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               THE
               YOVNG-MANS
               Warning-peece
               :
               OR
               ,
               A
               Sermon
               preached
               at
               the
               buriall
               of
               WILLIAM
               ROGERS
               Apothecary
               .
            
             
               With
               an
               History
               of
               his
               sinfull
               Life
               ,
               and
               wofull
               Death
               .
            
             
               Together
               with
               a
               Post-script
               of
               the
               use
               of
               Examples
               .
            
             
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Young-men
               of
               the
               Parish
               ,
               especially
               to
               his
               Companions
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 Robert
                 Abbot
              
               ,
               Vicar
               of
               Cranebrooke
               in
               KENT
               .
            
             
               
                 Prov.
                 7.23
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   young
                   Foole
                
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Bird
                 ,
                 hasteneth
                 to
                 the
                 snare
                 ,
                 and
                 knoweth
                 not
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 for
                 his
                 life
                 .
              
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 R.
                 B.
              
               for
               
                 P.
                 Stephens
              
               and
               
                 C
                 Meredith
              
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               be
               sold
               at
               their
               Shop
               at
               the
               signe
               of
               the
               
                 Golden
                 Lion
              
               in
               Pauls
               Church
               Yard
               .
               1639
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               all
               the
               Young-men
               of
               my
               Parish
               ,
               especially
               to
               late
               Companions
               of
               
                 William
                 Rogers
              
               ,
               Apothecary
               ,
               
                 Grace
                 ,
                 Mercy
              
               ,
               and
               Peace
               .
            
             
               DEerely
               beloved
               Young-men
               ,
               that
               this
               Sermon
               (
               in
               effect
               )
               was
               preached
               by
               mee
               ,
               among
               you
               ,
               you
               know
               ,
               and
               the
               occasion
               you
               know
               too
               When
               I
               preachd
               it
               ,
               it
               cam
               to
               your
               eares
               ,
               &
               it
               wrought
               something
               in
               some
               of
               your
               eyes
               ,
               but
               I
               little
               thought
               
               to
               have
               presented
               it
               to
               your
               eyes
               againe
               .
               Importunities
               from
               abroad
               ,
               and
               at
               home
               ,
               have
               pressed
               mee
               to
               make
               this
               adventure
               .
               And
               now
               it
               is
               come
               ,
               to
               whom
               should
               it
               come
               ,
               but
               unto
               you
               ?
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               my
               love
               to
               that
               dead
               Young-man
               ,
               made
               me
               willing
               to
               satisfie
               his
               desire
               :
               and
               your
               desires
               to
               have
               it
               ,
               have
               not
               made
               mee
               willing
               thus
               to
               send
               it
               unto
               you
               .
               Yet
               your
               courses
               being
               the
               occasion
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               your
               welfare
               being
               the
               end
               of
               it
               ;
               you
               may
               justly
               chalenge
               it
               ,
               and
               shall
               not
               by
               mee
               bee
               robbed
               of
               your
               right
               .
               Who
               knowes
               whether
               God
               may
               leave
               a
               blessing
               behind
               ?
               I
               cannot
               bee
               assured
               ,
               that
               ,
               for
               the
               
               word
               of
               God
               handled
               in
               it
               ,
               or
               for
               me
               the
               poore
               instrument
               that
               is
               used
               in
               it
               ,
               ye
               will
               make
               much
               use
               of
               it
               for
               your
               good
               ;
               because
               (
               I
               feare
               )
               ye
               so
               often
               prefer
               an
               ale-house
               before
               the
               house
               of
               God.
               It
               may
               be
               ,
               ye
               had
               rather
               be
               without
               it
               ,
               than
               have
               it
               ;
               because
               the
               sight
               of
               it
               ,
               to
               you
               ,
               will
               be
               a
               sting
               ;
               the
               sight
               of
               it
               ,
               to
               others
               ,
               will
               bee
               but
               a
               remembrancer
               to
               them
               ,
               to
               call
               upon
               you
               still
               to
               forsake
               those
               courses
               which
               ye
               love
               .
               Yet
               herein
               have
               I
               hope
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               love
               to
               see
               the
               picture
               of
               him
               being
               dead
               ,
               whom
               yee
               loved
               and
               followed
               as
               your
               Doctor
               while
               he
               lived
               .
               If
               it
               be
               not
               drawne
               to
               life
               ,
               my
               eyes
               ,
               
               eares
               ,
               and
               understanding
               much
               faile
               me
               ,
               besides
               ,
               many
               witnesses
               will
               not
               faile
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               all
               is
               true
               .
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               it
               is
               so
               for
               substance
               :
               and
               if
               it
               be
               coloured
               otherwise
               ,
               even
               at
               the
               first
               it
               was
               rudely
               drawne
               ,
               it
               is
               for
               your
               sakes
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               still
               see
               him
               the
               more
               perfectly
               ,
               and
               know
               your
               owne
               estate
               .
            
             
               You
               have
               had
               (
               in
               your
               daies
               )
               many
               examples
               ,
               teaching
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               bargaine
               to
               be
               had
               in
               a
               wicked
               way
               ;
               it
               is
               folly
               to
               lay
               out
               your
               silver
               ,
               and
               not
               for
               bread
               .
               But
               to
               have
               two
               in
               one
               yeere
               ,
               layes
               the
               axe
               to
               the
               root
               of
               the
               trees
               of
               the
               Wood
               ,
               and
               preacheth
               ,
               that
               except
               ye
               amend
               ,
               
                 yee
                 shall
                 
                 likewise
                 perish
              
               .
               
               Yee
               have
               seene
               two
               Apothecaries
               different
               in
               their
               course
               .
               The
               one
               so
               many
               wayes
               looking
               home-ward
               ,
               
               that
               he
               
                 died
                 miserably
                 rich
              
               ;
               the
               other
               so
               lashing
               outward
               ,
               that
               hee
               dyed
               miserably
               poore
               .
               Both
               of
               sweet
               and
               mild
               natures
               ,
               and
               of
               different
               waies
               in
               life
               :
               
               yet
               both
               of
               
                 uncomfortable
                 passages
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 .
              
               The
               one
               having
               first
               the
               devill
               presenting
               himselfe
               unto
               him
               to
               be
               his
               Physitian
               :
               and
               next
               CHRIST
               sitting
               on
               the
               Throne
               ,
               condemning
               his
               unprofitable
               life
               ,
               and
               bidding
               him
               shift
               for
               himselfe
               ,
               for
               he
               would
               have
               nothing
               to
               do
               with
               him
               .
               The
               other
               ,
               as
               if
               hee
               would
               prevent
               
               Christ
               ,
               condemning
               himselfe
               to
               hell
               for
               ever
               ,
               and
               ever
               .
               The
               one
               (
               being
               very
               rich
               ,
               and
               having
               no
               children
               )
               was
               pressed
               by
               me
               ,
               
                 while
                 hee
                 was
                 in
                 peace
                 ,
                 and
                 before
                 his
                 last
                 Will
                 was
                 settled
                 ,
              
               of
               his
               thousands
               to
               give
               but
               one
               hundred
               pounds
               ,
               for
               the
               repairing
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               other
               pious
               workes
               .
               But
               if
               hee
               were
               worth
               ten
               thousand
               (
               as
               he
               said
               )
               he
               would
               not
               give
               a
               penny
               ,
               beside
               what
               he
               had
               given
               by
               will
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               twenty
               Marks
               to
               the
               poor
               ,
               ten
               pounds
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               petty
               Legacies
               .
               
               If
               I
               were
               rich
               ,
               I
               should
               be
               loth
               
                 to
                 pay
                 so
                 deare
              
               for
               such
               a
               denyall
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               in
               the
               end
               ,
               full
               of
               horror
               to
               the
               last
               .
               
               The
               other
               (
               being
               very
               poore
               )
               was
               pressed
               by
               me
               againe
               and
               againe
               ,
               
                 but
                 to
                 beleeve
                 in
                 Christ
                 for
                 salvation
                 .
              
               But
               I
               could
               not
               (
               for
               ought
               I
               saw
               )
               prevaile
               neither
               .
               The
               one
               had
               lived
               well
               ,
               except
               his
               misery
               :
               the
               other
               had
               lived
               ill
               ,
               and
               so
               in
               misery
               worse
               .
               I
               know
               you
               feare
               not
               the
               danger
               of
               ●he
               first
               example
               :
               for
               you
               are
               out
               of
               the
               way
               of
               being
               too
               rich
               .
               If
               you
               have
               enough
               to
               goe
               like
               gallant
               Blades
               ,
               it
               is
               all
               you
               desire
               :
               yet
               if
               you
               have
               not
               ,
               your
               credite
               must
               bee
               good
               till
               the
               quarter
               day
               ,
               or
               the
               good
               market
               comes
               .
               But
               may
               you
               not
               feare
               the
               danger
               of
               the
               second
               ?
               Him
               ye
               loved
               enough
               ,
               his
               courses
               
               yee
               love
               too
               well
               .
               The
               Ale-house
               must
               bee
               your
               Chappell
               ,
               Kitchin
               ,
               Work-house
               :
               the
               first
               draught
               is
               your
               prayer
               ,
               the
               next
               your
               breakfast
               ,
               and
               the
               last
               your
               worke
               .
               Yet
               if
               ye
               had
               but
               a
               Priest
               that
               would
               prophecy
               of
               Wine
               and
               strong
               drinke
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               Come
               let
               us
               fill
               our selves
               with
               Wine
               and
               strong
               drinke
               ,
               to
               morrow
               shall
               be
               as
               this
               d●y
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               aboundant
               ,
               hee
               were
               the
               only
               man
               ,
               and
               you
               the
               only
               people
               of
               the
               world
               I
               know
               you
               think
               yourselv's
               very
               familiar
               with
               Christ
               ,
               as
               if
               hee
               would
               passe
               by
               these
               slips
               of
               youth
               ,
               and
               imbrace
               you
               in
               the
               armes
               of
               his
               mercy
               upon
               the
               least
               
               call
               .
               But
               you
               forget
               that
               Christ
               hath
               now
               taken
               state
               upon
               him
               .
               He
               was
               an
               Infant
               crying
               in
               the
               Cratch
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               was
               circumcised
               by
               wicked
               Priests
               ,
               carried
               by
               an
               Asse
               into
               Ierusalem
               ,
               Hee
               was
               a
               Preacher
               in
               Israel
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               was
               pressed
               upon
               by
               all
               ,
               and
               sought
               to
               be
               intangled
               by
               his
               enemies
               .
               Hee
               was
               a
               worker
               of
               miracles
               here
               ,
               and
               then
               sicke
               soules
               and
               bodies
               troubled
               him
               ▪
               He
               was
               under
               arrests
               and
               executions
               ▪
               and
               then
               Iudas
               did
               kisse
               ,
               Souldiers
               buffeted
               and
               spit
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               Iewes
               and
               Gentiles
               killed
               him
               .
               But
               now
               the
               case
               is
               altered
               ,
               his
               present
               state
               admits
               no
               such
               neere
               approach
               .
               
               Will
               you
               say
               hee
               is
               my
               sweet
               Saviour
               still
               ?
               Go
               then
               and
               tell
               him
               so
               :
               say
               ;
               Lord
               ,
               I
               am
               idle
               ,
               unprofitable
               ,
               and
               luxurio●s
               ,
               but
               thou
               art
               my
               sweet
               Saviour
               still
               .
               Say
               yee
               to
               your
               fathers
               and
               mothers
               ,
               I
               am
               drunken
               ,
               idle
               ,
               warton
               ,
               rebellious
               ,
               but
               ye
               are
               my
               father
               and
               mother
               still
               ,
               and
               I
               expect
               your
               blessing
               ,
               and
               your
               p●rse
               .
               Surely
               such
               proud
               and
               dissolute
               carriage
               shall
               a
               thousand
               times
               sooner
               please
               men
               on
               earth
               ,
               than
               it
               shall
               please
               Christ
               in
               heaven
               .
               He
               hath
               redeemd
               you
               that
               ye
               might
               serve
               him
               in
               righteousnesse
               and
               holines
               all
               the
               daies
               of
               your
               life
               .
               He
               hath
               bought
               you
               with
               a
               price
               ,
               that
               yee
               
               might
               glorifie
               God
               in
               body
               and
               soule
               ,
               and
               (
               by
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               )
               save
               your selves
               from
               the
               midst
               of
               this
               wicked
               generation
               wherein
               ye
               live
               .
               Perhaps
               you
               may
               think
               your
               sinnes
               not
               to
               be
               so
               great
               ,
               but
               that
               you
               may
               keep
               your
               fellowship
               in
               the
               salvation
               of
               Christ
               too
               .
               But
               they
               are
               not
               worthy
               of
               pitty
               who
               wilfully
               deceive
               their
               own
               soules
               :
               For
               in
               foure
               cases
               your
               least
               sins
               prove
               damnable
               in
               the
               issue
               .
               If
               they
               
               be
               committed
               against
               your
               consciences
               .
               Conscience
               is
               in
               Gods
               roome
               to
               guard
               you
               ,
               and
               if
               that
               be
               affronted
               ,
               it
               is
               given
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               so
               you
               build
               downeward
               to
               hell
               .
               Then
               if
               they
               bee
               
               
               committed
               with
               pleasure
               and
               delight
               ;
               there
               is
               no
               sin
               so
               small
               ,
               which
               smels
               not
               unsavorily
               if
               it
               pleaseth
               .
               It
               pleased
               the
               man
               to
               gather
               
               sticks
               ,
               and
               he
               died
               for
               it
               .
               It
               pleased
               Lots
               Wife
               to
               look
               backe
               ,
               and
               she
               was
               turned
               into
               a
               pillar
               of
               Salt.
               Next
               ,
               if
               small
               sins
               dispose
               you
               to
               greater
               .
               For
               he
               that
               hath
               avoided
               the
               great
               Rockes
               ,
               may
               be
               swallow'd
               up
               in
               the
               sand
               :
               and
               he
               that
               can
               keep
               out
               great
               Theeves
               ,
               may
               have
               his
               house
               opened
               by
               a
               little
               Boy
               who
               creeps
               in
               at
               
               the
               window
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               if
               the
               smallest
               sinnes
               have
               a
               progresse
               ,
               and
               go
               on
               .
               A
               little
               ball
               of
               snow
               ,
               rowled
               ,
               is
               increased
               ,
               and
               many
               drops
               make
               a
               floud
               .
               Can
               you
               say
               
               that
               you
               sin
               not
               when
               conscience
               checks
               ,
               and
               saith
               ,
               Doe
               it
               not
               ?
               Or
               that
               you
               have
               not
               taken
               pleasure
               in
               what
               you
               have
               done
               ?
               Or
               that
               you
               have
               not
               bin
               disposed
               by
               your
               houres
               of
               error
               ,
               to
               scandalize
               others
               ,
               and
               neglect
               God
               and
               his
               worship
               ?
               Or
               that
               your
               little
               sins
               have
               not
               multiplyed
               so
               long
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               may
               (
               for
               any
               thing
               you
               are
               sure
               to
               the
               contrary
               )
               become
               an
               Ocean
               to
               drowne
               your
               soules
               in
               eternall
               horror
               ?
               What
               now
               is
               to
               bee
               done
               ,
               but
               that
               you
               see
               your
               wickednesse
               ,
               and
               amend
               all
               ?
               I
               am
               sure
               it
               would
               bring
               comfort
               to
               your
               friends
               ,
               to
               see
               you
               in
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               .
               I
               am
               more
               
               sure
               it
               would
               bring
               glory
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               honour
               to
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               to
               have
               his
               creatures
               and
               the
               professors
               of
               it
               from
               your
               youth
               ,
               to
               live
               in
               the
               obedience
               of
               faith
               .
               And
               I
               know
               assuredly
               too
               ,
               that
               it
               shall
               adde
               to
               my
               crowne
               of
               rejoycing
               ,
               to
               see
               all
               ,
               Christs
               Lambs
               ,
               Babes
               ,
               and
               Children
               to
               walke
               in
               that
               truth
               which
               is
               according
               to
               godlinesse
               .
               Vp
               and
               be
               doing
               ,
               and
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               be
               with
               you
               .
               There
               is
               no
               delay
               must
               have
               place
               now
               .
               It
               is
               enough
               (
               yea
               ●oo
               much
               )
               that
               yee
               have
               spent
               the
               time
               past
               after
               the
               course
               of
               the
               wicked
               world
               .
               God
               hath
               held
               his
               peace
               ,
               and
               not
               unsheathed
               his
               sword
               ,
               and
               you
               have
               
               lived
               as
               if
               God
               were
               a
               favourer
               of
               sinne
               .
               But
               hath
               he
               not
               now
               begun
               to
               strik
               ?
               Hath
               hee
               not
               let
               you
               see
               that
               there
               is
               no
               peace
               to
               the
               wicked
               ?
               If
               ye
               yet
               goe
               on
               ,
               yee
               kicke
               against
               the
               pricks
               .
               If
               ye
               come
               in
               with
               bleeding
               soules
               :
               behold
               your
               blessed
               Saviour
               hanged
               on
               the
               crosse
               ;
               he
               bowed
               his
               head
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               meant
               to
               kisse
               you
               ;
               he
               stretched
               out
               his
               armes
               ,
               as
               if
               hee
               meant
               to
               imbrace
               you
               ;
               and
               his
               blessed
               side
               was
               broached
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               meant
               that
               even
               you
               should
               drinke
               his
               bloud
               ,
               to
               pacifie
               your
               souls
               against
               conscience
               of
               wrath
               ,
               and
               his
               water
               to
               purifie
               your
               bodies
               and
               soules
               from
               the
               dominion
               
               of
               all
               uncleannesse
               .
               Will
               you
               yet
               neglect
               so
               great
               salvation
               ?
               My
               soule
               shall
               weepe
               for
               you
               in
               secret
               .
               Yet
               that
               there
               may
               not
               be
               a
               cause
               ,
               I
               hope
               that
               you
               will
               reade
               this
               that
               I
               p●esent
               unto
               you
               ,
               and
               so
               make
               a
               stand
               .
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               pray
               to
               God
               that
               the
               cause
               may
               have
               accesse
               unto
               your
               hearts
               ,
               and
               so
               make
               an
               entrance
               into
               the
               good
               way
               .
               And
               I
               hope
               that
               being
               entred
               ,
               you
               will
               continue
               to
               the
               end
               ;
               and
               then
               as
               Saint
               Paul
               of
               his
               Thessalonians
               ,
               so
               I
               of
               you
               ;
               Now
               I
               live
               if
               ye
               stand
               fast
               in
               the
               Lord.
               Even
               I
               ,
               who
               have
               bin
               often
               grieved
               by
               you
               ,
               and
               have
               often
               prayed
               for
               you
               with
               groanes
               and
               
               sighs
               ,
               but
               now
               hope
               to
               be
               comforted
               in
               my
               bowels
               over
               you
               ,
               upon
               your
               amendment
               ;
               and
               ever
               after
               to
               continue
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Your
                   Pastour
                   rejoycing
                   in
                   the
                   conversion
                   of
                   such
                   sinners
                   ,
                
                 Robert
                 Abbot
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               YOVNG-MANS
               Warning-peece
               .
               OR
               ,
               A
               SERMON
               Preached
               at
               the
               Buryall
               of
               
                 William
                 Rogers
              
               ,
               upon
               Pro.
               4.19
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 way
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 is
                 as
                 darknesse
                 ,
                 they
                 know
                 not
                 at
                 what
                 they
                 stumble
                 .
              
            
             
               YE
               know
               my
               use
               .
               As
               Laban
               said
               to
               Jacob
               in
               case
               of
               marriage
               ,
               
                 Jt
                 must
                 not
                 be
                 so
                 done
                 in
                 our
                 place
                 :
              
               
               so
               say
               I
               ;
               It
               is
               not
               my
               custom
               on
               funerall
               occasions
               ,
               to
               weare
               out
               the
               time
               upon
               the
               dead
               .
               Though
               
               I
               grudge
               not
               Davids
               mournfull
               Ditty
               at
               the
               death
               of
               Saul
               ;
               
               nor
               Ieremies
               Lamentations
               over
               Jerusalem
               ,
               for
               the
               untimely
               death
               of
               Josiah
               ;
               nor
               the
               shewing
               of
               Dorcas
               her
               Coates
               ,
               
               given
               to
               the
               poore
               Saints
               at
               her
               buryall
               ,
               (
               
                 for
                 ordinarily
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 deserve
                 no
                 praise
                 themselves
                 ,
                 love
                 to
                 give
                 none
                 to
                 others
                 :
              
               
               )
               yet
               Saint
               Augustine
               hath
               said
               it
               ,
               that
               these
               solemnities
               are
               rather
               the
               comfort
               of
               the
               living
               ,
               than
               the
               helpe
               of
               the
               dead
               ;
               and
               I
               have
               beene
               willing
               to
               follow
               this
               rule
               ,
               in
               ordinary
               cases
               .
               Yet
               now
               the
               case
               is
               altred
               .
               I
               have
               something
               to
               say
               to
               the
               person
               ,
               before
               I
               speake
               to
               the
               Text.
               I
               am
               intreated
               ,
               earnestly
               intreated
               ,
               by
               the
               miserable
               young
               man
               who
               lies
               dead
               at
               our
               feet
               ,
               to
               Preach
               to
               all
               the
               Young
               men
               of
               the
               Parish
               ,
               especially
               to
               his
               wicked
               companions
               (
               
                 as
                 hee
                 called
                 them
              
               )
               
               something
               at
               his
               buryall
               ,
               to
               warne
               them
               ,
               by
               his
               example
               ,
               to
               take
               a
               better
               course
               ,
               
                 that
                 they
                 bee
                 not
                 burned
                 in
                 hell
                 with
                 him
                 for
                 ever
                 and
                 ever
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               I
               cannot
               doe
               ,
               except
               I
               first
               tell
               you
               his
               example
               .
               Heare
               ;
               therefore
               ,
               that
               first
               ,
               and
               GOD
               open
               your
               eyes
               to
               see
               the
               danger
               .
               
               I
               call
               him
               a
               miserable
               Young
               man
               ,
               not
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               devouring
               judgement
               of
               GOD
               upon
               him
               for
               ever
               ▪
               for
               we
               have
               nothing
               to
               say
               to
               that
               .
               What
               are
               wee
               that
               we
               should
               sit
               in
               GOD's
               chaire
               ?
               He
               did
               rise
               and
               fall
               to
               his
               owne
               Master
               ,
               
               whose
               judgments
               are
               alwaies
               just
               ,
               often
               secret
               :
               and
               to
               Him
               we
               leave
               him
               ,
               with
               feare
               and
               trembling
               ,
               though
               not
               without
               some
               hope
               .
               
               For
               as
               hee
               was
               in
               his
               generall
               course
               a
               man
               of
               a
               sweet
               and
               pleasing
               temper
               ,
               it
               beginning
               to
               grow
               proverbiall
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Divell
                 never
                 abused
                 
                 a
                 better
                 nature
              
               ;
               And
               as
               he
               was
               observed
               (
               so
               farre
               as
               I
               know
               or
               have
               heard
               )
               never
               to
               sweare
               or
               curse
               ,
               in
               all
               his
               life
               ,
               till
               one
               curse
               dropped
               from
               him
               in
               a
               distempered
               fit
               the
               night
               before
               he
               died
               :
               and
               alwayes
               to
               carry
               himselfe
               in
               words
               inoffensively
               to
               all
               ;
               except
               only
               once
               to
               my selfe
               ,
               and
               another
               who
               had
               strugled
               with
               him
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               to
               
                 pull
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 snares
                 of
                 Satan
              
               ;
               
               for
               which
               yet
               he
               was
               wounded
               in
               soule
               in
               his
               sicknesse
               ,
               
                 and
                 asked
                 forgivenesse
              
               :
               So
               ,
               for
               his
               worst
               part
               ,
               how
               freely
               did
               hee
               confesse
               his
               sinnes
               ?
               how
               earnest
               were
               his
               desires
               ,
               
                 that
                 hee
                 might
                 live
                 but
                 a
                 Yeare
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Moneth
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 manifest
                 to
                 the
                 world
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 promises
                 to
              
               GOD
               ,
               
                 for
                 amendment
                 of
                 Life
              
               ?
               How
               carefull
               was
               he
               to
               warne
               his
               companions
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               ,
               to
               wish
               that
               
               they
               were
               by
               him
               ,
               that
               hee
               might
               warne
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               not
               bee
               burned
               in
               the
               furnace
               of
               Hell
               ,
               whither
               he
               (
               said
               he
               )
               was
               going
               :
               These
               things
               in
               him
               ,
               give
               advantage
               in
               us
               ,
               to
               some
               charitable
               hope
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               better
               with
               him
               in
               the
               issue
               ,
               than
               God
               would
               let
               us
               see
               .
               Though
               God
               would
               not
               let
               us
               see
               one
               drop
               of
               peace
               to
               fall
               downe
               upon
               him
               to
               his
               last
               gaspe
               ,
               was
               it
               not
               rather
               to
               bridle
               our
               presumption
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               us
               to
               runne
               from
               the
               stinking
               dens
               of
               sinne
               ,
               than
               to
               settle
               our
               judgements
               about
               his
               finall
               estate
               ,
               which
               is
               farre
               out
               of
               our
               reach
               ▪
               Though
               we
               could
               not
               see
               that
               hee
               apprehended
               CHRIST
               ,
               
               might
               he
               not
               
                 bee
                 apprehended
                 of
              
               CHRIST
               IESUS
               ?
               Though
               we
               could
               not
               perceive
               
                 that
                 he
                 knew
              
               ,
               GOD
               (
               to
               comfort
               )
               
                 might
                 hee
                 not
                 be
                 knowne
                 of
                 God
                 ?
              
               
               Therefore
               have
               nothing
               to
               
               doe
               with
               Gods
               finall
               judgement
               upon
               him
               ;
               it
               must
               bee
               put
               over
               to
               the
               highest
               tribunall
               ,
               to
               declare
               him
               miserable
               before
               the
               GOD
               of
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               Neither
               doe
               I
               call
               him
               miserable
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               repute
               amongst
               men
               .
               He
               was
               loved
               of
               all
               that
               knew
               him
               ,
               hated
               of
               none
               ,
               and
               desired
               of
               all
               that
               stood
               in
               need
               of
               his
               skill
               or
               practice
               .
               Ye
               know
               that
               he
               was
               an
               Apothecary
               ,
               and
               practised
               both
               Ch●●urgery
               and
               Physicke
               .
               How
               successefull
               hee
               was
               ,
               where
               he
               would
               shew
               care
               and
               diligence
               ,
               you
               know
               too
               .
               As
               hee
               had
               put
               himselfe
               to
               it
               to
               gaine
               some
               skill
               by
               his
               own
               industry
               ,
               and
               by
               conference
               and
               complying
               with
               the
               learned
               in
               that
               Science
               ,
               and
               with
               all
               famous
               practitioners
               where
               he
               came
               ▪
               so
               was
               hee
               mounted
               to
               the
               height
               of
               same
               ,
               sought
               to
               
               farre
               and
               nigh
               was
               he
               .
               The
               sober
               sought
               unto
               him
               ,
               because
               of
               his
               sweet
               temper
               seasoned
               with
               successefull
               skill
               .
               The
               loose
               sought
               to
               him
               ,
               because
               of
               his
               prodigall
               and
               bibbing
               course
               .
               The
               thriftie
               sought
               to
               him
               ,
               because
               of
               his
               gentle
               rates
               upon
               his
               care
               and
               cures
               .
               He
               would
               not
               suffer
               them
               to
               
                 spend
                 all
                 they
                 had
                 upon
                 Physitians
                 .
              
               
               And
               the
               covetous
               sought
               to
               him
               ,
               because
               of
               somthing
               pleased
               them
               not
               ,
               he
               would
               (
               for
               the
               most
               part
               )
               take
               nothing
               for
               what
               he
               did
               .
               He
               would
               confesse
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               by
               his
               practice
               get
               an
               hundred
               pounds
               a
               yeare
               ,
               and
               spend
               an
               hundred
               pounds
               a
               yeare
               :
               yet
               he
               sold
               his
               owne
               inheritance
               ,
               and
               spent
               it
               ;
               and
               did
               so
               exceed
               in
               lavishing
               ,
               that
               hee
               scarce
               left
               enough
               to
               defray
               the
               charges
               of
               his
               owne
               buriall
               .
               Some
               sought
               to
               him
               for
               one
               cause
               ,
               some
               for
               another
               ;
               
               so
               that
               as
               one
               was
               called
               for
               grace
               ,
               he
               might
               be
               so
               called
               for
               place
               and
               practise
               ,
               
                 Luke
                 the
                 beloved
                 Physician
              
               .
               
               Therefore
               he
               was
               not
               miserable
               in
               the
               eyes
               of
               men
               .
            
             
               
               Yet
               I
               call
               him
               a
               miserable
               young
               man
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               own
               feeling
               &
               apprehension
               .
               To
               present
               this
               I
               shall
               shew
               you
               the
               ground
               ,
               and
               his
               opening
               of
               it
               .
               The
               ground
               of
               it
               was
               thus
               laid
               ;
               He
               had
               bin
               religiously
               trained
               in
               his
               childhood
               .
               Few
               youths
               with
               me
               would
               
                 have
                 given
                 a
                 better
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 hope
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 them
                 .
              
               
               He
               had
               also
               lived
               in
               a
               civill
               way
               ,
               till
               he
               beganne
               to
               looke
               out
               into
               the
               World
               for
               himselfe
               .
               When
               hee
               had
               some
               few
               moneths
               beene
               seasoned
               with
               the
               flatteries
               of
               his
               followers
               ,
               and
               ,
               (
               alwayes
               leading
               a
               batchelours
               life
               )
               being
               used
               to
               make
               up
               some
               of
               his
               confections
               at
               an
               Ale-house
               
               fire
               :
               the
               fire
               of
               the
               High
               Priests
               Hall
               was
               not
               more
               banefull
               to
               Peter
               (
               save
               in
               the
               height
               of
               Peters
               present
               sinne
               )
               than
               this
               was
               to
               this
               poore
               Young
               mans
               soule
               .
               First
               ,
               delight
               in
               vaine
               company
               crept
               upon
               him
               ,
               next
               drunkennesse
               ,
               next
               neglect
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               Word
               and
               Sacraments
               ;
               and
               lastly
               a
               setled
               obstinacy
               in
               these
               sinnefull
               and
               bewitching
               courses
               .
               I
               ,
               willing
               to
               performe
               the
               dutie
               of
               a
               Shepheard
               ,
               and
               friend
               ,
               timely
               fastened
               my
               eyes
               and
               heart
               upon
               it
               .
               I
               went
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               warned
               him
               againe
               and
               againe
               .
               I
               told
               him
               what
               fearefull
               worke
               hee
               made
               ,
               in
               suffering
               the
               Wild
               Boare
               to
               come
               in
               ,
               to
               lay
               waste
               his
               former
               Conscience
               .
               He
               would
               still
               answer
               mildely
               ,
               
                 Indeed
                 I
                 will
                 doe
                 otherwise
              
               .
               I
               had
               so
               often
               pressed
               him
               to
               amendment
               with
               so
               little
               successe
               ,
               that
               he
               
               grew
               weary
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               mee
               .
               He
               utterly
               avoyded
               my
               company
               :
               if
               I
               had
               come
               in
               at
               one
               doore
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               gone
               out
               at
               another
               .
               He
               hath
               many
               times
               professed
               ,
               
                 that
                 hee
                 could
                 not
                 abide
                 to
                 see
                 mee
                 ,
                 or
                 bee
                 in
                 my
                 compan●
                 :
                 not
                 because
                 he
                 hated
                 mee
                 (
                 for
                 hee
                 would
                 doe
                 any
                 th●ng
                 for
                 mee
                 with
                 all
                 his
                 heart
                 )
                 but
                 because
                 I
                 still
                 told
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 bad
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 hee
                 could
                 not
                 amend
                 yet
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               this
               state
               he
               stood
               one
               ,
               or
               two
               yeares
               ,
               or
               more
               .
               At
               last
               ,
               as
               one
               cloathed
               with
               the
               scales
               of
               a
               Leviathan
               ,
               hee
               kicked
               against
               the
               prickes
               ,
               and
               contrary
               to
               all
               admonitions
               (
               against
               which
               custome
               in
               sinne
               had
               now
               armed
               him
               )
               he
               wilfully
               forsooke
               the
               Church
               ,
               together
               with
               Prayers
               ,
               Word
               ,
               Sacraments
               .
               Thus
               hee
               continued
               about
               a
               yeare
               and
               three
               quarters
               .
               In
               this
               space
               (
               as
               I
               could
               slide
               into
               his
               company
               ,
               
               or
               as
               he
               fell
               into
               mine
               )
               I
               admonished
               him
               still
               ,
               wished
               him
               to
               beware
               lest
               the
               just
               sentence
               of
               GOD
               went
               not
               out
               against
               him
               ,
               
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 never
                 see
              
               GODS
               
                 face
                 in
                 the
                 congregation
                 more
              
               :
               I
               told
               him
               that
               he
               trusted
               his
               flatterers
               and
               drunken
               companions
               ,
               more
               than
               mee
               ,
               who
               loved
               his
               soule
               :
               and
               yet
               withall
               ,
               that
               I
               would
               proceed
               against
               him
               by
               Articles
               and
               Presentments
               ,
               which
               would
               end
               in
               excommunication
               ,
               which
               was
               a
               forerunner
               of
               GODS
               shutting
               him
               out
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               without
               his
               willing
               and
               hearty
               Repentance
               .
               He
               answered
               mildly
               still
               ,
               
                 that
                 hee
                 would
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 receive
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 ,
                 and
                 change
                 his
                 course
                 .
              
               He
               gave
               mee
               day
               ,
               and
               day
               ,
               and
               day
               ,
               and
               yet
               his
               place
               was
               empty
               .
               Vpon
               some
               of
               the
               promised
               dayes
               of
               appearance
               ,
               I
               sent
               secretly
               to
               
               his
               house
               ,
               to
               call
               upon
               him
               to
               be
               as
               good
               as
               his
               word
               :
               he
               would
               make
               some
               idle
               excuse
               or
               other
               ,
               and
               so
               still
               persisted
               .
               At
               the
               length
               ,
               the
               Church
               Officers
               presented
               him
               for
               his
               neglect
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               Sacrament
               ,
               an
               whole
               yeare
               .
               Halfe
               a
               yeare
               after
               they
               presented
               him
               againe
               ,
               for
               his
               neglect
               a
               yeare
               and
               a
               halfe
               .
               In
               this
               time
               I
               still
               told
               him
               what
               was
               done
               ,
               which
               yet
               (
               said
               I
               )
               shall
               easily
               be
               taken
               off
               with
               an
               admonition
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               reforme
               .
               Hee
               still
               mildly
               promised
               amendment
               .
               At
               last
               ,
               ascited
               he
               was
               to
               answer
               ;
               and
               hee
               knew
               that
               I
               had
               personally
               appeared
               against
               him
               to
               the
               Iudge
               of
               the
               spirituall
               Court
               :
               for
               I
               told
               him
               so
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               ;
               )
               and
               that
               it
               would
               not
               bee
               so
               easie
               for
               him
               to
               get
               off
               without
               mee
               .
               Hereupon
               he
               was
               more
               hearty
               
               (
               as
               I
               thought
               )
               to
               come
               to
               the
               house
               of
               GOD
               againe
               ,
               and
               he
               set
               his
               utmost
               day
               ,
               
               and
               yet
               hee
               failed
               .
               At
               my
               instance
               ,
               and
               fearing
               the
               dreadfull
               sentence
               of
               excommunication
               ,
               which
               now
               (
               after
               his
               many
               shifts
               )
               was
               thundering
               out
               upon
               him
               ,
               hee
               peremptorily
               set
               another
               day
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               LORDS-Day
               seven-night
               after
               ,
               and
               a
               Communion
               Day
               .
               Then
               he
               resolved
               to
               come
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               to
               receive
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               to
               give
               satisfaction
               to
               the
               Parish
               and
               Court
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               to
               prepare
               himselfe
               .
            
             
               The
               Lords-Day
               before
               this
               ,
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               when
               (
               as
               he
               said
               )
               hee
               was
               ready
               to
               come
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               hee
               was
               taken
               sicke
               ,
               and
               betooke
               himselfe
               to
               his
               bed
               .
               It
               was
               but
               as
               the
               fit
               of
               an
               Ague
               ,
               which
               being
               over
               hee
               was
               the
               next
               morning
               
               in
               his
               old
               course
               againe
               .
               About
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               weeke
               after
               the
               messenger
               of
               death
               came
               ,
               and
               I
               heard
               of
               it
               .
               I
               forthwith
               addressed
               my selfe
               to
               him
               ,
               came
               up
               into
               his
               chamber
               unawares
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               
                 Oh
                 ,
                 how
                 often
                 have
                 you
                 deceived
                 God
                 ,
                 your
                 owne
                 soule
                 ,
                 and
                 mee
                 !
                 what
                 is
                 now
                 to
                 bee
                 done
                 ?
                 I
                 feare
                 you
                 will
                 die
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 what
                 will
                 become
                 of
                 you
                 ?
                 I
                 expect
                 your
                 excommunication
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 you
                 will
                 bee
                 cut
                 off
                 from
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               GOD
               
                 by
                 Iustice
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 have
                 cut
                 your selfe
                 from
                 by
                 wantonnesse
                 .
              
               Hee
               answered
               ,
               hee
               had
               but
               a
               surfet
               of
               cold
               :
               and
               ,
               if
               I
               would
               be
               pleased
               but
               to
               write
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               to
               suspend
               the
               sending
               forth
               of
               his
               excommunication
               till
               the
               Court
               day
               following
               ,
               he
               would
               the
               next
               Lords-Day
               come
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               receive
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               and
               then
               goe
               up
               with
               my
               Certificate
               ,
               
               and
               satisfie
               the
               Court.
               I
               did
               it
               ,
               and
               prevailed
               :
               but
               his
               sicknesse
               prevailed
               that
               Thursday
               ,
               Friday
               ,
               and
               Saturday
               upon
               him
               .
               It
               had
               emptied
               him
               of
               hope
               of
               life
               :
               and
               no
               hope
               of
               life
               had
               filled
               him
               with
               thoughts
               of
               this
               present
               guilt
               ,
               and
               future
               judgement
               before
               that
               great
               God
               who
               is
               a
               consuming
               fire
               .
            
             
               Now
               therefore
               ,
               you
               ,
               
               having
               the
               ground
               of
               the
               apprehension
               of
               his
               owne
               miserie
               ,
               shall
               see
               how
               hee
               opened
               it
               ,
               and
               made
               it
               knowne
               both
               to
               me
               and
               others
               .
               There
               was
               too
               great
               a
               fire
               within
               to
               bee
               smothered
               :
               it
               burned
               in
               his
               owne
               soule
               ,
               and
               lightned
               from
               his
               heart
               and
               lippes
               ,
               into
               the
               eares
               ,
               and
               hearts
               ,
               of
               those
               friends
               that
               were
               about
               him
               .
            
             
               One
               while
               he
               cries
               out
               of
               his
               sinnes
               ,
               
               I
               have
               beene
               a
               fearefull
               drunkard
               ,
               
                 powring
                 in
                 one
                 draught
                 after
                 another
                 ,
                 
                 till
                 one
                 draught
                 could
                 not
                 keepe
                 downe
                 another
                 :
              
               and
               now
               I
               would
               be
               glad
               if
               I
               could
               take
               the
               least
               of
               GODS
               Creatures
               which
               I
               have
               abused
               .
               
                 I
                 have
                 neglected
                 my
                 Patients
                 ,
                 who
                 have
                 put
                 their
                 lives
                 into
                 my
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 many
                 soules
                 have
                 I
                 thus
                 murthered
                 ?
              
               I
               have
               wilfully
               neglected
               Gods
               House
               ,
               service
               ,
               and
               worship
               ,
               and
               now
               though
               I
               have
               purposed
               ,
               God
               
                 strikes
                 me
                 thus
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 my
                 promise
                 comes
                 ;
                 because
                 I
                 am
                 unworthy
                 to
                 come
                 among
                 Gods
                 people
                 againe
                 .
              
            
             
               Another
               while
               hee
               falls
               to
               wishing
               ,
               
                 O
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 burne
                 along
                 time
                 in
                 that
                 fire
                 ,
                 (
                 pointing
                 to
                 the
                 fire
                 before
                 him
                 ,
                 )
                 so
                 I
                 might
                 not
                 burne
                 in
                 Hell
              
               !
               Oh
               that
               GOD
               would
               grant
               me
               to
               live
               but
               one
               yeare
               ,
               or
               but
               a
               moneth
               ,
               that
               the
               world
               might
               see
               with
               what
               an
               heart
               I
               have
               promised
               to
               GOD
               my
               amendment
               !
               Oh
               that
               GOD
               
               would
               try
               me
               a
               little
               !
               but
               I
               am
               unworthy
               .
            
             
               Another
               while
               he
               plyes
               his
               companions
               ,
               praying
               that
               all
               may
               be
               warned
               by
               him
               to
               forsake
               their
               wicked
               wayes
               ,
               lest
               they
               goe
               to
               hell
               as
               he
               must
               do
               .
               He
               forgat
               not
               his
               servant
               who
               was
               young
               :
               He
               calls
               him
               to
               him
               ,
               tells
               him
               that
               he
               had
               bin
               a
               wicked
               master
               to
               him
               :
               but
               be
               warned
               by
               me
               .
               You
               have
               a
               friend
               that
               hath
               an
               Iron
               furnace
               which
               burnes
               hot
               ,
               a
               long
               time
               :
               
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 give
                 your selfe
                 to
                 my
                 sinnes
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 burned
                 in
                 the
                 furnace
                 of
                 Hell
                 ,
                 an
                 hotter
                 furnace
                 ,
                 millions
                 of
                 millions
                 of
                 ages
                 .
              
               Therefore
               looke
               to
               your selfe
               ,
               and
               be
               warned
               by
               my
               (
               your
               Masters
               )
               example
               ,
               who
               must
               bee
               burned
               in
               hell
               for
               ever
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               all
               his
               cryes
               against
               sinne
               (
               to
               his
               see●ing
               )
               would
               not
               sufficiently
               set
               forth
               his
               estate
               ,
               nor
               all
               his
               wishes
               ,
               
               nor
               all
               his
               warning
               of
               others
               :
               but
               he
               comes
               to
               a
               plaine
               judgment
               ,
               
               and
               condemnation
               ,
               and
               leaves
               nothing
               for
               after
               times
               ,
               but
               execution
               .
               Hence
               againe
               and
               againe
               hee
               doubles
               it
               ;
               
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 a
                 little
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 I
                 must
                 goe
                 to
                 the
                 torments
                 of
                 Hell
                 for
                 ever
                 .
              
               And
               having
               sometimes
               (
               being
               pressed
               by
               others
               )
               prayed
               to
               God
               that
               hee
               would
               forgive
               his
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               have
               mercy
               upon
               him
               :
               hee
               would
               adde
               ,
               
                 but
                 I
                 know
                 GOD
                 will
                 not
                 doe
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 goe
                 to
                 Hell
                 for
                 evermore
              
               Whatsoever
               came
               betweene
               whiles
               ,
               this
               was
               the
               close
               ,
               
                 I
                 must
                 bee
                 burned
                 in
                 Hell
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 to
                 the
                 furnace
                 of
                 Hell
                 ,
                 millions
                 of
                 millions
                 of
                 ages
                 .
              
            
             
               Thus
               hee
               fearefully
               wearyed
               out
               the
               most
               part
               of
               Saturday
               ,
               both
               day
               and
               night
               .
               Early
               on
               the
               Lords-day
               (
               that
               day
               appointed
               )
               I
               went
               to
               him
               againe
               .
               I
               found
               him
               deepely
               
               mudded
               in
               horrour
               and
               perplexity
               .
               I
               asked
               him
               then
               whether
               some
               great
               sinne
               (
               not
               yet
               thought
               of
               )
               did
               not
               lye
               behind
               ,
               to
               hinder
               the
               beames
               of
               Gods
               sweet
               grace
               from
               shining
               upon
               him
               ?
               And
               because
               he
               was
               suspected
               of
               whoredome
               ,
               and
               using
               cruell
               meanes
               for
               the
               covering
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               layed
               it
               befor
               him
               ,
               and
               asked
               him
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               GOD
               ,
               and
               his
               owne
               Conscience
               now
               ,
               whether
               he
               were
               not
               guilty
               ?
               He
               constantly
               denyed
               it
               both
               to
               mee
               ,
               and
               three
               godly
               friends
               before
               ,
               severally
               :
               and
               therefore
               I
               heartily
               believe
               him
               to
               be
               not
               guilty
               :
               especially
               hee
               constantly
               professing
               it
               when
               his
               Conscience
               was
               most
               active
               and
               nimble
               .
               I
               then
               began
               againe
               to
               offer
               unto
               him
               the
               comforts
               of
               the
               Gospell
               .
               I
               opened
               to
               him
               the
               promises
               of
               the
               largest
               size
               .
               I
               shewed
               him
               that
               GOD
               
                 was
                 delighted
                 
                 to
                 save
                 soules
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 destroy
                 them
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 his
                 sweet
                 promises
                 were
                 without
                 exception
                 of
                 time
                 ,
                 place
                 ,
                 person
                 ,
                 or
                 sin
                 ,
              
               except
               that
               against
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               which
               I
               assured
               him
               ,
               was
               not
               committed
               by
               him
               .
            
             
               All
               this
               could
               not
               fasten
               (
               so
               farre
               as
               I
               saw
               )
               I
               could
               heare
               nothing
               but
               
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 too
                 late
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 be
                 burned
                 in
                 Hell.
              
               Yet
               then
               was
               hee
               willing
               that
               I
               should
               pray
               for
               him
               ,
               (
               and
               therfore
               hee
               was
               not
               without
               hope
               ,
               )
               and
               I
               did
               .
               In
               which
               hee
               was
               carefull
               to
               goe
               along
               with
               mee
               many
               times
               with
               sighs
               .
               After
               this
               he
               was
               something
               quieter
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               and
               I
               went
               to
               my
               Office
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               where
               I
               forgat
               not
               him
               ,
               that
               GOD
               
                 would
                 respit
                 him
                 the
                 dayes
                 of
                 repentance
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 performe
                 the
                 dayes
                 of
                 promise
                 .
              
            
             
               When
               Evening
               Prayer
               was
               done
               ,
               I
               went
               to
               him
               againe
               :
               
               and
               when
               I
               had
               secluded
               the
               company
               ,
               I
               pressed
               him
               with
               teares
               ;
               not
               to
               cast
               away
               that
               soule
               for
               which
               CHRIST
               dyed
               :
               shewing
               him
               that
               CHRIST
               rejected
               none
               that
               did
               not
               reject
               him
               .
               He
               answered
               ,
               
                 Hee
                 had
                 cast
                 off
              
               CHRIST
               ,
               
                 and
                 therefore
                 he
                 must
                 go
                 to
                 hell
                 .
              
               But
               yet
               (
               said
               I
               )
               pray
               with
               me
               that
               Christ
               would
               come
               againe
               :
               there
               is
               yet
               an
               houre
               in
               the
               day
               ;
               and
               if
               
                 Christ
                 (
                 God
              
               and
               Man
               )
               comes
               ,
               he
               can
               an
               will
               assist
               you
               to
               do
               a
               great
               deale
               of
               worke
               on
               a
               sudden
               .
               He
               would
               not
               heare
               of
               that
               ;
               he
               turned
               away
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               hee
               was
               unfit
               to
               pray
               .
               Hee
               often
               complained
               
                 that
                 former
                 counsels
                 and
                 Prayers
                 might
                 have
                 done
                 him
                 good
                 ,
                 but
                 now
                 it
                 was
                 too
                 late
              
               ;
               as
               if
               that
               fearefull
               saying
               had
               stucke
               in
               his
               soule
               ,
               
                 Because
                 I
                 have
                 called
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 yee
                 refused
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 stretched
                 out
                 
                 my
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 man
                 regarded
                 ;
                 but
                 have
                 set
                 at
                 nought
                 all
                 my
                 counsell
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 none
                 of
                 my
                 reproofe
                 ,
                 I
                 also
                 will
                 laugh
                 at
                 your
                 calami●y
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 mocke
                 when
                 your
                 feare
                 commeth
                 ,
                 as
                 desolation
                 and
                 destruction
                 as
                 a
                 whirle
                 winde
                 .
              
            
             
               By
               this
               time
               he
               began
               to
               discover
               some
               idle
               distemper
               in
               his
               braine
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               sleep
               :
               for
               this
               was
               now
               the
               fourth
               day
               and
               night
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               )
               that
               hee
               had
               taken
               no
               rest
               .
               And
               had
               not
               his
               reason
               beene
               so
               vigorous
               ,
               and
               his
               discourse
               so
               piercing
               ,
               I
               should
               have
               thought
               want
               of
               sleepe
               a
               great
               cause
               of
               the
               whole
               combate
               .
               But
               when
               I
               consider
               his
               reason
               ,
               discourse
               ,
               and
               life
               ,
               contrary
               to
               knowledge
               and
               Conscience
               :
               doubtlesse
               (
               whatsoever
               GOD
               hath
               done
               with
               ●is
               soule
               ,
               (
               and
               wee
               are
               bound
               to
               hope
               the
               best
               )
               this
               example
               is
               a
               warning-piece
               shot
               out
               by
               the
               
               GOD
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               to
               warne
               all
               Young-men
               with
               us
               ,
               to
               signifie
               that
               it
               is
               high
               time
               for
               them
               to
               leave
               off
               their
               riotous
               courses
               ,
               lest
               a
               worse
               thing
               come
               unto
               them
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               bad
               enough
               to
               have
               these
               horrors
               and
               perplexities
               for
               sinnes
               and
               punishments
               ?
               He
               was
               no
               swearer
               ,
               no
               whoremonger
               ,
               no
               thiefe
               ,
               no
               scoffer
               at
               Religion
               ,
               no
               perjured
               wretch
               ,
               no
               wilfull
               lyar
               ,
               no
               proud
               and
               s●rley
               resister
               of
               good
               counsell
               and
               reproofe
               ,
               like
               too
               many
               other
               young-men
               now
               a
               dayes
               :
               yet
               when
               conscience
               is
               awaked
               ,
               and
               sits
               as
               a
               Iudge
               on
               him
               ,
               
                 Onely
                 for
                 drunkennesse
                 ,
                 neglect
                 of
                 mens
                 bodyes
                 ,
                 and
                 neglect
                 of
                 Prayer
                 ,
                 Word
                 ,
                 and
                 Sacrament
                 ,
              
               he
               passeth
               this
               heavie
               doome
               upon
               himselfe
               ,
               I
               must
               bee
               burned
               in
               the
               furnace
               of
               Hell
               millions
               of
               millions
               of
               ages
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               last
               ,
               in
               idlenesse
               of
               thoughts
               
               and
               talke
               he
               ends
               his
               miserable
               life
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               your
               example
               which
               he
               intreated
               me
               to
               lay
               before
               you
               ,
               that
               ye
               may
               be
               warned
               by
               it
               to
               keepe
               you
               from
               Hell.
               The
               living
               God
               present
               it
               as
               a
               powerfull
               example
               to
               your
               Consciences
               that
               it
               may
               work
               that
               good
               which
               this
               miserable
               young
               man
               wished
               .
               And
               that
               it
               may
               the
               more
               prevaile
               ,
               ye
               shall
               have
               a
               rule
               now
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               an
               example
               ,
               shewing
               the
               misery
               and
               horrour
               of
               a
               wicked
               life
               from
               this
               proverbe
               .
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 way
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 is
                 as
                 darkenesse
                 ,
                 they
                 know
                 not
                 at
                 what
                 they
                 stumble
                 .
              
            
             
               Salomon
               had
               pressed
               in
               many
               words
               ,
               (
               because
               all
               words
               were
               not
               enough
               )
               all
               Young-men
               ,
               
                 in
                 his
                 sonne
              
               ,
               to
               avoide
               the
               needlesse
               and
               vaine
               society
               of
               wicked
               men
               ;
               
               
                 Enter
                 not
                 into
                 
                 the
                 path
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 ,
                 and
                 goe
                 not
                 into
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 evill
                 men
                 .
              
               
               Art
               thou
               allured
               ?
               
                 Avoide
                 it
              
               .
               Is
               the
               way
               delightfull
               ?
               
                 Passe
                 not
                 by
                 it
              
               .
               Doth
               thy
               way
               lye
               that
               way
               ?
               
                 Turne
                 from
                 it
              
               .
               Art
               thou
               call'd
               in
               whithersoever
               thou
               goest
               ?
               
                 Passe
                 away
              
               .
            
             
               This
               exhortation
               ,
               being
               thus
               pressed
               with
               words
               ,
               is
               further
               urged
               by
               reasons
               .
               First
               ,
               from
               the
               persons
               and
               states
               of
               wicked
               men
               ;
               
               
                 They
                 sleepe
                 not
                 except
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 mischiefe
              
               themselves
               ,
               or
               made
               others
               to
               doe
               it
               :
               for
               how
               can
               they
               ,
               when
               they
               eate
               the
               iron
               bread
               of
               wickednesse
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Sodome
               Wine
               of
               violence
               ?
               This
               breeds
               no
               sweete
               flegme
               to
               binde
               up
               the
               senses
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               hee
               urgeth
               it
               from
               the
               course
               of
               wicked
               men
               ,
               which
               he
               sets
               downe
               comparatively
               with
               the
               godly
               ;
               
               
                 The
                 path
                 of
                 the
                 just
                 is
                 as
                 the
                 shining
                 light
                 ,
                 that
                 shineth
                 more
                 
                 and
                 more
                 to
                 the
                 perfect
                 day
                 .
              
               The
               descent
               of
               grace
               is
               from
               heaven
               ,
               as
               the
               light
               shineth
               :
               the
               degrees
               of
               grace
               are
               not
               all
               attained
               unto
               at
               the
               first
               ,
               but
               more
               ,
               and
               more
               :
               but
               the
               prosperitie
               of
               grace
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               nourished
               by
               a
               godly
               life
               ,
               is
               not
               to
               goe
               out
               to
               the
               perfect
               day
               .
               Therefore
               it
               is
               excellent
               to
               be
               in
               society
               with
               the
               godly
               .
               But
               for
               the
               course
               of
               wicked
               men
               :
               
            
             
               
               1.
               
               It
               
                 is
                 as
                 darkenesse
              
               ,
               there
               is
               the
               danger
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 They
                 know
                 not
                 at
                 what
                 they
                 stumble
                 ,
              
               there
               is
               the
               signe
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               course
               of
               wicked
               men
               there
               are
               two
               propositions
               ,
               
               which
               I
               shall
               labour
               to
               open
               ,
               and
               apply
               unto
               you
               .
            
             
               
               First
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 is
                 darkenesse
                 .
              
            
             
               That
               ye
               may
               conceive
               this
               ,
               I
               shall
               open
               unto
               you
               (
               thorow
               GODS
               helpe
               )
               foure
               points
               .
            
             
               
               
                 1.
                 
                 What
                 is
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 ?
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 How
                 is
                 it
                 darknesse
                 ?
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 How
                 it
                 comes
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 ?
                 and
                 ,
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Why
                 it
                 is
                 darknesse
                 ?
              
            
             
               1.
               
               
               The
               way
               of
               the
               wicked
               is
               the
               whole
               course
               of
               a
               wicked
               man
               ,
               to
               death
               ,
               and
               Hell
               David
               saith
               ,
               
                 The
                 way
                 of
                 the
                 wicked
                 shall
                 perish
                 :
              
               that
               is
               ,
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               words
               ,
               deeds
               wherin
               he
               pleaseth
               himselfe
               ,
               till
               at
               last
               he
               sees
               and
               feeles
               the
               empty
               vanity
               of
               them
               ,
               when
               the
               comfort
               of
               them
               leaves
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               fall
               into
               hell
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
               This
               way
               of
               the
               wicked
               is
               darknesse
               ,
               by
               an
               absence
               of
               that
               first
               light
               which
               GOD
               gave
               to
               sinlesse
               ,
               and
               obedient
               man.
               Before
               man
               had
               sinned
               ,
               hee
               had
               the
               light
               of
               knowledge
               ,
               the
               light
               of
               grace
               ,
               and
               the
               light
               of
               comfort
               .
               He
               could
               fully
               and
               fairely
               see
               what
               was
               fit
               for
               a
               creature
               ,
               to
               keepe
               him
               
               in
               perpetuall
               communion
               and
               fellowship
               with
               GOD.
               He
               had
               the
               beames
               of
               GODS
               grace
               in
               him
               and
               about
               him
               ,
               keeping
               out
               the
               darkenesse
               of
               sin
               .
               He
               had
               sweet
               comfort
               in
               the
               injoyment
               of
               GOD
               ,
               and
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               best
               possession
               and
               use
               of
               all
               the
               Creatures
               .
               But
               when
               hee
               fell
               from
               the
               Principles
               of
               Life
               ,
               the
               Lord
               and
               his
               Law
               ,
               he
               quickly
               was
               overwhelmed
               with
               the
               darkenesse
               of
               ignorance
               ,
               the
               darkenesse
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               the
               darknesse
               of
               misery
               .
               
               Our
               blessed
               Saviour
               came
               
                 to
                 give
                 light
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 sit
                 in
                 darkenesse
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 shadow
                 of
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 guide
                 our
                 feet
                 into
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Peace
                 :
              
               the
               light
               of
               knowledge
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 that
                 see
                 not
                 ;
                 might
                 see
                 :
              
               the
               light
               of
               grace
               ,
               that
               they
               that
               follow
               him
               ,
               
               might
               not
               walke
               in
               darkenesse
               ,
               
                 but
                 have
                 the
                 light
                 of
                 life
              
               ▪
               And
               the
               light
               of
               comfort
               ,
               
               that
               he
               might
               give
               beauty
               for
               ashes
               ,
               
               the
               
                 oyle
                 of
                 joy
                 for
                 mourning
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 garment
                 of
                 gladnesse
                 for
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 heavinesse
                 .
              
               All
               wicked
               men
               that
               misse
               this
               ,
               that
               are
               in
               hunting
               with
               Esau
               ,
               while
               this
               blessing
               is
               given
               ,
               following
               the
               luxurious
               courses
               of
               the
               world
               in
               wickednesse
               ,
               
               while
               CHRIST
               
                 brings
                 life
                 and
                 immortality
                 to
                 light
                 by
                 the
                 Gospell
                 ,
              
               doe
               fall
               into
               darkenesse
               ,
               
               darknesse
               ,
               darknesse
               :
               
               Because
               
                 they
                 loved
                 darknesse
                 rather
                 than
                 light
                 :
              
               therefore
               
                 their
                 cogitations
                 are
                 darkened
                 through
                 ignorance
                 ,
              
               
               their
               foolish
               
                 hearts
                 are
                 full
                 of
                 darknesse
              
               :
               they
               looke
               to
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               
                 behold
                 darkenesse
                 and
                 sorrow
              
               :
               
               they
               fall
               to
               the
               darkenesse
               of
               horrour
               (
               for
               
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 peace
                 to
                 the
                 wicked
                 ,
                 saith
                 my
              
               GOD
               ,
               
               )
               they
               goe
               downe
               to
               the
               
                 place
                 of
                 darkenesse
              
               and
               the
               horrible
               pit
               shuts
               her
               mouth
               upon
               
               them
               .
               O
               woe
               unto
               them
               ,
               they
               have
               rewarded
               evill
               unto
               their
               soules
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               But
               how
               doth
               the
               wicked
               mans
               way
               become
               to
               bee
               darknesse
               ?
               As
               outward
               darknesse
               doth
               grow
               upon
               men
               three
               wayes
               ,
               so
               doth
               this
               ,
               First
               naturally
               ,
               by
               some
               defect
               in
               naturall
               generation
               .
               So
               there
               being
               a
               naturall
               defect
               now
               in
               mans
               propagation
               ,
               through
               sin
               he
               brings
               forth
               blind
               Whelps
               .
               Though
               more
               or
               lesse
               ,
               for
               
                 naturall
                 excellency
              
               man
               bee
               not
               borne
               blinde
               :
               yet
               for
               
                 morrall
                 rectitude
              
               to
               improve
               his
               understanding
               to
               the
               best
               advantage
               for
               his
               happines
               in
               Gods
               way
               ,
               
               
                 hee
                 is
                 darkenesse
              
               .
               Secondly
               actually
               ,
               by
               too
               much
               gazing
               on
               the
               excelling
               sensibles
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               or
               by
               too
               much
               heate
               or
               cold
               ,
               which
               checke
               or
               chill
               the
               spirits
               .
               So
               when
               wicked
               men
               doe
               too
               much
               gaze
               upon
               the
               deceitfull
               
               glories
               and
               pleasures
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               cold
               in
               Religion
               or
               religious
               duties
               ,
               and
               doe
               hotly
               pursue
               the
               pleasing
               vanities
               of
               this
               life
               ,
               they
               become
               clouded
               in
               the
               thicke
               smoake
               of
               darkenesse
               .
               This
               blinded
               that
               
                 rich
                 foole
              
               from
               securing
               his
               soule
               :
               
               and
               Zaccheus
               before
               his
               conversion
               from
               going
               the
               right
               way
               to
               heaven
               .
               For
               they
               
                 that
                 will
                 bee
                 rich
              
               fall
               into
               temptations
               ,
               
               and
               snares
               ,
               and
               into
               
                 many
                 foolish
                 and
                 hurtfull
                 lusts
                 which
                 drowne
                 men
                 in
                 perdition
                 and
                 destruction
                 .
              
               Thirdly
               ,
               penally
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               inflicted
               as
               a
               punishment
               :
               as
               when
               Zedechias
               his
               eyes
               were
               pulled
               out
               as
               a
               just
               punishment
               upon
               his
               wicked
               life
               ;
               so
               when
               GOD
               sees
               the
               courses
               of
               men
               to
               be
               foule
               and
               detestable
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               light
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               checke
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               given
               them
               ;
               then
               GOD
               justly
               ,
               
               
                 shuts
                 their
                 eyes
              
               ,
               
               
                 stoppes
                 their
                 eares
              
               ,
               and
               takes
               away
               the
               key
               of
               knowledge
               :
               
               and
               so
               
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 darknesse
                 ,
                 walke
                 in
                 darknesse
                 ,
                 and
                 know
                 not
                 whither
                 they
                 goe
                 ,
                 because
                 that
                 darknesse
                 hath
                 blinded
                 their
                 eyes
                 .
              
            
             
               
               Now
               if
               you
               would
               know
               why
               the
               wayes
               of
               the
               wicked
               are
               thus
               said
               to
               be
               as
               darknesse
               ?
               The
               grounds
               of
               that
               speech
               may
               be
               such
               as
               these
               :
               First
               ,
               their
               sights
               are
               hindred
               from
               seeing
               the
               right
               way
               to
               Heaven
               .
               They
               grope
               at
               noon
               day
               ,
               running
               headlong
               in
               their
               owne
               courses
               all
               the
               life
               long
               day
               ,
               and
               at
               what
               time
               the
               night
               of
               death
               ,
               or
               the
               sun
               set
               of
               sicknesse
               comes
               ,
               and
               they
               begin
               to
               recollect
               them
               ,
               saying
               ,
               where
               am
               I
               now
               ?
               Is
               this
               the
               way
               to
               heaven
               ?
               Then
               they
               see
               what
               they
               did
               not
               see
               ,
               and
               the
               whirlewind
               and
               tempest
               takes
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               carryed
               whither
               they
               
               would
               not
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               their
               
               footsteps
               are
               troubled
               from
               going
               about
               the
               workes
               of
               GOD.
               
               As
               the
               Aegyptians
               choaked
               ▪
               in
               their
               palpable
               darknesse
               ,
               saw
               not
               what
               they
               did
               ,
               or
               what
               to
               doe
               :
               so
               when
               this
               darknesse
               is
               come
               upon
               the
               wicked
               man
               ,
               
               
                 Hee
                 that
                 walketh
                 in
                 darkenesse
                 knoweth
                 not
                 whither
                 hee
                 goeth
                 .
              
               Here
               he
               goes
               and
               meetes
               with
               a
               blocke
               ,
               there
               he
               turnes
               and
               meets
               with
               a
               bush
               :
               and
               after
               a
               thousand
               calls
               of
               GOD
               to
               doe
               this
               ,
               that
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               duty
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               faith
               and
               holinesse
               ,
               
               he
               is
               so
               inwrapped
               in
               darknesse
               ,
               that
               many
               things
               are
               gone
               about
               ,
               and
               few
               things
               are
               done
               :
               those
               few
               that
               are
               done
               ,
               are
               not
               done
               as
               they
               ought
               .
               3.
               
               
               They
               are
               drawne
               on
               to
               many
               a
               fall
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               ruine
               of
               bodies
               and
               soules
               .
               As
               men
               in
               darknesse
               (
               if
               they
               will
               be
               doing
               )
               stumble
               and
               fall
               :
               
               so
               wicked
               men
               in
               this
               estate
               stumble
               into
               a
               thousand
               pitfals
               .
               Here
               they
               fall
               into
               pride
               and
               niggardize
               ,
               there
               into
               pride
               and
               luxury
               ,
               on
               this
               hand
               into
               covetousnesse
               ,
               on
               that
               hand
               into
               prodigality
               ,
               here
               lyes
               the
               drunkard
               ,
               there
               the
               lyar
               ;
               here
               lyes
               the
               worldly
               old
               man
               ,
               there
               the
               regardlesse
               young
               man.
               Lord
               ,
               how
               doe
               they
               fall
               in
               darknesse
               ,
               till
               they
               are
               
                 turned
                 backe
                 into
                 perpetuall
                 rebellions
              
               ,
               
               
                 till
                 they
                 fall
                 and
                 rise
                 no
                 more
                 ?
              
               Fourthly
               ,
               they
               are
               smitten
               with
               feares
               &
               terrours
               when
               they
               will
               give
               leisure
               to
               Conscience
               to
               worke
               .
               They
               are
               
                 taken
                 with
                 feare
                 where
                 no
                 feare
                 is
                 .
              
               
               As
               men
               in
               a
               darke
               night
               being
               a
               waked
               by
               fearefull
               melancholy
               ,
               sight
               of
               sin
               ,
               or
               lash
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               doe
               thinke
               every
               bush
               a
               Thiefe
               ,
               every
               gale
               of
               winde
               ,
               the
               moving
               of
               Satan
               ,
               or
               the
               wagging
               of
               every
               leafe
               a
               summons
               
               to
               the
               Devils
               approach
               :
               so
               is
               it
               with
               wicked
               men
               in
               this
               darknesse
               .
               Fifthly
               ,
               their
               shame
               is
               taken
               from
               them
               .
               They
               are
               foole-hardy
               and
               confident
               in
               the
               darke
               ,
               because
               no
               eye
               sees
               them
               .
               It
               is
               said
               of
               the
               Asse
               ,
               that
               being
               pursued
               by
               the
               Wolfe
               ,
               he
               puts
               his
               head
               into
               a
               bush
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               not
               see
               the
               Wolfe
               ;
               as
               if
               ,
               because
               he
               sees
               not
               the
               Wolfe
               ,
               the
               Wolfe
               therefore
               sees
               not
               him
               ▪
               So
               is
               it
               with
               wicked
               men
               ;
               they
               put
               their
               heads
               into
               a
               darke
               corner
               of
               sin
               and
               ignorance
               ,
               and
               then
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               
                 that
                 pierced
                 through
                 the
                 darke
                 cloud
              
               could
               not
               see
               ,
               they
               goe
               on
               without
               feare
               ,
               wit
               ,
               or
               shame
               .
               
               They
               
                 lay
                 their
                 iniquities
                 on
                 their
                 skirts
                 ,
                 and
                 declare
                 their
                 sinnes
                 as
                 Sodome
                 ,
                 they
                 hide
                 them
                 not
                 :
              
               as
               if
               they
               hurted
               not
               them
               ,
               nor
               would
               bring
               shame
               at
               the
               latter
               end
               ,
               
            
             
               Thus
               have
               I
               plained
               the
               way
               
               in
               opening
               this
               part
               of
               the
               Proverbe
               :
               
               and
               now
               
                 I
                 write
                 unto
                 you
                 young
                 men
                 ,
              
               that
               you
               may
               overcome
               that
               evill
               one
               .
               Suffer
               therefore
               first
               a
               word
               of
               conviction
               ,
               and
               next
               a
               word
               of
               exhortation
               .
            
             
               
               Ye
               may
               be
               convinced
               hence
               of
               two
               things
               :
            
             
               1.
               
               First
               ,
               concerning
               a
               wicked
               mans
               estate
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               in
               a
               miserable
               case
               ,
               whatsoever
               he
               thinkes
               of
               himselfe
               .
               If
               thou
               wert
               shut
               up
               in
               a
               dark
               prison
               ,
               where
               thou
               couldst
               not
               have
               any
               fellowship
               with
               light
               ,
               wouldst
               thou
               not
               thinke
               thy selfe
               in
               a
               wofull
               plight
               ?
               Much
               more
               art
               thou
               thus
               ,
               if
               thou
               be
               in
               the
               darknesse
               of
               ignorance
               ,
               sin
               and
               misery
               .
            
             
               
               You
               will
               say
               ,
               I
               see
               no
               such
               matter
               .
               If
               I
               am
               in
               misery
               ,
               I
               see
               it
               not
               .
               It
               may
               be
               so
               ,
               and
               yet
               your
               misery
               is
               not
               the
               lesse
               .
               As
               Christ
               said
               ,
               
                 because
                 yee
                 say
                 yee
                 see
              
               ,
               
               
                 therefore
                 your
                 sinne
                 remaineth
              
               :
               
               so
               say
               I
               ,
               because
               you
               say
               you
               see
               not
               ,
               therefore
               your
               danger
               is
               the
               greater
               .
               If
               in
               a
               desperate
               disease
               a
               man
               say
               he
               is
               well
               ,
               it
               s
               a
               certain
               signe
               death
               is
               comming
               on
               a
               pace
               :
               so
               is
               it
               a
               signe
               that
               misery
               lies
               at
               the
               doore
               (
               though
               you
               have
               shut
               it
               out
               a
               while
               )
               because
               ye
               say
               ye
               see
               it
               not
               .
            
             
               Put
               case
               it
               be
               so
               (
               say
               you
               )
               yet
               you
               feele
               no
               hurt
               by
               it
               for
               the
               present
               .
               
               Ye
               goe
               on
               in
               sinne
               ,
               and
               thrive
               ,
               and
               are
               merry
               ,
               and
               what
               evill
               can
               come
               ?
               Take
               heed
               ;
               while
               a
               man
               is
               lusty
               and
               strong
               ,
               
               a
               man
               can
               endure
               hot
               and
               cold
               ,
               night
               and
               day
               ,
               and
               never
               shrinke
               ;
               but
               when
               hee
               is
               downe
               ,
               by
               age
               ,
               sicknesse
               ,
               surfeit
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               then
               every
               blast
               pierceth
               through
               :
               so
               while
               you
               are
               in
               health
               and
               prosperity
               ,
               you
               are
               like
               a
               Church
               Wardens
               Bill
               ,
               
                 which
                 answereth
                 all
                 is
                 well
                 ,
                 when
                 too
                 many
                 things
                 are
              
               
               amisse
               :
               but
               when
               sicknesse
               ,
               and
               death
               comes
               ,
               downe
               you
               sink
               with
               shame
               and
               horrour
               ,
               like
               the
               fishes
               of
               Jordan
               which
               fall
               into
               the
               dead-Sea
               ,
               and
               are
               no
               more
               alive
               .
            
             
               
               Yea
               ,
               but
               you
               are
               not
               in
               this
               darke
               state
               ;
               you
               heare
               the
               Word
               and
               understand
               it
               ,
               and
               have
               a
               power
               to
               understand
               more
               :
               therefore
               certainly
               you
               shall
               not
               be
               darknesse
               for
               ever
               ;
               
               for
               
                 a
                 power
                 doth
                 dispose
                 you
                 to
                 the
                 act
                 and
                 exercise
                 which
                 shall
                 follow
                 .
              
               Be
               not
               deceived
               .
               For
               though
               it
               be
               true
               of
               
                 a
                 naturall
                 power
              
               ,
               
               which
               comes
               into
               act
               by
               the
               power
               of
               some
               inward
               principle
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               have
               such
               a
               power
               ,
               it
               shall
               bee
               brought
               into
               act
               ,
               more
               or
               lesse
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               power
               ,
               as
               when
               Grapes
               have
               a
               power
               to
               drop
               Wine
               ,
               and
               Apples
               Cydar
               ;
               and
               so
               ,
               if
               as
               men
               ,
               you
               have
               a
               power
               to
               reason
               ,
               it
               is
               more
               or
               lesse
               shewed
               by
               discourse
               ,
               either
               by
               
               inward
               conceptions
               ,
               or
               outward
               expressions
               :
               
               yet
               is
               it
               not
               true
               of
               
                 an
                 obedientiall
                 power
              
               ,
               which
               is
               drawne
               out
               by
               a
               power
               from
               without
               ;
               as
               when
               the
               waters
               of
               Aegypt
               are
               turned
               into
               bloud
               ,
               and
               the
               water
               at
               the
               marriage
               of
               Cana
               was
               turned
               into
               wine
               :
               
               and
               so
               ,
               though
               you
               have
               a
               naturall
               power
               to
               know
               (
               according
               to
               your
               measure
               )
               and
               so
               to
               be
               acquit
               of
               humane
               darknesse
               ,
               yet
               amidst
               your
               hearing
               and
               understanding
               ;
               
               you
               must
               be
               
                 turned
                 from
                 darknesse
                 to
                 light
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 Satan
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 receive
                 forgivenesse
                 of
                 sinnes
                 ,
                 and
                 inheritance
                 amongst
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 sanctified
                 by
                 faith
                 in
              
               CHRIST
               .
               If
               therefore
               you
               would
               be
               freed
               from
               this
               darknesse
               ,
               you
               must
               depend
               upon
               God
               (
               whom
               you
               cannot
               command
               at
               pleasure
               )
               
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 increase
              
               ,
               and
               to
               acquit
               you
               from
               this
               misery
               .
            
             
             
               
               Secondly
               ,
               ye
               may
               be
               convinced
               hence
               ,
               not
               to
               thinke
               it
               strange
               to
               see
               poore
               sinners
               to
               doe
               that
               ,
               
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 afterwards
                 ashamed
                 .
              
               The
               adulterer
               watcheth
               for
               his
               twilight
               :
               the
               drunkard
               seeketh
               his
               cl●s
               scorners
               to
               couzen
               his
               soule
               and
               pursue
               in
               :
               the
               lyar
               desireth
               his
               say-nothing
               :
               and
               all
               luxuriants
               hunt
               out
               their
               coverts
               and
               thickets
               :
               and
               when
               they
               are
               rowzed
               by
               the
               Iustice
               of
               GOD
               and
               man
               ,
               they
               cannot
               indure
               the
               light
               ,
               having
               such
               evill
               deeds
               ;
               for
               they
               are
               ashamed
               and
               confounded
               .
               
               Doe
               not
               wonder
               at
               all
               this
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               in
               this
               kinde
               ;
               because
               what
               they
               wrought
               ,
               was
               done
               in
               darknesse
               ,
               and
               now
               it
               is
               brought
               to
               light
               .
            
             
               But
               why
               should
               I
               thinke
               darkenesse
               to
               bee
               the
               cause
               of
               their
               shame
               ,
               seeing
               many
               of
               them
               have
               a
               great
               deale
               of
               
               knowledge
               ?
               It
               is
               true
               in
               truth
               ,
               
               ungodly
               men
               may
               gaine
               a
               great
               measure
               of
               knowing
               knowledge
               :
               
               Iudas
               preached
               for
               Christ
               ,
               and
               Julian
               writ
               for
               him
               yea
               ,
               unlearned
               men
               ,
               whose
               cure
               is
               to
               feel
               divinity
               beating
               in
               the
               pulse
               of
               their
               hearts
               and
               lives
               ,
               above
               the
               flowing
               of
               it
               in
               their
               braines
               ,
               may
               take
               Heaven
               by
               violence
               ,
               while
               the
               more
               learned
               (
               carefull
               to
               know
               and
               carelesse
               to
               doe
               )
               may
               bee
               thrust
               into
               Hell.
               But
               let
               them
               gaine
               what
               knowledge
               they
               can
               the
               understanding
               singly
               taken
               is
               not
               that
               which
               God
               most
               delighteth
               in
               ,
               to
               keepe
               them
               from
               shame
               by
               it
               ,
               
               but
               
                 hee
                 dwels
                 in
                 a
                 contrite
                 and
                 broken
                 heart
                 ,
              
               to
               keepe
               them
               from
               the
               power
               of
               sin
               ,
               
               &
               horor
               of
               shame
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               be
               now
               exhorted
               to
               avoyd
               the
               waies
               of
               wicked
               men
               ,
               which
               will
               bring
               you
               to
               such
               sinnes
               as
               darkenesse
               breeds
               ,
               and
               darkenesse
               feeds
               .
               
               Ye
               shall
               one
               day
               find
               that
               this
               darknesse
               breeds
               carlesnesse
               ,
               sinful
               delight
               ,
               feare
               ,
               and
               doubting
               .
               
               In
               darknesse
               men
               are
               carelesse
               of
               their
               goings
               and
               doings
               :
               So
               ,
               while
               yee
               are
               in
               the
               wicked
               way
               ,
               ye
               are
               carelesse
               of
               your
               duties
               to
               GOD
               and
               man
               :
               and
               yee
               regard
               not
               
                 though
                 ye
                 walk
                 naked
              
               (
               without
               the
               garments
               of
               faith
               in
               Christ
               ,
               
               and
               the
               obedience
               of
               faith
               and
               your
               
                 shame
                 lyes
                 open
              
               .
               In
               darknesse
               sinfull
               delights
               are
               most
               welcome
               :
               when
               drunkards
               were
               more
               modest
               ,
               and
               ashamed
               of
               the
               noon-day
               ,
               the
               Apostle
               saith
               ,
               
               
                 they
                 that
                 are
                 drunke
                 are
                 drunke
                 in
                 the
                 night
                 :
              
               And
               Job
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               Adulterer
               hunteth
               for
               the
               twilight
               ,
               and
               flattereth
               himselfe
               ,
               that
               GOD
               cannot
               pierce
               thorow
               the
               darke
               cloud
               .
               So
               ,
               while
               yee
               are
               in
               this
               blacke
               way
               ,
               yee
               freely
               drinke
               of
               this
               Cup
               of
               the
               pleasures
               of
               
               sinne
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               dreggs
               .
               In
               darknesse
               ,
               they
               especially
               that
               are
               apprehensive
               are
               full
               of
               feates
               ,
               whether
               they
               shall
               receive
               hurt
               ,
               full
               of
               doubting
               whether
               they
               are
               ,
               and
               doe
               ,
               right
               or
               wrong
               .
               So
               while
               ye
               are
               in
               this
               pitchy
               way
               ,
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               laughter
               your
               heart
               is
               heavie
               :
               yee
               some-times
               feare
               the
               hurt
               yee
               may
               suffer
               ,
               what
               if
               I
               bee
               sicke
               ?
               what
               if
               I
               die
               ?
               what
               if
               divine
               Iustice
               seaze
               upon
               mee
               ?
               what
               shall
               become
               of
               me
               then
               ?
               Ye
               sometimes
               doubt
               whether
               that
               bee
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               or
               Hell
               ,
               wherein
               yee
               walke
               .
               If
               it
               bee
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               which
               of
               the
               Saints
               of
               GOD
               have
               gone
               before
               mee
               in
               it
               thither
               ?
               If
               the
               way
               to
               Hell
               ,
               why
               doe
               I
               walke
               in
               it
               still
               ?
               Besides
               ,
               yee
               shall
               one
               day
               finde
               that
               this
               darknesse
               feeds
               and
               nourisheth
               sin
               .
               For
               as
               men
               in
               darknesse
               ,
               being
               set
               upon
               a
               course
               ,
               will
               
               be
               resolute
               to
               doe
               it
               still
               :
               So
               while
               ye
               are
               in
               this
               way
               ,
               ye
               will
               be
               fatted
               in
               obstinacy
               against
               God
               ,
               and
               in
               resolution
               to
               doe
               what
               ye
               list
               .
               This
               Christ
               lamented
               in
               Ierusalem
               ,
               
               
                 Oh
                 if
                 thou
                 hadst
                 knowne
                 in
                 this
                 thy
                 day
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 belong
                 to
                 thy
                 peace
                 !
                 but
                 now
                 they
                 are
                 hid
                 from
                 thine
                 eyes
                 .
              
               This
               also
               may
               you
               lament
               in
               your selves
               (
               if
               you
               could
               )
               with
               teares
               of
               bloud
               .
            
             
               
               Perhaps
               you
               may
               think
               that
               all
               this
               will
               do
               you
               little
               hurt
               .
               But
               GOD
               open
               your
               eyes
               in
               time
               that
               you
               may
               see
               to
               your
               amendment
               ,
               that
               it
               will
               bring
               you
               to
               the
               darkenesse
               of
               Hell
               ,
               where
               ye
               shall
               finde
               horror
               without
               the
               least
               comfort
               ,
               and
               torment
               without
               the
               least
               ease
               .
               None
               of
               the
               plagues
               of
               Aegypt
               were
               so
               afflictive
               to
               Pharaoh
               ,
               as
               darkenesse
               was
               .
               This
               extorted
               from
               him
               this
               speech
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               heard
               
               before
               ,
               
                 Goe
                 you
                 and
                 your
                 children
                 ,
                 and
                 serve
                 the
                 LORD
                 .
              
               
               How
               much
               more
               will
               ye
               be
               pressed
               with
               the
               darknesse
               of
               Hell
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               proper
               place
               of
               torment
               !
               This
               makes
               these
               poore
               darke
               creatures
               ,
               before
               they
               come
               there
               ,
               to
               cry
               out
               ,
               I
               shall
               bee
               burned
               in
               Hell
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               ,
               what
               shall
               I
               doe
               ,
               what
               shall
               I
               doe
               ?
            
             
               If
               therfore
               there
               be
               any
               feare
               of
               God
               before
               your
               eyes
               ,
               if
               any
               bowels
               of
               compassion
               to
               your
               miserable
               body
               ,
               and
               soules
               ,
               avoid
               these
               hellish
               wayes
               of
               wicked
               men
               while
               ye
               are
               yong
               Suppose
               that
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               Satan
               stood
               before
               GOD
               to
               plead
               for
               you
               .
               Christ
               could
               say
               ,
               Behold
               blessed
               Father
               ,
               I
               have
               taken
               their
               nature
               upon
               mee
               ,
               I
               have
               done
               ,
               and
               dyed
               for
               them
               ,
               I
               have
               presented
               thee
               with
               a
               full
               satisfaction
               ,
               and
               have
               offered
               to
               them
               this
               great
               
               grace
               to
               heare
               my
               Gospell
               ,
               and
               beleeve
               it
               :
               yea
               ,
               I
               have
               beene
               assistant
               to
               the
               ministery
               of
               the
               Church
               to
               convince
               them
               of
               their
               wicked
               courses
               ,
               to
               move
               them
               to
               come
               to
               me
               ,
               to
               assure
               them
               ,
               that
               I
               and
               mine
               are
               all
               theirs
               ,
               if
               they
               repent
               and
               believe
               the
               Gospell
               ,
               yet
               have
               they
               not
               honored
               me
               by
               faith
               and
               love
               .
               But
               Sathan
               plead●
               ,
               Behold
               thou
               great
               God
               of
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               I
               never
               tooke
               their
               nature
               upon
               mee
               ,
               yet
               they
               love
               me
               and
               my
               courses
               better
               than
               themselves
               .
               I
               never
               did
               any
               thing
               for
               their
               good
               ,
               but
               for
               their
               snare
               and
               ruine
               ,
               yet
               they
               cleave
               to
               mee
               and
               my
               works
               of
               darknesse
               ,
               my
               pleasures
               deceitfull
               pleasures
               of
               sin
               for
               a
               season
               ,
               more
               than
               to
               thee
               and
               thy
               Word
               .
               I
               never
               died
               for
               them
               ,
               yet
               they
               live
               and
               die
               in
               my
               cause
               and
               quarrell
               :
               drinking
               ,
               dicing
               ,
               drabbing
               ,
               night
               and
               day
               :
               revelling
               
               with
               thy
               good
               creatures
               ,
               reviling
               of
               thy
               vertuous
               servants
               ,
               and
               resolving
               still
               to
               doe
               as
               they
               have
               done
               .
               I
               never
               offered
               them
               grace
               ,
               but
               sinne
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               resisted
               &
               spurned
               at
               that
               ,
               and
               accepted
               this
               with
               greedinesse
               .
               All
               this
               and
               more
               ,
               may
               truely
               bee
               said
               by
               that
               Lion
               of
               the
               Tribe
               of
               Iudah
               ,
               and
               that
               roaring
               Lion
               that
               seeketh
               whom
               hee
               may
               devoure
               .
               Set
               your selves
               to
               present
               such
               a
               plea
               to
               your
               soules
               ,
               and
               thinke
               whether
               the
               devill
               hath
               not
               powerfull
               reasons
               to
               move
               that
               GOD
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               consuming
               fire
               ,
               to
               deliver
               you
               up
               to
               his
               hands
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               you
               are
               in
               darkenesse
               .
               What
               an
               hell
               will
               this
               be
               to
               you
               before
               you
               come
               to
               hell
               ,
               if
               you
               repent
               not
               ?
               What
               an
               hell
               will
               it
               be
               to
               you
               to
               saile
               by
               ,
               before
               you
               come
               to
               hell
               ,
               if
               ye
               repent
               not
               ,
               and
               forsake
               not
               your
               sins
               ?
               Will
               yee
               not
               thinke
               of
               to
               day
               ,
               
               while
               it
               is
               called
               to
               day
               ?
               Will
               ye
               still
               goe
               on
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               sinne
               ,
               though
               ye
               cannot
               prosper
               ?
               GOD
               forbid
               ,
               the
               safety
               of
               your
               soules
               forbids
               it
               ;
               your
               Covenant
               in
               Baptisme
               forbids
               it
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               mercies
               wherewith
               the
               Lord
               hath
               renewed
               you
               from
               your
               youth
               up
               hitherto
               .
            
             
               Ye
               may
               thinke
               your selves
               safe
               enough
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               your
               darke
               and
               riotous
               courses
               shall
               end
               in
               a
               sun-shine
               of
               glory
               and
               happinesse
               :
               but
               (
               alas
               )
               in
               your
               way
               there
               lye
               many
               things
               at
               which
               ye
               may
               stumble
               ,
               and
               so
               tumble
               into
               the
               pit
               of
               hell
               unawares
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               next
               considerable
               proportion
               in
               this
               Proverbe
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
            
             
               
               
                 That
                 wicked
                 men
                 know
                 not
                 at
                 what
                 they
                 stumble
                 .
              
            
             
               Do
               ye
               desire
               to
               gaine
               to
               your
               soules
               from
               this
               ?
            
             
               Then
               weigh
               with
               me
               these
               three
               particulars
               :
            
             
             
               1
               What
               it
               is
               to
               stumble
               ?
            
             
               2
               Whereat
               they
               stumble
               ?
               and
               ,
            
             
               3
               That
               they
               stumble
               ,
               because
               they
               know
               not
               at
               what
               .
               To
               stumble
               is
               to
               take
               an
               argument
               of
               offence
               at
               something
               ,
               
               to
               make
               them
               fall
               still
               into
               the
               wayes
               of
               wickednesse
               .
               As
               when
               the
               Iewes
               took
               these
               arguments
               against
               Christ
               to
               conclude
               against
               faith
               in
               him
               ,
               
               
                 He
                 is
                 a
                 man
                 gluttonous
              
               ,
               
               
                 a
                 wine
                 bibber
                 ,
                 a
                 friend
                 of
                 Publicans
                 and
                 sinners
                 :
                 Wee
                 say
                 well
                 that
                 thou
                 art
                 a
                 Samaritan
                 ,
                 and
                 hast
                 a
                 Divell
                 .
              
               
               And
               when
               the
               Iewes
               took
               these
               arguments
               against
               
                 Stephen
                 ,
                 We
                 have
                 heard
                 him
                 speake
                 blasphemous
                 words
                 against
                 Moses
                 ,
                 against
                 God
                 ,
                 against
                 this
                 holy
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Law.
              
               And
               when
               the
               Corinthians
               raised
               this
               foundation
               against
               Saint
               Paul
               ,
               
               
                 This
                 fellow
                 perswadeth
                 men
                 to
                 worship
              
               GOD
               
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Law
              
               :
               and
               
               Tertullus
               in
               a
               slanting
               speech
               before
               Foelix
               ,
               
               
                 wee
                 have
                 found
                 this
                 man
                 a
                 very
                 pestilence
                 ,
                 a
                 mover
                 of
                 sedition
                 among
                 all
                 the
                 Iewes
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 World.
              
               These
               are
               arguments
               of
               offence
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               that
               doe
               receive
               them
               still
               to
               fall
               into
               sin
               ,
               new
               sins
               ,
               old
               sins
               ,
               all
               sins
               .
            
             
               
               But
               whereat
               ordinarily
               doe
               wicked
               men
               stumble
               ?
               Ordinarily
               at
               sixe
               sorts
               of
               things
               ,
               when
               they
               would
               flatter
               themselves
               in
               their
               wayes
               of
               darkenesse
               .
               Either
               ,
               Ignorance
               ;
               or
               ,
               presumption
               ;
               or
               ,
               despaire
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 the
                 World
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               scandall
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 the
                 peaceable
                 end
                 of
                 sinners
              
               ,
               and
               the
               contrary
               of
               those
               that
               have
               lived
               more
               strictly
               .
            
             
               
               They
               stumble
               at
               ignorance
               on
               both
               hands
               .
               Sometimes
               they
               stumble
               at
               the
               ignorance
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               so
               they
               fall
               to
               sin
               ,
               and
               care
               not
               ,
               feare
               not
               ,
               When
               Iosiah
               knew
               not
               sin
               ,
               his
               sweet
               nature
               stumbled
               with
               the
               
               times
               :
               but
               when
               he
               heard
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               read
               ,
               he
               rent
               his
               clothes
               ,
               and
               melted
               to
               the
               very
               heart
               .
               When
               Saul
               lived
               a
               Pharisee
               ,
               the
               death
               of
               Stephen
               was
               nothing
               ,
               it
               could
               be
               swallowed
               up
               upon
               a
               full
               stomack
               :
               but
               when
               the
               Law
               came
               and
               shewed
               him
               what
               sinne
               was
               ,
               
               when
               hee
               saw
               sinne
               revive
               ,
               to
               pricks
               ,
               wound
               ,
               and
               kill
               ,
               then
               he
               mourned
               under
               his
               captivity
               .
               Sometimes
               they
               stumble
               at
               the
               ignorance
               of
               Repentance
               :
               
               They
               are
               like
               Nicodemus
               ,
               who
               cannot
               heare
               of
               a
               new
               life
               ,
               but
               hee
               dreames
               of
               
                 entring
                 his
                 mothers
                 wombe
                 againe
              
               :
               and
               like
               Peters
               hearers
               ,
               who
               when
               they
               sinned
               knew
               not
               what
               they
               did
               ;
               and
               when
               they
               were
               pricked
               at
               the
               heart
               for
               sin
               ,
               knew
               not
               what
               to
               doe
               ,
               
               
                 Men
                 and
                 brethren
                 ,
                 what
                 shall
                 we
                 doe
                 to
                 be
                 saved
                 ?
              
            
             
               They
               stumble
               at
               presumption
               ,
               
               that
               God
               will
               any
               time
               
               accept
               of
               them
               upon
               any
               termes
               .
               Therfore
               ,
               
                 at
                 what
                 time
                 soever
              
               ,
               saith
               one
               :
               GOD
               
                 desireth
                 not
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 a
                 sinner
                 ,
              
               saith
               another
               :
               Christ
               saith
               ,
               
                 Come
                 unto
                 me
              
               ,
               saith
               a
               third
               :
               
                 God
                 will
                 that
                 all
                 men
                 should
                 bee
                 saved
                 ,
                 saith
              
               a
               fourth
               .
               Every
               presumptuous
               wretch
               layeth
               some
               sure
               foundation
               (
               which
               might
               be
               sound
               and
               sweet
               to
               a
               true
               penitent
               )
               which
               yet
               will
               not
               serve
               his
               turne
               when
               he
               is
               to
               try
               the
               strength
               of
               it
               ,
               no
               more
               than
               Sampsons
               ▪
               greene
               Cords
               could
               binde
               him
               ,
               or
               a
               rope
               of
               sand
               can
               pull
               down
               an
               impregnable
               Castle
               .
            
             
               
               They
               stumble
               at
               despaire
               ,
               and
               at
               that
               on
               both
               sides
               too
               .
               Sometimes
               they
               despaire
               of
               their
               owne
               strength
               .
               Alas
               ,
               all
               the
               waies
               of
               vertue
               ,
               grace
               ,
               and
               glory
               are
               too
               hard
               for
               me
               .
               I
               must
               lie
               downe
               in
               shame
               ,
               confusion
               ,
               sinne
               ,
               and
               sorrow
               ,
               but
               not
               move
               a
               foot
               to
               Heaven
               .
               
               When
               Christ
               preached
               
                 that
                 no
                 man
                 could
                 come
                 to
                 him
                 ,
              
               
               
                 except
                 it
                 were
                 given
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ;
                 many
                 of
                 his
                 Disciples
                 went
                 backe
                 ,
                 and
                 walked
                 no
                 more
                 with
                 him
                 :
              
               in
               so
               much
               as
               CHRIST
               complained
               to
               the
               twelve
               ,
               
                 Will
                 yee
                 also
                 forsake
                 mee
              
               ?
               If
               Christ
               bee
               such
               a
               manner
               of
               person
               ,
               that
               accesse
               to
               him
               is
               so
               hard
               ,
               so
               much
               above
               our
               power
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               be
               beholding
               to
               a
               Father
               whom
               wee
               are
               not
               acquainted
               with
               ,
               then
               farewell
               Christ
               ,
               welcome
               world
               who
               are
               more
               familiar
               .
               
               Sometimes
               againe
               they
               despaire
               of
               GODS
               strength
               and
               mercy
               for
               them
               .
               Christ
               cannot
               save
               them
               ,
               GOD
               will
               not
               save
               them
               .
               Let
               strength
               and
               mercy
               bee
               what
               it
               will
               on
               high
               ,
               it
               is
               too
               high
               for
               them
               .
               What
               is
               that
               to
               me
               ?
               I
               am
               the
               worst
               of
               unworthy
               sinners
               .
               This
               cast
               out
               Cain
               ,
               hanged
               Judas
               ,
               damned
               
               both
               ,
               and
               any
               other
               that
               delight
               in
               such
               a
               downefall
               .
            
             
               
               They
               stumble
               at
               the
               world
               of
               honour
               ,
               pleasure
               ,
               profit
               .
               The
               stony
               hearers
               stumbled
               at
               the
               care-cloth
               ,
               the
               thornes
               of
               cares
               for
               worldly
               pelfe
               .
               
               The
               unworthy
               Guests
               stumbled
               at
               the
               new
               bought
               purchases
               of
               Farmes
               ,
               and
               Oxen
               ;
               and
               so
               much
               as
               at
               the
               new
               married
               Wife
               ,
               
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 come
              
               .
               The
               rich
               worldling
               at
               the
               new
               Barnes
               ,
               and
               store
               for
               many
               dayes
               .
               His
               soule
               did
               so
               alwayes
               live
               in
               them
               ,
               that
               hee
               thought
               hee
               should
               alwayes
               live
               with
               them
               .
               Thus
               they
               stumbled
               and
               fell
               .
               The
               huge
               blocke
               of
               the
               World
               was
               too
               great
               for
               them
               to
               leape
               over
               into
               heaven
               ,
               and
               therefore
               downe
               they
               fall
               ,
               and
               breake
               their
               neckes
               into
               the
               wayes
               of
               sinne
               .
            
             
               
               They
               stumble
               at
               scandall
               ,
               and
               at
               that
               they
               trip
               dangerously
               
               on
               both
               hands
               .
               
               Sometimes
               they
               are
               loth
               to
               offend
               their
               wicked
               companions
               ;
               what
               ?
               shall
               I
               forsake
               them
               ,
               scandalize
               them
               ,
               goe
               without
               them
               ,
               (
               though
               )
               in
               a
               better
               way
               ,
               make
               them
               that
               are
               my
               friends
               my
               foes
               ,
               to
               neglect
               and
               scoffe
               at
               mee
               ?
               This
               made
               Nicodemus
               come
               to
               Christ
               by
               night
               .
               
               This
               made
               
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 chiefe
                 Rulers
                 believe
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 confessed
                 him
                 not
                 ,
              
               
               
                 lest
                 they
                 should
                 bee
                 put
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Synagogue
                 :
                 for
                 they
                 loved
                 the
                 praise
                 of
                 men
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 praise
                 of
                 God.
              
               
               Sometimes
               againe
               they
               take
               offence
               at
               the
               lives
               of
               those
               that
               seeme
               to
               bee
               more
               godly
               than
               themselves
               ,
               and
               are
               so
               (
               at
               least
               )
               by
               profession
               .
               Indeed
               ,
               these
               should
               bee
               very
               carefull
               to
               adorne
               the
               doctrine
               of
               our
               
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               :
               
               and
               therefore
               many
               excellent
               exhortations
               are
               spent
               upon
               them
               ,
               in
               the
               most
               sure
               Word
               
               of
               GOD.
               Sometimes
               they
               are
               called
               upon
               
                 to
                 behave
                 themselves
                 wisely
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 without
                 :
              
               Sometimes
               to
               
                 walke
                 honestly
                 towards
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 without
                 :
              
               
               sometimes
               ,
               to
               
                 give
                 no
                 offence
                 neither
                 to
                 Jew
                 ,
                 C●●ia●
                 ,
              
               nor
               
                 Church
                 of
              
               GOD
               :
               yet
               are
               they
               not
               so
               carefull
               in
               the
               workes
               of
               holinesse
               righteousnesse
               ,
               and
               sobriety
               ,
               as
               they
               ought
               .
               This
               is
               soone
               espied
               by
               wicked
               men
               ,
               and
               so
               made
               an
               argument
               to
               stumble
               at
               .
            
             
               
               You
               will
               say
               ,
               They
               are
               in
               darknesse
               ,
               how
               then
               can
               they
               spie
               such
               a
               hole
               in
               the
               coat
               of
               him
               that
               is
               better
               than
               themselves
               ?
               I
               le
               tell
               you
               :
               when
               men
               see
               a
               thing
               that
               may
               further
               them
               in
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               they
               do
               receive
               it
               inward
               by
               the
               meanes
               of
               the
               spirit
               ,
               and
               the
               sweet
               beames
               of
               grace
               which
               shine
               about
               them
               ;
               
               
                 For
                 every
                 good
                 giving
                 comes
                 from
                 
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 lights
                 :
              
               
               but
               when
               they
               see
               any
               thing
               that
               helpes
               them
               onward
               to
               Hell
               ,
               they
               have
               a
               power
               of
               seeing
               from
               within
               .
               As
               a
               Cat
               sees
               in
               a
               darke
               night
               by
               fyring
               the
               aire
               to
               her selfe
               ,
               and
               for
               her
               owne
               uses
               :
               so
               wicked
               men
               being
               set
               on
               fire
               of
               Hell
               ,
               
               can
               in
               their
               darkest
               state
               easily
               kindle
               a
               light
               for
               their
               owne
               uses
               to
               find
               fodder
               for
               their
               soules
               in
               their
               way
               to
               Hell-ward
               .
            
             
               
                 They
                 stumble
              
               ,
               Lastly
               ,
               
               at
               the
               peaceable
               end
               of
               sinners
               .
               Truly
               ,
               they
               dyed
               like
               Lambes
               ,
               
                 There
                 are
                 no
                 hands
                 in
                 their
                 death
                 :
              
               just
               like
               the
               good
               thiefe
               upon
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               which
               with
               quiet
               and
               sweet
               reaches
               after
               grace
               and
               glory
               ,
               breathed
               out
               his
               soule
               to
               GOD
               ;
               notwithstanding
               all
               the
               wickednesse
               of
               his
               fore-past
               life
               :
               
               whereas
               many
               of
               those
               who
               have
               lived
               better
               ,
               have
               died
               with
               little
               rest
               ,
               
               and
               no
               comfort
               .
               Hence
               they
               stumble
               thicke
               and
               threefold
               ,
               and
               make
               no
               question
               to
               dy
               no
               worse
               than
               they
               ,
               though
               they
               doe
               as
               bad
               .
            
             
               
               Thus
               they
               stumble
               and
               stumble
               ;
               and
               the
               cause
               or
               the
               signe
               of
               all
               ,
               is
               this
               in
               the
               Proverbe
               ,
               
                 They
                 know
                 not
                 at
                 what
                 they
                 stumble
                 .
              
               
               As
               for
               sinne
               ,
               they
               do
               not
               know
               who
               they
               themselves
               are
               that
               sin
               .
               They
               are
               the
               creatures
               of
               GOD
               who
               hath
               blessed
               them
               a
               thousand
               wayes
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               should
               live
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               not
               as
               if
               the
               Devill
               had
               made
               them
               .
               
               They
               doe
               not
               know
               whom
               they
               sin
               against
               .
               It
               is
               against
               an
               infinite
               GOD
               ,
               who
               is
               an
               infinite
               good
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               least
               guilt
               will
               not
               so
               easily
               bee
               taken
               off
               as
               they
               dreame
               .
               Can
               much
               Niter
               and
               much
               Sope
               doe
               it
               ?
               
               
                 Can
                 thousands
                 of
                 Rammes
                 ,
                 and
                 ten
                 thousand
                 Rivers
                 
                 of
                 Oyle
                 ?
              
               Sinne
               against
               a
               private
               man
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               a
               trespasse
               or
               battery
               ;
               sin
               against
               a
               King
               ,
               it
               is
               sedition
               or
               treason
               ;
               but
               sinne
               against
               God
               ,
               and
               no
               name
               can
               expresse
               it
               ,
               
               nothing
               can
               cleanse
               it
               
                 but
                 the
                 bloud
                 of
                 the
                 Lambe
                 ,
              
               which
               brings
               to
               us
               
                 the
                 righteousnesse
                 of
              
               GOD
               ,
               which
               is
               of
               infinite
               worth
               .
               
               They
               doe
               not
               know
               what
               sin
               will
               worke
               .
               It
               is
               the
               wilde
               Bore
               of
               the
               Wood
               that
               laies
               waste
               the
               Vine
               of
               our
               soules
               :
               it
               woundeth
               the
               Conscience
               ,
               defaceth
               the
               Image
               of
               GOD
               ,
               and
               writes
               upon
               us
               Satans
               Image
               and
               superscription
               :
               it
               brings
               feare
               ,
               pit
               ,
               and
               snare
               upon
               the
               inhabitants
               of
               the
               earth
               and
               at
               the
               last
               the
               vengeance
               of
               eternall
               fire
               .
               All
               this
               and
               much
               more
               ,
               about
               sin
               ,
               these
               poore
               wretches
               doe
               not
               know
               ,
               and
               hence
               they
               stumble
               upon
               sinne
               ,
               
               and
               ruine
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               Repentance
               they
               
               know
               neither
               the
               necessity
               ,
               worke
               ,
               
               or
               worth
               of
               it
               .
               Doe
               they
               present
               this
               to
               their
               soules
               ,
               
                 that
                 except
                 they
                 repent
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 perish
                 ?
              
               Yes
               that
               they
               doe
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               will
               repent
               hereafter
               .
               Yea
               ,
               but
               are
               they
               not
               deceived
               in
               the
               worke
               of
               it
               ?
               
               Doe
               they
               not
               thinke
               it
               to
               bee
               the
               worke
               of
               an
               houre
               ,
               when
               the
               whole
               life
               of
               a
               man
               were
               but
               enough
               for
               us
               to
               walke
               in
               that
               way
               ?
               Doe
               they
               not
               thinke
               it
               to
               bee
               nothing
               but
               a
               conviction
               for
               sinne
               ,
               a
               sorrow
               for
               sinne
               ,
               and
               a
               crying
               God
               mercy
               ?
               Doe
               they
               know
               that
               it
               implyes
               
                 sorrow
                 for
                 sinne
                 seene
                 ,
                 purpose
                 to
                 forsake
                 sin
                 sorrowed
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 returne
                 unto
                 God
                 ?
              
               Or
               know
               they
               that
               it
               is
               accompanied
               (
               if
               it
               be
               saving
               )
               with
               an
               holy
               course
               in
               godlinesse
               and
               righteousnesse
               ?
               No
               such
               matter
               .
               
               It
               is
               so
               slenderly
               looked
               after
               :
               and
               so
               poorely
               prized
               by
               them
               ,
               that
               
               they
               take
               it
               up
               as
               old
               shooes
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               none
               else
               to
               weare
               :
               when
               they
               have
               not
               a
               day
               to
               live
               ,
               and
               an
               houre
               to
               spend
               in
               sinne
               ,
               then
               they
               will
               repent
               ,
               what
               ever
               come
               of
               it
               .
               Thus
               these
               miserable
               wretches
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               built
               a
               Castle
               of
               their
               owne
               Repentance
               ,
               not
               Gods
               ,
               do
               stumble
               at
               they
               know
               not
               what
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               
               for
               presumption
               (
               woe
               is
               them
               )
               whatsoever
               they
               dreame
               of
               Mountaines
               of
               mercy
               ,
               
                 They
                 know
                 not
                 the
                 power
                 of
              
               GODS
               wrath
               .
               They
               thinke
               him
               to
               bee
               made
               up
               of
               nothing
               but
               mercy
               ,
               and
               that
               hee
               should
               doe
               them
               wrong
               ,
               if
               they
               should
               not
               have
               it
               .
               They
               see
               the
               light
               of
               his
               countenance
               so
               long
               in
               their
               health
               and
               prosperity
               ,
               that
               they
               presume
               hee
               cannot
               bend
               his
               browes
               ,
               
               and
               turne
               his
               backe
               in
               after
               daies
               .
               Doe
               they
               remember
               that
               after
               God
               had
               made
               the
               
               world
               ,
               his
               first
               act
               was
               an
               act
               of
               justice
               upon
               lapsed
               Angels
               ,
               who
               ,
               though
               they
               were
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               
                 were
                 cast
                 downe
                 into
                 Hell
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 delivered
                 into
                 the
                 chaines
                 of
                 darknesse
                 ,
                 to
                 bee
                 reserved
                 unto
                 judgement
                 ?
              
               Have
               they
               forgotten
               that
               his
               next
               worke
               was
               a
               worke
               of
               justice
               upon
               Adam
               in
               Paradise
               ;
               and
               the
               third
               that
               wee
               reade
               ,
               of
               a
               worke
               of
               justice
               upon
               Cain
               for
               committing
               murther
               but
               once
               ?
               
               Have
               they
               not
               read
               that
               GOD
               drowned
               the
               first
               world
               ,
               
               first
               for
               imaginations
               ?
               Or
               that
               he
               burned
               with
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               Sodome
               and
               her
               wicked
               sisters
               ,
               
               for
               pride
               ,
               fulnesse
               of
               bread
               ,
               abundance
               of
               idlenesse
               ,
               which
               hatched
               plenty
               of
               lust
               ?
               Is
               the
               justice
               of
               GOD
               upon
               the
               world
               cleane
               gone
               out
               of
               minde
               ,
               when
               his
               Church
               was
               in
               a
               Corner
               ,
               and
               but
               a
               little
               flocke
               ?
               Or
               will
               they
               not
               see
               
               the
               justice
               of
               God
               upon
               Christ
               ,
               
               
                 Our
                 surety
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 similitude
                 of
                 sinfull
                 flesh
              
               ;
               that
               hee
               did
               not
               escape
               it
               ,
               
                 being
                 made
                 sin
                 for
                 us
              
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               by
               being
               a
               sacrifice
               for
               sin
               )
               
                 that
                 wee
                 might
                 be
                 the
                 righteousnesse
                 of
                 GOD
                 in
                 him
                 ?
              
               They
               have
               forgotten
               all
               prints
               of
               Iustice
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               put
               farre
               from
               them
               the
               evill
               day
               ,
               and
               sinne
               without
               feare
               .
               But
               that
               God
               that
               is
               a
               God
               of
               mercy
               ,
               for
               
                 the
                 vessels
                 of
                 mercy
              
               ,
               
               is
               for
               those
               who
               by
               wilfull
               sins
               make
               themselves
               the
               vessels
               of
               wrath
               ,
               
                 a
                 consuming
                 fire
              
               :
               yea
               ,
               and
               when
               his
               hand
               takes
               hold
               of
               judgement
               ,
               
               hee
               will
               make
               
                 his
                 sword
                 drunke
                 with
                 bloud
              
               .
               Then
               shall
               they
               know
               what
               now
               they
               willingly
               
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 hee
                 that
                 blesseth
                 himselfe
                 in
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
              
               
               
                 I
                 shall
                 have
                 peace
                 though
                 I
                 walke
                 in
                 the
                 imagination
                 of
                 my
                 heart
                 ,
                 to
                 adde
                 drunkennesse
                 to
                 thirst
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 will
                 not
                 bee
                 mercifull
                 unto
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
               Doe
               they
               stumble
               at
               despaire
               of
               their
               owne
               strength
               :
               It
               is
               at
               they
               know
               not
               what
               still
               .
               For
               doe
               they
               not
               shew
               great
               strength
               in
               sinne
               ?
               Why
               then
               will
               they
               not
               try
               what
               they
               can
               doe
               in
               vertue
               ?
               Hath
               not
               CHRIST
               promised
               his
               assistance
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               GOD
               ,
               
               and
               Sacraments
               ?
               Why
               will
               they
               neglect
               CHRISTS
               hand
               ,
               which
               is
               put
               under
               to
               helpe
               ?
               Why
               will
               they
               not
               be
               
                 strong
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 his
                 might
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 doe
                 all
                 things
                 through
                 him
                 that
                 helpeth
                 them
                 ?
              
            
             
               Will
               they
               more
               impotently
               stumble
               at
               the
               despaire
               of
               Gods
               mercy
               ?
               Surely
               they
               stumble
               at
               they
               know
               not
               what
               .
               For
               God
               is
               good
               unto
               wicked
               men
               ,
               much
               more
               to
               those
               that
               truely
               repent
               .
               Doth
               not
               his
               Sun
               and
               raine
               blesse
               obdurate
               sinners
               ?
               much
               more
               hath
               hee
               the
               blessing
               of
               peace
               for
               those
               
                 that
                 
                 tremble
                 at
                 his
                 Word
                 ,
              
               
               and
               are
               
                 weary
                 and
                 heavie
                 laden
              
               with
               their
               sinnes
               .
               
               For
               will
               they
               forget
               how
               willingly
               GOD
               reasoneth
               with
               the
               rebellious
               Iewes
               ,
               and
               promiseth
               that
               upon
               Repentance
               he
               will
               make
               their
               
                 twice
                 dipt
                 scarlet
                 sinnes
                 as
                 white
                 as
                 wooll
                 ?
              
               
               Or
               doe
               they
               not
               regard
               that
               GOD
               tels
               them
               that
               
                 mercy
                 pleaseth
                 him
              
               .
               If
               hee
               come
               in
               a
               work
               of
               justice
               ,
               
                 hee
                 shaves
                 with
                 a
                 Raser
                 that
                 is
                 hired
              
               (
               as
               if
               hee
               had
               no
               instrument
               of
               his
               owne
               to
               execute
               wrath
               :
               
               )
               but
               if
               he
               comes
               in
               a
               worke
               of
               mercy
               ,
               it
               is
               his
               own
               work
               ,
               his
               proper
               worke
               .
               But
               they
               forget
               this
               ,
               as
               if
               Christs
               bloud
               did
               not
               triumph
               over
               all
               the
               sins
               of
               penitents
               ,
               
               even
               to
               the
               bathing
               of
               them
               that
               turne
               to
               him
               ,
               who
               shed
               it
               by
               murther
               :
               this
               they
               forget
               ,
               and
               so
               doe
               stumble
               at
               headlong
               despaire
               .
            
             
               Doe
               they
               stumble
               at
               the
               
               world
               ?
               
               Alas
               ,
               they
               know
               not
               at
               what
               .
               What
               is
               all
               the
               world
               if
               wee
               could
               graspe
               it
               into
               an
               handfull
               ?
               It
               flattereth
               while
               it
               smileth
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 it
                 passeth
                 away
                 .
              
               Have
               wee
               the
               confluence
               of
               all
               worlds
               goods
               ?
               They
               cannot
               keepe
               off
               a
               thousand
               miseries
               ;
               Gowts
               ,
               Consumption
               ,
               Fevers
               ,
               Stone
               ,
               Strangury
               ,
               death
               are
               the
               portions
               of
               this
               worlds
               wantons
               .
               And
               when
               that
               goes
               from
               us
               ,
               or
               we
               from
               that
               ,
               it
               gives
               a
               bitter
               farewell
               to
               the
               lovers
               of
               it
               .
               
               
                 Though
                 a
                 man
                 live
                 many
                 dayes
                 ,
                 ●●t
                 let
                 him
                 remember
                 the
                 dayes
                 of
                 darknesse
                 ,
              
               which
               will
               come
               first
               or
               last
               ,
               and
               then
               farewell
               profit
               ,
               farewell
               pleasure
               ,
               farewell
               honour
               :
               the
               white
               sticke
               must
               be
               broken
               ,
               worldly
               comforts
               must
               vanish
               ,
               and
               if
               yee
               have
               not
               built
               your
               nest
               in
               the
               Rocke
               Christ
               ,
               
               
                 the
                 wind
                 will
                 take
                 you
              
               ,
               the
               world
               will
               spew
               you
               out
               ,
               and
               whither
               then
               ?
            
             
             
               Doe
               they
               stumble
               at
               the
               offence
               of
               their
               companions
               ?
               
               It
               is
               at
               they
               know
               not
               what
               stil
               .
               Call
               for
               them
               all
               ,
               whom
               you
               are
               loth
               now
               to
               offend
               in
               pleasing
               GOD
               ,
               and
               what
               can
               they
               doe
               ?
               
                 As
                 the
                 Winter
                 brookes
                 they
                 passe
                 away
                 ,
              
               faith
               Iob.
               Are
               they
               touched
               for
               sinne
               ?
               They
               will
               bee
               glad
               to
               bee
               rid
               of
               them
               :
               
               
                 away
                 from
                 mee
                 yee
                 wicked
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 keep
                 the
                 Commandements
                 of
                 my
                 GOD.
              
               Doth
               the
               wrath
               of
               GOD
               come
               ?
               They
               can
               say
               ,
               alas
               my
               brother
               ,
               alas
               his
               glory
               ;
               
               but
               as
               
                 the
                 wrath
                 of
                 man
                 cannot
                 accomplish
                 the
                 righteousnesse
                 of
                 GOD
              
               ;
               
               so
               nor
               the
               power
               of
               man
               can
               stand
               (
               with
               comfort
               )
               against
               the
               wrath
               of
               GOD.
               Doth
               
                 poverty
                 come
                 as
                 an
                 armed
                 man
                 ?
              
               
               A
               worldly
               friend
               will
               help
               once
               ,
               a
               godlie
               friend
               will
               helpe
               twice
               ,
               but
               daily
               to
               hang
               upon
               the
               pockets
               ,
               and
               purse-strings
               
               of
               others
               ,
               is
               like
               a
               curst
               wife
               ,
               
                 a
                 continuall
                 dropping
              
               ;
               away
               with
               such
               a
               like
               fellow
               from
               off
               the
               earth
               ,
               the
               land
               is
               not
               able
               to
               beare
               such
               a
               loathsome
               guest
               .
               Doth
               death
               come
               
                 with
                 this
                 Iron
                 Law
                 ,
                 You
                 must
                 goe
                 and
                 make
                 your
                 bed
                 in
                 darkenesse
                 ,
              
               where
               they
               must
               say
               to
               corruption
               ,
               thou
               art
               my
               mother
               ;
               to
               the
               Worme
               thou
               art
               my
               brother
               and
               sister
               ?
               Where
               are
               their
               companions
               now
               ?
               One
               stands
               by
               and
               weepes
               ,
               but
               cannot
               helpe
               :
               another
               would
               come
               ,
               but
               feares
               the
               flashes
               of
               reproofe
               for
               godlesse
               courses
               :
               but
               let
               them
               all
               come
               ,
               can
               they
               deliver
               their
               bodies
               from
               the
               grave
               ,
               and
               
                 their
                 soules
                 from
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 Hell
                 ?
              
               
               The
               Redemption
               of
               a
               soule
               cost
               more
               than
               so
               :
               they
               must
               let
               that
               alone
               for
               ever
               .
               What
               matters
               it
               then
               to
               offend
               such
               ,
               so
               they
               may
               please
               God
               ?
            
             
             
               Doe
               they
               now
               stumble
               at
               the
               lapses
               and
               falls
               of
               those
               that
               seeme
               better
               than
               themselves
               ?
               
               Is
               it
               not
               still
               at
               they
               know
               not
               what
               ?
               If
               a
               Christian
               sinne
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               because
               hee
               is
               a
               Christian
               ,
               but
               because
               hee
               is
               a
               Christian
               no
               more
               :
               it
               is
               not
               the
               profession
               ,
               but
               the
               person
               that
               is
               in
               all
               the
               fault
               .
               Hee
               that
               is
               a
               good
               Christian
               ,
               should
               answer
               like
               that
               blessed
               Martyr
               ,
               who
               when
               hee
               was
               asked
               what
               was
               his
               name
               ?
               hee
               answered
               .
               Christian
               :
               what
               was
               his
               Countrey
               ,
               answered
               ,
               Christian
               :
               what
               were
               his
               hopes
               ,
               thoughts
               words
               ,
               and
               deeds
               ?
               Hee
               answered
               Christian
               .
               He
               was
               a
               Christian
               all
               over
               :
               and
               if
               it
               bee
               otherwise
               ,
               Christianity
               must
               not
               bee
               blamed
               ,
               but
               sinne
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               Sathan
               out
               of
               him
               ,
               that
               put
               on
               that
               faire
               hood
               to
               cover
               their
               deformitie
               .
               Besides
               ,
               sinne
               
               shall
               condemn
               them
               ,
               not
               justifie
               the
               wicked
               stumbler
               .
               They
               shall
               goe
               to
               hell
               for
               that
               without
               Repentance
               :
               the
               wicked
               shall
               not
               goe
               to
               Heaven
               for
               being
               wors●
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               bad
               .
            
             
               
               And
               what
               doe
               they
               stumble
               at
               now
               ?
               Is
               it
               at
               the
               peaceable
               end
               of
               sinners
               ?
               It
               is
               still
               at
               they
               know
               not
               what
               .
               For
               it
               is
               not
               ever
               true
               that
               wicked
               men
               finde
               such
               a
               calme
               when
               death
               approacheth
               :
               somtimes
               Hell
               fire
               flasheth
               upon
               them
               then
               :
               
               sometimes
               they
               miserably
               cry
               out
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 damned
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 damned
                 ,
              
               
               
                 I
                 must
                 to
                 Hell
              
               :
               and
               when
               it
               is
               true
               ,
               GOD
               ,
               Satan
               ,
               and
               themselves
               ,
               have
               an
               hand
               in
               it
               ,
               God
               justly
               seales
               them
               up
               to
               hardnesse
               of
               heart
               ,
               and
               then
               like
               the
               Leviathan
               ,
               they
               laugh
               at
               the
               Speare
               .
               Satan
               covers
               their
               sins
               ,
               and
               lockes
               in
               their
               thoughts
               to
               dreame
               of
               golden
               Mountaines
               .
               Hee
               labours
               to
               
               make
               their
               life
               and
               death
               to
               be
               an
               heaven
               here
               ,
               that
               hee
               may
               the
               more
               cunningly
               bring
               them
               to
               hell
               hereafter
               .
               
               Themselves
               have
               accustomed
               themselves
               to
               sinne
               ,
               and
               custome
               in
               sinne
               takes
               away
               the
               sense
               of
               sinning
               ,
               and
               so
               like
               
                 Nabal
                 ,
                 their
                 heart
                 dies
                 like
                 a
                 stone
                 .
              
               And
               put
               case
               that
               Gods
               good
               people
               be
               disquieted
               when
               death
               appeareth
               ;
               They
               draw
               neere
               to
               GOD
               ,
               
               and
               see
               themselves
               abominable
               as
               Esau
               .
               They
               have
               a
               circumcised
               heart
               ,
               and
               so
               are
               tender
               at
               the
               least
               touch
               :
               which
               Satan
               perceiving
               ,
               hee
               drives
               home
               with
               all
               his
               rage
               ,
               and
               skill
               ,
               to
               slander
               his
               godly
               course
               ,
               because
               his
               time
               is
               but
               short
               .
            
             
               Thus
               now
               ye
               have
               the
               whole
               Proverbe
               ,
               which
               sets
               forth
               a
               rule
               to
               your
               miserable
               example
               to
               shew
               the
               miserable
               estate
               of
               those
               that
               are
               ,
               and
               walk
               ,
               and
               stand
               ,
               and
               sit
               ,
               in
               the
               
               darke
               wayes
               of
               sin
               and
               wickednesse
               .
            
             
               
               What
               shall
               I
               say
               to
               you
               Young
               men
               ?
               O
               that
               I
               could
               speake
               to
               your
               hearts
               so
               powerfully
               ,
               that
               yee
               may
               be
               rowzed
               from
               lying
               under
               the
               dominion
               of
               sinne
               any
               longer
               !
               
                 Oh
                 that
                 my
                 Doctrine
                 might
                 drop
                 as
                 the
                 raine
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 my
                 speech
                 might
                 distill
                 as
                 the
                 dew
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 small
                 raine
                 upon
                 the
                 tender
                 herbe
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 the
                 showers
                 upon
                 the
                 grasse
                 !
              
               Yee
               have
               heard
               the
               woe
               ,
               woe
               ,
               woe
               ,
               to
               wicked
               men
               .
               Sometimes
               this
               keepes
               them
               off
               from
               vertue
               and
               grace
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               that
               .
               Here
               they
               stumble
               ,
               and
               there
               they
               stumble
               ,
               before
               ,
               behind
               ,
               on
               this
               side
               ,
               and
               on
               that
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               tumble
               into
               despaire
               ,
               and
               Hell
               for
               evermore
               .
               
               
                 Francis
                 Spyra
              
               stumbled
               thus
               ,
               when
               hee
               cried
               out
               ,
               
                 I
                 would
                 faine
                 be
                 in
                 Hell
                 ,
                 to
                 try
                 the
                 worst
                 that
                 God
                 can
                 doe
                 .
              
               And
               that
               outlandish
               wretch
               thus
               ,
               
               who
               would
               have
               given
               all
               to
               his
               soul
               ,
               not
               to
               forsake
               him
               :
               but
               when
               nothing
               would
               serve
               the
               turne
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               die
               ,
               he
               commended
               his
               soule
               to
               the
               devill
               to
               be
               carried
               into
               everlasting
               torments
               .
               And
               that
               English
               wretch
               thus
               ,
               I
               give
               my
               goods
               to
               the
               King
               whom
               I
               have
               cozened
               ,
               my
               body
               to
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               my
               soule
               to
               the
               Devill
               .
               And
               that
               other
               wretch
               (
               not
               worthy
               of
               a
               name
               )
               thus
               ,
               My
               soule
               I
               bequeath
               to
               the
               devill
               who
               ownes
               it
               ;
               my
               Wife
               to
               the
               Devill
               who
               drew
               mee
               to
               my
               ungodly
               life
               ;
               and
               my
               Chaplaine
               to
               the
               Devill
               who
               flattered
               mee
               in
               it
               .
               
               But
               (
               deare
               young
               men
               )
               doe
               not
               yee
               so
               Lay
               hold
               of
               eternall
               life
               ;
               and
               pull
               your selves
               (
               by
               the
               mighty
               power
               of
               GOD
               )
               into
               that
               way
               .
               Vse
               no
               arguments
               to
               pull
               your selves
               into
               ,
               or
               keepe
               your selves
               in
               the
               way
               of
               sinne
               .
               Quit
               your selves
               like
               men
               ,
               
               and
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               stand
               by
               you
               for
               your
               helpe
               and
               succour
               .
               Now
               is
               the
               accepted
               time
               ,
               now
               is
               the
               houre
               of
               salvation
               .
               
               God
               hath
               shot
               a
               warning
               peece
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               stand
               not
               out
               ;
               but
               vaile
               to
               him
               ,
               before
               he
               shoot
               the
               vollies
               of
               his
               vengeance
               against
               you
               irrecoverably
               .
            
             
               
               Yee
               have
               many
               motives
               to
               make
               you
               look
               about
               you
               now
               for
               grace
               and
               glory
               .
               First
               ,
               your
               age
               is
               a
               most
               unsettled
               age
               ,
               pestered
               with
               many
               lusts
               of
               youth
               ,
               which
               drop
               by
               drop
               may
               fall
               upon
               you
               ,
               till
               you
               are
               suddenly
               over
               head
               and
               eares
               That
               which
               hath
               been
               formerly
               fained
               of
               Hercules
               ,
               that
               he
               stood
               in
               two
               wayes
               ,
               ready
               to
               take
               either
               ,
               is
               true
               of
               you
               .
               For
               as
               a
               strait
               tree
               which
               is
               loose
               at
               the
               root
               standeth
               trembling
               ,
               and
               being
               unsetled
               ,
               with
               a
               little
               strength
               is
               pulled
               this
               way
               ,
               or
               that
               way
               :
               so
               is
               it
               with
               you
               
               who
               are
               ready
               to
               bee
               swayed
               with
               winde
               and
               tyde
               every
               way
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               
               you
               will
               easily
               savour
               ever
               of
               that
               first
               liquor
               which
               is
               put
               into
               you
               .
               Receive
               the
               distilled
               dewes
               of
               grace
               from
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               what
               a
               sweet
               savour
               shall
               yee
               be
               in
               the
               nostrils
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               man
               ?
               Receive
               the
               bloudy
               showers
               of
               devillish
               and
               worldly
               temptations
               ,
               and
               how
               will
               ye
               stinke
               like
               Sodome
               and
               her
               Sisters
               ?
               If
               a
               man
               ,
               by
               his
               owne
               ,
               and
               others
               disorders
               ,
               have
               his
               body
               made
               crooked
               when
               young
               ,
               he
               will
               be
               crooked
               in
               bud
               ,
               blossome
               ,
               leafe
               ,
               fruit
               ,
               and
               age
               ;
               but
               if
               hee
               bee
               strait
               th●
               (
               hee
               by
               the
               grace
               of
               GOD
               )
               continues
               strait
               still
               .
               So
               will
               it
               bee
               with
               you
               :
               
               that
               
                 which
                 is
                 crooked
                 cannot
                 be
                 made
                 straite
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 wanting
                 cannot
                 bee
                 numbred
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
               Thirdly
               ,
               ye
               are
               now
               subject
               to
               the
               horriblest
               sins
               .
               That
               natural
               corruption
               which
               is
               rooted
               in
               all
               mankinde
               ,
               hath
               in
               your
               age
               more
               instruments
               to
               bring
               it
               to
               outward
               appearance
               ,
               as
               flour●shing
               wit
               to
               invent
               ,
               and
               dexterity
               in
               other
               members
               to
               put
               in
               execution
               .
               As
               therefore
               ,
               they
               that
               are
               sick
               of
               burning
               feavers
               have
               need
               of
               cooling
               things
               ,
               and
               stomackefull
               Colts
               have
               need
               of
               stronger
               bits
               :
               so
               the
               fury
               of
               your
               age
               must
               bee
               held
               in
               ,
               as
               with
               a
               bit
               and
               bridle
               ,
               lest
               it
               run
               upon
               you
               ,
               and
               lay
               your
               honour
               in
               the
               dust
               .
            
             
               
               Fourthly
               ,
               your
               sinnes
               being
               committed
               will
               cry
               loudest
               .
               These
               made
               David
               cry
               out
               ,
               
                 remember
                 not
                 the
                 sins
                 of
                 my
                 youth
                 ,
              
               when
               my
               service
               would
               have
               beene
               most
               acceptable
               .
               These
               made
               Iob
               complaine
               ,
               
               
                 Thou
                 writest
                 bitter
                 things
                 against
                 mee
                 ,
                 and
                 makest
                 mee
                 possesse
                 the
                 iniquities
                 
                 of
                 my
                 youth
                 .
              
               These
               made
               Paul
               ply
               Timothy
               ,
               
               
                 to
                 flee
                 the
                 lusts
                 of
                 youth
                 .
              
               And
               these
               will
               make
               you
               pittifully
               cry
               out
               too
               late
               ,
               We
               have
               wearied
               our selves
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               wickednesse
               ,
               when
               our
               paths
               were
               spred
               with
               butter
               .
               When
               we
               were
               strong
               ,
               lusty
               ,
               and
               able
               to
               doe
               God
               service
               ,
               wee
               served
               the
               Devill
               :
               
               and
               now
               when
               
                 God
                 distributeth
                 sorrowes
                 in
                 his
                 anger
                 ,
                 our
                 bones
                 are
                 full
                 of
                 the
                 sinnes
                 of
                 our
                 youth
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 lye
                 downe
                 with
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 dust
                 .
              
            
             
               5.
               
               Lastly
               ,
               you
               think
               that
               you
               have
               a
               priviledge
               by
               your
               age
               :
               
               youth
               must
               have
               its
               course
               ,
               they
               must
               sowe
               their
               wilde
               Oats
               .
               But
               the
               counsell
               of
               the
               Spirit
               is
               otherwise
               ,
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 morning
                 sow
                 thy
                 seede
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 evening
                 with-hold
                 not
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 knowest
                 not
                 whether
                 shall
                 prosper
                 .
              
               Therefore
               Salomon
               thinkes
               such
               more
               worthy
               to
               be
               laught
               at
               ,
               then
               to
               bee
               anred
               ,
               
               
                 Rejoyce
                 O
                 young
                 man
                 in
                 thy
                 youth
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 let
                 thy
                 heart
                 cheere
                 thee
                 in
                 the
                 dayes
                 of
                 thy
                 youth
                 ,
                 and
                 walke
                 in
                 the
                 wayes
                 of
                 thy
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 thine
                 eyes
                 :
                 but
                 know
                 thou
                 that
                 for
                 all
                 these
                 things
              
               GOD
               
                 will
                 bring
                 thee
                 to
                 judgement
              
               .
               And
               David
               doth
               tie
               up
               your
               untamed
               age
               to
               the
               hornes
               of
               the
               Altar
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 that
                 even
                 you
                 must
                 clense
                 your
                 wayes
                 ,
              
               
               
                 by
                 taking
                 heed
                 thereto
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 word
                 .
              
            
             
               If
               therefore
               there
               bee
               any
               feare
               of
               GOD
               before
               your
               eyes
               ,
               
               if
               yee
               have
               any
               bowels
               of
               compassion
               to
               your
               poore
               soules
               ,
               walke
               not
               in
               the
               darke
               waies
               of
               the
               wicked
               .
               Open
               your
               eyes
               to
               see
               all
               the
               stumbling
               blocks
               of
               wicked
               men
               ,
               and
               stumble
               not
               into
               their
               paths
               .
               O
               thinke
               what
               may
               come
               hereafter
               ;
               
               how
               soone
               you
               may
               die
               ,
               goe
               hence
               ,
               and
               bee
               no
               more
               seene
               .
               
                 One
                 dies
                 in
                 full
                 strength
                 ,
                 
                 being
                 wholly
                 at
                 ease
                 and
                 quiet
                 .
                 His
                 brests
                 are
                 full
                 of
                 milke
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 bones
                 are
                 full
                 of
                 marrow
                 :
                 and
                 another
                 dies
                 in
                 the
                 bitternesse
                 of
                 his
                 soule
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 eateth
                 with
                 pleasure
                 :
              
               
               and
               then
               without
               the
               grace
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               the
               mercy
               of
               pardon
               ,
               I
               must
               to
               Hell
               ,
               to
               millions
               of
               millions
               of
               torments
               .
               Farewell
               companions
               ,
               farewell
               time
               ,
               farewell
               pleasure
               ;
               
               farewell
               friends
               ,
               farewell
               all
               your
               perswasions
               ,
               &c.
               and
               shall
               I
               say
               welcome
               Hell
               ?
               O
               no
               :
               I
               would
               give
               
                 thousands
                 of
                 Rams
                 ,
                 and
                 tenne
                 thousand
                 Rivers
                 of
                 Oyle
                 ;
                 yea
                 ,
                 the
                 fruit
                 of
                 my
                 body
                 for
                 the
                 sin
                 of
                 my
                 soule
                 :
              
               
               but
               the
               just
               Iudge
               will
               not
               accept
               it
               ,
               
                 cut
                 it
                 downe
                 ,
                 why
                 cumbreth
                 it
                 the
                 ground
                 :
                 depart
                 from
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 thee
                 not
                 .
              
            
             
               Thus
               you
               have
               had
               your
               example
               and
               your
               rule
               ,
               both
               shewing
               the
               misery
               of
               a
               wicked
               life
               :
               you
               have
               had
               my
               
               charge
               and
               discharge
               .
               Shall
               it
               fall
               like
               raine
               upon
               the
               barren
               Rockes
               and
               Mountaines
               without
               fruit
               ?
               Shall
               it
               not
               move
               one
               soule
               to
               goe
               from
               the
               dens
               of
               sinne
               to
               GOD
               ?
               If
               not
               ,
               as
               noble
               Terentius
               ,
               when
               hee
               had
               petitioned
               for
               the
               Christians
               ,
               and
               saw
               it
               torne
               in
               peeces
               before
               his
               face
               ,
               gathered
               up
               the
               peeces
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               I
               have
               my
               reward
               :
               I
               have
               not
               sued
               for
               gold
               ,
               silver
               ,
               honour
               ,
               or
               pleasure
               ,
               but
               a
               Church
               .
               So
               say
               I
               ,
               in
               the
               middest
               of
               your
               neglect
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               sued
               for
               your
               gold
               or
               silver
               ,
               for
               your
               houses
               and
               lands
               ,
               for
               your
               drinkes
               ,
               dice
               ,
               or
               drabs
               ,
               but
               for
               your
               soules
               ,
               your
               precious
               soules
               .
               If
               I
               cannot
               or
               shall
               not
               wooe
               them
               to
               come
               to
               Christ
               ,
               God
               raise
               up
               some
               child
               of
               the
               Bride-chamber
               which
               may
               doe
               it
               better
               .
               If
               neither
               I
               nor
               others
               can
               prevaile
               ,
               feare
               that
               speech
               of
               Elies
               sons
               ,
               
               
                 they
                 hearkened
                 not
                 unto
                 the
                 
                 voice
                 of
                 their
                 father
                 ,
                 because
                 the
              
               LORD
               
                 would
                 slay
                 them
              
               .
               
               In
               such
               a
               case
               ,
               Oh
               that
               my
               head
               were
               full
               of
               water
               ,
               and
               mine
               eyes
               a
               fountaine
               of
               teares
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               weep
               day
               and
               night
               for
               the
               miserable
               young
               men
               of
               my
               people
               .
               But
               GOD
               grant
               I
               may
               have
               no
               such
               cause
               :
               God
               grant
               you
               may
               not
               bee
               in
               such
               a
               state
               :
               God
               grant
               you
               may
               bee
               now
               wise
               to
               salvation
               .
               For
               it
               is
               your
               salvation
               God
               would
               have
               ,
               it
               is
               your
               salvation
               I
               would
               have
               :
               and
               woe
               unto
               you
               if
               you
               bee
               enemies
               to
               desires
               so
               good
               ,
               and
               no
               lesse
               usefull
               than
               for
               your
               salvation
               ,
               your
               salvation
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               .
            
             
               GOD
               guide
               your
               hearts
               to
               the
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               waiting
               for
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               POST-SCRIPT
               TO
               THE
               READER
               
                 of
                 this
              
               Warning-peece
               ,
               of
               the
               use
               of
               examples
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 T.
                 B.
              
               1639.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               Post-script
               to
               the
               Reader
               of
               this
               Warning
               peece
               ,
               
                 of
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Examples
              
               .
            
             
               GOod
               Reader
               stay
               a
               while
               :
               thou
               hast
               not
               yet
               done
               .
               I
               have
               for
               thy
               good
               ,
               set
               before
               thee
               an
               old
               Rule
               ,
               and
               new
               examples
               :
               and
               of
               the
               abuse
               of
               examples
               I
               am
               not
               ignorant
               .
               Some
               looke
               upon
               them
               so
               as
               to
               imitate
               them
               ,
               be
               they
               never
               so
               bad
               .
               As
               Augustus
               a
               learned
               Prince
               ,
               filled
               his
               Empire
               with
               Schollers
               :
               so
               Tiberius
               ,
               a
               dissembling
               Prince
               ,
               with
               dissemblers
               :
               Iulian
               ,
               an
               Apostate
               Prince
               ,
               with
               Apostates
               :
               and
               Jeroboham
               a
               Calvish
               Prince
               ,
               
               with
               Idolaters
               .
               Others
               looke
               upon
               them
               so
               ,
               as
               to
               hate
               the
               persons
               as
               well
               as
               the
               sins
               .
               Every
               fearefull
               accident
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               life
               or
               death
               of
               men
               ,
               speakes
               to
               them
               the
               language
               of
               damnation
               .
            
             
               Howsoever
               they
               be
               abused
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               it
               is
               most
               fit
               ,
               yea
               excellent
               ,
               to
               have
               the
               white
               booke
               of
               Gods
               mercies
               ,
               and
               the
               blacke
               Booke
               of
               judgements
               ,
               alwayes
               before
               our
               eyes
               .
               The
               abuse
               doth
               not
               take
               away
               the
               use
               no
               more
               than
               the
               Spartans
               shewed
               themselves
               wise
               in
               rooting
               out
               their
               Vines
               ,
               because
               their
               people
               abused
               their
               Wine
               to
               drunkennesse
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               sure
               wee
               have
               the
               example
               of
               GOD
               Himselfe
               ,
               
                 who
                 would
                 not
                 silence
                 the
                 patternes
                 both
                 of
                 sinne
                 ,
                 and
                 judgement
                 ,
                 of
                 those
                 hee
                 dearely
                 loved
                 .
              
               And
               if
               we
               be
               versed
               in
               his
               Booke
               ,
               wee
               may
               observe
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               beene
               pleased
               to
               make
               many
               uses
               of
               
               such
               examples
               .
               Sometimes
               by
               them
               hee
               doth
               threaten
               ,
               
               
                 Remember
                 what
                 the
                 Lord
                 did
                 unto
                 Myriam
                 .
                 Did
                 not
                 Acham
                 the
                 sonne
                 of
                 Zerah
                 commit
                 a
                 trespasse
                 in
                 the
                 accursed
                 thing
                 ?
                 Wherefore
                 doe
                 you
                 harden
                 your
                 hearts
                 as
                 the
                 Aegyptians
                 and
                 Pharaoh
                 ?
              
               If
               yee
               doe
               as
               they
               have
               done
               ,
               yee
               shall
               bee
               punished
               as
               they
               have
               beene
               .
               
               Sometimes
               by
               them
               hee
               doth
               reproach
               unthankefull
               people
               .
               
                 Did
                 not
                 I
                 deliver
                 you
                 from
                 the
                 Aegyptians
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 Amorites
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 Amon
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 Philistims
                 ?
                 O
                 my
                 people
                 ,
                 remember
                 what
                 Balack
                 King
                 of
                 Moab
                 consulted
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 what
                 Balaam
                 the
                 sonne
                 of
                 Beor
                 answered
                 from
                 Shittim
                 to
                 Gilgal
                 .
              
               Are
               yee
               not
               ashamed
               to
               offend
               such
               a
               GOD
               as
               I
               ,
               who
               have
               neither
               beene
               a
               barren
               Wildernesse
               ,
               nor
               a
               dry
               Land
               ?
               
               Sometimes
               by
               them
               he
               comforteth
               and
               strengtheneth
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               weak
               ,
               
               
                 Thine
                 eyes
                 have
                 seene
                 all
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 your
                 God
                 hath
                 done
                 unto
                 these
                 two
                 Kings
                 .
              
               
               This
               your
               trouble
               is
               
                 as
                 the
                 waters
                 of
                 Noah
                 to
                 mee
                 :
              
               
               
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 no
                 more
                 goe
                 over
                 the
                 Earth
                 :
              
               so
               ,
               nor
               your
               afflictions
               shall
               overwhelme
               you
               .
               Will
               you
               be
               dismaied
               in
               any
               trouble
               ,
               or
               cast
               off
               your
               confidence
               ,
               as
               if
               Gods
               hand
               were
               tyed
               up
               now
               more
               than
               in
               those
               dayes
               ?
               Sometimes
               by
               them
               hee
               doth
               maintaine
               great
               points
               of
               godlinesse
               .
               
               
                 Was
                 not
                 Abraham
                 our
                 Father
                 justified
                 by
                 workes
                 ?
                 Not
                 to
                 glory
                 in
                 before
                 God
                 :
                 for
                 Abraham
                 beleeved
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 counted
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 righteousnesse
                 :
              
               but
               to
               make
               him
               stand
               out
               against
               the
               blasphemies
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               accusations
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               and
               the
               upbraidings
               of
               a
               dead
               faith
               .
               And
               will
               not
               yee
               who
               must
               bee
               the
               children
               of
               Abraham
               ,
               or
               perish
               ,
               walke
               in
               the
               way
               of
               so
               worthy
               
               a
               Father
               ?
               
               Sometimes
               by
               them
               hee
               doth
               disswade
               from
               vice
               .
               
                 Bee
                 not
                 Idolaters
                 as
                 were
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 Let
                 us
                 not
                 commit
                 fornication
                 as
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 did
                 ,
                 and
                 fell
                 in
                 one
                 day
                 three
                 and
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 .
                 Let
                 us
                 not
                 tempt
                 Christ
                 ,
                 as
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 also
                 tempted
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 destroyed
                 of
                 Serpents
                 .
                 Neither
                 murmure
                 as
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 murmured
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 destroyed
                 of
                 the
                 destroyer
                 .
              
               if
               yee
               goe
               on
               in
               such
               a
               way
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               be
               disswaded
               ,
               yee
               will
               meet
               with
               the
               same
               plagues
               which
               they
               have
               found
               ,
               or
               worse
               .
               
               Sometimes
               by
               them
               he
               gives
               promonition
               and
               caution
               .
               
                 I
                 feare
                 least
                 by
                 any
                 meanes
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Serpent
                 beguiled
                 Eve
                 through
                 his
                 subtilty
                 ,
                 so
                 your
                 mindes
                 should
                 bee
                 corrupted
                 from
                 the
                 simplicity
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 Christ
                 .
              
               Will
               yee
               not
               take
               heed
               lest
               lesse
               policy
               make
               you
               to
               fall
               ,
               as
               Eve
               fell
               ,
               which
               was
               full
               of
               bitternesse
               to
               her
               and
               hers
               ?
            
             
             
               
               All
               this
               use
               and
               more
               hath
               our
               good
               God
               made
               of
               examples
               ,
               not
               onely
               because
               like
               leaking
               Vessels
               we
               are
               apt
               daily
               
                 to
                 runne
                 out
              
               ,
               and
               
                 to
                 forget
                 our
                 fashion
                 which
                 we
                 saw
                 in
                 the
                 Glasse
                 ,
              
               if
               it
               be
               not
               still
               represented
               to
               us
               :
               but
               also
               because
               of
               the
               singular
               profit
               of
               examples
               .
               For
               as
               they
               profit
               a
               world
               of
               people
               ,
               they
               being
               like
               a
               burning
               Beacon
               giving
               light
               before
               men
               ;
               and
               being
               like
               fire
               whereat
               we
               may
               give
               light
               to
               thousands
               of
               Candles
               :
               so
               doe
               they
               last
               long
               and
               hold
               out
               to
               the
               worlds
               end
               ,
               as
               the
               poore
               Widowes
               mites
               ,
               and
               Lots
               Wifes
               transmutation
               .
            
             
               Neither
               is
               it
               in
               vaine
               that
               GOD
               hath
               taken
               such
               a
               course
               as
               this
               .
               
               It
               is
               all
               for
               our
               good
               ,
               that
               wee
               may
               know
               how
               to
               use
               examples
               according
               to
               their
               severall
               natures
               .
               But
               among
               the
               rest
               you
               may
               reape
               a
               threefold
               benefit
               by
               them
               .
               
               First
               ,
               an
               Observation
               of
               the
               customes
               
               and
               usages
               of
               the
               Church
               and
               enemies
               of
               it
               .
               This
               will
               bee
               an
               adjument
               to
               wisdome
               ,
               which
               is
               ordinarily
               attaineable
               by
               experience
               of
               our
               owne
               dayes
               ,
               and
               memory
               of
               others
               .
               Next
               an
               Illustration
               of
               the
               faith
               ,
               
               and
               manners
               of
               others
               ,
               what
               ever
               they
               be
               .
               For
               examples
               doe
               not
               make
               faith
               and
               manners
               ,
               but
               give
               patternes
               of
               Gods
               rules
               ,
               for
               the
               more
               Expedite
               practise
               of
               them
               .
               And
               lastly
               ,
               
               a
               declaration
               of
               Gods
               ordinary
               providence
               in
               his
               acts
               of
               wisedome
               ,
               goodnesse
               ,
               mercy
               ,
               justice
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
            
             
               From
               these
               two
               uses
               the
               world
               doth
               ,
               mostly
               ,
               too
               farre
               wander
               .
               For
               want
               of
               the
               first
               ,
               the
               Church
               is
               many
               times
               filled
               with
               Schismes
               ,
               and
               disorders
               .
               For
               want
               of
               the
               second
               ,
               faith
               and
               manners
               are
               not
               so
               cleared
               ,
               and
               examples
               are
               taken
               up
               as
               necessary
               Lawes
               ,
               which
               onely
               shew
               a
               lawfulnesse
               
               where
               the
               rule
               of
               Scripture
               doth
               not
               oppose
               .
               For
               want
               of
               the
               third
               ,
               God
               passeth
               by
               ,
               and
               wee
               know
               it
               not
               .
               Let
               him
               bee
               never
               so
               wise
               ,
               by
               the
               neglect
               of
               the
               example
               ,
               we
               admire
               it
               not
               .
               Let
               him
               be
               never
               so
               good
               ,
               by
               the
               neglect
               of
               the
               example
               ,
               we
               love
               it
               not
               .
               Let
               him
               be
               never
               so
               mercifull
               ,
               by
               the
               neglect
               of
               the
               example
               ,
               we
               imbrace
               it
               not
               .
               Let
               him
               be
               never
               so
               just
               ,
               by
               the
               neglect
               of
               the
               example
               ,
               wee
               doe
               not
               feare
               and
               tremble
               ,
               and
               avoide
               the
               rockes
               of
               sinne
               :
               and
               hence
               it
               is
               that
               I
               have
               beene
               induced
               to
               propound
               these
               examples
               unto
               you
               also
               .
            
             
               
               It
               may
               bee
               that
               sometimes
               men
               doe
               observe
               the
               way
               of
               GOD
               in
               the
               whirewind
               of
               justice
               :
               but
               either
               they
               are
               willing
               to
               thinke
               it
               not
               so
               great
               as
               it
               is
               ;
               or
               to
               judge
               it
               to
               reach
               further
               than
               our
               good
               God
               intendeth
               it
               .
               If
               men
               do
               think
               the
               
               first
               ,
               it
               is
               because
               they
               would
               flatter
               themselves
               in
               like
               sinnes
               .
               Loth
               they
               are
               to
               thinke
               that
               God
               should
               punish
               that
               which
               they
               love
               ;
               or
               that
               danger
               should
               happen
               to
               them
               who
               have
               done
               as
               they
               meane
               to
               doe
               still
               .
               If
               men
               judge
               the
               second
               ,
               it
               is
               because
               they
               want
               charity
               ,
               and
               judgement
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               Sometimes
               GOD
               gives
               an
               example
               of
               his
               justice
               which
               begins
               here
               ,
               
               and
               continues
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               :
               as
               in
               many
               of
               the
               drowned
               first
               world
               ,
               and
               roasted
               Sodomites
               .
               God
               never
               made
               mee
               so
               skilfull
               in
               his
               Throne
               businesse
               ,
               as
               to
               define
               peremptorily
               ,
               that
               every
               suckling
               and
               infant
               of
               those
               miserable
               ones
               were
               cast
               into
               the
               bottomelesse
               hell
               .
               Hee
               onely
               sayes
               that
               the
               floud
               did
               sweepe
               them
               away
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               burned
               with
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               ,
               and
               there
               leaves
               us
               to
               
               leave
               the
               rest
               to
               GOD.
               They
               were
               not
               in
               the
               Arke
               indeed
               ,
               nor
               was
               Iob
               in
               the
               visible
               Church
               ,
               as
               Isaac
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Patriarchs
               were
               ,
               yet
               might
               the
               All-eye
               looke
               upon
               them
               as
               he
               pleased
               ,
               and
               judge
               ,
               or
               spare
               .
            
             
               Sometimes
               God
               gives
               an
               example
               of
               his
               justice
               which
               dies
               here
               ,
               and
               (
               for
               ought
               wee
               know
               )
               may
               end
               in
               glory
               .
               Thus
               we
               are
               said
               
                 to
                 bee
                 judged
                 that
                 wee
                 might
                 not
                 bee
                 condemned
                 by
                 the
                 world
                 .
              
               
               No
               man
               will
               judge
               Iosiah
               or
               Ionathan
               for
               their
               untimely
               deaths
               .
               They
               died
               in
               peace
               ,
               though
               they
               died
               in
               warre
               ;
               in
               peace
               with
               God
               ,
               in
               warre
               with
               men
               .
               Nor
               will
               they
               resolvedly
               reprobate
               the
               soules
               of
               Er
               ,
               and
               
                 Onan
                 ,
                 Nadab
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Abihu
                 ,
                 Ananias
              
               ,
               and
               Saphira
               ,
               or
               their
               likes
               .
               Their
               sins
               were
               great
               ,
               and
               grievous
               ,
               yea
               damnable
               ,
               and
               therefore
               GOD
               brought
               fearefull
               judgements
               upon
               them
               :
               and
               as
               hee
               hath
               
               said
               ,
               so
               hath
               hee
               done
               ,
               
               
                 bloudy
                 and
                 deceitfull
                 men
                 shall
                 not
                 live
                 out
                 halfe
                 their
                 dayes
                 .
              
               But
               for
               their
               soules
               ,
               and
               how
               farre
               his
               justice
               extended
               to
               them
               ,
               is
               among
               the
               secrets
               of
               his
               government
               ,
               and
               past
               our
               cognizance
               .
               It
               is
               an
               old
               lesson
               never
               to
               bee
               forgotten
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 secret
                 things
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 our
                 God
                 ,
                 but
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 revealed
                 ,
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 our
                 children
                 for
                 ever
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               what
               is
               all
               this
               to
               our
               examples
               in
               this
               Warning-peece
               ?
               
               If
               you
               apply
               it
               aright
               you
               shall
               know
               how
               to
               use
               them
               to
               your
               good
               .
               Bee
               sure
               therefore
               to
               see
               Gods
               hand
               in
               both
               ,
               and
               his
               anger
               against
               sin
               in
               both
               ;
               without
               that
               ,
               such
               judgings
               could
               not
               ordinarily
               come
               into
               the
               world
               .
               Bee
               sure
               also
               not
               to
               extend
               GODS
               justice
               further
               than
               what
               you
               see
               or
               heare
               .
               Thus
               farre
               God
               hath
               gone
               ,
               goe
               you
               no
               further
               .
               Cannot
               
               GOD
               take
               up
               his
               people
               and
               whippe
               them
               soundly
               for
               sinne
               ,
               but
               presently
               the
               rash
               world
               must
               cry
               out
               ,
               
                 They
                 are
                 bastards
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 f●r
                 GODS
                 rest
                 ?
              
            
             
               Indeed
               you
               see
               or
               heare
               that
               one
               of
               them
               had
               a
               debauched
               and
               wicked
               life
               .
               God
               saw
               it
               ,
               and
               thrust
               him
               downe
               to
               the
               gates
               of
               hell
               ,
               and
               so
               he
               did
               fearefully
               judge
               him
               in
               this
               world
               .
               Yet
               withall
               hee
               had
               such
               remorse
               ,
               confession
               ,
               selfe
               condemnation
               ,
               desire
               of
               others
               good
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               owne
               (
               
                 though
                 with
                 despaire
              
               ,
               )
               that
               God
               hath
               given
               us
               reasons
               of
               charity
               to
               his
               soule
               ,
               and
               kept
               the
               rule
               of
               certainty
               to
               himselfe
               onely
               .
               Notwithstanding
               ,
               let
               no
               man
               of
               such
               a
               course
               presume
               ;
               God
               comes
               as
               a
               swift
               witnesse
               against
               such
               ,
               and
               will
               make
               his
               sword
               drunke
               with
               their
               bloud
               .
               
               For
               
                 hee
                 will
                 wound
                 the
                 hairy
                 scalpe
                 of
                 every
                 one
                 
                 that
                 goes
                 on
                 still
                 in
                 wickednesse
                 .
              
            
             
               You
               see
               also
               ,
               or
               heare
               ,
               that
               the
               other
               of
               them
               had
               a
               great
               deale
               better
               life
               .
               It
               is
               true
               also
               ,
               that
               (
               thus
               much
               being
               confessed
               )
               hee
               closed
               too
               long
               and
               too
               much
               with
               the
               world
               ,
               as
               all
               that
               knew
               him
               well
               ,
               complained
               .
               He
               was
               also
               unthankfull
               to
               a
               parish
               who
               had
               beene
               loving
               to
               a
               poore
               father
               of
               his
               (
               in
               a
               free
               gift
               of
               a
               good
               maintenance
               from
               them
               ,
               )
               when
               hee
               would
               not
               bee
               perswaded
               (
               
                 both
                 befor
                 the
                 setling
                 of
                 any
                 Will
                 ,
                 and
                 before
                 the
                 setling
                 of
                 his
                 last
              
               )
               to
               give
               a
               poore
               pittance
               out
               of
               his
               great
               estate
               to
               that
               loving
               Parish
               for
               pious
               uses
               ,
               hee
               having
               no
               children
               of
               his
               owne
               .
               God
               saw
               this
               too
               ,
               and
               whipt
               him
               to
               the
               purpose
               ,
               before
               hee
               went
               hence
               and
               was
               no
               more
               seene
               .
            
             
               Would
               not
               GOD
               have
               an
               irreligious
               world
               see
               how
               ne-necessary
               
               it
               is
               to
               
                 breake
                 off
                 a
                 wicked
                 life
                 by
                 Repentance
                 ,
              
               
               and
               how
               usefull
               to
               
                 honour
                 GOD
                 with
                 our
                 riches
              
               ?
               
               It
               would
               make
               a
               good
               mans
               heart
               to
               bleed
               ,
               that
               the
               world
               should
               have
               a
               second
               floud
               of
               sinne
               by
               some
               ,
               and
               that
               ,
               by
               others
               ,
               pious
               and
               publike
               workes
               should
               bee
               neglected
               ,
               opposed
               and
               grumbled
               at
               ,
               as
               if
               mens
               riches
               were
               their
               owne
               ,
               and
               they
               might
               doe
               with
               them
               what
               they
               list
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               were
               gods
               .
               Shall
               private
               persons
               and
               affaires
               (
               
                 not
                 worth
                 a
                 dunghill
                 to
                 the
                 businesses
                 of
              
               GOD
               )
               bee
               the
               onely
               object
               of
               bounty
               and
               munificence
               ?
               If
               in
               such
               a
               case
               GOD
               withdraw
               his
               countenance
               and
               frowne
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               worthy
               our
               notice
               ?
               Let
               God
               bee
               GOD
               ,
               and
               doe
               his
               owne
               worke
               ,
               in
               sparing
               their
               soules
               for
               ever
               as
               hee
               pleaseth
               :
               yet
               let
               him
               shew
               us
               examples
               too
               of
               what
               wee
               ought
               to
               doe
               ,
               or
               
               what
               wee
               shall
               suffer
               .
               For
               if
               wee
               doe
               not
               amend
               (
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               )
               he
               may
               ,
               and
               will
               doe
               according
               to
               our
               patternes
               ,
               take
               away
               our
               comforts
               here
               ,
               and
               our
               comforts
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               ,
               which
               is
               infinitely
               more
               :
            
             
               I
               shut
               up
               all
               in
               a
               word
               .
               Looke
               upon
               your
               examples
               and
               feare
               and
               tremble
               .
               If
               they
               have
               found
               GOD
               thus
               angry
               who
               have
               beene
               overtaken
               
                 by
                 indulged
                 ,
                 and
                 over
                 powring
                 infirmities
                 ,
              
               how
               will
               he
               look
               upon
               you
               if
               ye
               neglect
               ,
               and
               scorn
               ,
               after
               such
               warnings
               ?
               Yet
               look
               upon
               them
               so
               ,
               as
               you
               leave
               not
               Charitie
               behinde
               .
               Yee
               may
               have
               hope
               to
               conceive
               well
               of
               them
               (
               
                 who
                 were
                 judged
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
              
               )
               because
               yee
               knew
               not
               their
               hearts
               .
               Yee
               can
               have
               no
               hope
               to
               conceive
               well
               of
               your selves
               in
               so
               doing
               ,
               because
               yee
               know
               your
               owne
               hearts
               better
               .
               You
               are
               apt
               in
               excusing
               some
               to
               flatter
               your selves
               ,
               and
               
               in
               accusing
               others
               to
               justifie
               your selves
               too
               farre
               .
               Neither
               of
               these
               can
               doe
               well
               in
               the
               day
               of
               your
               account
               ,
               which
               I
               desire
               may
               bee
               comfortable
               unto
               you
               in
               the
               day
               of
               our
               LORD
               IESUS
               CHRIST
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   1
                   Cor.
                   10.11
                
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 these
                 things
                 happened
                 unto
                 them
                 for
                 ensamples
                 :
                 and
                 they
                 are
                 written
                 for
                 our
                 admonition
                 upon
                 whom
                 the
                 ends
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 are
                 come
                 .
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Imprimater
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Weekes
               ,
               Cap
               ,
               Domest
               .
               Epis
               .
               Lond.
               
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A19568-e250
           
             Not
             onely
             as
             they
             but
             worse
             .
          
           
             So
             he
             was
             accounted
             of
             all
             about
             us
             some
             years
             before
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             So
             may
             a
             good
             man
             have
             ,
             by
             some
             distemper
             or
             over-powring
             temptation
             ,
             to
             lash
             some
             sin
             for
             the
             example
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             I
             meane
             an
             uncomfortable
             death
             ,
             not
             judging
             his
             eternall
             estate
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A19568-e580
           
             Gen.
             29.26
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             1.19
             ,
             20
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Act.
             9.39
             .
          
           
             Magis
             vi
             vorum
             sola
             tia
             quam
             mortuorum
             subfidia
             .
          
           
             This
             yong
             man
             is
             called
             miserable
             .
          
           
             Not
             in
             respect
             of
             Gods
             judgment
             final
             .
          
           
             For
             from
             him
             are
             many
             arguments
             of
             hope
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.16
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             3.9
             .
          
           
             Mar.
             5.26
             .
          
           
             Col.
             4.14
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             own
             feeling
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3
             15.
             
             This
             had
             a
             deepe
             ground
             .
          
           
             Christmasseday
             .
             1635.
             
          
           
             And
             next
             his
             owne
             apprehension
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             Manifested
             by
             many
             fearefull
             speeches
             .
          
           
             And
             plaine
             judgments
             against
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             1.24
             ▪
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             The
             Text
             Pro.
             4.19
             .
             1.
             
             Connected
             v.
             1
             .
             &
             10.
             
          
           
             Verse
             14.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             Verse
             18.
             
          
           
             Verse
             9.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Divided
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Expounded
             .
          
           
             Propos
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             What
             the
             way
             of
             the
             wicked
             is
             .
             Psal
             .
             1.
             ult
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             How
             it
             is
             darkenesse
             .
             
               Negatio
               lucis
               primitivae
            
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             1.19
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             9.39
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             8.12
             .
          
           
             Esa
             .
             61
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.10
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             3.19
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.19
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.31
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             5.30
             .
          
           
             Esa
             .
             57.21
             .
             Mat.
             8.12
             .
             Psal
             .
             69.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             5.8
             
          
           
             Luke
             12.
             
             Luk
             19.2
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.9
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             6
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.11
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Why
             the
             wayes
             of
             the
             wicked
             are
             darkenesse
             .
             
               Venebrae
               à
               tenendo
            
             .
          
           
             Exod
             10.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             12.35
             .
          
           
             Vivant
             aliud
             agendo
             ,
             nibil
             agendo
             ,
             aliter
             ●gendo
             .
          
           
             3.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             à
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Nox
             a
             nocendo
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             8.4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             Lamen
             .
             1.
             
             Esa
             .
             3.9
             .
          
           
             Appli
             .
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Hence
             wicked
             men
             are
             convinced
             of
             their
             miserable
             estate
             .
          
           
             Ob.
             Though
             they
             see
             it
             not
             .
             Sol.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             5
             41.
             
          
           
             Ob.
             And
             though
             they
             feele
             it
             not
             .
          
           
             Sol.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             Potentia
             est
             dispositio
             rei
             ad
             actū
             .
          
           
             Potentia
             naturalis
             ,
             vi
             principii
             interni
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Potentia
             obedientialis
             ,
             vi
             principij
             externi
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             2.
             
          
           
             Act.
             26.18
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Therefore
             thinke
             it
             not
             strange
             to
             see
             the
             wicked
             doe
             ,
             shamefull
             things
             .
          
           
             Ob.
             Though
             they
             doe
             think
             their
             darkenesse
             not
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             shame
             because
             they
             know
             much
             .
          
           
             Sol.
             
          
           
             Surgunt
             indocti
             ,
             &
             rapiunt
             coelum
             ,
             &
             nos
             doctores
             trucimur
             in
             innum
             .
          
           
             Esay
             66.2
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Therefore
             be
             exhorted
             to
             avoide
             the
             wayes
             of
             wicked
             men
             .
          
           
             Apoc.
             16.15
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Luk
             19.41
             ,
             42.
             
          
           
             
               Ob.
               Sol.
            
             To
             your
             hurt
             ,
             though
             you
             thinke
             it
             will
             doe
             you
             little
             or
             no
             hurt
             .
          
           
             Exo.
             10.24
             .
          
           
             Propos
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             What
             it
             is
             to
             stumble
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             11.19
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             8.48
             .
          
           
             Acts
             6.11.13
             .
          
           
             Acts
             18.13
             .
          
           
             Acts
             24.5
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             3.
             
          
           
             Acts
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             At
             despaire
             of
             their
             owne
             strength
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.65
             ,
             66
             ,
             67.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Of
             Gods
             strength
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             At
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             ●3
             .
          
           
             Matth
             22.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             A●
             scandall
             
          
           
             Being
             loath
             to
             offend
             their
             wicked
             companions
             .
          
           
             Ioh
             3.1
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             12.42
             ,
             43.
             
          
           
             And
             being
             offended
             at
             the
             lives
             of
             professors
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             ●
             .
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             4.12
             .
             1
             Cor.
             10.32
             .
          
           
             which
             they
             easily
             espy
             though
             they
             are
             in
             darknesse
             .
          
           
             Iames
             1.
             
          
           
             From
             a
             light
             not
             from
             without
             but
             from
             within
             .
          
           
             Iames
             3.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             At
             the
             peaceable
             end
             of
             sinners
             .
             Psal
             .
             73.
             
          
           
             And
             the
             troubled
             deaths
             of
             the
             Godly
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             They
             stumble
             because
             they
             know
             not
             at
             what
             
          
           
             1.
             
             They
             know
             not
             who
             they
             are
             that
             sinne
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Whom
             they
             sinne
             ●gainst
             .
          
           
             Micah
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             1.
             
             Rom.
             3.
             2
             
             Cor.
             5.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             What
             sinne
             will
             worke
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             They
             know
             not
             
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             necessity
             of
             repentance
             .
             Luk.
             13.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Nor
             the
             work
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Nor
             the
             worth
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             They
             know
             not
             the
             power
             of
             GODS
             wrath
             .
             Psal
             .
             91.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             workes
             of
             this
             justice
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Genesis
             4.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.5
             .
             Gen
             ,
             8.21
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             19
             ▪
             Ezek.
             16.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             9
             Rom.
             8
             3.
             2
             
             Cor.
             5.21
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             22.41
             ,
             42.
             2
             
             Pet.
             3.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             They
             know
             not
             what
             they
             can
             do
             in
             good
             because
             they
             try
             not
             .
          
           
             
               Esa
               .
               59.29
               .
               1
               Cor.
               11.24
               ,
               25.
               
               Tit.
               3.5
               .
               Eph.
               6.
               
               Phil.
               4.13
               .
               5.
               
               They
               know
               not
               what
               is
               the
               power
               of
               Gods
               m●●●y
               .
            
             
               
                 Si
                 peccantibus
                 ,
                 multo
                 magis
                 poeni●atibus
                 .
              
               Esa
               .
               66.
               
            
          
           
             Matth.
             11.
             
          
           
             To
             embrace
             penitents
             .
             Esay
             1.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             7.18
             .
             Esa
             .
             7.20
             .
          
           
             
               Esa
               .
               28.21
            
             .
             Opus
             justitiae
             est
             opus
             alienum
             .
          
           
             Acts
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             They
             know
             not
             how
             weake
             all
             the
             world
             is
             if
             it
             were
             on
             their
             side
             .
             1
             Cor.
             7.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             11.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             41.16
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             They
             know
             not
             how
             little
             their
             companions
             can
             do
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             Psalm
             .
             119.
             
          
           
             Iames
             1.
             
          
           
             Psalm
             6.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             49.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             They
             know
             not
             that
             the
             falls
             of
             Christians
             is
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             not
             Christians
             enough
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             They
             know
             not
             that
             sinners
             end
             is
             not
             alwayes
             peaceable
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             Durities
             hominis
             peccatum
             ob
             duratio
             judicii
             Dei.
             
               it
               yeilds
               no
               comfort
            
             .
          
           
             Consuetudo
             peccandi
             tollit
             sensum
             peccati
             
               1
               Sam.
               25.
            
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             the
             unquiet
             end
             of
             the
             godly
             may
             .
             Esay
             6.
             
          
           
             Appli
             .
             Therefore
             let
             this
             proverbe
             sinke
             into
             your
             harts
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             32.2
             .
          
           
             Many
             have
             thus
             stumbled
             .
          
           
             But
             do
             not
             you
             young
             men
             stumble
             thus
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Consider
               your
               motives
               to
               look
               about
               you
               .
            
             
               Your
               age
               is
               most
               unsetled
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             You
             will
             easily
             savour
             ever
             of
             your
             first
             liquor
             .
          
           
             Eccl.
             1.15
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Yee
             are
             now
             subject
             to
             the
             horriblest
             sinnes
             ,
          
           
             4.
             
             Your
             sins
             will
             cry
             loudest
             .
             Psal
             .
             25.7
             .
          
           
             Iob
             13.26
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.22
             .
          
           
             Iob
             21.17
             .
             Iob
             20.11
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Your
             age
             hath
             no
             priviledge
             to
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Eccl.
             11.6
             .
          
           
             Eccl.
             11.5
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.5
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             stumble
             not
             at
             any
             of
             these
             blockes
             .
          
           
             Think
             how
             soone
             yee
             may
             dye
             .
             Iob
             21.23.24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             And
             then
             what
             danger
             will
             follow
             .
          
           
             With
             fearfull
             complaints
             in
             vaine
             .
             Mic.
             6.7
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             13.7
             .
             Mat.
             7.25
             .
             and
             25
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             I
             Sam.
             2.25
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             9.1
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A19568-e6270
           
             
               Vses
               of
               examples
            
             .
             1.
             
             
               To
               threaten
               ▪
            
             Deut.
             24
             9.
             
             Iosh
             .
             22.20
             .
             1
             Sam.
             6.6
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               To
               reproach
            
             Iudg.
             10.17
             .
          
           
             Mic.
             6
             ▪
             5.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             To
             comfort
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             3.21
             .
          
           
             Esa
             .
             54.9
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               To
               maintaine
               truth
            
             .
             Iam.
             2.21
             .
             Rom.
             4.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             
               To
               disswade
               from
               vice
            
             .
             1
             Cor.
             10.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             &c.
             Exo.
             32.6
             .
             Num.
             25.9
             .
             Num.
             21
             6.
             
             Numb
             .
             14.37
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             
               To
               forewarne
            
             .
             2
             Cor.
             11.3
             .
          
           
             Why
             examples
             are
             of
             such
             use
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Iam.
               1.2
               3.
            
             
          
           
             A
             threefold
             benefit
             by
             examples
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Observation
             .
          
           
             2.
             Illustration
          
           
             
               3.
               
               Declaration
               of
               providence
               .
            
             
               The
               world
               doth
               not
               make
               this
               benefit
               .
            
          
           
             How
             men
             doe
             make
             use
             of
             examples
             of
             Iustice
             .
          
           
             And
             how
             they
             should
             from
             the
             several
             waies
             of
             Gods
             shewing
             Iustice
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.32
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             55.23
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             29.29
             
          
           
             The
             Application
             of
             the
             use
             of
             examples
             to
             this
             Warning-peece
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             68
             21.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             4.27
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             3.9
             .