
             more
             to
             spite
             you
             :
             Which
             were
             not
             possible
             ;
             if
             beleeving
             God
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             ,
             what
             in
             them
             lies
             ,
             give
             themselves
             over
             to
             the
             Devill
             .
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             did
             they
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             
               neither
               fornicacors
               ,
               nor
               Idolaters
               ,
               nor
               adulterers
               ,
               nor
               theeves
               ,
               nor
               murtherers
               ,
               nor
               drunkards
               ,
               nor
               swearers
               ,
               nor
               raylours
               ,
               nor
               lyers
               ,
               nor
               covetous
               persons
               ,
               nor
               extortioners
               ,
               nor
               unbelevers
               ,
               nor
               no
               unrighteous
               men
               shall
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               but
               shall
               have
               their
               part
               in
               that
               lake
               which
               burneth
               with
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               second
               death
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             6
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             Revel
             .
             21.8
             they
             durst
             not
             continue
             in
             the
             practice
             of
             these
             sinnes
             ,
             without
             feare
             ,
             or
             remorse
             ,
             or
             care
             of
             amendment
             .
             Did
             they
             beleeve
             that
             
               except
               their
               righteousnesse
               doe
               exceed
               the
               righteousnesse
               of
               the
               Scribes
               and
               Pharisees
               ,
               they
               shall
               in
               no
               case
               enter
               into
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Heaven
               ,
            
             Matth.
             5.20
             .
             And
             
             that
             
               without
               holinesse
               no
               man
               shall
               see
               the
               Lord
               ,
               Heb.
            
             12.14
             .
             with
             many
             the
             like
             ,
             it
             were
             impossible
             they
             should
             live
             as
             they
             doe
             .
             Yea
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             in
             good
             earnest
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             either
             God
             ,
             or
             Devill
             ,
             Heaven
             ,
             or
             Hell
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             have
             immortal
             soules
             ,
             which
             shall
             everlastingly
             live
             in
             blisse
             ,
             or
             wo
             ,
             and
             
               receive
               according
               to
               that
               they
               have
               done
               in
               their
               bodies
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               good
               or
               evill
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             5.10
             .
             they
             could
             not
             but
             live
             thereafter
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             their
             principall
             care
             ,
             how
             to
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             
             But
             ,
             alasse
             !
             they
             beleeve
             what
             they
             see
             ,
             and
             feel
             ,
             and
             know
             ;
             they
             beleeve
             the
             Lawes
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             places
             and
             kindes
             of
             punishment
             here
             below
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             have
             bodies
             to
             suffer
             temporall
             smart
             ,
             if
             they
             transgresse
             ;
             and
             this
             makes
             them
             abstaine
             from
             murther
             ,
             felony
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             but
             they
             beleeve
             not
             things
             invisible
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             would
             as
             well
             ,
             yea
             ,
             much
             more
             ,
             
               feare
               him
               that
               hath
               power
               to
               cast
               both
               body
               and
               soul
               into
               hell
               ,
            
             as
             they
             doe
             the
             temporall
             Magistrate
             ,
             that
             hath
             onely
             power
             to
             kill
             the
             body
             :
             They
             would
             think
             it
             a
             very
             hard
             bargaine
             ,
             to
             
               win
               the
               
               whole
               world
               ,
               and
               lose
               their
               owne
               soules
               ,
               Luk.
            
             9.25
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             alasse
             !
             if
             visible
             powers
             were
             not
             more
             feared
             than
             the
             invi●ble
             GOD
             ,
             and
             the
             Halter
             more
             than
             Hell
             (
             naturall
             men
             being
             like
             beasts
             ,
             that
             are
             more
             sensible
             of
             the
             flash
             of
             powder
             ,
             than
             of
             the
             Bullet
             )
             the
             World
             would
             be
             over-runne
             with
             outrage
             :
             Whereas
             now
             ,
             even
             the
             worst
             of
             the
             Serpents
             seed
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             Authority
             ,
             are
             kept
             in
             a
             meane
             between
             Devils
             &
             Christians
             ;
             so
             living
             like
             beasts
             because
             they
             think
             they
             shall
             die
             like
             beasts
             ,
             without
             any
             answer
             for
             ought
             they
             have
             either
             acted
             ,
             or
             left
             undone
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             68.
             
          
           
             TRue
             ,
             
             they
             doe
             not
             alwayes
             ,
             nor
             at
             any
             time
             altogether
             ,
             think
             there
             is
             no
             GOD
             ,
             or
             judgement
             to
             come
             .
             Not
             alwayes
             ,
             for
             though
             at
             present
             they
             thinke
             their
             villany
             is
             uns●ene
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             unpunished
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             in
             the
             
               Psalmes
               ,
               The
               wicked
               thinketh
               there
               is
               no
               Go●
               ,
            
             and
             the
             reason
             followes
             ,
             
               his
               wayes
               alway
               prosper
               ,
               Psalm
               .
            
             10
             4
             ,
             5
             yet
             none
             as
             Plato
             speakes
             ,
             
             are
             so
             confirmed
             in
             Atheisme
             ,
             but
             some
             great
             danger
             will
             make
             them
             fly
             to
             the
             aide
             of
             a
             Divine
             power
             .
             Extremity
             of
             distresse
             will
             send
             the
             prophanest
             to
             God
             :
             as
             the
             drowning
             man
             stretcheth
             out
             his
             hand
             to
             that
             bough
             ,
             which
             he
             contemned
             whiles
             he
             stood
             safe
             on
             shore
             :
             Even
             Sardanapalus
             who
             for
             all
             his
             bould
             denying
             of
             God
             ,
             at
             every
             hearing
             of
             thunder
             was
             wont
             to
             hide
             his
             head
             in
             a
             hole
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             in
             their
             greatest
             jollity
             ,
             even
             the
             most
             secure
             heart
             in
             the
             world
             hath
             some
             flashes
             of
             feare
             ,
             that
             seaze
             on
             them
             like
             an
             Arrest
             of
             Treason
             ;
             for
             conscience
             cannot
             but
             sometimes
             looke
             out
             of
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             see
             what
             it
             would
             not
             .
          
           
             
             At
             least
             ,
             on
             their
             death
             beds
             they
             would
             give
             all
             the
             world
             to
             bee
             sure
             what
             the
             Scripture
             speakes
             of
             Hell
             were
             not
             true
             ;
             though
             all
             their
             life
             they
             supposed
             it
             but
             a
             fable
             .
             How
             oft
             doe
             those
             ruffians
             ,
             that
             deny
             God
             at
             the
             Tap-house
             ,
             preach
             him
             at
             the
             Gallowes
             :
             and
             confesse
             that
             in
             sobriety
             of
             spirit
             ,
             which
             they
             oppugned
             in
             wantonnesse
             .
             And
             not
             seldome
             are
             the
             most
             lethargized
             consciences
             
             so
             awakened
             ere
             they
             goe
             to
             Hell
             ,
             that
             ,
             
             Spira-like
             ,
             they
             depart
             desolate
             and
             desperate
             in
             ,
             and
             into
             
               hellish
               horrors
            
             .
          
           
             Prosperity
             doth
             so
             tympanize
             mens
             soules
             ,
             and
             entranse
             them
             from
             themselves
             ,
             that
             they
             forget
             they
             had
             a
             Maker
             .
             
               Who
               is
               God
            
             ?
             saith
             
               Pharoah
               .
               There
               is
               no
               God
               ,
            
             saith
             Nebuchadnezar
             .
             What
             God
             can
             deliver
             out
             of
             my
             hand
             ?
             
             saith
             
               Rabshakeh
               .
               I
               am
               God
            
             ,
             saies
             Alexander
             .
             But
             Nebuchadnezer
             found
             there
             was
             a
             God.
             Pharaoh
             found
             what
             that
             God
             was
             .
             Rabshakeh
             found
             ,
             to
             his
             cost
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             an
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             
               able
               to
               deliver
               in
               the
               Valleys
               ▪
               as
               well
               as
               on
               the
               hills
               .
               Alexander
            
             found
             hee
             was
             not
             as
             hee
             supposed
             ,
             and
             confest
             that
             hee
             
               knew
               himselfe
               mortall
               by
               two
               things
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               Sleepe
               ▪
               and
               Lust.
            
             And
             so
             it
             shall
             fare
             with
             these
             in
             the
             end
             .
             They
             that
             would
             
               stultizare
               in
               culpa
            
             ,
             shall
             be
             forced
             
               sapere
               in
               poena
            
             .
             Vengeance
             shall
             make
             them
             wise
             ,
             whom
             sinne
             hath
             made
             ,
             and
             left
             foolish
             .
          
           
             At
             least
             ,
             in
             hell
             they
             shall
             know
             there
             is
             a
             righteous
             Judge
             ,
             that
             will
             reward
             every
             man
             according
             to
             his
             deeds
             ▪
             &
             confesse
             ,
             that
             what
             they
             once
             
             vainly
             imagined
             ,
             was
             but
             imagined
             .
             There
             may
             bee
             Atheists
             on
             earth
             ,
             
             there
             are
             none
             in
             hell
             .
          
           
             A
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             being
             on
             his
             death
             bed
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               Now
               comes
               three
               things
               to
               tryall
               ,
               which
               all
               my
               life
               I
               have
               made
               doubt
               of
               :
               Whether
               there
               be
               a
               God
               ,
               a
               Devill
               ,
               and
               whether
               the
               soule
               be
               immortall
            
             :
             It
             was
             not
             long
             ere
             hee
             was
             fully
             resolved
             with
             a
             vengeance
             .
             And
             so
             shall
             you
             ,
             O
             yee
             fools
             ,
             when
             that
             houre
             comes
             ,
             though
             yee
             flatter
             your selves
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             like
             that
             desperate
             Pirate
             ,
             who
             when
             (
             ransacking
             and
             rifling
             a
             bottom
             )
             he
             was
             told
             by
             the
             Master
             ,
             that
             though
             no
             Law
             co●ld
             touch
             him
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             he
             should
             answer
             it
             at
             the
             day
             of
             judgement
             ;
             replyed
             ,
             Nay
             ,
             
               If
               I
               may
               stay
               so
               long
               ere
               I
               come
               to
               it
               ,
            
             
             
               I
               will
               take
               thee
               ,
               and
               thy
               Vessell
               too
               .
            
             Nothing
             more
             certain
             than
             death
             .
             Amongst
             Lawes
             ,
             some
             are
             antiquated
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             divorce
             :
             some
             changed
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             Circumcision
             :
             some
             dispensed
             withall
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             (
             in
             cases
             of
             necessity
             ,
             Matth.
             12.1
             .
             to
             14.
             )
             but
             this
             
               statutum
               est
            
             ,
             that
             all
             shall
             dye
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             judgement
             ,
             it
             is
             neither
             antiquated
             nor
             changed
             ,
             nor
             dispensed
             withall
             .
          
           
           
             And
             as
             nothing
             is
             more
             certain
             than
             death
             :
             so
             nothing
             more
             uncertaine
             than
             the
             houre
             thereof
             :
             thy
             pulse
             may
             leave
             beating
             ,
             before
             thou
             canst
             fetch
             thy
             breath
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             thinke
             not
             ,
             as
             Lot's
             Sons
             in
             Law
             ,
             that
             we
             speake
             in
             jest
             :
             least
             you
             feel
             the
             fire
             &
             wrath
             of
             God
             in
             earnest
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             69.
             
          
           
             2
             SEcondly
             ,
             
             nor
             at
             any
             time
             doe
             they
             altogether
             thinke
             there
             is
             no
             God
             ,
             &c.
             
             For
             as
             the
             best
             faith
             is
             but
             like
             the
             twilight
             ,
             mixed
             with
             some
             degree
             of
             darknesse
             and
             infidelity
             :
             so
             the
             most
             grounded
             Atheisme
             ,
             is
             mixed
             with
             some
             degree
             ,
             either
             of
             beleife
             or
             doubting
             .
             What
             saith
             
               David
               ,
               The
               foole
               hath
               said
               in
               his
               heart
               there
               is
               no
               God
            
             :
             in
             his
             heart
             he
             hath
             said
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             his
             heart
             hee
             never
             beleeved
             it
             :
             No
             foole
             ever
             thought
             it
             peremptorily
             ;
             he
             would
             fain
             have
             it
             so
             :
             he
             cannot
             beleive
             it
             so
             :
             it
             is
             an
             opiniō
             which
             he
             suggests
             to
             his
             heart
             ,
             not
             which
             his
             heart
             suggests
             to
             him
             :
             and
             this
             makes
             him
             fearful
             to
             dye
             ,
             &
             to
             dye
             fearfully
             .
          
           
           
             Tully
             speaking
             of
             Metrodorus
             ,
             an
             Atheist
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               Nec
               quemquam
               vidi
               ,
               qui
               magis
               ea
               timeret
               ,
               quae
               timenda
               esse
               negaret
               .
            
             They
             that
             make
             a
             flout
             of
             Hell
             ,
             
               Affirmant
               mihi
               &
               tibi
               ,
               non
               sibi
               ;
               noctu
               ,
               non
               interdiu
            
             ;
             their
             mouthes
             tell
             us
             so
             ,
             
             their
             hearts
             doe
             not
             tell
             their
             mouths
             so
             .
             No
             hell
             I
             dare
             say
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             a
             generall
             collection
             made
             throughout
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             that
             there
             might
             bee
             no
             judgement
             day
             ,
             these
             men
             would
             be
             none
             of
             the
             backwardest
             .
             Yea
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             as
             many
             Provinces
             ,
             as
             Ahasuerus
             had
             ,
             they
             would
             give
             an
             hundred
             and
             six
             and
             twenty
             of
             them
             to
             bee
             sure
             of
             it
             .
             The
             consciences
             even
             of
             wicked
             men
             can
             never
             bee
             so
             charmed
             ,
             or
             over-ruled
             ,
             either
             by
             arguments
             ,
             or
             the
             temptations
             of
             Sathan
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             let
             goe
             the
             sense
             of
             a
             God-head
             .
             We
             are
             all
             borne
             Idolaters
             ,
             and
             chuse
             rather
             to
             adore
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             the
             Moone
             ,
             yea
             the
             meanest
             of
             all
             creatures
             ,
             rather
             than
             not
             acknowledge
             a
             Deity
             .
             You
             may
             sooner
             get
             a
             Conscience
             to
             beleeve
             all
             the
             fables
             in
             the
             
               Popish
               legend
            
             ,
             or
             
               Turkish
               Alcaro●
            
             ,
             than
             that
             this
             universall
             frame
             is
             without
             a
             minde
             .
             
               
               
                 —
                 Prima
                 est
                 haec
                 ultio
                 ,
                 quod
                 ,
                 se
              
               
                 Iudice
                 ,
                 nemo
                 nocens
                 absolvitur
                 —
              
            
          
           
             So
             that
             to
             say
             truely
             ,
             
             they
             doe
             not
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             do
             beleive
             there
             is
             a
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             Hell
             :
             for
             when
             they
             admit
             conscience
             into
             their
             councell
             ,
             they
             doe
             beleeve
             :
             but
             because
             they
             would
             rather
             not
             beleeve
             it
             ,
             they
             stifle
             Conscience
             ,
             stop
             their
             owne
             eares
             ,
             and
             flatter
             their
             hearts
             with
             the
             contrary
             opinion
             :
             Like
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             the
             Philistims
             of
             Ashdod
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             6.
             who
             when
             they
             had
             stood
             out
             that
             sore
             judgement
             seven
             months
             ,
             and
             brought
             upon
             their
             god
             Dagon
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             ,
             a
             very
             great
             destruction
             ,
             and
             perceived
             ,
             that
             all
             which
             were
             guilty
             of
             keeping
             and
             prophaning
             the
             Arke
             ,
             suffered
             in
             the
             judgement
             ,
             and
             onely
             they
             ;
             at
             last
             could
             bring
             forth
             this
             conclusion
             ,
             
               Peradventure
               it
               is
               God's
               hand
               that
               smote
               us
               ;
               yet
               ,
               it
               may
               bee
               ,
               it
               is
               but
               a
               chance
               that
               hath
               hapened
               unto
               us
               ,
               Ver.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             Wherein
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             they
             did
             half
             beleeve
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             ;
             Their
             consciences
             told
             their
             hearts
             there
             was
             a
             powerfull
             God
             ,
             to
             revenge
             the
             prophaning
             of
             his
             Arke
             ;
             but
             their
             hearts
             
             were
             very
             loth
             to
             give
             assent
             thereunto
             :
             and
             so
             fares
             it
             with
             these
             ,
             when
             they
             wrong
             and
             persecute
             his
             Children
             ,
             Or
             they
             may
             be
             likened
             to
             those
             untoward
             
               Israelites
               ,
               Exod.
            
             16.
             
             Who
             did
             in
             part
             beleeve
             God
             ,
             when
             hee
             told
             them
             ,
             
               If
               they
               reserved
               of
               the
               Manna
               untill
               morning
               ,
               it
               should
               stinke
               ;
               and
               that
               if
               they
               went
               to
               gather
               it
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               ,
               they
               should
               finde
               none
               ,
            
             who
             would
             have
             thought
             it
             foule
             scorne
             ,
             if
             one
             should
             have
             told
             them
             ,
             they
             beleeved
             no
             such
             thing
             :
             for
             all
             they
             had
             seene
             so
             many
             Miracles
             ,
             yet
             t
             is
             apparent
             ,
             they
             did
             but
             halfe
             beleeve
             him
             :
             for
             what
             else
             made
             them
             try
             whether
             hee
             spake
             true
             or
             no
             ,
             after
             they
             were
             flatly
             forbidden
             ?
             ver
             .
             20.
             or
             ,
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             the
             unbeleeving
             Iewes
             ,
             
             who
             considering
             the
             Oracles
             that
             CHRIST
             spake
             ,
             and
             the
             Miracles
             which
             he
             wrought
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             testifie
             both
             these
             of
             him
             (
             for
             all
             they
             hated
             him
             )
             
               never
               man
               spake
               as
               this
               man
               doth
            
             ;
             and
             
               We
               never
               saw
               it
               on
               this
               fashion
               :
               yet
               this
               have
               yee
               seen
               ,
               and
               beleeve
               not
               ,
            
             saith
             our
             SAVIOUR
             Iohn
             6.
             36.
             
             They
             saw
             ,
             they
             heard
             ,
             they
             wondered
             ,
             they
             were
             convinced
             ,
             yet
             they
             
             beleeved
             not
             :
             therfore
             their
             own
             eyes
             in
             seeing
             ;
             their
             own
             eares
             ,
             in
             hearing
             ;
             their
             own
             hearts
             ,
             in
             wondring
             ;
             their
             own
             convicted
             reasons
             shall
             but
             witnesse
             against
             their
             unbeleefe
             ,
             Ioh.
             16.9
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             ,
             
             if
             they
             did
             not
             in
             some
             part
             beleeve
             a
             Judgement
             to
             come
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             worse
             than
             the
             very
             Devills
             themselves
             :
             there
             is
             no
             Hell
             ,
             
               Quis
               Daemonum
               hoc
               asseret
            
             ?
             What
             Devill
             will
             so
             affirme
             ?
             They
             know
             it
             ,
             and
             feele
             it
             ,
             Why
             (
             say
             the
             Legion
             to
             Christ
             )
             
               art
               thou
               come
               to
               torment
               us
               before
               the
               time
               ,
            
             Matth.
             8.29
             .
             
               And
               shall
               not
               men
               tremble
               to
               deny
               ,
               what
               the
               Devils
               confesse
               ?
            
             sayes
             Chrysostome
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             beleeve
             it
             peremptorily
             ,
             ●
             ye
             fooles
             &
             mad
             men
             ;
             yea
             believe
             it
             ,
             &
             avoid
             it
             ,
             &
             by
             beleeving
             to
             purpose
             ,
             ye
             shall
             avoyd
             it
             :
             otherwise
             ,
             if
             ye
             will
             give
             more
             credit
             to
             your
             deceitful
             hearts
             ,
             
             than
             to
             what
             the
             Word
             speaks
             as
             Eve
             beleeved
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             Adam
             the
             word
             of
             Eve
             ,
             both
             before
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             God
             will
             leave
             you
             to
             be
             confuted
             by
             fire
             &
             brimston
             ;
             if
             you
             wil
             not
             beleive
             what
             is
             written
             ,
             you
             shall
             feele
             what
             is
             written
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             70.
             
          
           
             
             Ob.
             BUT
             here
             it
             will
             be
             objected
             ,
             That
             the
             wickedest
             man
             that
             lives
             ,
             presumes
             upon
             Gods
             mercy
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             thinkes
             he
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             ●heife
             upon
             the
             Crosse
             ;
             yea
             ,
             hee
             will
             prove
             by
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             
               at
               what
               time
               soever
               h●
               repents
               ,
               his
               sinnes
               shall
               be
               pardoned
               ,
               Ezech.
            
             18.21
             ,
             22.
             
             Yea
             ,
             there
             is
             scarce
             a
             man
             on
             earth
             ,
             but
             hee
             thinkes
             to
             goe
             to
             Heaven
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             True
             ,
             the
             flesh
             prophesies
             prosperity
             to
             sin
             ;
             yea
             life
             ,
             and
             salvation
             ,
             as
             the
             Pope
             promised
             the
             Powder
             Traytors
             ;
             ●nd
             to
             this
             the
             Devill
             sets
             his
             s●ale
             :
             whe●●upon
             while
             prosperity
             lasteth
             ,
             they
             can
             
               turne
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               into
               want●n●esse
               ,
            
             and
             even
             apply
             Christ's
             Passion
             ,
             as
             a
             warrant
             for
             their
             licenciousnesse
             ;
             and
             take
             his
             death
             ,
             as
             a
             licence
             to
             sin
             ;
             his
             Crosse
             ,
             as
             a
             Letters
             Pattent
             to
             doe
             mischeife
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             the
             Devill
             and
             sinne
             so
             infatuates
             and
             besots
             them
             ,
             
             that
             they
             thinke
             to
             have
             part
             in
             that
             merit
             ,
             which
             in
             every
             pa●t
             they
             have
             so
             abused
             ;
             to
             be
             purged
             by
             that
             blood
             which
             now
             they
             take
             al
             occasions
             
             to
             disgrace
             ;
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             the
             same
             wounds
             ,
             which
             they
             swear
             by
             ,
             and
             so
             often
             swear
             away
             ;
             to
             have
             Christ
             an
             Advocate
             for
             them
             in
             the
             next
             life
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             Advocates
             against
             Christ
             in
             this
             ;
             and
             that
             Heaven
             will
             meet
             them
             at
             their
             last
             hour
             ,
             when
             all
             their
             life
             long
             they
             have
             galloped
             in
             the
             beaten
             road
             toward
             Hell.
             
          
           
             The
             Devil
             makes
             large
             promises
             ,
             and
             perswades
             his
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             what
             they
             desire
             ;
             yet
             ever
             disappoints
             them
             of
             their
             hopes
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             our
             first
             Parents
             :
             
               Diabolus
               mentitur
               ,
               ut
               fallet
               ;
               vitam
               pollicetur
               ,
               ut
               perimat
               ,
            
             
             saith
             Saint
             Cyprian
             .
          
           
             But
             all
             one
             ,
             their
             carnall
             hearts
             shall
             be
             flint
             unto
             God
             ,
             wax
             to
             the
             Devil
             ,
             who
             blowes
             this
             presumption
             into
             them
             ;
             whereby
             they
             believe
             the
             promises
             ,
             let
             go
             the
             threatnings
             :
             
               You
               shall
               die
            
             ,
             saith
             God
             ,
             is
             heard
             ,
             but
             
               You
               shall
               not
               die
            
             ,
             saith
             the
             Devil
             ,
             is
             believed
             ,
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             Eve
             ,
             when
             she
             eat
             the
             forbidden
             fruit
             .
             Yea
             ,
             they
             believe
             the
             promises
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             have
             them
             ;
             but
             they
             believe
             not
             the
             precepts
             ,
             to
             do
             them
             ;
             nor
             the
             threatnings
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             suffer
             them
             ,
             for
             their
             not
             believing
             and
             disobedience
             ;
             which
             shewes
             ,
             that
             they
             truly
             believe
             
             neither
             .
             Yea
             ,
             this
             makes
             it
             plain
             ,
             that
             either
             they
             believe
             there
             is
             no
             God
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             else
             that
             God
             is
             not
             just
             ,
             and
             true
             ,
             nor
             speakes
             as
             he
             meanes
             in
             his
             word
             ;
             which
             is
             worse
             :
             
             or
             if
             they
             do
             believe
             that
             he
             is
             a
             just
             and
             true
             God
             ,
             they
             believe
             also
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             punished
             (
             as
             he
             threatens
             )
             for
             their
             provoking
             of
             him
             ;
             and
             they
             provoke
             him
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             punished
             ;
             which
             is
             worst
             of
             all
             .
             So
             that
             take
             them
             in
             the
             best
             sense
             ,
             they
             are
             but
             like
             
             David's
             fool
             ,
             which
             
               saith
               in
               his
               heart
               there
               is
               no
               God
               ,
            
             and
             lives
             thereafter
             :
             which
             is
             never
             a
             whit
             strange
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             usuall
             with
             them
             to
             thinke
             there
             is
             no
             God
             ,
             for
             whom
             it
             would
             make
             that
             there
             were
             none
             :
             what
             we
             would
             have
             to
             be
             ,
             we
             are
             apt
             to
             believe
             .
          
           
             I
             confesse
             ,
             it
             is
             hard
             for
             men
             to
             believe
             their
             own
             unbelief
             in
             this
             case
             :
             they
             that
             be
             most
             dangerously
             sicke
             ,
             
             are
             least
             sensible
             of
             their
             own
             sicknesse
             ;
             much
             more
             hard
             to
             make
             them
             confesse
             it
             ;
             for
             he
             whose
             heart
             speakes
             Atheisme
             ,
             will
             confesse
             with
             his
             tongue
             ,
             that
             he
             believes
             there
             is
             a
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             just
             ,
             and
             true
             ,
             and
             that
             every
             tittle
             of
             his
             Word
             is
             equally
             ●rue
             :
             which
             being
             granted
             ,
             this
             must
             necessarily
             follow
             ,
             that
             God
             
             will
             as
             well
             punish
             the
             disobedient
             ,
             as
             reward
             the
             obedient
             ;
             which
             in
             another
             fit
             they
             are
             apt
             enough
             ,
             yea
             too
             forward
             to
             believe
             .
          
           
             For
             it
             is
             Satan's
             method
             ,
             
             first
             to
             make
             men
             so
             senselesse
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             feel
             their
             sinnes
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             then
             so
             desperate
             ,
             that
             they
             feel
             them
             too
             much
             :
             in
             the
             first
             fit
             men
             live
             as
             if
             there
             were
             no
             Hell
             :
             in
             the
             last
             they
             die
             as
             if
             there
             were
             no
             Heaven
             ;
             for
             wicked
             men
             are
             altogether
             in
             extremes
             ;
             at
             first
             they
             make
             question
             whether
             this
             or
             that
             be
             a
             sin
             ,
             at
             last
             they
             apprehend
             it
             such
             a
             sin
             ,
             that
             they
             make
             question
             whether
             it
             can
             be
             forgiven
             :
             either
             God
             is
             so
             mercifull
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             live
             how
             they
             list
             ;
             or
             so
             just
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             not
             pardon
             them
             upon
             their
             repentance
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             71.
             
          
           
             BUt
             to
             prevent
             after
             claps
             ,
             let
             this
             point
             be
             argued
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             thy
             Conscience
             :
             say
             ,
             whether
             thou
             art
             guilty
             ,
             or
             not
             guilty
             .
             He
             that
             believes
             the
             promises
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             believes
             also
             the
             commands
             and
             threatnings
             ,
             
             and
             thereupon
             feares
             God
             ,
             
             and
             makes
             conscience
             of
             sin
             ;
             otherwise
             ,
             if
             thou
             beest
             as
             it
             were
             a
             dead
             man
             ,
             continuing
             under
             the
             burthen
             of
             notorious
             crimes
             ,
             without
             sorrow
             ,
             or
             fear
             ,
             or
             remorse
             ,
             or
             care
             of
             amendment
             ,
             Ephes.
             2
             1.
             
             If
             thou
             art
             of
             a
             reprobate
             judgement
             touching
             actions
             ,
             and
             persons
             ,
             esteeming
             good
             evil
             ,
             and
             evil
             good
             ,
             if
             the
             Devil
             hath
             so
             bewitched
             thee
             ,
             that
             thou
             preferrest
             Hell
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             blamest
             those
             that
             do
             otherwise
             :
             if
             ,
             
             Ishmael-like
             ,
             thou
             mockest
             ;
             or
             ,
             
             Cham-like
             ,
             thou
             scoffest
             at
             the
             religious
             ,
             or
             usest
             bitter
             jests
             against
             them
             ,
             Psal.
             1.1
             .
             Ephes.
             5.4
             .
             If
             thou
             raisest
             slanders
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             furtherest
             them
             being
             raised
             ,
             Psal.
             4.2
             &
             31.18
             &
             35.20
             .
             As
             
               the
               Red
               Dragon
            
             ,
             Rev.
             12.
             
               cast
               a
               floud
               of
               water
               out
               of
               his
               mouth
               ,
               after
               the
               Woman
               ,
            
             when
             he
             could
             not
             reach
             her
             with
             his
             clawes
             ,
             verse
             15.
             
             Or
             any
             way
             opposest
             them
             ;
             for
             the
             opposition
             of
             goodnesse
             ,
             gives
             thee
             the
             title
             of
             wickednesse
             ,
             which
             alone
             is
             the
             enemy
             thereof
             ,
             and
             shewes
             that
             thou
             art
             a
             Souldier
             of
             the
             great
             Dragon
             ,
             who
             goes
             out
             to
             make
             War
             with
             that
             blessed
             Seed
             ,
             
               which
               keep
               the
               Commandments
               of
               God
               ,
               Rev.
            
             12.17
             .
             These
             or
             any
             one
             of
             these
             ,
             shew
             that
             thou
             
             hast
             neither
             part
             nor
             fellowship
             in
             the
             Christian
             beliefe
             ▪
             that
             thou
             art
             an
             Infidell
             ,
             yea
             an
             Atheist
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             higher
             degree
             of
             infidelity
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             doest
             no
             way
             differ
             from
             an
             Heathen
             ,
             but
             onely
             in
             the
             saying
             of
             a
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             ,
             a
             Creed
             ,
             and
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             the
             ten
             Commandments
             :
             neither
             hast
             thou
             any
             more
             of
             a
             conscience
             ,
             than
             fear
             ,
             which
             fear
             also
             arises
             more
             from
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             than
             from
             the
             Omnipotency
             of
             a
             God.
             
          
           
             But
             to
             make
             thy selfe
             confesse
             this
             ,
             
             examine
             thy
             beliefe
             by
             thy
             life
             ;
             for
             infidelity
             is
             the
             bitter
             root
             of
             all
             wickednesse
             ,
             and
             a
             lively
             Faith
             the
             true
             Mother
             of
             all
             goodnesse
             .
             Indeed
             if
             pride
             ,
             sw●aring
             ,
             prophaning
             of
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             drunkennesse
             ,
             adultery
             ,
             contempt
             of
             Religion
             and
             all
             goodnesse
             were
             fruits
             of
             Faith
             ,
             then
             the
             World
             were
             full
             of
             Believers
             ;
             but
             Faith
             purifieth
             the
             Heart
             ,
             Acts
             15.9
             .
             and
             
               worketh
               by
               love
               ,
               Gal
            
             5.6
             .
             Consumes
             our
             natural
             unnatural
             corruptions
             ,
             and
             
               sanctifieth
               the
               whole
               man
               th●oughout
            
             ,
             1
             Thes.
             5.23
             .
             Acts
             26.18
             So
             that
             our
             Faith
             to
             God
             is
             seen
             in
             our
             faithfulnesse
             to
             men
             :
             
               Shew
               me
               thy
               faith
               by
               thy
               workes
               ,
            
             saith
             S.
             Iames
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             thy
             invisible
             beliefe
             ,
             by
             
             thy
             visible
             life
             :
             
             for
             the
             hand
             is
             the
             best
             Commentary
             of
             the
             heart
             .
             What
             a
             man
             does
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             he
             thinkes
             :
             not
             alwayes
             what
             he
             speakes
             .
             Men
             may
             say
             they
             believe
             the
             Word
             ,
             but
             certainly
             they
             would
             never
             speak
             as
             they
             speak
             ,
             thinke
             as
             they
             thinke
             ,
             do
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             if
             they
             thought
             that
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             words
             and
             deeds
             ,
             should
             ever
             come
             to
             judgement
             .
          
           
             If
             men
             believed
             that
             Heaven
             were
             so
             sweet
             ,
             and
             Hell
             so
             intolerable
             ,
             as
             the
             word
             makes
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             more
             obedient
             upon
             earth
             ;
             the
             voluptuous
             would
             not
             say
             ,
             with
             Esau
             ,
             Give
             me
             the
             pottage
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             take
             who
             will
             the
             Birth-right
             of
             grace
             here
             ,
             and
             glory
             hereafter
             ;
             the
             Covetous
             would
             not
             say
             ,
             Take
             you
             Heaven
             ,
             let
             us
             have
             money
             .
             I
             le
             clear
             it
             by
             a
             similitude
             .
          
           
             
             If
             a
             Physician
             should
             say
             unto
             his
             Patient
             ,
             here
             stands
             a
             Cordial
             ,
             which
             if
             you
             take
             will
             cure
             you
             ;
             but
             touch
             not
             this
             other
             Vial
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             deadly
             Poyson
             ,
             and
             he
             refuseth
             the
             Cordial
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             Poyson
             ;
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             who
             can
             chuse
             but
             conclude
             ,
             that
             either
             he
             believed
             not
             his
             Physician
             ,
             or
             preferred
             
             death
             before
             life
             ?
             But
             go
             on
             .
          
           
             If
             men
             but
             believed
             ,
             that
             God
             alwayes
             beholds
             them
             ,
             they
             durst
             not
             sin
             .
             No
             Thiefe
             was
             ever
             so
             impudent
             ,
             as
             to
             steale
             in
             the
             very
             face
             of
             the
             Judge
             .
             O
             God
             ,
             let
             me
             see
             my selfe
             seen
             by
             thee
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             not
             dare
             to
             offend
             thee
             .
             Againe
             ,
             if
             men
             believed
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             place
             of
             Darknesse
             ,
             they
             would
             fear
             the
             workes
             of
             Darknesse
             .
             If
             
             Lot's
             sonnes-in-Law
             had
             believed
             their
             father
             ,
             when
             he
             told
             them
             the
             Citie
             should
             suddenly
             be
             destroyed
             with
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             flying
             they
             might
             escape
             it
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             obeyed
             his
             counsel
             .
             If
             the
             old
             World
             had
             believed
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             indeed
             ,
             and
             in
             good
             earnest
             bring
             such
             a
             Floud
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             he
             threatned
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             have
             neglected
             the
             opportunity
             of
             entring
             the
             Arke
             ,
             before
             it
             was
             shut
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             windowes
             of
             Heaven
             opened
             :
             much
             lesse
             would
             they
             have
             scofft
             and
             flouted
             at
             Noah
             ,
             while
             he
             was
             building
             it
             :
             so
             if
             you
             did
             firmely
             believe
             what
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             of
             Hell
             ,
             you
             would
             need
             no
             intreaties
             to
             avoid
             it
             :
             yea
             ,
             cast
             but
             your
             eyes
             upon
             that
             fiery
             
             gulf
             with
             a
             full
             perswasion
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             sin
             if
             you
             dare
             ▪
             You
             love
             your selves
             well
             enough
             to
             avoid
             a
             knowne
             paine
             ,
             wee
             know
             that
             there
             are
             Stocks
             and
             Bridewells
             ,
             and
             Goales
             ,
             and
             Dungeons
             ,
             and
             Racks
             ,
             and
             Gibbits
             for
             Malefactors
             ,
             and
             our
             very
             feare
             keeps
             us
             innocent
             :
             were
             your
             hearts
             equally
             assured
             of
             those
             hellish
             torments
             ,
             ye
             could
             not
             ,
             yee
             durst
             not
             continue
             in
             those
             sinnes
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             are
             prepared
             :
             yea
             ,
             if
             you
             did
             truly
             beleeve
             a
             hell
             ,
             there
             would
             bee
             more
             danger
             of
             your
             dispaire
             ,
             than
             of
             your
             security
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             had
             you
             but
             so
             much
             of
             an
             historicall
             faith
             ,
             
             as
             to
             beleeve
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             touching
             what
             God
             hath
             already
             inflicted
             upon
             sinners
             ;
             as
             ,
             upon
             the
             Angells
             ,
             the
             old
             world
             ,
             Sod●me
             and
             
               Gomorrah
               ,
               Pharoah
            
             and
             the
             
               Egyptians
               ,
               Nadab
            
             and
             
               Abihu
               ,
               Chora
               ,
               D●than
            
             ,
             and
             Abyram
             ,
             with
             their
             250
             Captaines
             ,
             and
             many
             thousands
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             whole
             Nation
             of
             the
             
               Iewes
               ,
               Hammon
            
             and
             
               Balaam
               ,
               Saul
            
             and
             
               Doeg
               ,
               Absolon
            
             and
             
               Achytophell
               ,
               Ahab
            
             and
             
               Iesabell
               ,
               Senacherib
            
             and
             Nebuc●adnezar
             ,
             the
             two
             Captaines
             and
             their
             fifties
             ,
             Herod
             and
             
               Iudas
               ,
               Annanias
            
             and
             Saphirah
             ,
             
             with
             a
             world
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             Much
             more
             ,
             if
             you
             did
             beleeve
             how
             severely
             he
             hath
             dealt
             with
             his
             owne
             Children
             ,
             when
             they
             sinned
             against
             him
             .
             viz.
             with
             Moses
             ,
             &
             Aaron
             ,
             and
             Eli
             ,
             which
             were
             in
             singular
             favour
             with
             him
             ;
             yea
             ,
             with
             
               David
               ,
               a
               man
               after
               his
               own
               heart
               ,
            
             and
             that
             after
             his
             sin
             was
             remitted
             ;
             it
             were
             impossible
             but
             you
             woulde
             feare
             to
             offend
             so
             Jealous
             a
             God
             :
             for
             thus
             you
             woulde
             argue
             ,
             If
             God
             be
             so
             just
             and
             severe
             to
             his
             owne
             children
             ,
             who
             were
             so
             good
             and
             gracious
             ;
             how
             shall
             I
             ,
             a
             wicked
             and
             ungracious
             servant
             ,
             that
             never
             did
             him
             a
             peece
             of
             good
             service
             all
             my
             dayes
             ,
             looke
             to
             be
             dispensed
             withall
             ?
             If
             the
             godly
             suffer
             so
             many
             ,
             and
             grievous
             afflictions
             here
             ;
             what
             shall
             his
             adversaries
             suffer
             in
             hell
             ?
             If
             Sampson
             be
             thus
             punished
             ,
             shal
             the
             Philistims
             escape
             ?
             
               If
               the
               righteous
               shall
               scarcely
               be
               saved
               ,
               were
               shall
               the
               ungodly
               and
               sinner
               appeare
               ?
            
             as
             the
             Scripture
             speakes
             :
             1
             Pet.
             4.18
             .
             For
             thou
             canst
             not
             Imagine
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             deale
             after
             a
             new
             and
             extraordinary
             way
             with
             thee
             ,
             and
             so
             breake
             the
             Course
             of
             his
             so
             Just
             ,
             and
             so
             long
             continued
             proceedings
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             72.
             
          
           
             
             WHerefore
             dally
             no
             longer
             with
             your
             owne
             soules
             .
             Are
             ye
             Christians
             in
             earnest
             ?
             Doe
             yee
             beleeve
             the
             word
             ?
             or
             do
             you
             not
             ?
             if
             ye
             do
             not
             ye
             are
             worse
             than
             the
             Devill
             :
             f●r
             
               the
               Devills
               bel●eve
               and
               tremble
            
             ;
             they
             have
             both
             faith
             and
             feare
             ,
             whereas
             thou
             hast
             neither
             feare
             nor
             faith
             .
             If
             you
             be
             Christians
             ,
             there
             is
             an
             hell
             in
             your
             Creed
             :
             if
             there
             be
             an
             hell
             ,
             How
             dare
             you
             teare
             Heaven
             with
             your
             bla●phemies
             ,
             and
             bandie
             the
             dreadfull
             Name
             of
             God
             in
             your
             impure
             mouthes
             ,
             by
             your
             bloody
             o●thes
             and
             execrations
             ?
             How
             dare
             you
             ex●rcise
             your
             saucy
             wits
             in
             prophane
             s●offes
             at
             religion
             ,
             and
             disgrace
             that
             blood
             ,
             whereof
             hereafter
             you
             would
             give
             a
             thousand
             worlds
             for
             one
             drop
             ?
             It
             is
             no
             light
             or
             sleight
             offence
             ,
             to
             contemne
             the
             brethren
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             :
             but
             thou
             fightest
             against
             the
             very
             graces
             of
             Gods
             Spirit
             ,
             where-ever
             they
             appeare
             ?
             and
             notwithstanding
             thou
             didst
             vow
             in
             thy
             baptisme
             ,
             
               to
               fight
               under
               Christs
               banner
               ,
               against
               the
               world
               the
               fl●sh
               and
               the
               Devill
               ,
               and
               to
               continue
               his
               faith●ull
               souldier
               and
               servant
               unto
               thy
               lives
               end
            
             ▪
             as
             
             good
             reason
             ,
             since
             he
             laid
             downe
             his
             life
             to
             redeeme
             thee
             ,
             and
             hath
             ever
             since
             protected
             and
             provided
             for
             thee
             ;
             for
             a
             very
             Dog
             will
             fight
             for
             his
             master
             that
             feeds
             him
             :
             thou
             contrarily
             takest
             part
             with
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             flesh
             and
             the
             Devill
             ,
             his
             mortall
             enemies
             ,
             and
             takest
             up
             armes
             to
             fight
             against
             Christ.
             
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             
             if
             there
             be
             an
             hell
             ,
             and
             but
             a
             tithe
             of
             them
             Christians
             ,
             who
             call
             themselves
             so
             ;
             what
             meanes
             our
             grinding
             of
             faces
             ,
             like
             edged
             tooles
             ,
             and
             our
             spilling
             of
             blood
             ,
             like
             water
             ?
             What
             meanes
             our
             racking
             of
             rents
             ,
             our
             detention
             of
             wages
             ,
             our
             incredible
             cruelty
             to
             servants
             ,
             our
             inclosing
             of
             Commons
             ,
             ingrossing
             of
             commodities
             ,
             our
             griping
             exactions
             ,
             with
             streining
             the
             advantages
             of
             greatnesse
             ,
             our
             inequall
             levies
             of
             legal
             payments
             ,
             our
             spightfull
             suites
             ,
             griping
             usury
             ,
             our
             bouzing
             and
             quaffing
             ,
             our
             bribery
             ,
             perjury
             ,
             partiallity
             ,
             our
             sacriledge
             ,
             simonaicall
             contracts
             ,
             and
             soule-murther
             ,
             our
             scurr●
             prophanesse
             ,
             cousoning
             in
             bargaines
             ,
             breaking
             of
             promises
             ,
             perfidious
             underminings
             ,
             pride
             ,
             luxury
             ,
             wantonnesse
             ,
             contempt
             of
             Gods
             Messengers
             ,
             neglect
             of
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             violation
             of
             his
             dayes
             ,
             
               &
               c
            
             ?
             When
             if
             the
             
             Word
             of
             God
             be
             true
             ,
             we
             need
             no
             other
             ground
             of
             our
             last
             and
             heaviest
             doom
             ,
             than
             
               ye
               have
               not
               given
               ,
               ye
               have
               not
               visited
            
             &c.
             
             Mat.
             25.41
             .
             to
             46
             ▪
             Certainely
             ,
             if
             the
             tythe
             of
             us
             be
             Christians
             ,
             
             which
             call
             our
             selvrs
             so
             ,
             there
             are
             abundance
             of
             Christians
             in
             hell
             :
             For
             what
             eyes
             can
             but
             runne
             over
             ,
             to
             see
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             what
             lives
             men
             leade
             ?
             There
             was
             a
             woman
             much
             spoken
             of
             in
             some
             parts
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             that
             lived
             in
             a
             professed
             doubt
             of
             the
             D●ity
             ,
             yea
             ,
             even
             after
             Illumination
             and
             Repentance
             ,
             she
             could
             hardly
             be
             comforted
             ;
             she
             often
             protested
             ,
             that
             the
             vicious
             and
             offencive
             life
             of
             a
             great
             learned
             man
             ,
             in
             the
             Towne
             where
             she
             dwelt
             ,
             did
             occasion
             those
             damned
             doubts
             in
             her
             minde
             .
             And
             we
             reade
             that
             Linacre
             reading
             upon
             the
             New
             Testament
             the
             fif●h
             sixth
             and
             seaventh
             Chapters
             of
             Saint
             Matthews
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             comparing
             those
             rules
             with
             Christians
             lives
             ,
             hee
             threw
             downe
             the
             booke
             ,
             and
             burst
             forth
             into
             this
             protestation
             ,
             
               Either
               this
               is
               not
               God's
               Gospell
               ,
               or
               we
               are
               not
               Christians
               .
            
             Let
             any
             man
             looke
             upon
             the
             lives
             of
             most
             men
             ,
             and
             then
             say
             ,
             whether
             the
             argument
             be
             not
             without
             all
             exceptions
             .
          
           
             Or
             let
             any
             compare
             Christians
             ,
             that
             
             live
             now
             under
             Christian
             Governours
             :
             
             with
             those
             that
             lived
             formerly
             ,
             under
             Heathan
             Persecutors
             ;
             and
             it
             will
             force
             them
             to
             confesse
             the
             same
             .
             Athenagoras
             told
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             in
             the
             Primitive
             times
             :
             that
             there
             was
             not
             one
             of
             the
             Christians
             evill
             manured
             ;
             unlesse
             it
             were
             such
             as
             dissembled
             themselves
             Christians
             for
             some
             by
             ,
             and
             sinister
             ends
             .
             And
             Tertullian
             saith
             of
             the
             Christians
             in
             his
             time
             :
             
               non
               aliunde
               noscibiles
               quam
               de
               emendatione
               vitiorum
               .
            
             And
             Chrisostome
             speaketh
             of
             many
             in
             his
             daies
             ,
             whose
             lives
             were
             angelicall
             ,
             they
             so
             walked
             up
             to
             their
             principles
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             abstract
             of
             Religion
             ,
             to
             imitate
             him
             whom
             we
             worship
             :
             neither
             are
             we
             worthy
             to
             be
             called
             Christians
             ,
             except
             wee
             be
             like
             him
             in
             workes
             :
             Wee
             are
             not
             like
             Christ
             ,
             except
             we
             doe
             whatsoever
             God
             commands
             ,
             and
             suffer
             whatsoever
             he
             inflicts
             :
             Now
             we
             are
             naught
             at
             doing
             ,
             but
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             suffering
             ,
             we
             are
             gone
             :
             it
             is
             the
             happinesse
             of
             these
             cold
             times
             ,
             that
             wee
             are
             not
             put
             to
             the
             hot
             fire
             ,
             for
             tryall
             of
             our
             faith
             and
             love
             :
             if
             the
             Wheele
             should
             turne
             ,
             which
             the
             mercy
             of
             God
             forbid
             ,
             how
             many
             would
             turne
             from
             Christ
             ,
             rather
             than
             
             burne
             for
             him
             ?
             
             Alasse
             !
             the
             greatest
             number
             are
             like
             Orbilius
             the
             Grammarian
             ,
             who
             not
             onely
             forgot
             the
             Letters
             of
             his
             Book
             ,
             but
             even
             his
             own
             name
             :
             for
             they
             not
             only
             forget
             what
             is
             written
             in
             Christ's
             Gospell
             ,
             but
             they
             forget
             also
             that
             they
             are
             Christians
             ,
             &
             can
             be
             of
             any
             religiō
             ,
             for
             a
             need
             which
             shewes
             their
             hearts
             are
             truely
             of
             none
             .
             True
             ,
             Gods
             seede
             is
             sowne
             ,
             but
             the
             Devills
             fruit
             comes
             up
             :
             and
             ,
             like
             the
             Iewes
             we
             bring
             Christ
             Vinegar
             ,
             when
             he
             thirsts
             for
             Wine
             .
             But
             what
             a
             shame
             ?
             What
             a
             prodigy
             is
             this
             ?
             We
             are
             bound
             to
             praise
             GOD
             above
             any
             Nation
             whatsoever
             ,
             (
             for
             what
             Nation
             under
             Heaven
             in●oyes
             so
             much
             light
             ,
             or
             so
             many
             blessings
             as
             we
             ?
             )
             above
             any
             creature
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             creatures
             were
             ordained
             for
             our
             sakes
             :
             and
             yet
             Heaven
             ,
             Earth
             and
             Sea
             ,
             all
             the
             Elements
             ,
             all
             the
             Creatures
             obey
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             onely
             men
             ,
             for
             whom
             they
             were
             all
             made
             ,
             ingratefully
             rebell
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             
             The
             which
             ,
             as
             it
             mightily
             aggravates
             our
             unthankfulnesse
             ;
             so
             when
             time
             comes
             ,
             it
             will
             gall
             our
             Consciences
             to
             death
             .
             Yea
             ,
             when
             we
             shall
             consider
             ,
             that
             Christ
             hath
             removed
             so
             
             many
             evils
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             conferred
             so
             many
             good
             things
             upon
             us
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             beyond
             thought
             ,
             or
             imagination
             ;
             and
             that
             our
             recompence
             of
             his
             love
             ,
             hath
             been
             onely
             to
             do
             that
             which
             he
             hates
             ,
             and
             hate
             those
             whom
             he
             loves
             :
             it
             will
             make
             us
             speechlesse
             (
             like
             him
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             who
             wanted
             his
             wedding
             Garment
             )
             as
             neither
             expecting
             mercy
             ,
             nor
             daring
             to
             aske
             it
             :
             for
             know
             this
             ,
             that
             thy
             own
             Conscience
             will
             once
             sting
             thee
             ,
             like
             an
             Adder
             ,
             to
             thinke
             what
             Christ
             hath
             given
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             would
             have
             forgiven
             thee
             ,
             if
             thou
             would'st
             but
             have
             repented
             :
             to
             thinke
             how
             often
             thou
             hast
             been
             invited
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             how
             easily
             thou
             mightest
             have
             escaped
             Hell
             ,
             how
             often
             Christ
             by
             his
             Embassadours
             offered
             thee
             remission
             of
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             freely
             ,
             if
             thou
             wouldest
             but
             
               believe
               and
               repent
            
             ,
             and
             how
             easily
             thou
             mightest
             have
             obtained
             mercy
             in
             those
             dayes
             ,
             how
             near
             thou
             wast
             many
             times
             to
             have
             repented
             ,
             and
             yet
             didst
             suffer
             the
             Devil
             and
             the
             World
             to
             keep
             thee
             still
             impenitent
             ,
             and
             how
             the
             day
             of
             mercy
             is
             then
             past
             ,
             and
             will
             never
             dawn
             again
             .
          
           
           
             
             For
             the
             same
             Devil
             that
             now
             shuts
             your
             eyes
             ,
             and
             labours
             to
             keep
             you
             blinde
             ,
             during
             the
             presumption
             of
             your
             Life
             ,
             will
             open
             them
             in
             the
             desperation
             ,
             that
             shall
             wait
             on
             you
             at
             death
             ,
             or
             in
             Hell
             :
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             the
             rich
             man
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             was
             in
             Hell
             ,
             lift
             up
             his
             eyes
             to
             Heaven
             ;
             but
             never
             before
             ,
             Luke
             16.23
             .
             Those
             scorching
             flames
             opened
             them
             to
             purpose
             :
             sinne
             shuts
             up
             mens
             eyes
             ,
             but
             punishment
             opens
             them
             .
             Satan
             seldome
             lets
             us
             see
             our
             folly
             ,
             till
             we
             be
             plunged
             into
             some
             deep
             extremity
             ;
             but
             then
             he
             writes
             it
             in
             capital
             Letters
             ,
             and
             pines
             it
             on
             our
             foreheads
             ;
             like
             one
             riding
             to
             the
             Pillory
             :
             especially
             on
             our
             death-beds
             ,
             hee
             shewes
             us
             all
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             in
             multiplying
             glasses
             .
          
           
             That
             subtil
             Syren
             ,
             with
             Orphean
             a●ers
             ;
             and
             dexterous
             warbles
             :
             leads
             us
             to
             the
             flames
             of
             hell
             ,
             and
             then
             derides
             us
             with
             contempt
             ,
             and
             triumph
             .
             Like
             a
             cunning
             courtezan
             ;
             that
             dallies
             the
             Ruffian
             to
             undoe
             himselfe
             ;
             and
             then
             paies
             him
             with
             a
             fleere
             and
             scorne
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             73.
             
          
           
             BUT
             I
             hope
             I
             have
             said
             enough
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             art
             convinc'd
             in
             thine
             own
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             hitherto
             thou
             hast
             been
             a
             meer
             Atheist
             ,
             and
             that
             through
             Atheisme
             ,
             thou
             hast
             hated
             ,
             reviled
             ,
             and
             persecuted
             the
             godly
             :
             If
             not
             ,
             Truth
             is
             as
             much
             Truth
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             not
             acknowledged
             ,
             as
             when
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             thou
             dost
             confidently
             ,
             
             and
             without
             peradventure
             beleeve
             what
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             of
             God
             ,
             Heaven
             ,
             Hell
             ,
             &c.
             
             If
             thou
             beleevest
             the
             threatnings
             and
             precepts
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             promises
             ,
             and
             if
             thou
             bearest
             any
             love
             to
             thine
             owne
             soule
             ,
             
               Break
               off
               thy
               sins
               by
               repentance
               ,
            
             and
             oppose
             the
             good
             no
             longer
             :
             give
             no
             credit
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             or
             the
             Devill
             ,
             which
             prophe●●e
             prosperity
             to
             sinne
             ;
             but
             beleeve
             God
             and
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             manifestly
             proves
             ,
             that
             
               every
               man
               shall
               bee
               judged
               according
               to
               his
               works
               ,
               Revel
               .
            
             12.13
             .
             &
             22.12
             .
             Make
             not
             Christ
             a
             boulster
             for
             sin
             ,
             nor
             Gods
             mercy
             a
             warrant
             for
             thy
             continuance
             in
             an
             evill
             course
             .
             Bee
             not
             therefore
             
             evill
             ,
             because
             hee
             is
             good
             ,
             least
             like
             the
             foolish
             builder
             ,
             thou
             commest
             short
             of
             thy
             reckoning
             ;
             for
             Christ
             came
             
               to
               destroy
               the
               workes
               of
               the
               Devill
               ,
               Iohn
            
             3.3.8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             And
             not
             to
             be
             a
             Patron
             of
             sin
             ;
             and
             
               there
               is
               mercy
               with
               God
               that
               hee
               might
               be
               feared
               ,
            
             not
             that
             he
             might
             be
             despised
             ,
             blasphemed
             ,
             &c.
             Psalm
             .
             130.4
             .
             Yea
             ,
             know
             this
             and
             write
             it
             in
             the
             Table-booke
             of
             thy
             memory
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             
               table
               of
               thine
               heart
            
             ,
             that
             if
             God's
             
               bountifullnesse
               and
               long
               suffering
               towards
               thee
               ,
               does
            
             not
             
               leade
               thee
               to
               repentance
            
             ;
             it
             will
             double
             thy
             doome
             ,
             and
             increase
             the
             pile
             of
             thy
             torments
             :
             for
             every
             day
             ,
             which
             does
             not
             abate
             of
             thy
             reckoning
             ,
             will
             increase
             it
             ,
             
               Qui
               numerat
               dotes
               ,
               numerat
               dies
            
             ;
             and
             thou
             by
             thy
             hardnesse
             and
             impenitency
             ,
             shalt
             but
             
               treasure
               up
               unto
               thy selfe
               wrath
               against
               the
               day
               of
               wrath
               ,
               and
               the
               declaration
               of
               the
               ●ust
               judgement
               of
               God
               ,
               Romans
            
             2
             ▪
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             third
             Cause
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             74.
             
          
           
             THere
             are
             Eight
             other
             Causes
             (
             as
             they
             make
             them
             )
             why
             they
             thus
             hate
             and
             persecute
             us
             .
             
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             
               Speaking
               of
               Truth
            
             ,
             
             for
             which
             see
             1
             King.
             22.8.17.23
             ,
             24.26.27
             .
             Ier.
             11.19
             .
             and
             26.8
             ,
             9.11
             .
             and
             36.23.26
             .
             and
             38.4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Amos
             5.10
             .
             Mark
             6.16
             .
             to
             29.
             
             Act.
             16.19
             .
             to
             25.
             and
             17.5.6.7.13
             .
             and
             18.11.12
             ,
             13.
             and
             19.26
             .
             to
             34.
             and
             21.27
             ,
             28.30.31
             .
             and
             22.22
             ,
             23.
             and
             23.1
             ,
             2.12
             ,
             13.14
             .
             Gal.
             4.16
             .
             
          
           
             The
             second
             is
             ,
             Misprision
             ,
             for
             which
             see
             Act.
             24.14
             .
             and
             26.9.10.11.24
             .
             1
             King.
             18.17
             ,
             18.
             
             Psalm
             .
             14.
             1
             
             Ier.
             44.17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             Wisd.
             5.4
             .
             Matth.
             7.14
             .
             and
             13.55
             ,
             56
             ,
             57.
             and
             28
             ,
             15.
             
             Mark.
             5.39.40
             .
             and
             7
             ,
             5
             ,
             8.9
             .
             Iohn
             2.19
             ,
             20.21
             .
             and
             3.3.4
             .
             and
             7.15.23
             ,
             24.
             and
             8.15.57
             ,
             58
             ,
             59.
             
             &
             9.16
             &
             16.2
             .
             Act.
             2.13
             .
             2
             Thess.
             2.10.11
             ,
             12
             ,
             Rom.
             8.5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             1
             
             Corinth
             .
             1.18
             .
             to
             29.
             and
             2.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             and
             3.18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             2
             
             Timothy
             2.26
             .
             1
             Pet.
             2.7
             ,
             8.
             
             Revel
             .
             3.17
             .
             
          
           
             The
             third
             is
             ,
             
               Example
               of
               the
               multitude
            
             ,
             
             touching
             which
             read
             Gen.
             19.4
             .
             to
             12.
             
             Numb
             .
             14.2
             ,
             3
             ,
             10.
             and
             16.1
             ,
             to
             4.
             
             Matth.
             27.20.25
             ,
             27
             ,
             39
             ,
             49.
             
             Act.
             19.24
             to
             30.
             
          
           
             
             The
             fourth
             is
             ,
             Separation
             ,
             for
             which
             looke
             Gen.
             39.12
             .
             to
             21.
             
             Psal.
             26.4.5
             .
             and
             101.7
             .
             and
             119.63.115
             .
             Prov.
             5.8
             .
             and
             23.20
             .
             Ier.
             15.19
             .
             Wisd.
             2.16
             .
             Ioh
             ,
             15.19
             1
             Cor.
             5.11
             .
             2
             Cor.
             6.17
             .
             Ephes.
             5.7
             .
             2
             Thess.
             3.6.14
             .
             1
             Pet.
             4.4
             .
             Rev.
             18.4
             .
          
           
             
             The
             fifth
             is
             ,
             
               The
               preaching
               of
               some
               Ministers
            
             ,
             for
             which
             see
             Ier.
             5.31
             .
             and
             8.11
             .
             and
             23.13.14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.21
             ,
             22
             ,
             26
             ,
             27.31
             ,
             32.
             
             Ezek.
             22.25
             ,
             26
             ,
             28.
             
             Mat.
             9.34
             .
             Mar.
             13.22
             .
             Ioh.
             5.43
             .
             Act.
             13.8
             .
             and
             20.29.30
             .
             Romans
             16.17
             ,
             18.
             2
             
             Cor.
             2.17
             .
             and
             11.13.14.15
             .
             1
             Tim.
             4.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             2
             
             Tim.
             3.8
             .
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             ch
             .
             and
             3.3
             .
          
           
             
             The
             sixth
             is
             ,
             
               The
               scandalous
               lives
               of
               some
               Professors
               ,
            
             for
             which
             see
             Gen.
             9.21.22
             .
             and
             12
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             and
             19.33
             ,
             35
             ,
             36.
             and
             20.2.12.16
             .
             and
             34.13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.25
             ,
             26.
             to
             31.
             1
             
             Sam.
             2.12
             .
             to
             18.
             2
             
             Sam.
             12.14
             .
             Mat.
             7.15
             .
             and
             18.7
             .
             and
             23.3.14
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             25
             ,
             27.
             and
             26.14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.70.72.74
             .
             and
             27.5
             .
             
          
           
             The
             seventh
             is
             ,
             
               Flocking
               after
               Sermons
            
             for
             which
             looke
             Ioh.
             11.48
             .
             and
             12.19
             .
             
             and
             6
             ,
             2.
             
             &
             Acts
             13.45
             .
             Matth.
             4.24
             ,
             25.
             and
             15
             ,
             30.
             
             Mar.
             3.10
             .
             and
             8.1
             .
             and
             10.1
             ,
             2.
             
             Luke
             5.15
             .
             and
             6.17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             
          
           
             
               Eightly
               ,
               the
               finall
               Cause
               is
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               have
               more
               company
               here
               in
               sinne
               ,
               and
               hereafter
               in
               torments
               .
            
             For
             which
             turne
             to
             ,
             Psal.
             35.4
             ,
             7
             ,
             12.
             
             &
             40.14
             .
             &
             56.6
             &
             59.2
             ,
             3.
             
             Matth.
             23.13
             ,
             15.
             
             Luke
             11.52
             .
             Iohn
             11.48
             .
             and
             12
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             and
             15.19
             .
             Act.
             26.11
             .
             1
             Pet
             4.4
             .
             Revel
             .
             12.17
             .
             and
             13
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             But
             they
             are
             all
             so
             prolix
             ,
             
             and
             yet
             so
             unmeete
             to
             be
             abbreviated
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             should
             handle
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             of
             all
             but
             one
             Volume
             ,
             they
             would
             so
             swel
             the
             heape
             ,
             that
             not
             a
             few
             would
             bee
             deprived
             of
             the
             whole
             .
             Hee
             will
             buy
             a
             Manuall
             ,
             or
             Enchiridion
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             buy
             ,
             a
             Commentary
             :
             and
             hee
             will
             read
             a
             Curranto
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             reade
             a
             Chronicle
             History
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             may
             happen
             to
             meet
             with
             Patients
             so
             desperate
             :
             that
             although
             they
             acknowledge
             it
             is
             of
             absolute
             necessity
             for
             them
             to
             be
             informed
             touching
             these
             things
             ,
             yet
             having
             Queasie
             stomacks
             ;
             if
             they
             see
             their
             Potion
             bigge
             ,
             aswell
             as
             bitter
             :
             will
             resolve
             to
             suffer
             ,
             yea
             ,
             to
             dye
             rather
             than
             take
             it
             .
          
           
           
             That
             will
             bee
             swallowed
             by
             morsells
             ,
             and
             easily
             disgested
             :
             which
             being
             taken
             all
             at
             once
             ,
             will
             not
             only
             cloy
             ,
             but
             surfeit
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             I
             have
             devided
             the
             whole
             into
             parts
             ;
             of
             which
             five
             are
             already
             published
             Viz.
             
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Cure
                   of
                   Misprision
                
              
               
                 
                   Compleat
                   Armory
                   against
                   evill
                   society
                
              
               
                 
                   Characters
                   of
                   the
                   kinds
                   of
                   Preaching
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sin
                   Stigmatized
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Victory
                   of
                   Patience
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Imprimatur
           ,
           John
           Downeham
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67743-e10
           
             *
             of
             Gen.
             3.15
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A67743-e340
           
             what
             chiefly
             concerns
             our selves
             ,
             we
             apply
             to
             others
             .
          
           
             and
             this
             makes
             all
             meanes
             to
             prove
             ineffectuall
             .
          
           
             Sufficient
             hath
             beene
             spoken
             to
             convince
             the
             most
             malitious
             .
          
           
             The
             reason
             why
             so
             few
             are
             converted
             .
          
           
             Al
             scoffers
             as
             bad
             as
             
               Cain
               ,
               Ishmael
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             No
             expecting
             a
             voice
             from
             heaven
             ,
             as
             Saul
             had
             .
          
           
             and
             yet
             if
             so
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             p●evail
             with
             them
             
          
           
             The
             worst
             think
             well
             of
             themselves
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             prophane
             can
             apply
             the
             promises
             which
             belong
             not
             to
             th●m
             .
          
           
             hard
             to
             say
             whether
             their
             applying
             the
             promises
             ,
             or
             not
             applying
             the
             precepts
             and
             threats
             most
             occasions
             their
             impenitency
             .
          
           
             Salvation
             not
             more
             promised
             to
             the
             penitent
             ,
             then
             damnation
             threatned
             to
             the
             impenitent
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             will
             not
             heare
             Christ
             now
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             heare
             us
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             Christ
             came
             not
             to
             be
             a
             patron
             for
             sin
             but
             to
             sanctifie
             as
             well
             as
             to
             save
             us
             .
          
           
             If
             Christians
             we
             wil
             imitate
             Christ
             ,
             if
             Gods
             servants
             ,
             we
             will
             obey
             him
             .
          
           
             But
             scoffers
             are
             Satans
             servants
             .
          
           
             The
             great
             evill
             that
             scoffers
             do
             
          
           
             Satan
             the
             god
             ,
             king
             ,
             and
             father
             of
             all
             unbelievers
             .
          
           
             Satan
             speakes
             in
             and
             by
             scoffers
             but
             they
             know
             it
             not
             .
             Of
             which
             many
             examples
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             
             ●4
             ,
          
           
             Five
             main
             reasons
             why
             they
             fight
             under
             Sathans
             banner
             ,
             and
             yet
             thinke
             themselves
             Gods
             servants
             .
          
           
             1
             Their
             ignorance
             of
             spirituall
             things
             .
          
           
             2
             the
             commonnesse
             of
             this
             sin
             hath
             taken
             away
             the
             sense
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             counted
             no
             sin
             and
             yet
             worse
             then
             all
             his
             fellows
             
          
           
             3
             They
             reject
             all
             meanes
             of
             being
             bettered
             ▪
             
          
           
             4
             Because
             they
             will
             not
             imbrace
             the
             truth
             they
             are
             given
             up
             to
             beleeve
             lyes
             .
          
           
             5
             The
             Prince
             of
             darkenesse
             blindes
             them
             .
          
           
             Satan
             prevailes
             most
             by
             desception
             of
             our
             reason
             .
          
           
             We
             mistake
             good
             for
             evill
             and
             evill
             for
             good
             .
          
           
             Sathan
             desires
             no
             more
             then
             to
             beheard
             speake
             .
          
           
             He
             will
             put
             a
             faire
             coulour
             upon
             the
             foulest
             sin
             and
             make
             the
             best
             action
             odious
             .
          
           
             He
             hath
             perswaded
             millions
             that
             they
             doe
             wel
             in
             persecuting
             the
             saitus
             .
          
           
             If
             Sathan
             shewed
             the
             hooke
             as
             well
             as
             the
             b●ite
             his
             Kingdom
             would
             not
             be
             so
             populous
             .
          
           
             Sathan
             more
             servants
             here
             then
             God.
             
          
           
             Few
             compared
             with
             the
             multitude
             shall
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             The
             difficulty
             of
             entring
             the
             strait
             gate
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.18
             .
          
           
             Yet
             most
             live
             as
             if
             they
             had
             no
             soules
             .
          
           
             The
             foolish
             ingratitude
             of
             ungodly
             men
             .
          
           
             Want
             of
             application
             on
             the
             cause
             of
             al
             impiety
             .
          
           
             All
             performances
             abominable
             except
             they
             proceed
             from
             right
             ends
             and
             a
             heart
             sanctified
             
          
           
             Tryall
             of
             a
             Christian
             by
             the
             fruites
             of
             his
             faith
             .
          
           
             Morrall
             men
             count
             zeal
             madnesse
             ,
             and
             Religion
             foolishnes
             
          
           
             They
             so
             hate
             holinesse
             that
             they
             will
             hate
             men
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             They
             persecute
             us
             out
             of
             zeal
             
          
           
             Which
             is
             the
             case
             of
             not
             a
             few
             .
          
           
             All
             hated
             for
             religion
             ,
             or
             haters
             of
             reigion
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             so
             hardened
             their
             hearts
             that
             we
             were
             as
             good
             admonish
             a
             stone
             .
          
           
             The
             reason
             why
             al
             are
             not
             beaten
             off
             by
             their
             s●offes
             .
          
           
             How
             to
             have
             our
             ●udgments
             cleared
             and
             our
             prejudice
             cured
             .
          
           
             Occasion
             of
             writing
             upon
             this
             subject
             .
          
           
             All
             ineffectual
             except
             God
             give
             a
             blessing
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A67743-e19130
           
             The
             religious
             hated
             ,
             and
             spoken
             against
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             every
             where
             .
          
           
             A
             secret
             enmity
             &
             antipathy
             betweene
             the
             wicked
             and
             Godly
             .
          
           
             Millions
             beaten
             off
             ,
             from
             being
             religious
             :
             by
             the
             scoffs
             ,
             &
             reproaches
             of
             wicked
             men
             .
          
           
             The
             mise●●ble
             ●ondition
             of
             cowardly
             Christians
             
          
           
             A
             remarkable
             example
             .
          
           
             The
             contempt
             of
             Religion
             makes
             many
             resolve
             against
             goodness
             .
          
           
             They
             will
             make
             an
             evill
             construction
             of
             what
             soever
             we
             do
             ,
             or
             speak
             .
          
           
             No
             reclayming
             such
             ,
             as
             are
             forestaled
             with
             preiudice
             .
          
           
             Meanes
             to
             cleare
             our
             Iudgments
             touching
             the
             worlds
             hatred
             .
          
           
             Religion
             most
             opposed
             ,
             by
             formall
             professors
             .
          
           
             Christ
             &
             his
             crosse
             inseparable
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             saints
             have
             been
             hated
             and
             persecuted
             .
          
           
             Meanes
             to
             confirme
             comfort
             ,
             &
             strengthen
             us
             against
             the
             worlds
             hatred
             .
          
           
             Their
             malice
             a
             good
             signe
             we
             belong
             to
             God.
             
          
           
             The
             originall
             of
             the
             worlds
             hatred
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             3
             15
             opened
             &
             explained
             .
          
           
             An
             enmity
             proclaimed
             ,
             and
             what
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             The
             Author
             proclaiming
             .
          
           
             The
             Captaines
             and
             Souldiers
             between
             whom
             ,
          
           
             All
             wicked
             men
             are
             the
             Serpents
             seed
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             the
             Woeman
             and
             her
             seed
             .
          
           
             Severall
             uses
             of
             instruction
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Vse
             .
          
           
             2
             Use
             
          
           
             3
             Use
             
          
           
             The
             certainty
             of
             this
             War.
             
          
           
             Lessons
             of
             Instruction
             from
             hence
             .
          
           
             1
             Lesson
             .
          
           
             2
             Lesson
             .
          
           
             3
             Lesson
             
          
           
             4
             Lesson
             
          
           
             Originall
             sin
             the
             orig●nall
             of
             this
             dis●cord
             .
          
           
             The
             end
             why
             ●hreefo●d
             ,
          
           
             God
             the
             Author
             without
             being
             the
             Author
             of
             sin
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             2
             Reason
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             further
             cleared
             .
          
           
             The
             distinction
             of
             adversi●ties
             .
          
           
             The
             time
             when
             this
             warr
             was
             proclaimed
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             time
             that
             it
             is
             to
             continue
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             time
             more
             strictly
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             subiect
             and
             obiect
             .
          
           
             A
             Vse
             of
             comfort
             .
          
           
             The
             manner
             of
             their
             venting
             this
             enmity
             
          
           
             The
             circumstance
             of
             place
             three-forld
             .
          
           
             What
             will
             be
             the
             issue
             &
             who
             shall
             get
             the
             Victory
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             brusing
             the
             head
             .
          
           
             What
             by
             bruising
             the
             Heele
             .
          
           
             This
             text
             an
             epitomy
             of
             the
             whole
             Bible
             .
          
           
             Order
             and
             distribution
             of
             the
             whole
             booke
             .
          
           
             The
             continuance
             of
             it
             in
             all
             Ages
             .
          
           
             1
             It
             was
             before
             the
             Flood
             .
          
           
             2
             After
             the
             Flood
             before
             the
             Law.
             
          
           
             3
             After
             the
             Law
             before
             Christ.
             
          
           
             4
             In
             the
             time
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             .
          
           
             What
             a
             multitude
             have
             suffered
             for
             professing
             Christ.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             After
             the
             Apostles
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             tenne
             Persecutions
             .
          
           
             6
             From
             the
             primitive
             times
             hitherto
             .
          
           
             Formall
             Christians
             the
             greatest
             persecutors
             of
             true
             Christians
             .
          
           
             7
             In
             the
             times
             wherein
             we
             live
             .
          
           
             A
             holy
             life
             cannot
             escape
             persecution
             .
          
           
             This
             enmity
             makes
             them
             forget
             all
             ●●turall
             affection
             .
          
           
             8
             It
             will
             continue
             so
             long
             as
             time
             continues
             .
          
           
             Application
             of
             the
             point
             .
          
           
             Twenty
             two
             signes
             or
             properties
             of
             this
             enmity
             .
          
           
             1
             They
             envy
             the
             Godly
             .
          
           
             Envy
             the
             Devills
             cogni●ance
             as
             love
             is
             Christs
             .
          
           
             2
             They
             contemne
             them
             which
             is
             not
             for
             〈◊〉
             of
             ignorance
             
          
           
             3
             they
             reioyce
             at
             our
             supposed
             evill
             estate
             .
          
           
             But
             most
             if
             they
             see
             us
             sin
             .
          
           
             4
             They
             hate
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             Their
             hatred
             extends
             to
             the
             whole
             generation
             of
             the
             Godly
             .
          
           
             But
             they
             have
             not
             so
             much
             authority
             as
             malice
             .
             Though
             their
             punishment
             shall
             be
             never
             the
             lesse
             .
          
           
             5
             They
             murmure
             against
             the
             godly
             and
             God
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             For
             being
             better
             then
             them selves
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             a
             great
             advantage
             of
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             Their
             miserable
             condition
             .
          
           
             6
             They
             sensure
             our
             actions
             and
             mis-consture
             our
             inteutions
             
          
           
             Preiudice
             blindes
             them
             .
          
           
             They
             traduce
             whō
             they
             cannot
             seduce
             
          
           
             They
             condemne
             others
             ,
             that
             thems●lves
             may
             be
             justified
             .
          
           
             They
             iudge
             others
             by
             themselves
             
          
           
             7
             They
             carry
             tales
             of
             us
             to
             the
             Rulers
             .
          
           
             Charge
             us
             with
             many
             things
             but
             proove
             nothing
             
          
           
             They
             passe
             over
             our
             good
             partes
             
          
           
             They
             will
             coyne
             matter
             to
             accuse
             us
             .
          
           
             How
             to
             heare
             the
             tale-bearer
             .
          
           
             No
             musick
             so
             sweet
             as
             to
             heare
             well
             of
             themselves
             ill
             of
             the
             religious
             .
          
           
             The
             tale-bearers
             end
             .
          
           
             3
             They
             give
             divelish
             councel
             against
             us
             .
          
           
             They
             dazell
             mens
             eyes
             with
             false
             accutions
             .
          
           
             Their
             matchlesse
             malice
             in
             slandering
             us
             .
          
           
             The
             Prelates
             more
             ready
             to
             yeeld
             their
             ayd
             then
             the
             rude
             rabble
             to
             aske
             it
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             They
             flout
             and
             scoffe
             at
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             They
             so
             hate
             righteousnesse
             ,
             that
             they
             hate
             men
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             They
             think
             us
             mad
             ,
             we
             know
             them
             to
             be
             mad
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             zealous
             against
             all
             that
             are
             zealous
             .
          
           
             They
             scoff
             at
             us
             ,
             God
             laughes
             at
             them
             .
          
           
             Their
             punishments
             .
          
           
             No
             greater
             Argument
             of
             a
             foule
             soule
             
          
           
             10.
             
             They
             use
             to
             nick-name
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Devill
             that
             speakes
             in
             and
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             Nothig
             hath
             proved
             more
             successfull
             to
             Satan
             ,
             then
             lies
             .
          
           
             Wicked
             men
             think
             to
             grace
             themselves
             by
             disgracing
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             11
             They
             revile
             and
             raile
             on
             the
             godly
             .
             Because
             the
             Law
             bindes
             their
             hands
             they
             smit
             with
             their
             tongues
             .
          
           
             They
             speak
             evill
             of
             us
             because
             they
             cannot
             do
             evil
             to
             us
             .
          
           
             How
             fitly
             they
             are
             termed
             dogs
             .
          
           
             Their
             words
             are
             to
             bee
             ●lighted
             .
          
           
             Foule
             m●uthed
             men
             and
             women
             are
             devills
             in
             the
             Scripture
             phrase
             .
          
           
             Satans
             heart
             in
             their
             lips
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             They
             raise
             slanders
             of
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             Evill
             reports
             both
             make
             and
             increase
             iealousies
             ,
             and
             disable
             us
             from
             discerning
             the
             truth
             .
          
           
             Slanderers
             Satans
             best
             servants
             
          
           
             Great
             wits
             not
             apter
             to
             raise
             slanders
             then
             othes
             to
             beleeve
             them
             .
          
           
             A
             slander
             once
             raised
             never
             dyes
             .
          
           
             At
             least
             it
             leaves
             a
             scar
             of
             suspition
             behinde
             .
          
           
             Wise
             men
             will
             examine
             before
             they
             beleeve
             .
          
           
             Their
             policy
             in
             slandering
             us
             .
          
           
             The
             theef
             most
             forward
             to
             cry
             stop
             theefe
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             They
             will
             curse
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             Wicked
             men
             lye
             when
             they
             speake
             the
             truth
             .
          
           
             As
             they
             belong
             to
             hell
             ,
             so
             th●y
             speak
             the
             language
             .
          
           
             They
             that
             curse
             us
             would
             kill
             us
             if
             they
             durst
             .
          
           
             They
             curse
             those
             that
             least
             of
             all
             deserve
             it
             .
          
           
             They
             curse
             us
             that
             they
             may
             discourage
             us
             .
          
           
             Though
             they
             curse
             ,
             yet
             God
             will
             blesse
             .
          
           
             How
             miserably
             cursers
             shall
             be
             cursed
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             They
             use
             to
             threaten
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             No
             living
             for
             the
             godly
             if
             their
             enemies
             hands
             were
             alowed
             to
             be
             as
             bloody
             as
             their
             hearts
             
          
           
             Well
             for
             the
             innocent
             that
             the
             wicked
             cannot
             keep
             their
             own
             councell
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             forced
             to
             give
             us
             warning
             that
             wee
             may
             prevent
             them
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             They
             will
             undermine
             us
             in
             talke
             that
             they
             may
             betray
             us
             .
          
           
             Their
             cunning
             in
             this
             case
             .
          
           
             And
             dissimulation
             
          
           
             They
             have
             borrowed
             this
             craft
             from
             Satan
             who
             sets
             them
             on
             worke
             .
          
           
             B●ware
             we
             trust
             them
             not
             .
          
           
             16
             They
             manifest
             their
             enmitie
             against
             the
             religious
             by
             their
             gestu●e
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             tongue
             speaketh
             to
             the
             ear
             ,
             so
             the
             gesture
             speaketh
             to
             the
             eye
             .
          
           
             17
             They
             will
             withstand
             and
             contrary
             the
             truth
             by
             us
             delivered
             .
          
           
             
               They
               will
               cavill
               against
               the
               very
               word
               and
               oppose
               the
               messengers
               .
            
             
               They
               fly
               the
               light
               .
            
          
           
             A
             powerfull
             Minister
             most
             opposed
             .
          
           
             Strong
             braines
             too
             wise
             to
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             An
             humble
             man
             will
             never
             be
             an
             here●ique
             .
          
           
             Nor
             will
             they
             be
             appeased
             .
          
           
             They
             will
             hate
             us
             because
             they
             have
             hurt
             us
             .
          
           
             They
             neither
             hear
             him
             themselves
             nor
             suffer
             others
             .
          
           
             They
             adde
             to
             their
             own
             reputation
             by
             det●acting
             from
             others
             .
          
           
             18
             They
             combine
             together
             ,
             and
             lay
             devilish
             plots
             to
             destroy
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             The
             manner
             of
             their
             consultations
             .
          
           
             They
             will
             easily
             finde
             occasion
             .
          
           
             For
             our
             serving
             of
             God
             shall
             be
             sufficient
             .
          
           
             Or
             saving
             of
             soules
             .
          
           
             They
             com
             not
             to
             be
             caught
             by
             a
             Minister
             but
             to
             catch
             him
             .
          
           
             But
             are
             taken
             in
             the
             snare
             they
             spread
             for
             others
             .
          
           
             19
             They
             are
             proane
             to
             imprison
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             Not
             for
             any
             crime
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             prevent
             further
             dispute
             .
          
           
             And
             other
             the
             like
             reasons
             .
          
           
             20
             Their
             usuall
             way
             of
             confuting
             is
             with
             fists
             .
          
           
             Their
             Arguments
             are
             all
             steel
             and
             iron
             .
          
           
             21
             They
             will
             hurt
             &
             maime
             the
             godly
             
          
           
             Their
             malice
             makes
             them
             like
             beasts
             or
             ●●ocks
             
          
           
             22
             usuall
             with
             them
             to
             murther
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           
             Instead
             of
             arguments
             they
             take
             up
             armes
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             savage
             and
             bloody
             .
          
           
             Of
             which
             five
             reasons
             .
          
           
             1
             Reaso●
             .
          
           
             2
             Reason
             .
          
           
             3
             Reason
             .
          
           
             4
             Reason
             .
          
           
             5
             Reason
             .
          
           
             Our
             Saviour
             suffered
             two
             &
             twenty
             wayes
             of
             ungodly
             men
             .
          
           
             4
             Mental
             Properties
             
          
           
             11
             verball
             Properties
             .
          
           
             7
             Actuall
             Properties
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             for
             his
             zaale
             purity
             and
             holinesse
             .
          
           
             Severall
             uses
             of
             their
             enmity
             .
          
           
             1
             Use.
             
          
           
             2
             Use.
             
          
           
             To
             informe
             us
             whether
             we
             be
             children
             of
             the
             devill
             or
             members
             of
             Christ.
             
          
           
             Comfort
             for
             such
             as
             suffer
             .
          
           
             3
             Use.
             
          
           
             Let
             non
             look
             to
             fare
             better
             than
             Christ.
             
          
           
             11
             Cause●
             .
          
           
             1
             The
             contrariety
             of
             their
             natures
             .
          
           
             All
             true
             beleevers
             ▪
             the
             children
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             All
             natural
             men
             children
             of
             the
             Devill
             .
          
           
             Impossible
             the
             good
             and
             bad
             should
             agree
             .
          
           
             Naturall
             men
             can
             agree
             with
             any
             so
             they
             be
             not
             Religious
             .
          
           
             Yea
             differ
             they
             in
             other
             thngs
             they
             will
             joyne
             against
             the
             Godly
             .
          
           
             Many
             Wives
             ,
             Children
             and
             Servants
             hated
             for
             being
             religious
             .
          
           
             Hatred
             fo●
             religion
             ,
             the
             most
             bitter
             and
             implacable
             
          
           
             agreement
             in
             some
             points
             does
             but
             advance
             hatred
             the
             more
             .
          
           
             We
             cannot
             anger
             them
             worse
             then
             to
             doe
             wel
             
          
           
             Wherein
             this
             contrariety
             consists
             .
          
           
             They
             differ
             in
             their
             judgements
             .
          
           
             1
             Touching
             Wisdome
             .
          
           
             2
             Touching
             happinesse
             .
          
           
             3
             touching
             fortitude
             .
          
           
             4
             touching
             sin
             .
          
           
             5
             touching
             holinesse
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ▪
             they
             differ
             in
             their
             passions
             &
             affections
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             they
             differ
             in
             their
             practice
             .
          
           
             Wicked
             men
             persecute
             the
             godly
             for
             being
             better
             then
             they
             .
          
           
             Of
             which
             many
             examples
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             applyed
             .
          
           
             Where
             Christ
             comes
             ther
             will
             be
             opposition
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             more
             contemned
             then
             goodnesse
             .
          
           
             Would
             we
             accompany
             them
             in
             evill
             ,
             their
             malice
             would
             cease
             .
          
           
             We
             may
             appeale
             to
             them●elves
             who
             are
             the
             honester
             men
             .
          
           
             They
             think
             not
             as
             they
             speak
             .
          
           
             They
             asperse
             us
             out
             of
             policy
             .
          
           
             To
             tax
             all
             for
             the
             faults
             of
             a
             few
             ,
             is
             only
             the
             art
             of
             a
             fool
             .
          
           
             Most
             m●n
             fooles
             and
             beasts
             .
          
           
             The
             Character
             of
             a
             malicious
             scoffer
             .
          
           
             How
             strangely
             wicked
             men
             gull
             themselves
             
          
           
             Some
             of
             the●
             excuses
             .
          
           
             Singularity
             our
             great
             and
             grevious
             crime
             .
          
           
             To
             obey
             God
             rather
             than
             men
             great
             disorders
             
          
           
             Common
             protestants
             can
             be
             of
             any
             religion
             .
          
           
             Yet
             none
             think
             better
             of
             them selves
             .
          
           
             How
             Satan
             playes
             the
             S●phister
             .
          
           
             Discresion
             eates
             up
             devotion
             .
          
           
             Goodmen
             may
             differ
             in
             many
             things
             ;
             yet
             agree
             in
             the
             main
             ,
          
           
             A
             vast
             difference
             between
             another
             discipline
             ,
             and
             another
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             That
             indifferent
             to
             one
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             so
             to
             another
             ,
          
           
             ●o
             be
             scrupulous
             〈◊〉
             ill
             signe
             .
          
           
             In
             cases
             of
             a
             doubtfull
             nature
             ,
             we
             should
             take
             the
             surest
             side
             .
          
           
             they
             woul●●●our
             us
             ou●
             of
             our
             faith
             
          
           
             And
             effect
             the
             same
             did
             not
             God
             support
             us
             ,
          
           
             To
             be
             a
             Christian
             requires
             fortitude
             .
          
           
             Good
             men
             will
             hold
             their
             profession
             though
             they
             lose
             their
             lives
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             cannot
             concoct
             evill
             words
             ,
             we
             would
             nev●r
             endure
             blowes
             .
          
           
             To
             be
             scoft
             out
             of
             our
             goodnesse
             how
             rediculous
             
          
           
             The
             most
             will
             doe
             as
             he
             most
             to
             ,
          
           
             Satan
             gets
             more
             by
             subtilty
             than
             by
             violence
             .
          
           
             Some
             will
             better
             abide
             a
             stake
             than
             others
             a
             mock
             .
          
           
             Tongue-taunts
             in
             G●ds
             account
             is
             per●ecution
             .
          
           
             None
             but
             the
             desperately
             wicked
             wil
             malice
             an
             other
             for
             goodnesse
             .
          
           
             4
             They
             are
             wroth
             with
             us
             becu●se
             we
             fare
             better
             then
             they
             
          
           
             Of
             which
             many
             examples
             .
          
           
             The
             good
             mans
             honour
             ,
             the
             envious
             mans
             torment
             .
          
           
             Application
             first
             to
             unhollowed
             Ministers
             .
          
           
             They
             cry
             up
             practise
             to
             cry
             down
             preaching
             
          
           
             This
             sore
             will
             not
             endure
             rubbing
             .
          
           
             Application
             thereof
             to
             the
             rabble
             .
          
           
             A
             second
             cause
             is
             ignorance
             
          
           
             Proved
             1.
             by
             testimonies
             .
          
           
             2
             By
             examples
             .
          
           
             Wicked
             beholding
             to
             the
             godly
             for
             their
             lives
             .
          
           
             Malignants
             as
             witlesse
             as
             wicked
             .
          
           
             3
             By
             experience
             .
          
           
             The
             more
             ignorant
             the
             more
             malicious
             .
          
           
             They
             allwaies
             make
             the
             worst
             construction
             of
             things
             
          
           
             ignorance
             causeth
             su●pition
             su●pition
             hatred
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             That
             great
             scholers
             and
             wisemen
             doe
             the
             same
             ,
             answered
             .
          
           
             Their
             actions
             prove
             them
             ignorant
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             part
             of
             conversion
             is
             to
             love
             them
             that
             love
             God.
             
          
           
             Many
             that
             have
             a
             depth
             of
             knowledge
             are
             not
             soule-wise
             .
          
           
             Examples
             of
             many
             wise
             in
             the
             worlds
             esteem
             ,
             but
             fools
             in
             Gods
             account
             .
          
           
             With
             God
             the
             greatest
             sinner
             is
             the
             greatest
             fool
             ,
             and
             he
             most
             wise
             ,
             that
             is
             most
             religious
             .
          
           
             God
             regards
             not
             braine
             knowledge
             ,
             except
             it
             seize
             on
             the
             heart
             also
             .
          
           
             Rightly
             a
             man
             knows
             no
             more
             then
             hee
             practiseth
             .
          
           
             Saving
             knowledge
             described
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             meanest
             beleever
             knows
             more
             then
             the
             profoundest
             naturian
             .
          
           
             In
             what
             sense
             the
             word
             ca●
             worldly
             men
             wisemen
             .
          
           
             What
             knowledg
             !
             is
             peculiar
             to
             the
             godly
             ,
             and
             what
             common
             to
             them
             with
             Hipocrits
             .
          
           
             Naturall
             men
             want
             both
             the
             light
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             eye
             of
             faith
             .
          
           
             No
             attaining
             supernatuaral
             kuowledg
             by
             any
             natural
             means
             .
          
           
             Saving
             knowledg
             given
             to
             none
             but
             good
             men
             .
          
           
             Of
             which
             many
             instances
             .
          
           
             Divine
             assistance
             in
             time
             of
             tryall
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             further
             amplified
             .
          
           
             They
             that
             would
             have
             this
             talent
             must
             resolve
             to
             improve
             it
             
          
           
             The
             way
             to
             obtaine
             true
             wisdome
             .
          
           
             Instruction
             from
             the
             premises
             .
             1.
             
             For
             all
             naturall
             men
             .
          
           
             2
             For
             such
             as
             speake
             evill
             of
             the
             way
             of
             truth
             ,
          
           
             When
             they
             doe
             worst
             they
             think
             they
             doe
             well
             .
          
           
             3
             For
             Gods
             people
             .
          
           
             A
             fourth
             Use.
             
          
           
             A
             fifth
             use
             .
          
           
             A
             sixt
             use
             .
          
           
             A
             seventh
             use
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             cause
             is
             unbeleefe
             .
             Prov●d
             ,
          
           
             1
             By
             testimonys
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             By
             examples
             .
          
           
             Men
             think
             they
             beleeve
             ,
             but
             doe
             not
             .
          
           
             Evidences
             of
             mens
             unbeleife
             .
          
           
             The
             woful
             reward
             of
             Persecutors
             .
          
           
             Why
             Persecutors
             are
             not
             punished
             here
             
          
           
             But
             they
             blesse
             themselves
             and
             think
             to
             speed
             as
             well
             as
             others
             .
          
           
             Did
             men
             beleeve
             the
             word
             they
             durst
             not
             live
             as
             they
             doe
             .
          
           
             Natural
             men
             feare
             visible
             powers
             but
             not
             the
             invisible
             God.
             
          
           
             None
             so
             confirmed
             in
             Atheisme
             but
             feare
             in
             time
             of
             danger
             .
          
           
             At
             least
             on
             their
             death
             beds
             they
             con●esse
             a
             God.
             
          
           
             Vengance
             makes
             wi●e
             whom
             sin
             makes
             foolish
             .
          
           
             Atheists
             on
             earth
             but
             none
             in
             hell
             .
          
           
             To
             consider
             before
             it
             prove
             too
             late
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             grounded
             Atheisme
             h●th
             a
             m●xture
             o●
             bele●fe
             .
          
           
             Atheists
             would
             give
             all
             they
             have
             to
             be
             sure
             there
             were
             no
             hell
             .
          
           
             They
             doe
             and
             yet
             do
             not
             beleive
             a
             God
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Their
             convicted
             consciences
             shal
             but
             witnesse
             against
             their
             unbeleefe
             .
          
           
             Men
             may
             doubt
             ,
             but
             the
             devils
             beleeve
             a
             judgement
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             Fire
             and
             b●imstone
             shall
             confute
             all
             Athe●sts
             .
          
           
             They
             that
             beleeve
             not
             the
             threa●s
             can
             yet
             pre●ume
             upon
             Gods
             mercy
             .
          
           
             The
             devill
             and
             sin
             do
             infatuate
             and
             besot
             the
             wicked
             .
          
           
             A
             carnall
             heart
             is
             flint
             to
             God
             ,
             wax
             to
             the
             Devil
             .
          
           
             Carnall
             men
             believe
             the
             promises
             but
             not
             the
             precepts
             nor
             threats
             
          
           
             Hard
             for
             men
             to
             believe
             their
             own
             unbeliefe
             .
          
           
             Wicked
             men
             either
             presume
             or
             despaire
             .
          
           
             Notes
             of
             triall
             touching
             beliefe
             and
             unbeliefe
             .
          
           
             H●w
             men
             may
             examine
             themselves
             
          
           
             Men
             would
             never
             do
             as
             they
             do
             if
             they
             thought
             they
             shold
             be
             called
             to
             an
             account
             .
          
           
             Most
             men
             beleive
             not
             an
             hell
             proved
             undeniably
             .
          
           
             Did
             men
             beleeve
             what
             God
             hath
             already
             inflicted
             on
             the
             Angels
             old
             World
             Sodom
             &c.
             they
             would
             not
             live
             as
             they
             doe
             .
          
           
             Admonition
             to
             bew●r
             before
             it
             proves
             too
             late
             .
          
           
             Fruits
             of
             Atheisme
             wherewith
             the
             land
             abounds
             .
          
           
             If
             a
             tithe
             of
             us
             are
             Christians
             then
             there
             are
             milions
             of
             Christians
             in
             hell
             .
          
           
             How
             far
             we
             come
             short
             of
             Primative
             Christians
             
          
           
             Most
             men
             can
             be
             of
             any
             religion
             which
             proves
             they
             are
             truly
             of
             none
             .
          
           
             How
             Gods
             goodnesse
             aggravates
             our
             wickednesse
             .
          
           
             Mens
             eyes
             will
             be
             opened
             on
             their
             death-beds
             or
             in
             hell
             .
          
           
             Good
             councell
             for
             Scoffers
             .
          
           
             eight
             other
             causes
             of
             hatred
             and
             persecution
             .
          
           
             1
             Speaking
             of
             truth
             .
          
           
             2
             misprision
             
          
           
             3
             Example
             of
             the
             multitude
             .
          
           
             4
             seperation
             .
          
           
             5
             The
             preaching
             of
             some
             Ministers
             .
          
           
             6
             The
             scandalous
             lives
             of
             some
             professors
             ,
          
           
             7
             Flocking
             after
             sermons
             .
          
           
             That
             they
             may
             have
             more
             company
             here
             in
             sin
             ,
             and
             hereafter
             in
             torment
             
          
           
             Conclusion
             .