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             A sermon of repentance preached before the honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament at Westminster, at their late solemn fast for the setling of these nations, April 30, 1660 / by Richard Baxter.
             Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
             England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
          
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             Printed by R.W. and A.M. for Francis Tyton and Jane Underhil ...,
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             1660.
          
           
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           Bible. -- O.T. -- Ezekiel XXXVI, 31 -- Sermons.
           Repentance -- Sermons.
           Fast-day sermons.
        
      
    
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                 Tuesday
              
               May
               
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 1660.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Ordered
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           the
           thanks
           of
           this
           House
           be
           given
           to
           Mr.
           
             Baxter
          
           for
           his
           great
           pains
           in
           carrying
           on
           the
           work
           of
           Preaching
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           before
           the
           House
           at
           Saint
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
          
           yesterday
           ,
           being
           set
           apart
           by
           this
           House
           for
           a
           day
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Humiliation
           .
           And
           that
           he
           be
           desired
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           have
           the
           same
           Priviledge
           in
           Printing
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           others
           have
           had
           in
           the
           like
           kind
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           Mr.
           
             Swinfin
          
           do
           give
           him
           notice
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             
               W.
               Jessop
            
             Cler.
             of
             the
             Commons
             House
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           OF
           REPENTANCE
           .
           Preached
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           at
           their
           late
           solemn
           Fast
           for
           the
           setling
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           
             April
          
           30.
           1660.
           
           By
           
             Richard
             Baxter
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             W.
          
           and
           
             A.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Francis
             Tyton
          
           and
           
             Jane
             Underhil
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           three
           Daggers
           in
           
             Fleet-street
             ,
          
           and
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           Anchor
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1660.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONOURABLE
           THE
           House
           of
           Commons
           ASSEMBLED
           IN
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           AS
           your
           Order
           for
           my
           Preaching
           ,
           perswaded
           me
           you
           meant
           attentively
           to
           hear
           ;
           so
           your
           Order
           for
           my
           publishing
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           perswaded
           me
           that
           you
           will
           vouchsafe
           
           
             considerately
             to
             read
             it
             .
          
           (
           For
           you
           would
           not
           command
           me
           to
           publish
           only
           for
           others
           ,
           that
           which
           was
           prepared
           for
           ,
           and
           suited
           to
           your selves
           .
           )
           Which
           second
           favour
           if
           I
           may
           obtain
           ,
           especially
           of
           those
           that
           need
           most
           to
           hear
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           I
           shall
           hope
           that
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           heavenly
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           great
           concernment
           of
           the
           subject
           ,
           and
           the
           evidence
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           piercing
           beams
           of
           sacred
           verity
           ,
           may
           yet
           make
           a
           deeper
           impression
           on
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           promote
           that
           necessary
           work
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           the
           fruits
           whereof
           would
           be
           effectual
           remedies
           to
           these
           diseased
           Nations
           ,
           and
           would
           conduce
           to
           your
           own
           everlasting
           joy
           .
           Shall
           I
           think
           it
           were
           presumption
           for
           me
           to
           hope
           for
           so
           high
           a
           reward
           for
           so
           short
           a
           labour
           ?
           Or
           
           shall
           I
           think
           it
           were
           uncharitableness
           not
           to
           hope
           for
           it
           ?
           That
           here
           is
           nothing
           but
           plain
           English
           ,
           without
           any
           of
           those
           Ornaments
           ,
           that
           are
           by
           many
           thought
           necessary
           ,
           to
           make
           such
           discourses
           grateful
           to
           ingenuous
           curious
           auditors
           ,
           proceeded
           not
           only
           from
           my
           present
           want
           of
           advantages
           for
           study
           (
           having
           and
           using
           no
           book
           but
           a
           Bible
           and
           a
           Concordance
           ,
           )
           but
           also
           from
           the
           humbling
           and
           serious
           nature
           of
           the
           work
           of
           the
           day
           ;
           and
           from
           my
           own
           inclination
           ,
           less
           affecting
           such
           ornaments
           in
           sacred
           discourses
           ,
           then
           formerly
           I
           have
           done
           .
           It
           is
           a
           very
           great
           honour
           that
           God
           and
           you
           have
           put
           upon
           me
           ,
           to
           conclude
           so
           solemn
           a
           day
           of
           prayer
           ,
           which
           was
           answered
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           by
           your
           speedy
           ,
           and
           cheerful
           ,
           and
           unanimous
           acknowledgement
           of
           his
           Majesties
           
           authority
           .
           May
           I
           but
           have
           the
           second
           part
           ,
           to
           promote
           your
           salvation
           ,
           and
           the
           happiness
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           by
           your
           considering
           and
           obeying
           these
           necessary
           Truths
           ,
           what
           greater
           honour
           could
           I
           expect
           on
           earth
           ?
           Or
           how
           could
           you
           more
           oblige
           me
           to
           remain
        
         
           
             A
             daily
             Petitioner
             to
             Heaven
             for
             these
             mercies
             ,
             on
             your
             own
             and
             the
             Nations
             behalf
             ,
             Rich.
             Baxter
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           OF
           REPENTANCE
           .
        
         
           
             EZEK.
             36.
             31.
             
          
           
             Then
             shall
             ye
             remember
             your
             own
             evil
             wayes
             ,
             and
             your
             doings
             that
             were
             not
             good
             ,
             and
             shall
             loath
             your selves
             in
             your
             own
             sight
             ,
             for
             your
             iniquities
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             abominations
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           words
           are
           a
           part
           of
           Gods
           
             prognosticks
          
           of
           the
           Jews
           
             restoration
             ,
          
           whose
           
             dejecton
          
           he
           had
           before
           described
           .
           Their
           
             disease
          
           begun
           
             within
             ,
          
           and
           there
           God
           promiseth
           to
           work
           the
           
             cure
             .
          
           Their
           
             captivity
          
           was
           but
           the
           fruit
           of
           their
           
             voluntary
             captivity
          
           to
           sin
           ;
           and
           their
           
             grief
          
           of
           heart
           ,
           was
           but
           the
           fruit
           of
           their
           
             hardness
          
           of
           
           
             heart
             ;
          
           and
           their
           sharpest
           
             sufferings
             ,
          
           of
           their
           foul
           
             pollutions
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           God
           promiseth
           a
           methodicall
           cure
           ;
           even
           to
           
             take
             away
             their
             old
             and
             stony
             heart
             ,
          
           and
           
             cleanse
          
           them
           from
           their
           
             filthiness
             ,
          
           and
           so
           to
           
             ease
          
           them
           by
           the
           removing
           of
           the
           
             cause
             .
          
           How
           far
           ,
           and
           when
           this
           promise
           was
           to
           be
           made
           good
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           as
           Nationally
           considered
           ,
           is
           a
           matter
           that
           requires
           a
           longer
           disquisition
           then
           my
           limited
           hour
           will
           allow
           :
           and
           the
           decision
           of
           that
           case
           is
           needless
           ,
           as
           to
           my
           present
           end
           and
           work
           .
           That
           this
           is
           part
           of
           the
           Gospel-Covenant
           ,
           and
           applicable
           to
           us
           Believers
           now
           ,
           the
           Holy-Ghost
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Hebrews
          
           hath
           assured
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           Text
           is
           the
           description
           of
           the
           
             Repentance
          
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           
             beginning
          
           of
           their
           
             recovery
          
           doth
           consist
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           the
           
             rest
          
           must
           be
           attained
           .
           The
           
             evil
          
           which
           they
           
             Repent
          
           of
           is
           ,
           in
           general
           ,
           
             all
             their
             iniquities
             ,
          
           but
           especially
           their
           
             idolatry
             ,
          
           called
           their
           
             abominations
             .
          
           Their
           
             Repentance
          
           is
           foretold
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           
             understanding
          
           and
           
             thoughts
             ,
          
           and
           as
           in
           the
           
             will
          
           and
           
             affections
             .
          
           In
           the
           former
           it
           s
           called
           
             [
             Remembring
             their
             own
             evil
             wayes
             ]
          
           In
           the
           latter
           it
           s
           called
           
             [
             Loathing
             themselves
             in
             their
             own
             sight
             ,
             for
             their
             iniquities
             and
             abominations
             .
             Montanus
          
           translates
           it
           
             [
             Reprobabitis
             in
             vos
             ]
             :
          
           but
           in
           
             c.
          
           20.
           
             v.
          
           43.
           
             [
             fastidietis
             vos
             ]
          
           The
           same
           sense
           is
           intended
           by
           the
           other
           versions
           :
           When
           the
           Septuagint
           translates
           it
           by
           
             [
             displeasure
             ]
          
           and
           the
           Chaldee
           by
           
             [
             groaning
             ]
          
           and
           the
           Syriack
           by
           
             [
             the
             wrinkling
             of
             the
             face
             ]
          
           and
           the
           Sept.
           in
           c.
           20.
           43.
           by
           
             [
             smiting
             on
             the
             face
             :
             ]
          
           the
           Arabick
           here
           perverts
           the
           sense
           ,
           by
           turning
           all
           to
           Negatives
           
             [
             ye
             shall
             not
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           yet
           in
           c.
           20.
           43.
           he
           turns
           it
           by
           
             [
             the
             tearing
             of
             the
          
           
           
             face
             .
             ]
          
           I
           have
           purposely
           chosen
           a
           Text
           ,
           that
           needs
           no
           long
           explication
           ,
           that
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           foreseen
           straits
           of
           time
           ,
           I
           may
           be
           excused
           from
           that
           part
           ,
           and
           be
           more
           on
           the
           more
           necessary
           .
           This
           Observation
           contains
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           which
           by
           Gods
           assistance
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           insist
           on
           :
           
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             Remembring
             of
             their
             own
             iniquities
             ,
             and
             loathing
             themselves
             for
             them
             ,
             is
             the
             sign
             of
             a
             Repenting
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             prognostick
             of
             their
             Restoration
             .
          
           (
           So
           far
           as
           deliverance
           may
           be
           here
           expected
           .
           )
        
         
           For
           the
           opening
           of
           which
           ,
           observe
           these
           things
           following
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           not
           all
           kind
           of
           
             [
             Remembring
             ]
          
           that
           will
           prove
           you
           
             penitent
             .
          
           The
           impenitent
           Remember
           their
           sin
           that
           they
           may
           commit
           it
           :
           They
           Remember
           it
           with
           love
           ,
           desire
           and
           delight
           :
           The
           Heart
           of
           the
           worldling
           goeth
           after
           his
           aery
           or
           earthen
           idol
           :
           The
           heart
           of
           the
           Ambitious
           feedeth
           on
           his
           vain-glory
           ,
           and
           the
           peoples
           breath
           :
           And
           the
           filthy
           Fornicator
           is
           delighted
           in
           the
           thoughts
           of
           the
           object
           and
           exercise
           of
           his
           lust
           .
           But
           it
           is
           a
           Remembring
           ,
           1o
           From
           a
           deep
           conviction
           of
           the
           evil
           and
           odiousness
           of
           sin
           ;
           2o
           And
           with
           abhorrence
           and
           self-loathing
           ;
           3o
           That
           leadeth
           to
           a
           resolved
           and
           vigilant
           
             forsaking
             ,
          
           that
           is
           the
           proof
           of
           true
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           the
           prognostick
           of
           a
           peoples
           restoration
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           it
           is
           not
           all
           
             self-loathing
          
           that
           will
           signifie
           true
           
             Repentance
             .
          
           For
           there
           is
           a
           
             self-loathing
          
           of
           the
           
             Desperate
          
           and
           the
           
             damned
          
           soul
           ,
           that
           abhorreth
           it self
           ,
           and
           teareth
           and
           tormenteth
           it self
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           restrained
           from
           
             self-revenge
             ,
          
           when
           it
           finds
           that
           it
           hath
           wilfully
           ,
           foolishly
           and
           obstinately
           been
           its
           own
           destroyer
           :
           
           But
           the
           
             self-loathing
          
           of
           the
           truly
           
             penitent
             ,
          
           hath
           these
           following
           properties
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           proceedeth
           from
           the
           predominant
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           whom
           we
           have
           abused
           and
           offended
           :
           The
           more
           we
           Love
           him
           ,
           the
           more
           we
           
             loath
          
           what
           is
           contrary
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           much
           excited
           by
           the
           observation
           and
           sense
           of
           his
           exceeding
           
             mercies
             ,
          
           and
           is
           conjunct
           with
           Gratitude
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           continueth
           and
           encreaseth
           under
           the
           greatest
           assurance
           of
           forgiveness
           ,
           and
           sense
           of
           love
           ;
           and
           dyeth
           not
           when
           we
           think
           we
           are
           out
           of
           danger
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           containeth
           a
           Loathing
           of
           sin
           as
           sin
           (
           and
           a
           Love
           of
           Holiness
           as
           such
           )
           and
           not
           only
           a
           love
           of
           ease
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           a
           loathing
           of
           sin
           as
           the
           cause
           of
           suffering
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           It
           resolveth
           the
           soul
           against
           returning
           to
           its
           former
           course
           ,
           and
           resolveth
           it
           for
           an
           entire
           devotedness
           to
           God
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           It
           deeply
           engageth
           the
           penitent
           in
           a
           
             conflict
          
           against
           the
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           and
           maketh
           him
           victorious
           ;
           and
           setteth
           him
           to
           
             work
          
           in
           a
           life
           of
           holiness
           as
           his
           trade
           and
           principal
           business
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           It
           bringeth
           him
           to
           a
           
             delight
          
           in
           God
           and
           holiness
           ;
           and
           a
           delight
           in
           
             himself
             ,
          
           so
           far
           as
           he
           findeth
           God
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           within
           him
           :
           He
           can
           with
           some
           comfort
           and
           content
           own
           himself
           and
           his
           conversation
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           God
           (
           victorious
           against
           his
           carnal
           self
           )
           appeareth
           in
           him
           .
           For
           as
           he
           loveth
           Christ
           in
           the
           
             rest
          
           of
           his
           members
           ,
           so
           must
           he
           in
           
             himself
             .
          
           And
           
             this
          
           is
           it
           that
           
             self-loathing
          
           doth
           prepare
           for
           .
        
         
           
             This
          
           must
           be
           the
           
             self-loathing
          
           that
           must
           afford
           you
           
           comfort
           ,
           as
           a
           penitent
           people
           in
           the
           way
           to
           restoration
           .
        
         
           Where
           you
           see
           it
           is
           implyed
           ,
           that
           materially
           it
           containeth
           these
           common
           acts
           .
           1.
           
           
             Accusing
          
           and
           
             Condemning
          
           thoughts
           against
           our selves
           .
           It
           is
           a
           judging
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           makes
           us
           call
           our selves
           with
           
             Paul
             ,
             foolish
             ,
             disobedient
             ,
             deceived
             ,
          
           yea
           
             mad
          
           (
           as
           
             Acts
          
           26.
           11.
           
           )
           and
           with
           
             David
          
           to
           say
           ,
           
             I
             have
             done
             foolishly
             ,
          
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           24.
           10.
           2.
           
           It
           containeth
           a
           deep
           distaste
           ,
           and
           
             displeasure
          
           with
           our selves
           ;
           and
           a
           
             heart-rising
          
           against
           our selves
           .
           3.
           
           As
           also
           an
           holy
           
             indignation
          
           against
           our selves
           ;
           as
           apprehending
           that
           we
           have
           plaid
           the
           enemies
           to
           our selves
           and
           God
           .
           4.
           
           And
           it
           possesseth
           us
           with
           
             grief
          
           and
           
             trouble
          
           at
           our
           miscarriages
           .
           So
           that
           a
           soul
           in
           this
           condition
           is
           sick
           of
           it self
           ,
           and
           vexed
           with
           its
           self-procured
           woe
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Note
           also
           ,
           that
           when
           
             self-loathing
          
           proceedeth
           from
           
             meer
             conviction
             ,
          
           and
           is
           without
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           and
           holiness
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           the
           
             tormentor
          
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           and
           runs
           it
           deeper
           into
           sin
           ;
           provoking
           men
           here
           to
           destroy
           their
           lives
           ;
           and
           in
           hell
           it
           is
           the
           never
           dying
           worm
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Note
           also
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             [
             themselves
             ]
          
           that
           they
           are
           said
           to
           
             loath
             :
          
           because
           it
           is
           
             our selves
          
           that
           conscience
           hath
           to
           do
           with
           ,
           as
           
             witness
          
           and
           as
           
             judge
             :
          
           It
           is
           
             our selves
          
           that
           are
           
             naturally
          
           nearest
           to
           
             our selves
             ;
          
           and
           our
           own
           affairs
           that
           we
           are
           most
           concerned
           
             in
             .
          
           It
           is
           
             our selves
          
           that
           must
           have
           the
           Joy
           or
           Torment
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           our
           
             own
             actions
          
           and
           estate
           that
           we
           have
           first
           to
           mind
           .
           Though
           yet
           as
           Magistrates
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           neighbours
           ,
           we
           must
           
             next
          
           mind
           
             others
             ,
          
           and
           must
           loath
           iniquity
           wherever
           we
           meet
           it
           ;
           and
           a
           
           
             vile
             person
             must
             be
             contemned
             in
             our
             eyes
             ,
          
           while
           
             we
             honour
             them
             that
             fear
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           Psal.
           15.
           4.
           
        
         
           And
           as
           by
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           so
           in
           the
           
             Commandment
             ,
          
           God
           hath
           given
           to
           every
           man
           the
           first
           and
           principal
           care
           and
           charge
           of
           
             himself
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             own
          
           salvation
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           his
           
             own
             wayes
             .
          
           So
           that
           we
           may
           with
           less
           suspition
           
             loath
             our selves
             ,
          
           then
           
             others
             ;
          
           and
           are
           more
           obliged
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Note
           also
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           for
           our
           troubles
           ,
           or
           our
           disgrace
           ,
           or
           our
           bodily
           deformities
           or
           infirmities
           ,
           or
           for
           our
           poverty
           and
           want
           ,
           that
           penitents
           are
           said
           to
           
             loath
             themselves
             :
          
           But
           for
           their
           
             iniquities
          
           and
           
             abominations
             .
          
           For
           1o
           this
           
             loathing
          
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Justice
          
           done
           upon
           our selves
           ;
           and
           therefore
           is
           exercised
           not
           for
           meer
           
             infelicities
             ,
          
           but
           for
           
             crimes
             .
             Conscience
          
           keepeth
           in
           its
           own
           
             Court
             ,
          
           and
           medleth
           but
           with
           
             moral
             evils
             ,
          
           which
           we
           are
           conscious
           of
           .
           2o
           And
           also
           it
           is
           sin
           that
           is
           
             loathed
          
           by
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           makes
           the
           creature
           
             loathsom
          
           in
           his
           
             eyes
             :
          
           And
           
             Repentance
          
           conformeth
           the
           soul
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           causeth
           us
           to
           
             loath
          
           as
           
             he
          
           doth
           ,
           and
           on
           
             his
          
           grounds
           .
           And
           3o
           there
           is
           no
           
             Evil
          
           but
           
             sin
             ,
          
           and
           that
           which
           sin
           procureth
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           
             for
             sin
          
           that
           the
           penitent
           
             loaths
          
           himself
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Note
           also
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           here
           implyed
           ,
           that
           till
           
             Repentance
             ,
          
           there
           was
           none
           of
           
             this
             Remembring
             of
             sin
             ,
          
           and
           
             Loathing
             of
             themselves
             .
          
           They
           begin
           with
           our
           conversion
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           fore-described
           )
           are
           proper
           to
           the
           truly
           penitent
           .
           For
           (
           to
           consider
           them
           distinctly
           )
           1o
           The
           deluded
           soul
           that
           is
           bewitched
           by
           its
           own
           concupiscence
           ,
           is
           so
           taken
           up
           with
           
             Remembring
          
           of
           his
           
             fleshly
             pleasures
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             alluring
             objects
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             honours
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             earthly
             businesses
          
           and
           
             store
             ,
          
           that
           he
           
           hath
           no
           mind
           or
           room
           for
           the
           
             Remembring
          
           of
           his
           foolish
           odious
           sin
           ,
           and
           the
           wrong
           that
           he
           is
           doing
           to
           God
           and
           to
           himself
           .
           
             Death
          
           is
           oblivious
           :
           and
           
             Sleep
          
           hath
           but
           a
           distracted
           uneffectual
           memory
           ,
           that
           stirreth
           not
           the
           busie
           dreamer
           from
           his
           pillow
           ,
           nor
           dispatcheth
           any
           of
           the
           work
           he
           dreams
           of
           .
           And
           the
           unconverted
           are
           
             asleep
          
           and
           
             dead
          
           in
           sin
           .
           The
           crowd
           of
           cares
           and
           worldly
           businesses
           ;
           and
           the
           tumultuous
           noise
           of
           foolish
           sports
           ,
           and
           other
           sensual
           passions
           and
           delights
           ,
           do
           take
           up
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           unconverted
           ,
           and
           turn
           them
           from
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           things
           of
           greatest
           everlasting
           consequence
           .
           They
           have
           a
           memory
           for
           
             sin
          
           and
           the
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           to
           which
           they
           are
           
             alive
             ;
          
           but
           not
           for
           things
           spiritual
           and
           eternal
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           are
           
             dead
             .
          
           They
           Remember
           not
           God
           himself
           
             as
             God
             ,
          
           with
           any
           effectual
           remembrance
           :
           
             God
             is
             not
             in
             all
             their
             thoughts
             ,
          
           Psalm
           10.
           4.
           
           They
           live
           as
           
             without
             him
             in
             the
             world
             ,
          
           Eph.
           2.
           12.
           
           And
           if
           they
           
             remember
             not
             God
             ,
          
           they
           cannot
           
             remember
             sin
             as
             sin
             ,
          
           whose
           malignity
           lyeth
           in
           its
           opposition
           to
           the
           
             Will
          
           and
           
             Holiness
          
           of
           God
           .
           They
           forget
           
             themselves
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           must
           needs
           forget
           their
           sinfulness
           :
           Alas
           ,
           they
           remember
           not
           (
           effectually
           and
           savingly
           )
           
             what
             they
             are
             ,
          
           and
           
             why
             they
             were
             made
             ,
          
           and
           
             what
             they
             are
             daily
             nourished
             and
             preserved
             for
             ,
          
           and
           what
           business
           they
           have
           to
           do
           here
           in
           the
           world
           .
           They
           
             forget
          
           that
           they
           have
           souls
           to
           save
           or
           lose
           ;
           that
           must
           live
           in
           endless
           joy
           or
           torment
           :
           you
           may
           
             see
          
           by
           their
           careless
           and
           ungodly
           lives
           ,
           that
           they
           
             forget
          
           it
           .
           You
           may
           
             hear
          
           by
           their
           carnal
           frothy
           speech
           ,
           that
           they
           
             forget
          
           it
           .
           And
           he
           that
           
             remembreth
             not
             himself
             ,
          
           remembreth
           not
           his
           
             own
             concernments
             .
          
           They
           forget
           the
           
             end
          
           to
           which
           they
           tend
           :
           The
           
             life
          
           which
           
           they
           must
           live
           
             for
             ever
             .
          
           The
           matters
           everlasting
           (
           whose
           greatness
           and
           duration
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           should
           so
           command
           the
           mind
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           all
           his
           thoughts
           and
           cares
           ,
           in
           despight
           of
           all
           the
           little
           trifling
           matters
           that
           would
           avert
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           think
           almost
           of
           nothing
           else
           ;
           yet
           )
           
             these
             ,
          
           even
           
             these
             ,
          
           that
           nothing
           but
           
             deadness
          
           or
           
             madness
          
           should
           make
           a
           
             reasonable
          
           creature
           to
           forget
           ,
           are
           
             daily
             forgotten
          
           by
           the
           unconverted
           soul
           ,
           or
           uneffectually
           remembred
           .
           Many
           a
           time
           have
           I
           admired
           ,
           that
           men
           of
           reason
           that
           are
           here
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           in
           endless
           joy
           or
           misery
           to
           morrow
           ,
           should
           be
           
             able
          
           to
           forget
           such
           unexpressible
           concernments
           !
           Me
           thinks
           they
           should
           easier
           forget
           to
           rise
           ,
           or
           dress
           themselves
           ,
           or
           to
           eat
           or
           drink
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           ,
           then
           to
           forget
           an
           endless
           life
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           undoubtedly
           
             certain
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             near
             .
          
           A
           man
           that
           hath
           a
           
             cause
          
           to
           be
           heard
           to
           
             morrow
             ,
          
           in
           which
           his
           
             life
          
           or
           
             honour
          
           is
           concerned
           ,
           
             cannot
             forget
             it
             :
          
           A
           wretch
           that
           is
           condemned
           to
           die
           to
           morrow
           ,
           cannot
           forget
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           poor
           sinners
           ,
           that
           are
           continually
           uncertain
           to
           live
           an
           hour
           ,
           and
           certain
           speedily
           to
           see
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           their
           unconceivable
           joy
           or
           terrour
           ,
           as
           sure
           as
           now
           they
           live
           on
           earth
           ,
           can
           forget
           these
           things
           for
           which
           they
           have
           their
           memory
           ;
           and
           which
           one
           would
           think
           should
           drown
           the
           matters
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           as
           the
           report
           of
           a
           Canon
           doth
           a
           whisper
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Sun
           obscureth
           the
           poorest
           glow-worm
           .
           O
           wonderful
           stupidity
           of
           an
           unrenewed
           soul
           !
           O
           wonderful
           folly
           and
           distractedness
           of
           the
           ungodly
           !
           That
           ever
           men
           
             can
             forget
             ,
          
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           that
           they
           
             can
             forget
             ,
          
           eternal
           joy
           ,
           eternal
           woe
           ,
           and
           the
           eternal
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           place
           of
           their
           eternal
           unchangeable
           abode
           ,
           when
           
           they
           stand
           even
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           and
           are
           passing
           in
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           but
           the
           thin
           vail
           of
           flesh
           between
           them
           and
           that
           amazing
           sight
           ,
           that
           eternal
           gulf
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           daily
           dying
           ,
           and
           even
           stepping
           in
           .
           O
           could
           you
           
             keep
          
           your
           honours
           here
           for
           
             ever
             ;
          
           could
           you
           
             ever
          
           wear
           that
           gay
           attire
           ,
           and
           gratifie
           your
           flesh
           with
           meats
           ,
           and
           drinks
           ,
           and
           sports
           ,
           and
           lusts
           ;
           could
           you
           
             ever
          
           keep
           your
           rule
           and
           dignity
           ,
           or
           your
           earthly
           life
           
             in
             any
             state
             ,
          
           you
           had
           some
           
             little
             poor
          
           excuse
           for
           not
           
             remembring
          
           the
           eternal
           things
           ,
           (
           as
           a
           man
           hath
           ,
           that
           preferreth
           his
           candle
           before
           the
           Sun
           :
           )
           But
           when
           death
           is
           
             near
             and
             inexorable
             ,
          
           and
           you
           are
           sure
           to
           die
           as
           you
           are
           sure
           you
           live
           ;
           when
           every
           man
           of
           you
           that
           sitteth
           in
           these
           seats
           to
           day
           can
           say
           ,
           
             [
             I
             must
             shortly
             be
             in
             another
             world
             ,
             where
             all
             the
             pomp
             and
             pleasure
             of
             this
             world
             will
             be
             forgotten
             ,
             or
             remembred
             but
             as
             my
             sin
             and
             folly
             ]
          
           one
           would
           think
           it
           were
           
             impossible
          
           for
           any
           of
           you
           to
           be
           ungodly
           ;
           and
           to
           
             Remember
          
           the
           
             trifles
          
           and
           
             nothings
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           while
           you
           
             forget
          
           that
           
             everlasting
             All
             ,
          
           whose
           reality
           ,
           necessity
           ,
           magnitude
           ,
           excellency
           ,
           concernment
           and
           duration
           ,
           are
           such
           ,
           as
           should
           take
           up
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           continually
           command
           the
           service
           and
           attendance
           of
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           against
           all
           Seekers
           ,
           and
           contemptible
           competitors
           whatsover
           .
           But
           ,
           alas
           ,
           though
           you
           have
           the
           
             greatest
             helps
          
           (
           in
           subserviency
           to
           these
           commanding
           objects
           )
           yet
           
             will
             you
             not
             Remember
          
           the
           matters
           which
           alone
           deserve
           
             remembrance
             .
          
           Sometimes
           the
           
             Preachers
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           do
           call
           on
           you
           to
           
             Remember
             ;
          
           to
           
             Remember
          
           your
           
             God
             ,
          
           your
           
             souls
             ,
          
           your
           
             Saviour
             ,
          
           your
           
             ends
          
           and
           everlasting
           state
           ,
           and
           to
           
             remember
             your
             misdoings
             ,
          
           that
           you
           may
           
             loath
             your selves
             ,
          
           
           and
           in
           Returning
           may
           find
           life
           :
           But
           some
           either
           scorn
           them
           ,
           or
           quarrel
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           sleep
           under
           their
           most
           serious
           and
           importunate
           solicitations
           ,
           or
           carelesly
           and
           stupidly
           give
           them
           the
           hearing
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           spoke
           but
           words
           of
           course
           ,
           or
           treated
           about
           uncertain
           things
           ,
           and
           spoke
           not
           to
           them
           from
           the
           God
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           about
           the
           things
           that
           every
           man
           of
           you
           shall
           very
           shortly
           see
           or
           feel
           .
           Sometime
           you
           are
           called
           on
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           
             conscience
          
           within
           ,
           to
           
             remember
          
           the
           unreasonableness
           and
           evil
           of
           your
           wayes
           :
           but
           
             conscience
          
           is
           silenced
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           not
           be
           conformable
           to
           your
           lusts
           .
           But
           little
           do
           you
           think
           what
           a
           part
           your
           too-late-awakened
           
             conscience
          
           hath
           yet
           to
           play
           ,
           if
           you
           give
           it
           not
           a
           more
           sober
           hearing
           in
           time
           .
           Sometime
           the
           voice
           of
           
             common
             calamities
             ,
          
           and
           National
           or
           local
           judgements
           do
           call
           on
           you
           to
           
             remember
          
           the
           evil
           of
           your
           wayes
           :
           But
           that
           which
           is
           spoken
           to
           
             all
             ,
          
           or
           
             many
             ,
          
           doth
           seem
           to
           
             most
          
           of
           them
           as
           spoken
           unto
           
             none
             .
          
           Sometime
           the
           voice
           of
           
             particular
             judgements
             ,
          
           seizing
           upon
           your
           families
           ,
           persons
           or
           estates
           ,
           doth
           call
           on
           you
           to
           
             remember
          
           the
           evil
           of
           your
           wayes
           :
           And
           one
           would
           think
           the
           rod
           should
           make
           you
           hear
           .
           And
           yet
           you
           most
           disregardfully
           go
           on
           ,
           or
           are
           only
           frightened
           into
           a
           few
           good
           purposes
           and
           promises
           ,
           that
           die
           when
           health
           and
           prosperity
           revive
           .
           Sometime
           God
           joyneth
           all
           these
           together
           ,
           and
           pleadeth
           both
           by
           word
           and
           rod
           ,
           and
           addeth
           also
           the
           inward
           pleadings
           of
           his
           Spirit
           :
           He
           sets
           your
           
             sins
             in
             order
             before
             you
             ,
             Psal.
          
           50.
           21.
           and
           expostulateth
           with
           you
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           abused
           love
           ,
           despised
           Soveraignty
           and
           provoked
           Justice
           ;
           and
           asketh
           the
           poor
           sinner
           ,
           Hast
           thou
           done
           
           well
           to
           waste
           thy
           life
           in
           vanity
           ?
           to
           serve
           thy
           flesh
           ?
           to
           forget
           thy
           God
           ,
           thy
           soul
           ,
           thy
           happiness
           ?
           and
           to
           thrust
           his
           service
           into
           corners
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           but
           the
           odious
           leavings
           of
           the
           flesh
           ?
           ]
           But
           these
           pleas
           of
           God
           cannot
           be
           heard
           .
           O
           horrible
           impiety
           !
           by
           his
           
             own
             creatures
             !
          
           by
           
             reasonable
          
           creatures
           (
           that
           would
           scorn
           to
           be
           called
           fools
           or
           mad
           men
           )
           the
           
             God
             of
             heaven
             cannot
             be
             heard
             .
          
           The
           brutish
           ,
           passionate
           ,
           furious
           sinners
           ,
           
             will
             not
             Remember
             .
          
           They
           
             will
             not
             Remember
             ,
             what
          
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           with
           
             whom
          
           it
           is
           that
           they
           have
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           what
           God
           thinks
           and
           saith
           of
           men
           in
           their
           condition
           ;
           and
           
             whither
          
           it
           is
           that
           the
           flesh
           will
           lead
           them
           ?
           and
           
             what
          
           will
           be
           the
           
             fruit
          
           and
           
             end
          
           of
           all
           their
           lusts
           and
           vanities
           ?
           and
           
             how
          
           they
           will
           
             look
             back
          
           on
           all
           at
           
             last
             ?
          
           and
           whether
           an
           
             holy
          
           or
           a
           
             sensual
          
           life
           will
           be
           sweetest
           to
           a
           dying
           man
           ?
           and
           what
           judgement
           it
           is
           that
           they
           will
           all
           be
           of
           ,
           in
           the
           controversie
           between
           the
           flesh
           and
           spirit
           ,
           at
           the
           later
           end
           ?
           Though
           they
           have
           life
           ,
           and
           time
           ,
           and
           reason
           for
           these
           uses
           ,
           we
           cannot
           entreate
           them
           ,
           to
           consider
           of
           these
           things
           in
           time
           .
           If
           our
           lives
           lay
           on
           it
           ,
           as
           their
           salvation
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           lyeth
           on
           it
           ,
           we
           cannot
           intreate
           them
           .
           If
           we
           should
           kneel
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           tears
           beseech
           them
           ,
           but
           once
           a
           day
           ,
           or
           once
           a
           week
           ,
           to
           bestow
           one
           hour
           in
           serious
           consideration
           of
           their
           latter
           end
           ,
           and
           the
           everlasting
           state
           of
           Saints
           and
           sinners
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             equity
          
           of
           the
           holy
           wayes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           
             iniquity
          
           of
           their
           
             own
             ,
          
           we
           cannot
           prevail
           with
           them
           .
           Till
           the
           God
           of
           heaven
           doth
           over-rule
           them
           ,
           we
           
             cannot
             prevail
             .
          
           The
           witness
           that
           we
           are
           forc't
           to
           bear
           ,
           is
           sad
           :
           It
           is
           sad
           to
           us
           :
           but
           it
           will
           be
           sadder
           to
           these
           rebels
           ,
           that
           shall
           one
           day
           know
           ,
           
           that
           God
           will
           not
           be
           out-faced
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           may
           sooner
           shake
           the
           stable
           earth
           ,
           and
           darken
           the
           Sun
           by
           their
           reproaches
           ,
           then
           out-brave
           the
           Judge
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           by
           all
           their
           cavils
           ,
           wranglings
           or
           scorns
           ,
           escape
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           revenging
           Justice
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           ever
           the
           Lord
           will
           save
           these
           souls
           ,
           he
           will
           bring
           their
           misdoings
           to
           their
           remembrance
           .
           He
           will
           
             make
             them
             think
          
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           so
           loth
           to
           think
           on
           .
           You
           cannot
           
             now
             abide
          
           these
           troubling
           ,
           and
           severe
           meditations
           :
           The
           thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Hell
           ,
           the
           thoughts
           of
           your
           sins
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           duties
           ,
           are
           melancholly
           unwelcome
           thoughts
           to
           you
           :
           But
           O
           that
           you
           could
           foreknow
           the
           
             thoughts
          
           that
           you
           
             shall
             have
          
           of
           all
           these
           things
           !
           Even
           the
           proudest
           ,
           scornful
           ;
           hardened
           sinner
           that
           heareth
           me
           this
           day
           ,
           shall
           shortly
           have
           such
           
             a
             Remembrance
             ,
          
           as
           will
           make
           him
           wonder
           at
           his
           present
           blockishness
           .
           O
           when
           the
           unresistible
           power
           of
           heaven
           shall
           
             open
          
           all
           your
           sins
           before
           you
           ,
           and
           
             command
          
           you
           to
           
             remember
          
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           
             remember
          
           the
           
             time
             ,
          
           and
           
             place
             ,
          
           and
           
             persons
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           circumstances
           of
           them
           ,
           What
           a
           change
           will
           it
           make
           upon
           the
           most
           stout
           or
           stubborn
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           men
           ?
           What
           a
           difference
           will
           there
           then
           be
           between
           that
           trembling
           self-tormenting
           soul
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           that
           now
           in
           his
           gallantry
           can
           make
           light
           of
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           call
           the
           messenger
           of
           Christ
           that
           warneth
           him
           ,
           a
           Puritane
           or
           a
           doting
           fool
           !
           Your
           
             memories
          
           now
           are
           
             somewhat
          
           subject
           to
           your
           
             wills
             ;
          
           and
           if
           you
           
             will
             not
             think
          
           of
           your
           
             own
             ,
          
           your
           
             chief
             ,
          
           your
           
             everlasting
          
           concernments
           ,
           you
           may
           
             choose
             .
          
           If
           you
           
             will
             choose
          
           rather
           to
           
           employ
           your
           noble
           souls
           on
           beastly
           lusts
           ,
           and
           waste
           your
           
             thoughts
          
           on
           things
           of
           nought
           ,
           you
           may
           take
           your
           course
           ,
           and
           chase
           a
           feather
           with
           the
           childish
           world
           ,
           till
           overtaking
           it
           ,
           you
           see
           you
           have
           lost
           your
           labour
           .
           But
           when
           
             Justice
          
           takes
           the
           work
           in
           hand
           ,
           your
           
             Thoughts
          
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           subject
           to
           your
           
             Wills
             :
          
           You
           
             shall
          
           then
           
             Remember
          
           that
           which
           you
           are
           full
           
             loth
          
           to
           remember
           ;
           and
           would
           give
           a
           world
           that
           you
           
             could
             forget
             .
          
           Oh
           then
           one
           cup
           of
           the
           waters
           of
           oblivion
           ,
           would
           be
           of
           unestimable
           value
           to
           the
           damned
           !
           O
           what
           would
           they
           not
           give
           that
           they
           
             could
             but
             forget
          
           the
           time
           they
           lost
           ,
           the
           mercy
           they
           abused
           ,
           the
           grace
           which
           they
           refused
           ,
           the
           holy
           servants
           of
           Christ
           whom
           they
           despised
           ,
           the
           wilful
           sins
           which
           they
           committed
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           duties
           which
           they
           wilfully
           omitted
           !
           I
           have
           oft
           thought
           of
           their
           case
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           dealt
           with
           melancholy
           or
           despairing
           persons
           .
           If
           I
           advise
           them
           to
           cast
           away
           such
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           turn
           their
           minds
           to
           other
           things
           ,
           they
           tell
           me
           they
           
             cannot
             ;
          
           it
           is
           not
           in
           their
           
             power
             ;
          
           and
           I
           have
           long
           found
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           almost
           as
           well
           perswade
           a
           broken
           head
           to
           give
           over
           aking
           .
           But
           when
           the
           holy
           God
           shall
           
             purposely
          
           pour
           out
           the
           vials
           of
           his
           wrath
           on
           the
           consciences
           of
           the
           ungodly
           ,
           and
           open
           the
           books
           ,
           and
           shew
           them
           all
           that
           ever
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           aggravations
           ,
           how
           then
           shall
           these
           worms
           be
           able
           to
           resist
           ?
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           beseech
           you
           all
           consider
           ;
           is
           it
           not
           better
           to
           
             Remember
          
           your
           sins
           on
           
             earth
             ,
          
           then
           in
           
             hell
             ?
          
           before
           your
           
             Physitian
             ,
          
           then
           before
           your
           
           
             Judge
             ?
          
           for
           your
           
             cure
             ,
          
           then
           for
           your
           
             torment
             ?
          
           Give
           me
           leave
           then
           ,
           before
           I
           go
           any
           further
           ,
           to
           address
           my self
           to
           you
           as
           the
           Messenger
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           with
           this
           importunate
           request
           ,
           both
           as
           you
           stand
           here
           in
           your
           
             private
             ,
          
           and
           in
           your
           
             publick
          
           capacities
           .
           In
           the
           name
           of
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           I
           charge
           you
           [
           Remember
           the
           lives
           that
           you
           have
           led
           :
           Remember
           what
           you
           have
           been
           doing
           in
           the
           world
           !
           Remember
           how
           you
           have
           spent
           your
           time
           :
           and
           whether
           indeed
           it
           is
           God
           that
           you
           have
           been
           serving
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           that
           you
           have
           been
           seeking
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           and
           Righteousness
           that
           you
           have
           been
           practising
           in
           the
           world
           till
           now
           ?
           Are
           your
           sins
           so
           small
           ,
           so
           venial
           ,
           so
           few
           ,
           that
           you
           can
           find
           no
           employment
           on
           them
           for
           your
           memories
           ?
           Or
           is
           the
           offending
           of
           the
           Eternal
           God
           ,
           so
           slight
           and
           safe
           a
           thing
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           need
           your
           consideration
           ?
           God
           forbid
           you
           should
           have
           such
           atheistical
           conceits
           !
           Surely
           God
           made
           not
           his
           Laws
           for
           nought
           ;
           nor
           doth
           he
           make
           such
           a
           stir
           by
           his
           Word
           ,
           and
           Messengers
           ,
           and
           Providences
           against
           an
           harmless
           thing
           ?
           Nor
           doth
           he
           threaten
           Hell
           to
           men
           for
           small
           indifferent
           matters
           :
           Nor
           did
           Christ
           need
           to
           have
           dyed
           ,
           and
           done
           all
           that
           he
           hath
           done
           to
           cure
           a
           small
           and
           safe
           disease
           .
           Surely
           that
           which
           the
           God
           of
           heaven
           is
           pleased
           to
           threaten
           with
           everlasting
           punishment
           ,
           the
           greatest
           of
           you
           all
           should
           vouchsafe
           to
           
             think
          
           on
           ,
           and
           with
           greatest
           fear
           and
           soberness
           to
           remember
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           pittiful
           thing
           ,
           that
           with
           
             men
             ,
          
           with
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           with
           
             professed
             Christians
             ,
             Gods
          
           matters
           ,
           and
           
           their
           
             own
          
           matters
           ,
           their
           
             greatest
          
           matters
           ,
           should
           seem
           unworthy
           to
           be
           
             thought
             on
             ;
          
           when
           they
           have
           thoughts
           for
           their
           honours
           ,
           and
           their
           lands
           ,
           and
           friends
           ;
           and
           thoughts
           for
           their
           children
           ,
           their
           servants
           ,
           and
           provision
           ;
           and
           thoughts
           for
           their
           horses
           ,
           and
           their
           dogs
           ,
           and
           sports
           !
           Is
           God
           and
           Heaven
           less
           worth
           then
           these
           ?
           Are
           death
           and
           Judgement
           matters
           of
           less
           moment
           ?
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           would
           take
           it
           ill
           to
           have
           your
           wisdom
           undervalued
           ,
           and
           your
           reason
           questioned
           :
           For
           your
           Honour
           sake
           do
           not
           
             make
          
           it
           contemptible
           your selves
           ,
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           that
           are
           truly
           wise
           .
           It
           is
           the
           nobleness
           of
           
             objects
          
           that
           must
           ennoble
           your
           
             faculties
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             baseness
          
           of
           objects
           doth
           
             debase
          
           them
           .
           If
           
             brutish
             objects
          
           be
           your
           employment
           and
           delight
           ,
           do
           I
           need
           to
           tell
           you
           what
           you
           make
           your selves
           ?
           If
           you
           would
           be
           
             noble
             indeed
             ,
          
           let
           God
           and
           everlasting
           Glory
           be
           the
           object
           of
           your
           faculties
           :
           If
           you
           would
           be
           
             Great
             ,
          
           then
           dwell
           on
           
             Greatest
          
           things
           :
           If
           you
           would
           be
           
             High
             ,
          
           then
           seek
           the
           things
           that
           are
           above
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           sordid
           things
           of
           earth
           ,
           
             Col.
          
           3.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           And
           if
           you
           would
           be
           
             safe
             ,
          
           look
           after
           the
           enemies
           of
           your
           peace
           :
           and
           as
           you
           had
           
             Thoughts
             of
             sin
          
           that
           led
           you
           to
           
             commit
          
           it
           ,
           entertain
           the
           Thoughts
           that
           would
           lead
           you
           to
           
             abhorr
          
           it
           .
           O
           that
           I
           might
           have
           now
           but
           the
           grant
           of
           this
           reasonable
           request
           from
           you
           ,
           that
           among
           all
           your
           Thoughts
           ,
           you
           would
           bestow
           now
           and
           then
           an
           hour
           in
           the
           serious
           
             Thoughts
          
           of
           your
           misdoings
           ,
           and
           soberly
           in
           your
           retirement
           between
           God
           and
           your
           souls
           ,
           
             Remember
          
           the
           paths
           that
           you
           have
           trod
           ;
           and
           whether
           
           you
           have
           lived
           for
           the
           work
           for
           which
           you
           were
           created
           ?
           One
           sober
           hour
           of
           such
           employment
           might
           be
           the
           happyest
           hour
           that
           ever
           you
           spent
           ,
           and
           give
           you
           more
           comfort
           at
           your
           final
           hour
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           former
           hours
           of
           your
           life
           :
           and
           might
           lead
           you
           into
           that
           new
           and
           holy
           life
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           review
           with
           everlasting
           comfort
           .
        
         
           Truly
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           have
           long
           observed
           that
           
             Satans
          
           advantage
           lyeth
           so
           much
           on
           the
           
             brutish
          
           side
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           work
           of
           mans
           Conversion
           ,
           and
           holy
           Conversation
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           carryed
           on
           by
           Gods
           exciting
           of
           our
           
             Reason
             ;
          
           and
           that
           the
           misery
           of
           the
           ungodly
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           
             Reason
          
           in
           
             faculty
             ,
          
           and
           not
           in
           
             use
             ,
          
           in
           the
           greatest
           things
           ,
           that
           I
           perswade
           you
           to
           this
           duty
           with
           the
           greater
           hopes
           :
           If
           the
           Lord
           will
           now
           perswade
           you
           but
           to
           retire
           from
           vanity
           ,
           and
           soberly
           exercise
           your
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           and
           
             Consider
             your
             wayes
             ,
          
           and
           say
           ,
           
             What
             have
             we
             done
             ?
          
           and
           
             What
             is
             it
             that
             God
             would
             have
             us
             do
             ?
          
           and
           
             What
             shall
             we
             wish
             we
             had
             done
             at
             last
             ?
          
           I
           say
           ,
           could
           you
           now
           but
           be
           prevailed
           with
           ,
           to
           bestow
           as
           many
           hours
           on
           this
           work
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           cast
           away
           in
           idleness
           ,
           or
           worse
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           doubt
           ,
           but
           I
           should
           shortly
           see
           the
           faces
           of
           many
           of
           you
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           recovered
           by
           the
           use
           of
           this
           advice
           .
           It
           is
           a
           thousand
           pitties
           ,
           that
           men
           that
           are
           thought
           wise
           enough
           to
           be
           entrusted
           with
           the
           publick
           safety
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           the
           Physitians
           of
           a
           broken
           State
           ,
           should
           have
           
             any
          
           among
           them
           that
           are
           untrusty
           to
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           the
           
             Reason
          
           to
           
             Remember
             their
             misdoings
             ,
          
           and
           prevent
           the
           danger
           of
           their
           immortal
           souls
           .
           Will
           you
           sit
           all
           
           day
           here
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           the
           remedy
           of
           a
           diseased
           Land
           ;
           and
           will
           you
           not
           be
           intreated
           by
           God
           or
           man
           ,
           to
           sit
           down
           one
           hour
           ,
           and
           find
           out
           the
           disease
           of
           ,
           and
           remedy
           for
           your
           own
           souls
           ?
           Are
           those
           men
           likely
           to
           take
           care
           of
           the
           happiness
           of
           so
           many
           thousands
           ,
           that
           will
           still
           be
           so
           careless
           of
           themselves
           ?
           Once
           more
           therefore
           I
           entreate
           you
           ,
           
             Remember
             your
             misdoings
             ,
          
           lest
           
             God
          
           remember
           them
           :
           And
           bless
           the
           Lord
           that
           called
           you
           this
           day
           ,
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           to
           
             Remember
          
           them
           upon
           terms
           of
           Faith
           and
           Hope
           .
           
             Remembred
          
           they
           
             must
          
           be
           first
           or
           last
           :
           And
           believe
           it
           ,
           this
           is
           far
           unlike
           the
           sad
           remembrance
           at
           Judgement
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           place
           of
           woe
           and
           desperation
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           beseech
           you
           observe
           here
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           your
           
             Own
          
           misdoings
           that
           you
           must
           
             Remember
             .
          
           Had
           it
           been
           only
           the
           sins
           of
           
             other
             men
             ,
          
           especially
           those
           that
           
             differ
          
           from
           you
           ,
           or
           have
           
             wronged
          
           you
           ,
           or
           stand
           against
           your
           
             interest
             ,
          
           how
           easily
           would
           the
           duty
           have
           been
           performed
           ?
           How
           little
           need
           should
           I
           have
           had
           to
           press
           it
           with
           all
           this
           importunity
           ?
           How
           confident
           should
           I
           be
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           convert
           the
           
             most
             ,
          
           if
           
             this
          
           were
           the
           Conversion
           ?
           It
           grieves
           my
           soul
           to
           hear
           how
           quick
           and
           constant
           high
           and
           low
           ,
           learned
           and
           unlearned
           are
           at
           this
           uncharitable
           contumelious
           
             remembring
          
           of
           the
           faults
           of
           others
           :
           how
           cunningly
           they
           can
           bring
           in
           their
           insinuated
           accusations
           :
           how
           odiously
           they
           can
           aggravate
           the
           smallest
           faults
           ,
           where
           difference
           causeth
           them
           to
           distaste
           the
           person
           :
           how
           
           ordinarily
           they
           judge
           of
           actions
           by
           the
           persons
           ,
           as
           if
           
             any
             thing
          
           were
           a
           crime
           that
           is
           done
           by
           such
           as
           they
           dislike
           ,
           and
           
             all
          
           were
           
             vertue
          
           that
           is
           done
           by
           those
           that
           fit
           their
           humours
           :
           How
           commonly
           Brethren
           have
           made
           it
           a
           part
           of
           their
           
             service
             of
             God
             ,
          
           to
           speak
           or
           write
           uncharitably
           of
           his
           
             servants
             ;
          
           labouring
           to
           
             destroy
          
           the
           
             hearers
             charity
             ,
          
           which
           had
           more
           need
           in
           this
           unhappy
           time
           ,
           of
           the
           
             bellows
          
           then
           the
           
             water
             !
          
           How
           usual
           it
           is
           with
           the
           ignorant
           that
           cannot
           reach
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           the
           impious
           that
           cannot
           bear
           it
           ,
           to
           call
           such
           
             Hereticks
          
           that
           know
           more
           then
           themselves
           ;
           and
           to
           call
           such
           
             Precisians
             ,
             Puritanes
             ,
          
           (
           or
           some
           such
           name
           which
           Hell
           invents
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           occasion
           )
           who
           dare
           not
           be
           so
           
             bad
          
           as
           they
           !
           How
           odious
           ,
           men
           pretending
           to
           much
           gravity
           ,
           learning
           and
           moderation
           ,
           do
           labour
           to
           make
           those
           that
           are
           dear
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           what
           an
           art
           they
           have
           to
           widen
           differences
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           sea
           of
           every
           lake
           ,
           and
           that
           perhaps
           under
           pretence
           of
           blaming
           the
           uncharitableness
           of
           others
           !
           How
           far
           the
           very
           Sermons
           and
           discourses
           of
           some
           learned
           men
           are
           from
           the
           common
           rule
           of
           
             doing
             as
             we
             would
             be
             done
             by
             :
          
           and
           how
           loudly
           they
           proclaim
           that
           such
           men
           
             love
             not
             their
             neighbours
             as
             themselves
             ;
          
           the
           most
           uncharitable
           words
           seeming
           moderate
           which
           
             they
             give
             ;
          
           and
           all
           called
           intemperate
           that
           savoureth
           not
           of
           flattery
           ,
           which
           they
           
             receive
             !
          
           Were
           I
           calling
           the
           several
           exasperated
           factions
           now
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           
             remember
          
           the
           misdoings
           of
           their
           supposed
           
             adversaries
             ,
          
           What
           full-mouth'd
           and
           debasing
           Confessions
           
           would
           they
           make
           ?
           What
           monsters
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           Schism
           ,
           of
           impiety
           ,
           treason
           and
           rebellion
           ,
           of
           perjury
           and
           perfidiousness
           ,
           would
           too
           many
           make
           of
           the
           faults
           of
           others
           ,
           while
           they
           extenuate
           their
           
             Own
          
           to
           almost
           nothing
           !
           It
           is
           a
           wonder
           to
           observe
           ,
           how
           the
           
             case
          
           doth
           
             alter
          
           with
           the
           most
           ,
           when
           that
           which
           was
           their
           
             adversaries
          
           case
           ,
           becomes
           their
           
             own
             .
          
           The
           very
           
             prayers
          
           of
           the
           godly
           ,
           and
           their
           care
           of
           their
           salvation
           ,
           and
           their
           fear
           of
           sinning
           ,
           doth
           seem
           their
           crime
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           some
           that
           easily
           bear
           the
           guilt
           of
           swearing
           ,
           drunkenness
           ,
           sensuality
           ,
           filthiness
           ,
           and
           neglect
           of
           duty
           ,
           in
           
             themselves
             ,
          
           as
           a
           tolerable
           burden
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           ever
           God
           indeed
           convert
           you
           ,
           (
           though
           you
           will
           pitty
           others
           ,
           yet
           )
           he
           will
           teach
           you
           to
           begin
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           beam
           out
           of
           your
           own
           eyes
           ,
           and
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             [
             I
             am
             the
             miserable
             sinner
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           And
           lest
           these
           
             generals
          
           seem
           insufficient
           for
           us
           to
           confess
           on
           such
           a
           day
           as
           this
           ,
           and
           lest
           yet
           your
           memories
           should
           need
           more
           help
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           my
           duty
           to
           mind
           you
           of
           some
           particulars
           ?
           which
           yet
           I
           shall
           not
           do
           by
           way
           of
           
             accusation
             ,
          
           but
           of
           
             enquiry
             :
          
           Far
           be
           it
           from
           me
           to
           judge
           so
           hardly
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           when
           you
           come
           hither
           to
           
             lament
          
           your
           sins
           ,
           you
           cannot
           with
           patience
           endure
           to
           be
           told
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Enquire
           then
           ,
           whether
           there
           be
           none
           among
           you
           that
           live
           a
           sensual
           careless
           life
           ;
           
             cloathed
          
           with
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           
             faring
             deliciously
             every
             day
             ?
          
           in
           
           
             gluttony
             or
             drunkenness
             ,
             chambering
             and
             wantonness
             ,
             strife
             or
             envying
             ,
             not
             putting
             on
             Christ
             ,
             nor
             walking
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             but
             making
             provision
             for
             the
             flesh
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             the
             lusts
             thereof
             ,
             Rom.
          
           13.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Is
           there
           none
           among
           you
           that
           spend
           your
           precious
           time
           in
           vanities
           ,
           that
           is
           allowed
           you
           to
           prepare
           for
           life
           eternal
           ?
           that
           have
           time
           to
           waste
           in
           complements
           and
           fruitless
           talk
           and
           visits
           ;
           in
           gaming
           and
           unnecessary
           recreations
           ,
           in
           excessive
           feasting
           and
           entertainments
           ,
           while
           God
           is
           neglected
           ,
           and
           your
           souls
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           you
           can
           never
           find
           an
           hour
           in
           a
           day
           ,
           to
           make
           ready
           for
           the
           life
           which
           you
           must
           live
           for
           ever
           .
           Is
           there
           none
           among
           you
           that
           would
           take
           that
           man
           for
           a
           Puritan
           or
           Phanatick
           ,
           that
           should
           employ
           but
           half
           so
           much
           time
           for
           his
           soul
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           in
           unnecessary
           sports
           and
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           pampering
           your
           flesh
           ?
           Gentlemen
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           among
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           love
           your
           souls
           ,
           
             Remember
             your
             misdoings
             ,
          
           and
           bewail
           these
           
             abominations
          
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           in
           this
           day
           of
           your
           professed
           humiliation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Enquire
           whether
           there
           be
           none
           among
           you
           ,
           that
           being
           strangers
           to
           the
           New
           birth
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           inward
           workings
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           upon
           the
           soul
           ,
           do
           also
           
             distaste
          
           an
           
             holy
             Life
             ,
          
           and
           make
           it
           the
           matter
           of
           your
           reproach
           ,
           and
           pacifie
           your
           accusing
           consciences
           with
           a
           Religion
           made
           up
           of
           meer
           words
           ,
           and
           heartless
           out-side
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           obedience
           as
           your
           fleshly
           pleasures
           will
           
           admit
           ;
           accounting
           those
           that
           go
           beyond
           you
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           differ
           from
           you
           in
           your
           modes
           and
           circumstances
           ,
           to
           be
           but
           a
           company
           of
           proud
           ,
           Pharisaical
           ,
           self-conceited
           hypocrites
           ,
           and
           those
           whom
           you
           desire
           to
           suppress
           .
           If
           there
           should
           be
           one
           such
           person
           here
           ,
           I
           would
           entreat
           him
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           solemn
           asseveration
           of
           our
           Judge
           ,
           that
           
             Except
             a
             man
             be
             converted
             ,
             and
             be
             born
             again
             ,
             of
             water
             and
             the
             spirit
             ,
             he
             cannot
             enter
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             heaven
             .
          
           Joh.
           3.
           3
           ,
           5.
           
           Mat.
           18.
           3.
           
           That
           
             if
             any
             man
             have
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             he
             is
             none
             of
             his
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           9.
           
           That
           
             if
             any
             man
             be
             in
             Christ
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             new
             creature
             ;
             old
             things
             are
             past
             away
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             are
             become
             new
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           5.
           17.
           
           That
           
             without
             holiness
             none
             shall
             see
             God
             ,
          
           Heb.
           12.
           14.
           
           That
           
             the
             wisdom
             that
             is
             from
             above
             ,
             is
             first
             Pure
             and
             then
             Peaceable
             ,
          
           Jam.
           3.
           17.
           
           That
           
             God
             is
             a
             spirit
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             worship
             him
             ,
             must
             worship
             him
             in
             spirit
             and
             in
             truth
             ,
          
           John
           4.
           23
           ,
           24.
           
           That
           they
           
             worship
             in
             vain
             ,
             that
             teach
             for
             Doctrines
             the
             commandments
             of
             men
             ,
          
           Mat.
           15.
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           And
           that
           
             Except
             your
             righteousness
             exceed
             that
             of
             the
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             you
             shall
             in
             no
             wise
             enter
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             heaven
             ,
          
           Matth.
           5.
           20.
           
           And
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           remember
           that
           its
           
             hard
             to
             kick
             against
             the
             pricks
             ;
          
           and
           to
           prosper
           in
           rage
           against
           the
           Lord
           :
           and
           that
           its
           
             better
             for
             that
             man
             that
             offendeth
             one
             of
             his
             little
             ones
             ,
             to
             have
             had
             a
             mill-stone
             fastened
             to
             his
             neck
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             been
             cast
             into
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
          
           Matth.
           18.
           6.
           
           It
           is
           a
           sure
           and
           grievous
           condemnation
           ,
           that
           waiteth
           for
           all
           that
           are
           
             themselves
          
           
           
             unholy
             :
          
           but
           to
           the
           
             haters
          
           or
           
             despisers
          
           of
           the
           holy
           Laws
           and
           Servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           how
           
             much
             more
             grievous
          
           a
           punishment
           is
           reserved
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Enquire
           also
           ,
           Whether
           there
           be
           none
           among
           you
           ,
           that
           let
           loose
           your
           passions
           on
           your
           inferiours
           ,
           and
           oppress
           your
           poor
           Tenants
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           groan
           under
           the
           task
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           do
           little
           to
           relieve
           the
           needy
           ,
           nor
           study
           not
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           with
           your
           estates
           ,
           but
           sacrifice
           all
           to
           the
           pleasing
           of
           your
           flesh
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           some
           inconsiderable
           pittance
           ,
           or
           fruitless
           drops
           ,
           that
           are
           unproportionable
           to
           your
           receivings
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           such
           ,
           let
           them
           
             Remember
          
           their
           
             iniquities
             ,
          
           and
           cry
           for
           mercy
           ,
           before
           the
           cry
           of
           the
           poor
           to
           heaven
           ,
           do
           bring
           down
           vengeance
           from
           him
           that
           hath
           promised
           ,
           to
           hear
           their
           cry
           ,
           and
           speedily
           to
           avenge
           them
           ,
           
             Luk.
          
           18.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           Enquire
           ,
           Whether
           there
           be
           none
           that
           live
           the
           life
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           in
           
             Pride
             ,
             fulness
             of
             bread
             and
             idleness
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           16.
           49.
           and
           that
           are
           not
           pust
           up
           with
           their
           estates
           and
           dignities
           ,
           and
           are
           strangers
           to
           the
           humility
           ,
           meekness
           ,
           patience
           ,
           and
           self-denyal
           of
           the
           Saints
           :
           That
           ruffle
           in
           bravery
           ,
           and
           contend
           more
           zealously
           for
           their
           honour
           and
           preheminence
           ,
           then
           for
           the
           honour
           and
           interest
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           For
           pride
           of
           apparel
           ,
           it
           was
           wont
           to
           be
           taken
           for
           a
           childish
           or
           a
           womanish
           kind
           of
           vice
           ,
           below
           a
           man
           ;
           but
           it
           s
           now
           observed
           among
           the
           gallants
           ,
           that
           (
           except
           in
           spots
           )
           the
           notes
           of
           vanity
           are
           more
           legibly
           written
           on
           the
           hair
           and
           dress
           of
           a
           multitude
           of
           
           effeminate
           males
           ,
           then
           on
           the
           females
           ;
           proclaiming
           to
           the
           world
           
             that
             pride
             ,
          
           which
           one
           would
           think
           even
           
             pride
             it self
          
           should
           have
           concealed
           ;
           and
           calling
           by
           these
           signs
           to
           the
           beholders
           to
           observe
           the
           emptyness
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           and
           how
           void
           they
           are
           of
           that
           inward
           worth
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           honour
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           man
           :
           It
           being
           a
           marvel
           to
           see
           a
           man
           of
           Learning
           ,
           gravity
           ,
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           appear
           in
           such
           an
           antick
           dress
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           done
           with
           the
           first
           part
           
             [
             the
             Remembring
             of
             your
             own
             evil
             wayes
             and
             doings
             .
             ]
          
           I
           beseech
           you
           practically
           go
           along
           with
           me
           to
           the
           next
           ,
           
             [
             The
             loathing
             of
             your selves
             in
             your
             own
             eyes
             ,
             for
             all
             your
             iniquities
             and
             abominations
             .
          
        
         
           
             Every
             true
             Convert
             doth
             thus
             loath
             himself
             for
             his
             iniquities
             ;
          
           and
           
             When
             God
             will
             restore
             a
             punished
             people
             upon
             their
             Repentance
             ,
             he
             bringeth
             them
             to
             this
             loathing
             of
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           converted
           soul
           hath
           a
           new
           and
           heavenly
           
             Light
          
           to
           help
           him
           ,
           to
           see
           those
           matters
           of
           humbling
           use
           ,
           which
           others
           see
           not
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           More
           particularly
           ,
           he
           hath
           the
           knowledge
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           of
           
             himself
             .
          
           He
           seeth
           the
           odious
           face
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           seeth
           how
           much
           his
           heart
           and
           life
           ,
           in
           his
           sinful
           dayes
           abounded
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           how
           great
           a
           measure
           yet
           remains
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           He
           hath
           seen
           by
           Faith
           the
           Lord
           himself
           :
           The
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           holiness
           ,
           the
           jealousie
           ,
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           eternal
           God
           whom
           he
           hath
           offended
           ;
           and
           therefore
           must
           needs
           
             abhorr
             himself
             ,
          
           John
           42.
           6.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           He
           hath
           tasted
           of
           Gods
           
             displeasure
          
           against
           him
           for
           his
           sin
           already
           .
           God
           himself
           hath
           set
           it
           home
           ,
           and
           awakened
           his
           conscience
           ,
           and
           held
           it
           on
           ,
           till
           he
           hath
           made
           him
           understand
           that
           the
           consuming
           fire
           is
           not
           to
           be
           jested
           with
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           He
           hath
           seen
           
             Christ
             Crucified
             ,
          
           and
           mourned
           over
           him
           .
           This
           is
           the
           glass
           that
           doth
           most
           clearly
           shew
           the
           ugliness
           of
           sin
           :
           And
           here
           he
           hath
           learned
           to
           abhor
           himself
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           He
           hath
           foreseen
           by
           Faith
           the
           
             End
             of
             sin
             ,
          
           and
           the
           doleful
           recompence
           of
           the
           ungodly
           :
           His
           faith
           beholdeth
           the
           misery
           of
           damned
           souls
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           which
           sinners
           cast
           away
           .
           He
           heareth
           them
           before-hand
           repenting
           and
           lamenting
           ,
           and
           crying
           out
           of
           their
           former
           folly
           ,
           and
           wishing
           in
           vain
           that
           all
           this
           were
           to
           do
           again
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           once
           more
           be
           tryed
           with
           another
           life
           ,
           and
           resolving
           then
           how
           holily
           ,
           how
           self-denyingly
           they
           would
           live
           !
           He
           knows
           if
           sin
           had
           had
           its
           way
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           plunged
           into
           this
           hellish
           misery
           himself
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           must
           needs
           
             loath
             himself
             for
             his
             iniquities
             .
          
        
         
         
           7.
           
           Moreover
           the
           true
           Convert
           hath
           had
           the
           liveliest
           tast
           of
           
             mercy
             ;
          
           of
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           ;
           of
           the
           offers
           and
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ;
           of
           
             reprieving
          
           mercy
           ;
           of
           
             pardoning
          
           mercy
           ;
           of
           
             healing
          
           and
           
             preserving
          
           mercy
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           unspeakable
           mercy
           contained
           in
           the
           
             promise
          
           of
           
             everlasting
             life
             :
          
           And
           to
           find
           that
           he
           hath
           sinned
           against
           
             all
             this
             mercy
             ,
          
           doth
           constrain
           him
           to
           abhorre
           himself
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           And
           it
           is
           only
           the
           true
           Convert
           that
           hath
           a
           
             new
             and
             holy
             nature
             ,
          
           contrary
           to
           sin
           ;
           and
           therefore
           as
           a
           man
           that
           hath
           the
           
             Leprosie
          
           doth
           
             loath
             himself
          
           because
           his
           
             nature
          
           is
           contrary
           to
           his
           
             disease
             ,
          
           so
           is
           it
           (
           though
           operating
           in
           a
           freer
           way
           )
           with
           a
           converted
           soul
           as
           to
           the
           Leprosie
           of
           sin
           .
           Oh
           how
           he
           
             loaths
          
           the
           remnants
           of
           his
           pride
           and
           passion
           ;
           his
           excessive
           cares
           ,
           desires
           ,
           and
           fears
           ;
           the
           backwardness
           of
           his
           soul
           to
           God
           and
           Heaven
           !
           Sin
           is
           to
           the
           new
           nature
           of
           every
           true
           Believer
           ,
           as
           the
           food
           of
           a
           Swine
           to
           the
           stomack
           of
           a
           man
           ;
           if
           he
           have
           eaten
           it
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           rest
           till
           he
           hath
           vomited
           it
           up
           ;
           and
           then
           when
           he
           looketh
           on
           his
           vomit
           ,
           he
           loatheth
           himself
           to
           think
           how
           long
           he
           kept
           such
           filth
           within
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           yet
           in
           the
           bottome
           there
           is
           some
           remains
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           The
           true
           Covert
           is
           one
           that
           is
           
             much
             at
             home
             ;
          
           his
           heart
           is
           the
           Vineyard
           which
           he
           is
           daily
           dressing
           ;
           his
           work
           is
           ordinarily
           about
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           is
           acquainted
           with
           those
           secret
           sins
           ,
           and
           daily
           failings
           ,
           which
           ungodly
           men
           that
           are
           strangers
           to
           themselves
           ,
           do
           not
           observe
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           them
           in
           dominion
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           A
           serious
           Christian
           is
           a
           
             workman
             of
             the
             Lords
             ,
          
           and
           daily
           busie
           at
           the
           exercise
           of
           his
           graces
           ;
           
           and
           therefore
           hath
           occasion
           to
           observe
           his
           weaknesses
           ,
           and
           failings
           ,
           and
           from
           sad
           experience
           is
           forced
           to
           abhorre
           himself
           .
        
         
           But
           with
           careless
           unrenewed
           souls
           it
           is
           not
           so
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           may
           have
           a
           mild
           ingenuous
           disposition
           ;
           and
           the
           knowledge
           of
           their
           unworthiness
           ;
           and
           customarily
           they
           will
           confess
           such
           sins
           ,
           as
           are
           small
           disgrace
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           cannot
           be
           hid
           ;
           or
           under
           the
           terrible
           gripes
           of
           conscience
           ,
           in
           the
           hour
           of
           distress
           and
           at
           the
           approach
           of
           death
           ,
           they
           will
           do
           more
           ;
           and
           abhorre
           themselves
           perhaps
           as
           
             Judas
          
           did
           ;
           or
           make
           a
           constrained
           confession
           through
           the
           power
           of
           fear
           .
           But
           so
           far
           are
           they
           from
           this
           
             loathing
             of
             themselves
             for
             all
             their
             iniquities
             ,
          
           that
           sin
           is
           to
           them
           as
           their
           element
           ,
           their
           food
           ,
           their
           nature
           ,
           and
           their
           friend
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Honourable
           ,
           Worthy
           and
           beloved
           auditors
           ,
           it
           is
           my
           duty
           to
           enquire
           ,
           and
           to
           provoke
           you
           to
           enquire
           ,
           whether
           the
           Representative
           body
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           each
           man
           of
           
             you
          
           in
           particular
           ,
           be
           thus
           affected
           to
           your selves
           or
           not
           .
           It
           concerns
           
             you
          
           to
           enquire
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           you
           love
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           love
           not
           to
           see
           the
           death-marks
           of
           impenitencie
           on
           them
           .
           It
           concerneth
           
             us
          
           to
           enquire
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           we
           love
           you
           and
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           would
           fain
           see
           the
           marks
           of
           Gods
           return
           in
           mercy
           to
           us
           ,
           in
           your
           
             self-loathing
          
           and
           return
           to
           God
           .
           Let
           conscience
           speak
           as
           before
           the
           Lord
           that
           sees
           your
           hearts
           and
           will
           shortly
           judg
           you
           :
           Have
           you
           had
           such
           a
           sight
           of
           your
           naturall
           and
           actuall
           sin
           and
           misery
           ,
           of
           your
           neglect
           of
           God
           ,
           your
           contempt
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           your
           loss
           of
           precious
           hasty
           time
           ,
           your
           worldly
           ,
           fleshly
           ,
           sensuall
           lives
           ,
           and
           your
           omission
           of
           the
           great
           and
           holy
           works
           which
           you
           were
           
           made
           for
           ;
           have
           you
           had
           such
           a
           sight
           and
           sense
           of
           these
           ,
           as
           hath
           filled
           your
           souls
           with
           shame
           and
           sorrow
           ?
           and
           caused
           you
           in
           tears
           or
           hearty
           grief
           to
           lament
           your
           sinfull
           careless
           lives
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord
           .
           Do
           you
           
             loath
          
           your selves
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           as
           being
           vile
           in
           your
           own
           eyes
           ,
           and
           each
           man
           say
           ,
           
             What
             a
             wretch
             was
             I
             ?
             what
             an
             unreasonable
             self-hating
             wretch
             ,
             to
             do
             all
             this
             against
             my self
             ?
             what
             an
             unnaturall
             wretch
             !
             what
             a
             monster
             of
             rebellion
             and
             ingratitude
             ,
             to
             do
             all
             this
             against
             the
             Lord
             of
             love
             and
             mercy
             ?
             what
             a
             deceived
             foolish
             wretch
             !
             to
             preferre
             the
             pleasing
             of
             my
             lust
             and
             senses
             ,
             a
             pleasure
             that
             perisheth
             in
             the
             fruition
             ,
             and
             is
             past
             as
             soon
             as
             it
             s
             received
             ,
             before
             the
             manly
             pleasures
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             souls
             delight
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             unspeakable
             everlasting
             pleasures
             ?
             was
             there
             any
             comparison
             between
             the
             bruitish
             pleasures
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             spirituall
             delights
             of
             a
             believing
             soul
             ,
             in
             looking
             to
             the
             endles
             pleasure
             which
             we
             shall
             have
             with
             all
             the
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             in
             the
             glorious
             presence
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
             Was
             God
             and
             glory
             worth
             no
             more
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             cast
             aside
             for
             satiating
             of
             an
             unsatisfiable
             flesh
             and
             fancie
             !
             and
             to
             be
             sold
             for
             a
             harlot
             ,
             for
             a
             forbidden
             cup
             ;
             for
             a
             little
             aire
             of
             popular
             applause
             ,
             or
             for
             a
             burdensome
             load
             of
             wealth
             and
             power
             ,
             for
             so
             short
             a
             time
             ?
             where
             's
             now
             the
             gain
             and
             pleasure
             of
             all
             my
             former
             sins
             !
             what
             have
             they
             left
             but
             a
             sting
             behind
             them
             ?
             How
             neer
             is
             the
             time
             when
             my
             departing
             soul
             must
             look
             back
             on
             all
             the
             pleasures
             and
             profits
             that
             ever
             I
             enjoyed
             ,
             as
             a
             dream
             when
             one
             awaketh
             ;
             as
             delusory
             vanities
             ,
             that
             have
             done
             all
             for
             me
             that
             ever
             they
             will
             doe
             ,
             and
             all
             is
             but
             to
             bring
             my
             flesh
             unto
             corruption
          
           (
           Gal.
           6.
           8.
           
           )
           
             and
             my
             soul
             to
             this
             distressing
             grief
             and
             fear
             !
             Add
             then
             I
             must
             sing
             and
          
           
           
             laugh
             no
             more
             !
             I
             must
             brave
             it
             out
             in
             pride
             no
             more
             !
             I
             must
             know
             the
             pleasures
             of
             the
             flesh
             no
             more
             !
             but
             be
             levelled
             with
             the
             poorest
             ,
             and
             my
             body
             laid
             in
             loathsome
             darkness
             ,
             and
             my
             soul
             appear
             before
             that
             God
             whom
             I
             so
             wilfully
             refused
             to
             obey
             and
             honour
             .
             O
             wretch
             that
             I
             am
             !
             where
             was
             my
             understanding
             ,
             when
             I
             plaid
             so
             boldly
             with
             the
             flames
             of
             hell
             ,
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             poison
             of
             sin
             !
             when
          
           God
           
             stood
             by
             and
             yet
             I
             sinned
             !
             when
          
           conscience
           
             did
             rebuke
             me
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             sinned
             !
             when
             Heaven
             or
             hell
             were
             hard
             at
             hand
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             sinned
             !
             when
             to
             please
             my
             God
             and
             save
             my
             soul
             I
             would
             not
             forbear
             a
             filthy
             lust
             ,
             or
             a
             forbidden
             vanity
             of
             no
             worth
             !
             when
             I
             would
             not
             be
             perswaded
             to
             a
             holy
             ,
             heavenly
             ,
             watchfull
             life
             ,
             though
             all
             my
             hopes
             of
             Heaven
             lay
             on
             it
             .
             I
             am
             ashamed
             of
             my self
             :
             I
             am
             confounded
             in
             the
             remembrance
             of
             my
             wilfall
             self-destroying
             folly
             !
             I
             loath
             my self
             for
             all
             these
             abhominations
             :
             O
             that
             I
             had
             lived
             in
             beggery
             and
             rags
             ,
             when
             I
             lived
             in
             sin
             :
             and
             O
             that
             I
             had
             lived
             with
             God
             in
             a
             prison
             or
             in
             a
             wilderness
             ,
             when
             I
             refused
             a
             holy
             heavenly
             life
             ,
             for
             the
             love
             of
             a
             deceitfull
             world
             !
             Will
             the
             Lord
             but
             pardon
             what
             is
             past
             ,
             I
             am
             resolved
             through
             his
             grace
             to
             do
             so
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             to
             loath
             that
             filth
             that
             I
             took
             for
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             to
             abhorre
             the
             sin
             that
             I
             made
             my
             sport
             ;
             and
             to
             die
             to
             the
             glory
             and
             riches
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             I
             made
             my
             idoll
             ;
             and
             to
             live
             entirely
             to
             that
             God
             that
             I
             did
             so
             long
             and
             so
             unworthily
             neglect
             ;
             and
             to
             seek
             that
             treasure
             ,
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             that
             delight
             ,
             that
             will
             fully
             satisfie
             my
             expectation
             ,
             and
             answer
             all
             my
             care
             and
             labour
             ,
             with
             such
             infinite
             advantage
             .
             Holiness
             or
             nothing
             shall
             be
             my
             work
             and
             life
             ;
             and
             Heaven
             or
             nothing
             shall
             be
             my
             portion
             and
             felicity
             .
          
        
         
         
           These
           are
           the
           thoughts
           ,
           the
           affections
           the
           breathing
           of
           every
           regenerate
           gracious
           soul
           .
           For
           your
           souls
           sake
           enquire
           now
           ,
           Is
           it
           thus
           with
           you
           ?
           or
           have
           you
           thus
           returned
           with
           
             self-loathing
          
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           firmly
           engaged
           your
           souls
           to
           him
           at
           your
           enterance
           into
           a
           holy
           life
           ?
           I
           must
           be
           plain
           with
           you
           Gentlemen
           ,
           or
           I
           shall
           be
           unfaithfull
           ;
           and
           I
           must
           deal
           closely
           with
           you
           ,
           or
           I
           cannot
           deal
           honestly
           and
           truly
           with
           you
           .
           As
           sure
           as
           you
           live
           ,
           yea
           as
           sure
           as
           the
           word
           of
           God
           is
           true
           ,
           you
           must
           all
           be
           such
           
             converted
             men
             ,
             and
             loath
             your selves
             for
             your
             iniquities
             ,
          
           or
           be
           condemned
           as
           impenitent
           to
           everlasting
           fire
           .
           To
           hide
           this
           from
           you
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           deceive
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           a
           thousand
           times
           greater
           moment
           then
           your
           lives
           .
           Perhaps
           I
           could
           have
           made
           shift
           ,
           instead
           of
           such
           serious
           admonitions
           ,
           to
           have
           wasted
           this
           hour
           in
           flashy
           oratory
           ,
           and
           neat
           expressions
           ,
           and
           ornaments
           of
           reading
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           that
           are
           the
           too
           common
           matter
           of
           ostentation
           ,
           with
           men
           that
           preach
           Gods
           word
           in
           jeast
           ,
           and
           believe
           not
           what
           they
           are
           perswading
           others
           to
           believe
           .
           Or
           if
           you
           think
           
             I
             could
             not
             ,
          
           I
           am
           indifferent
           ,
           as
           not
           much
           affecting
           the
           honour
           of
           
             being
             able
             ,
          
           to
           offend
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           wrong
           your
           souls
           ,
           by
           dallying
           with
           holy
           things
           .
           Flattery
           in
           these
           things
           of
           soul
           concernment
           ,
           is
           a
           selfish
           vilany
           ,
           that
           hath
           but
           a
           very
           short
           reward
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           are
           pleased
           with
           it
           to
           day
           ,
           may
           curse
           the
           flatterer
           for
           ever
           .
           Again
           therefore
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           (
           that
           which
           I
           think
           you
           will
           confess
           ,
           )
           that
           it
           is
           not
           your
           greatness
           ,
           nor
           your
           high
           looks
           ,
           nor
           the
           gallantry
           of
           your
           spirits
           that
           scorns
           to
           be
           thus
           humbled
           ,
           that
           will
           serve
           your
           turn
           when
           God
           shall
           deal
           with
           you
           ,
           or
           save
           your
           carcasses
           from
           rottenness
           and
           dust
           ,
           or
           
           your
           guilty
           souls
           from
           the
           wrath
           of
           the
           Almighty
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           your
           contempt
           of
           the
           threatnings
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           your
           stupid
           neglect
           ,
           or
           scorning
           at
           the
           message
           ,
           that
           will
           endure
           ,
           when
           the
           sudden
           unresistible
           light
           shall
           come
           in
           upon
           you
           and
           convince
           you
           ,
           or
           you
           shall
           see
           and
           feel
           what
           now
           you
           refused
           to
           believe
           !
           Nor
           is
           it
           your
           outside
           hypocriticall
           Religion
           ,
           made
           up
           of
           meer
           words
           or
           ceremonies
           ,
           and
           giving
           your
           souls
           but
           the
           leavings
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           making
           God
           an
           underling
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           will
           do
           any
           more
           to
           save
           your
           souls
           ,
           then
           the
           picture
           of
           a
           feast
           to
           feed
           your
           bodies
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           the
           
             stiffest
             conceits
          
           that
           you
           shall
           be
           
             saved
             in
             an
             unconverted
             state
             ,
          
           or
           that
           you
           are
           
             sanctified
             when
             you
             are
             not
             ,
          
           that
           will
           do
           any
           more
           to
           keep
           you
           from
           damnation
           ,
           then
           a
           conceit
           that
           you
           shall
           never
           die
           ,
           will
           do
           to
           keep
           you
           here
           for
           ever
           .
           Gentlemen
           ,
           though
           you
           are
           all
           here
           in
           health
           ,
           and
           dignity
           ,
           and
           honour
           to
           day
           ,
           how
           little
           a
           while
           is
           it
           ,
           alas
           how
           little
           ,
           till
           you
           shall
           be
           every
           man
           in
           Heaven
           or
           hell
           !
           (
           unless
           you
           are
           Infidels
           you
           dare
           not
           deny
           it
           .
           )
           And
           it
           is
           only
           
             Christ
             and
             a
             holy
             life
          
           that
           is
           your
           
             way
             to
             Heaven
             ,
          
           and
           only
           
             sin
             ,
             and
             the
             neglect
             of
             Christ
             and
             holiness
          
           that
           can
           undo
           you
           .
           Look
           therefore
           upon
           sin
           as
           you
           should
           look
           on
           that
           which
           would
           cast
           you
           into
           hell
           ,
           and
           is
           daily
           undermining
           all
           your
           hopes
           .
           O
           that
           that
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           
             could
             know
             it
          
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           as
           it
           
             shall
             be
             shortly
             known
             ?
          
           and
           judg
           of
           it
           as
           men
           do
           ,
           when
           time
           is
           past
           ,
           and
           delusions
           vanished
           ,
           and
           all
           men
           are
           awakened
           from
           their
           fleshly
           dreams
           ,
           and
           their
           naked
           souls
           have
           
             seen
          
           the
           Lord
           ?
           O
           then
           what
           
             Laws
          
           would
           you
           make
           against
           sin
           ?
           How
           speedily
           would
           you
           joyn
           your
           strength
           
           against
           it
           ,
           as
           against
           the
           only
           enemy
           of
           our
           peace
           ,
           and
           as
           against
           a
           fire
           in
           your
           houses
           ,
           or
           a
           plague
           that
           were
           broken
           out
           upon
           the
           City
           ,
           where
           you
           are
           ?
           O
           then
           how
           zealously
           would
           you
           all
           concurre
           to
           promote
           the
           interest
           of
           Holiness
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           studiously
           encourage
           the
           servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           !
           How
           severely
           would
           you
           deal
           with
           those
           ,
           that
           by
           making
           a
           mock
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           do
           hinder
           the
           salvation
           of
           the
           peoples
           souls
           ?
           How
           carefully
           would
           you
           help
           the
           Labourers
           that
           are
           sent
           to
           guid
           men
           in
           the
           holy
           path
           ?
           and
           your selves
           would
           go
           before
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           an
           example
           of
           penitent
           
             self-loathing
          
           for
           your
           sins
           ,
           and
           hearty
           conversion
           to
           the
           Lord
           .
           Is
           this
           your
           duty
           now
           ,
           or
           is
           it
           not
           ?
           If
           you
           cannot
           deny
           it
           ,
           I
           warn
           you
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           do
           not
           neglect
           it
           ;
           and
           do
           not
           by
           your
           disobedience
           to
           a
           
             convinced
          
           conscience
           ,
           prepare
           for
           a
           
             tormenting
          
           conscience
           .
           If
           you
           know
           your
           Masters
           will
           and
           do
           it
           not
           ,
           you
           shall
           be
           beaten
           with
           many
           stripes
           .
        
         
           And
           your
           
             publike
             capacity
             and
             work
             ,
          
           doth
           make
           
             your
             Repentance
          
           and
           
             holiness
          
           needfull
           to
           
             others
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           
             your selves
             .
          
           Had
           we
           none
           to
           govern
           us
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           entirely
           subject
           themselves
           to
           the
           government
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           none
           to
           make
           us
           Laws
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           have
           his
           Law
           transcribed
           upon
           their
           hearts
           ,
           O
           what
           a
           happy
           people
           should
           we
           be
           .
           Men
           are
           
             unlikely
          
           to
           make
           
             strckt
             Laws
             ,
          
           against
           the
           vices
           which
           they
           
             love
          
           and
           
             live
          
           in
           :
           or
           if
           they
           
             make
          
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           more
           unlikely
           to
           
             execute
          
           them
           .
           We
           can
           expect
           no
           great
           help
           against
           drunkenness
           ,
           swearing
           ,
           gaming
           ,
           filthiness
           ,
           and
           prophaneness
           ,
           from
           men
           that
           love
           these
           abominations
           so
           well
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           will
           rather
           part
           with
           God
           and
           their
           salvation
           ,
           then
           they
           will
           let
           them
           go
           .
           All
           
           men
           are
           born
           with
           a
           serpentine
           malice
           and
           emnity
           against
           the
           seed
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           rooted
           in
           their
           very
           natures
           .
           Custome
           in
           sin
           encreaseth
           this
           to
           more
           malignity
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           only
           renewing
           grace
           that
           doth
           overcome
           it
           .
           If
           therefore
           there
           should
           be
           any
           among
           our
           Rulers
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           cured
           of
           this
           mortall
           malady
           ,
           what
           friendship
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           them
           to
           the
           cause
           and
           servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           ?
           If
           you
           are
           all
           the
           children
           of
           God
           your selves
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           be
           your
           end
           ,
           and
           holiness
           your
           delight
           and
           business
           ,
           it
           will
           then
           be
           your
           principall
           care
           to
           encourage
           it
           ,
           and
           help
           the
           people
           to
           the
           happiness
           that
           you
           have
           found
           your selves
           .
           But
           if
           in
           any
           the
           originall
           (
           increased
           )
           enmity
           to
           God
           and
           godliness
           prevail
           ,
           we
           can
           expect
           no
           better
           (
           ordinarily
           )
           from
           such
           ,
           then
           that
           they
           oppose
           the
           holiness
           which
           they
           hate
           ,
           and
           do
           their
           worst
           to
           make
           us
           miserable
           .
           But
           woe
           to
           him
           that
           striveth
           against
           his
           Maker
           .
           Shall
           the
           thorns
           and
           bryers
           be
           set
           in
           battail
           against
           the
           consuming
           fire
           and
           prevail
           ?
           
             Isa.
          
           27.
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           Oh
           therefore
           for
           the
           Nations
           sake
           ,
           begin
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           cast
           away
           the
           sins
           which
           you
           would
           have
           the
           Nation
           cast
           away
           !
           All
           men
           can
           say
           ,
           that
           
             Ministers
          
           must
           teach
           by
           their
           
             lives
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           by
           their
           
             doctrines
             ;
          
           (
           and
           woe
           to
           them
           that
           do
           not
           .
           )
           And
           must
           not
           
             Magistrates
          
           as
           well
           
             govern
          
           by
           their
           
             lives
             ,
          
           as
           by
           their
           
             Laws
             ?
          
           Will
           you
           make
           Laws
           which
           you
           would
           not
           have
           men
           obey
           ?
           Or
           would
           you
           have
           the
           
             people
          
           to
           be
           better
           then
           your
           
             selves
             ?
          
           Or
           can
           you
           expect
           to
           be
           obeyed
           by
           others
           ,
           when
           you
           will
           not
           obey
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           your selves
           ?
           We
           beseech
           you
           therefore
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           a
           poor
           distressed
           Land
           ,
           
             let
             our
             recovery
             begin
             with
             you
             .
          
           God
           looks
           
           so
           much
           at
           the
           
             Rulers
          
           of
           a
           Nation
           in
           his
           dealings
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           ordinarily
           it
           goes
           with
           the
           people
           as
           their
           Rulers
           are
           .
           Till
           
             David
          
           had
           numbered
           the
           people
           ,
           God
           would
           not
           let
           out
           his
           wrath
           upon
           them
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           they
           that
           were
           the
           great
           offenders
           .
           If
           we
           see
           our
           Representative
           body
           begin
           in
           
             loathing
             themselves
             for
             all
             their
             iniquities
             ,
          
           and
           turning
           to
           the
           Lord
           with
           all
           their
           hearts
           ,
           we
           should
           yet
           believe
           that
           he
           is
           returning
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           will
           do
           us
           good
           after
           all
           our
           provocations
           ,
           Truly
           Gentlemen
           ,
           it
           is
           much
           
             from
             you
          
           that
           we
           must
           fetch
           our
           
             comfortable
          
           or
           
             sad
             prognosticks
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             life
          
           or
           
             death
          
           of
           this
           diseased
           Land
           .
           Whatever
           you
           do
           ,
           
             I
             know
             that
             it
             shall
             go
             well
             with
             the
             righteous
             ;
          
           but
           for
           the
           happiness
           or
           misery
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           generall
           ,
           it
           's
           
             you
          
           that
           are
           our
           best
           prognostication
           .
           If
           
             you
             repent
             your selves
             ,
          
           and
           become
           a
           
             holy
             people
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           it
           promiseth
           
             us
          
           deliverance
           :
           But
           if
           you
           harden
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           prove
           despisers
           of
           God
           and
           holiness
           ,
           it
           's
           like
           to
           be
           
             our
             temporall
             ,
          
           and
           sure
           to
           be
           
             your
             eternall
          
           undoing
           ,
           if
           saving
           grace
           do
           not
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           must
           needs
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           be
           not
           brought
           to
           
             loath
          
           your selves
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           because
           there
           is
           no
           
             loathsome
          
           matter
           in
           you
           .
           Did
           you
           see
           your
           inside
           ,
           you
           could
           not
           forbear
           it
           .
           As
           I
           think
           it
           would
           somewhat
           abate
           the
           pride
           of
           the
           most
           curious
           Gallants
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           but
           see
           what
           a
           heap
           of
           flegme
           ,
           and
           filth
           ,
           and
           dung
           ,
           (
           and
           perhaps
           crawling
           worms
           )
           there
           is
           within
           them
           .
           Much
           more
           should
           it
           make
           you
           loath
           your selves
           ,
           if
           you
           saw
           those
           sins
           that
           are
           a
           thousand
           times
           more
           odious
           .
           And
           to
           instigate
           you
           hereunto
           ,
           let
           me
           further
           reason
           with
           you
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           You
           can
           easily
           loath
           an
           enemy
           ;
           and
           who
           hath
           been
           a
           greater
           enemy
           to
           any
           of
           you
           ,
           then
           
             your selves
             ?
             Another
          
           may
           
             injure
             you
             ;
          
           but
           no
           man
           can
           everlastingly
           
             undo
          
           you
           ,
           but
           
             your selves
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           You
           abhorre
           him
           that
           kills
           your
           dearest
           friends
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           you
           by
           your
           sins
           that
           have
           put
           to
           death
           the
           Lord
           of
           life
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Who
           is
           it
           but
           your selves
           that
           hath
           robbed
           you
           of
           so
           much
           precious
           time
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           precious
           fruit
           of
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           mercies
           of
           the
           Lord
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           Who
           is
           it
           but
           your selves
           that
           hath
           brought
           you
           under
           Gods
           displeasure
           ?
           Poverty
           could
           not
           have
           made
           him
           loath
           you
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           besides
           your
           sins
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Who
           wounded
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           hath
           raised
           all
           your
           doubts
           and
           fears
           ?
           was
           it
           not
           your
           sinfull
           selves
           ?
        
         
           6.
           
           Who
           is
           it
           but
           your selves
           that
           hath
           brought
           you
           so
           neer
           the
           gulf
           of
           misery
           ?
           and
           endangered
           your
           eternall
           peace
           ?
        
         
           7.
           
           Consider
           the
           
             loathsome
          
           nature
           of
           your
           sins
           ,
           and
           how
           then
           can
           you
           choose
           but
           
             loath
          
           your selves
           ?
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           the
           creatures
           rebellion
           or
           disobedience
           against
           the
           absolute
           universall
           Soveraign
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           the
           deformity
           of
           Gods
           noblest
           creature
           here
           on
           earth
           ;
           and
           the
           abusing
           of
           the
           most
           noble
           faculties
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           is
           a
           stain
           so
           deep
           that
           nothing
           can
           wash
           out
           but
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           .
           The
           flood
           that
           drowned
           a
           world
           of
           sinners
           ,
           did
           not
           wash
           away
           their
           sins
           .
           The
           fire
           that
           consumed
           the
           Sodomites
           ,
           did
           not
           consume
           
           their
           sins
           .
           Hell
           it self
           can
           never
           end
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           have
           no
           end
           it self
           .
           It
           dieth
           not
           with
           you
           when
           you
           die
           :
           Though
           Churchyards
           are
           the
           guiltiest
           spots
           of
           ground
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           bury
           and
           hide
           our
           sin
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Church
           must
           
             loath
          
           it
           ,
           and
           must
           cast
           out
           the
           sinner
           as
           loathsome
           if
           he
           remain
           impenitent
           :
           and
           none
           of
           the
           servants
           of
           the
           Lord
           must
           have
           any
           friendship
           with
           the
           unfruitfull
           works
           of
           darkness
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           God
           himself
           doth
           loath
           the
           creature
           for
           sin
           ,
           and
           for
           nothing
           else
           but
           sin
           ,
           
             Zech.
          
           11.
           8.
           
           
             My
             soul
             loathed
             them
             .
          
           Deut.
           32.
           19.
           
           
             When
             the
             Lord
             saw
             it
             he
             abhorred
             them
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             provoking
             of
             his
             sons
             and
             daughters
             .
             ]
          
           Lev.
           26.
           30.
           
           
             My
             soul
             shall
             abhorre
             you
             .
             ]
          
           Psal.
           78.
           59.
           
           
             When
             God
             heard
             this
             he
             was
             wroth
             ,
             and
             greatly
             abhorred
             Israel
             .
          
           Lam.
           2.
           7.
           
           
             He
             abhorred
             his
             very
             Sanctuary
             .
             ]
             For
             he
             is
             of
             purer
             eyes
             then
             to
             behold
             iniquity
             ,
             Hab.
          
           1.
           13.
           
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           sentence
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           that
           
             a
             wicked
             man
             is
             loathsome
             and
             cometh
             to
             shame
             ,
          
           Prov.
           13.
           5.
           
           ]
           so
           that
           you
           see
           what
           abundant
           cause
           of
           
             self-abhorrence
          
           is
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           are
           much
           afraid
           of
           Gods
           departure
           ,
           when
           we
           see
           how
           common
           
             self-love
          
           is
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           how
           rare
           this
           
             penitent
             self-loathing
          
           is
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Do
           they
           
             loath
             themselves
          
           that
           on
           every
           occasion
           are
           contending
           for
           their
           honour
           ,
           and
           exalting
           themselves
           ,
           and
           venturing
           their
           very
           souls
           ,
           to
           be
           highest
           in
           the
           world
           for
           a
           little
           while
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           Do
           they
           
             loath
             themselves
          
           that
           are
           readier
           to
           
             justifie
          
           all
           their
           sins
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           
             extenuate
          
           them
           ,
           then
           humbly
           
             confess
          
           them
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Do
           they
           
             loath
             themselves
          
           for
           all
           their
           sins
           ,
           that
           cannot
           
             endure
             to
             be
             reproved
             ,
          
           but
           
             loath
          
           their
           friends
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           that
           
             tell
          
           them
           of
           their
           
             loathsomness
             ?
          
        
         
           4.
           
           Do
           they
           
             loath
             themselves
          
           that
           take
           their
           
             pride
          
           it self
           for
           
             manhood
             ,
          
           and
           Christian
           
             humility
          
           for
           
             baseness
             ,
          
           and
           
             brokenness
             of
             heart
          
           for
           
             whining
             hypocrisie
          
           or
           
             folly
             ,
          
           and
           call
           them
           a
           company
           of
           
             Priest-ridden
             fools
             ,
          
           that
           lament
           their
           sin
           ,
           and
           ease
           their
           souls
           by
           free
           confession
           ?
           Is
           the
           ruffling
           bravery
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           strange
           attyre
           ,
           the
           haughty
           carriage
           ,
           the
           feasting
           ,
           idleness
           and
           pomp
           ,
           the
           marks
           of
           such
           as
           
             loath
             themselves
          
           for
           all
           their
           abhominations
           ?
           why
           then
           was
           
             fasting
             ,
          
           and
           
             sack
             cloth
          
           and
           
             ashes
             ,
          
           the
           badg
           of
           such
           in
           ancient
           times
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           Do
           they
           
             loath
             themselves
          
           for
           all
           their
           sins
           ,
           who
           
             loath
             those
          
           that
           will
           not
           do
           as
           they
           ?
           and
           speak
           reproachfully
           of
           such
           as
           run
           not
           with
           them
           to
           the
           same
           excess
           of
           ryot
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           4.
           4.
           and
           count
           them
           precisians
           that
           dare
           not
           spit
           in
           the
           face
           of
           Christ
           ,
           by
           wilfull
           sinning
           as
           venturously
           and
           madly
           as
           themselves
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Or
           do
           they
           
             loath
             themselves
          
           for
           all
           their
           sins
           ,
           that
           
             love
          
           their
           sins
           ,
           even
           better
           then
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           by
           all
           the
           obtestations
           ,
           and
           commands
           ,
           and
           intreaties
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           be
           perswaded
           to
           forsake
           them
           ?
           How
           farre
           all
           these
           are
           from
           this
           
             self-loathing
             ,
          
           and
           how
           farre
           that
           
             Nation
          
           is
           from
           happiness
           where
           the
           
             Rulers
          
           or
           
             inhabitants
          
           are
           such
           ,
           is
           easie
           to
           
             conjecture
             .
          
        
         
           I
           should
           have
           minded
           you
           what
           
             sins
             of
             the
             Land
          
           must
           be
           
             remembred
             ,
          
           and
           
             loathed
          
           if
           we
           would
           have
           peace
           and
           healing
           .
           But
           as
           the
           glass
           forbids
           me
           ,
           so
           ,
           alas
           ,
           as
           the
           sins
           of
           
             Sodom
          
           they
           declare
           themselves
           .
           Though
           through
           the
           great
           mercy
           of
           the
           Lord
           the
           
           
             body
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             sober
             part
             ,
          
           have
           not
           been
           guilty
           of
           that
           Covenant-breaking
           perfidiousness
           ,
           treason
           ,
           sedition
           ,
           disobedience
           ,
           self-exalting
           ,
           and
           turbulencie
           as
           some
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           as
           ignorant
           forreigners
           through
           the
           calumnies
           of
           malicious
           adversaries
           may
           possibly
           believe
           ,
           yet
           must
           it
           be
           for
           a
           lamentation
           through
           all
           generations
           ,
           that
           
             any
          
           of
           those
           that
           
             went
             out
             from
             us
             ,
          
           have
           contracted
           the
           guilt
           of
           such
           abhominations
           ,
           and
           occasioned
           the
           enemies
           of
           the
           Lord
           to
           blaspheme
           ;
           and
           that
           any
           in
           the
           
             pride
          
           or
           
             simplicity
          
           of
           their
           hearts
           ,
           have
           followed
           the
           conduct
           of
           Jesuiticall
           seducers
           ,
           they
           knew
           not
           whither
           ,
           nor
           to
           what
           .
        
         
           That
           Profaness
           aboundeth
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           and
           drunkenness
           ,
           swearing
           ,
           fornication
           ,
           lasciviousness
           ,
           idleness
           ,
           pride
           and
           covetousness
           ,
           do
           still
           survive
           the
           Ministers
           that
           have
           wasted
           themselves
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           labours
           of
           faithfull
           Magistrates
           to
           this
           day
           !
           And
           that
           the
           two
           extreams
           of
           
             Heresie
          
           and
           
             Profaneness
             ,
          
           do
           increase
           each
           other
           ;
           and
           while
           they
           talk
           against
           each
           other
           ,
           they
           harden
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           both
           afflict
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
           But
           especially
           woe
           to
           
             England
          
           for
           that
           crying
           sin
           ,
           
             the
             scorning
             of
             a
             holy
             life
             ,
          
           if
           a
           wonder
           of
           mercy
           do
           not
           save
           us
           .
           That
           people
           
             professing
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
          
           should
           scorn
           the
           diligent
           
             practise
          
           of
           
             that
             Religion
          
           which
           
             themselves
             profess
             !
          
           That
           obedience
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           imitation
           of
           the
           example
           of
           our
           Saviour
           who
           came
           from
           Heaven
           to
           teach
           us
           Holiness
           ,
           should
           not
           only
           be
           neglected
           ,
           unreasonably
           and
           impiously
           neglected
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           a
           transcendent
           impious
           madness
           ,
           should
           be
           made
           a
           matter
           of
           reproach
           !
           That
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           
           into
           whose
           name
           as
           the
           sanctifier
           these
           men
           were
           themselves
           baptized
           ,
           should
           not
           only
           be
           resisted
           ,
           but
           his
           sanctifying
           work
           be
           made
           a
           scorn
           !
           That
           it
           should
           be
           made
           a
           matter
           of
           derision
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           to
           preferre
           his
           soul
           before
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           before
           earth
           ,
           and
           God
           before
           a
           transitory
           world
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           his
           reason
           in
           that
           for
           which
           it
           was
           principally
           given
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           wilfully
           mad
           in
           a
           case
           where
           madness
           will
           undo
           him
           unto
           all
           eternity
           !
           judg
           as
           you
           are
           men
           ,
           whether
           hell
           it self
           is
           like
           much
           to
           exceed
           such
           horrid
           wickedness
           !
           and
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           an
           astonishing
           wonder
           ,
           that
           ever
           a
           reasonable
           soul
           should
           be
           brought
           to
           such
           a
           height
           of
           abhomination
           .
           That
           they
           that
           profess
           to
           
             believe
             the
             holy
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             ,
          
           should
           deride
           the
           
             holiness
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Saints
          
           and
           their
           
             communion
             !
          
           that
           they
           that
           pray
           for
           the
           
             hallowing
             of
             Gods
             Name
             ,
          
           the
           
             coming
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             doing
             of
             his
             will
          
           even
           
             as
             it
             s
             done
             in
             Heaven
             ,
          
           should
           make
           a
           mock
           at
           all
           this
           that
           they
           
             pray
          
           for
           !
           How
           much
           further
           think
           you
           is
           it
           possible
           ,
           for
           wicked
           souls
           to
           go
           in
           sinning
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           the
           
             God
             of
             Heaven
             himself
          
           that
           they
           make
           a
           scorn
           of
           ?
           Is
           not
           Holiness
           
             his
             image
             ?
          
           Did
           not
           
             he
          
           make
           the
           
             Law
          
           that
           doth
           command
           it
           ;
           professing
           that
           none
           shall
           see
           his
           face
           without
           it
           ?
           
             Heb.
          
           12.
           14.
           
           O
           sinfull
           Nation
           !
           O
           people
           laden
           with
           iniquity
           ,
           Repent
           ,
           Repent
           ,
           speedily
           and
           with
           
             self-loathing
          
           Repent
           of
           this
           inhumane
           crime
           ,
           lest
           God
           should
           take
           away
           your
           glory
           ,
           and
           enter
           himself
           into
           judgment
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           plead
           against
           you
           the
           scorn
           that
           you
           have
           cast
           upon
           the
           Creator
           ,
           the
           Saviour
           ,
           the
           sanctifier
           to
           whom
           you
           were
           engaged
           in
           your
           baptismall
           
           vows
           !
           Lest
           when
           he
           plagueth
           and
           condemneth
           you
           he
           say
           ,
           
             Why
             persecuted
             you
             me
             ?
          
           (
           Acts
           9.
           4.
           )
           
             Inasmuch
             as
             you
             did
             it
             to
             one
             of
             the
             least
             of
             these
             my
             brethren
             ,
             ye
             did
             it
             unto
             me
             .
             ]
          
           Read
           .
           
             Prov.
          
           1.
           20.
           to
           the
           end
           .
           When
           
             Israel
             mocked
             the
             messengers
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             despised
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             misused
             his
             Prophets
             ,
             his
             wrath
             arose
             against
             his
             people
             till
             there
             was
             no
             remedy
             ,
          
           2
           Chron.
           26.
           16.
           
           And
           O
           that
           you
           that
           are
           the
           Physicions
           of
           this
           diseased
           Land
           ,
           would
           specially
           call
           them
           to
           Repentance
           for
           
             this
             ,
          
           and
           help
           them
           against
           it
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           Having
           called
           you
           first
           to
           
             Remember
             your
             misdoings
             ,
          
           and
           secondly
           to
           
             loath
             your selves
             in
             your
             own
             eyes
             for
             them
             ;
          
           I
           must
           add
           a
           third
           ,
           That
           you
           stop
           not
           here
           ,
           but
           proceed
           to
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           or
           else
           all
           the
           rest
           is
           but
           hypocrisie
           .
           And
           here
           it
           is
           that
           I
           most
           earnestly
           intreat
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           for
           their
           best
           assistance
           .
           O
           make
           not
           the
           forementioned
           sins
           your
           own
           ;
           lest
           you
           hear
           from
           God
           ,
           
             quod
             minus
             crimine
             ,
             quam
             absolutione
             peccatum
             est
             .
          
           Though
           
             England
          
           hath
           been
           used
           to
           cry
           loud
           for
           
             liberty
             ,
          
           let
           them
           not
           have
           liberty
           to
           abuse
           their
           Maker
           ,
           and
           to
           damn
           their
           souls
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           hinder
           it
           .
           
             Optimus
             est
             reipublicae
             status
             ,
             ubi
             nulla
             libertas
             deest
             ,
             nisi
             licentia
             pereundi
             ,
          
           as
           
             Nero
          
           once
           was
           told
           by
           his
           unsuccessfull
           Tutor
           .
           Use
           not
           men
           to
           a
           liberty
           of
           scorning
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           lest
           you
           teach
           them
           to
           scorn
           yours
           :
           For
           can
           you
           expect
           to
           be
           better
           used
           then
           God
           .
           And
           
             cui
             plus
             licet
             quam
             par
             est
             ,
             plus
             vult
             quam
             licet
          
           (
           Gell.
           l.
           17.
           c.
           14.
           )
           We
           have
           all
           seen
           the
           evils
           of
           
             Liberty
          
           to
           be
           
             wanton
             in
             Religion
             :
          
           Is
           it
           not
           worse
           to
           have
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           to
           
             deride
             Religion
             ?
          
           If
           men
           shall
           have
           leave
           to
           go
           quietly
           to
           
           hell
           
             themselves
             ,
          
           let
           them
           not
           have
           leave
           to
           
             mock
          
           poor
           souls
           from
           Heaven
           .
           The
           suffering
           to
           the
           sound
           in
           faith
           is
           as
           nothing
           :
           for
           what
           is
           the
           foaming
           rage
           of
           mad
           men
           to
           be
           regarded
           ?
           But
           that
           in
           
             England
             God
             should
             be
             so
             provoked
             ,
          
           and
           
             souls
             so
             hindered
          
           from
           the
           pathes
           of
           life
           ,
           that
           whoever
           will
           be
           converted
           and
           saved
           ,
           must
           be
           made
           a
           laughing
           stock
           (
           which
           carnall
           mindes
           cannot
           endure
           ,
           )
           this
           is
           the
           mischief
           which
           we
           deprecate
           .
        
         
           The
           eyes
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           are
           much
           upon
           you
           ,
           some
           high
           in
           hopes
           ,
           some
           deep
           in
           fears
           ,
           some
           waiting
           in
           dubious
           expectations
           for
           the
           issue
           of
           your
           counsels
           .
           Great
           expectations
           ,
           in
           deep
           necessities
           ,
           should
           awake
           you
           to
           the
           greatest
           care
           and
           diligence
           .
           Though
           I
           would
           not
           by
           omitting
           any
           necessary
           directions
           or
           admonitions
           to
           you
           ,
           invite
           the
           world
           to
           think
           that
           I
           speak
           to
           such
           as
           cannot
           endure
           to
           hear
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           Honourable
           an
           Assembly
           doth
           call
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           to
           do
           those
           works
           of
           their
           proper
           office
           ,
           which
           yet
           they
           will
           be
           offended
           if
           they
           do
           ;
           yet
           had
           I
           rather
           erre
           in
           the
           
             defective
          
           part
           ,
           then
           by
           
             excess
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           shall
           not
           presume
           to
           be
           too
           particular
           .
           Only
           in
           generall
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           a
           trembling
           yet
           hoping
           Nation
           ,
           I
           most
           earnestly
           beseech
           and
           warn
           you
           ,
           that
           
             you
             own
             and
             promote
             the
             power
             and
             practise
             of
             Godliness
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
          
           and
           that
           as
           God
           whose
           
             Ministers
          
           you
           are
           
             (
             Rom.
          
           13.
           4.
           
           )
           
             is
             a
             Rewarder
             of
             them
             that
             diligently
             seek
             him
             ,
          
           Heb.
           11.
           6.
           and
           hath
           made
           this
           a
           principall
           Article
           of
           our
           Faith
           ;
           so
           you
           would
           imitate
           your
           absolute
           Lord
           ,
           and
           
             honour
             them
             that
             fear
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           encourage
           
             them
             that
             diligently
          
           
           
             seek
             him
             .
          
           And
           may
           I
           not
           freely
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           
             God
          
           should
           have
           the
           
             precedencie
             ?
          
           and
           that
           you
           must
           
             first
             seek
             his
             Kingdom
             and
             the
             Righteousness
             thereof
             ,
          
           and
           he
           will
           facilitate
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           work
           .
           Surely
           no
           Powers
           on
           earth
           should
           be
           offended
           ,
           that
           the
           God
           from
           whom
           ,
           and
           for
           whom
           ,
           and
           through
           whom
           they
           have
           what
           they
           have
           ,
           is
           preferred
           before
           them
           ;
           when
           they
           should
           own
           no
           interest
           but
           his
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           subservient
           to
           it
           .
           I
           have
           long
           thought
           that
           pretences
           of
           a
           necessity
           of
           beginning
           with
           our
           own
           affairs
           ,
           hath
           frustrated
           our
           hopes
           from
           many
           Parliaments
           already
           :
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           by
           delayes
           the
           enemies
           of
           our
           peace
           have
           got
           advantage
           to
           cross
           our
           ends
           and
           attain
           their
           own
           .
           Our
           calamities
           
             begun
          
           in
           
             differences
             about
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           still
           
             that
             's
          
           the
           wound
           that
           most
           needs
           closing
           :
           and
           if
           
             that
             were
             done
             ,
             how
             easily
          
           (
           I
           dare
           confidently
           speak
           it
           )
           
             would
             the
             generality
             of
             sober
             godly
             people
             ,
             be
             agreed
             in
             things
             civill
             ,
             and
             become
             the
             strength
             and
             glory
             of
             the
             Soveraign
          
           (
           under
           God
           ?
           )
           And
           though
           with
           grief
           and
           shame
           we
           see
           this
           work
           so
           long
           undone
           (
           may
           we
           hope
           that
           God
           hath
           reserved
           it
           to
           this
           season
           .
           )
           Yet
           I
           have
           the
           confidence
           to
           profess
           ,
           that
           
             (
             as
             the
             exalting
             of
             one
             party
             by
             the
             ejection
             and
             persecuting
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             is
             the
             sinfull
             way
             to
             your
             dishonour
             and
             our
             ruine
             ,
             so
             the
             termes
             on
             which
             the
             differing
             parties
             most
             considerable
             among
             us
             ,
             may
             safely
             ,
             easily
             and
             suddenly
             unite
             ,
             are
             very
             obvious
             ;
             and
             our
             concord
             a
             very
             easie
             thing
             ,
             if
             the
             prudent
             and
             moderate
             might
             be
             the
             guides
             ,
             and
             selfish
             interests
             and
             passion
             did
             not
             set
             us
             at
             a
             further
             distance
             then
             our
             principles
             have
             done
             .
          
           And
           to
           shew
           you
           the
           facility
           of
           such
           an
           agreement
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           that
           such
           personall
           
           matters
           are
           much
           liable
           to
           misinterpretations
           ,
           I
           should
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           Reverend
           Primate
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           consented
           (
           in
           less
           than
           half
           an
           hoursdebate
           )
           to
           five
           or
           six
           Propositions
           which
           I
           offered
           him
           ,
           as
           sufficient
           for
           the
           Concord
           of
           the
           moderate
           Episcopall
           and
           Presbyterians
           ,
           without
           forsaking
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Parties
           .
           O
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           yet
           shew
           so
           much
           mercy
           to
           a
           sinfull
           Nation
           ,
           as
           to
           put
           it
           into
           your
           hearts
           to
           
             promote
             but
             the
             practise
             of
             those
             Christian
             principles
             which
             we
             are
             all
             agreed
             in
             :
          
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           controversie
           among
           us
           
             whether
             God
             should
             be
             obeyed
          
           and
           
             hell
             avoided
             ,
          
           and
           
             Heaven
             first
             sought
             ,
          
           and
           
             Scripture
             be
             the
             rule
             and
             test
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           
             sin
             abhorred
             and
             cast
             out
             .
          
           O
           that
           you
           would
           but
           further
           the
           practise
           of
           
             this
          
           with
           all
           your
           might
           :
           We
           crave
           not
           of
           you
           any
           Lordship
           or
           dominion
           ,
           nor
           riches
           ,
           nor
           interest
           in
           your
           temporall
           affairs
           :
           we
           had
           rather
           see
           a
           Law
           to
           exclude
           all
           Ecclesiasticks
           from
           all
           power
           of
           force
           :
           The
           God
           of
           Heaven
           that
           will
           judg
           you
           and
           us
           ,
           will
           be
           a
           righteous
           Judg
           betwixt
           us
           ,
           whether
           we
           crave
           any
           thing
           unreasonable
           at
           your
           hands
           .
           These
           are
           the
           summe
           of
           our
           requests
           :
           1.
           
           That
           
             Holiness
          
           may
           be
           encouraged
           ,
           and
           the
           overspreading
           prophaneness
           of
           this
           Nation
           effectually
           kept
           down
           .
           2.
           
           That
           an
           
             able
             diligent
             Ministry
          
           may
           be
           encouraged
           ,
           and
           not
           
             corrupted
             by
             temporall
             power
             .
          
           3.
           
           That
           
             Discipline
          
           may
           be
           
             seriously
             promoted
             ,
          
           and
           Ministers
           no
           more
           hindred
           by
           Magistrates
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           
             their
          
           office
           ,
           then
           Physicions
           and
           Schoolmasters
           are
           in
           
             theirs
             ;
          
           seeing
           it
           is
           but
           a
           
             Government
             like
             theirs
             ,
          
           consisting
           in
           the
           liberty
           of
           conscionable
           managing
           the
           works
           of
           our
           own
           office
           that
           we
           expect
           :
           Give
           us
           but
           leave
           to
           
           labour
           in
           Christs
           Vineyard
           with
           such
           encouragement
           as
           the
           necessity
           of
           obstinate
           souls
           requireth
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           ask
           no
           more
           .
           You
           have
           less
           cause
           to
           restrain
           us
           from
           
             discipline
          
           then
           from
           
             preaching
             :
          
           for
           it
           is
           a
           
             more
             flesh-displeasing
          
           work
           that
           we
           are
           
             hardlier
          
           brought
           to
           .
           I
           foretell
           you
           ,
           that
           
             you
             shut
             out
             me
             and
             all
             that
             are
             of
             my
             minde
             ,
          
           if
           you
           would
           force
           us
           to
           administer
           
             Sacraments
          
           without
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           and
           without
           the
           conduct
           of
           our
           own
           discretion
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Magistrate
           appoints
           it
           ;
           as
           if
           a
           Physicion
           must
           give
           no
           Physick
           but
           by
           
             your
             prescript
             .
          
           The
           
             antidisciplinarian
          
           Magistrate
           I
           could
           as
           resolutely
           suffer
           under
           as
           the
           
             superstitious
             ;
          
           it
           being
           
             worse
          
           to
           
             cast
             out
             Discipline
             ,
          
           then
           to
           
             erre
          
           in
           the
           
             circumstances
          
           of
           it
           .
           The
           question
           is
           not
           ,
           
             whether
             Bishops
             or
             no
             ?
          
           but
           
             whether
             Discipline
             or
             none
             ?
          
           and
           
             whether
             enow
             to
             use
             it
             ?
          
           4.
           
           We
           earnestly
           request
           that
           
             Scripture
             sufficiency
             as
             the
             test
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           
             only
             universall
             Law
             of
             Christ
          
           may
           be
           maintained
           :
           and
           that
           
             nothing
             unnecessary
             may
             be
             imposed
             as
             necessary
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           
             Churches
             unity
          
           laid
           on
           that
           which
           
             will
             not
             bear
             it
             ,
             nor
             ever
             did
             .
          
           O
           that
           we
           might
           but
           have
           leave
           to
           serve
           God
           only
           as
           Christ
           hath
           commanded
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           to
           Heaven
           in
           the
           same
           way
           as
           the
           Apostles
           did
           !
           These
           are
           our
           desires
           ;
           and
           whether
           they
           are
           reasonable
           God
           will
           judg
           .
        
         
           
             Give
             first
             to
             God
             the
             things
             that
             are
             Gods
             ,
          
           and
           then
           
             give
             Caesar
             the
             things
             that
             are
             Caesars
             .
          
           Let
           your
           
             wisdome
          
           be
           
             first
             pure
             ,
          
           and
           
             then
             peaceable
             .
          
           Not
           but
           that
           we
           are
           resolved
           to
           be
           loyall
           to
           Soveraignty
           ,
           though
           you
           deny
           us
           all
           these
           :
           whatever
           malicious
           men
           pretend
           ,
           
             that
             is
             not
          
           nor
           
             shall
             not
          
           be
           our
           difference
           .
           I
           have
           proved
           more
           publikely
           when
           it
           was
           more
           dangerous
           
           to
           publish
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           
             generality
          
           of
           the
           Orthodox
           sober
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           godly
           people
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           did
           never
           consent
           to
           King-killing
           ,
           and
           resisting
           Soveraign
           Power
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           change
           of
           the
           ancient
           Government
           of
           this
           Land
           ;
           but
           abhorred
           the
           pride
           and
           ambition
           that
           attempted
           it
           .
           I
           again
           repeat
           it
           :
           The
           blood
           of
           some
           ,
           the
           imprisonment
           and
           displacing
           of
           others
           ,
           the
           banishment
           or
           flight
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           detestations
           and
           publike
           protestations
           of
           more
           ;
           the
           oft
           declared
           sense
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           the
           warres
           and
           sad
           estate
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           have
           all
           declared
           before
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           the
           shame
           of
           calumniators
           ,
           that
           the
           generallity
           of
           the
           orthodox
           sober
           Protestants
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           have
           been
           true
           to
           their
           allegiance
           ,
           and
           detesters
           of
           unfaithfullness
           and
           ambition
           in
           subjects
           ,
           and
           resisters
           of
           heresie
           and
           schisme
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           Anarchie
           and
           Democraticall
           confusions
           in
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Land
           hath
           ringed
           with
           complaints
           and
           threatnings
           against
           my self
           ,
           for
           publishing
           a
           
             little
          
           of
           the
           mixture
           of
           Jesuiticall
           and
           Familisticall
           contrivances
           ,
           for
           taking
           down
           together
           our
           Government
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           new
           ones
           for
           the
           introduction
           of
           Popery
           ,
           infidelity
           and
           heresie
           ;
           yet
           I
           am
           assured
           that
           there
           is
           much
           more
           of
           this
           confederacie
           ,
           for
           the
           all-seeing
           
             God
          
           to
           discover
           in
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           shame
           of
           Papists
           ,
           that
           cannot
           be
           content
           to
           write
           themselves
           for
           the
           killing
           of
           Kings
           when
           the
           Pope
           hath
           once
           excommunicated
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Decrees
           of
           a
           Generall
           Councill
           at
           the
           Laterane
           ,
           to
           depose
           Princes
           that
           will
           extirpate
           such
           as
           the
           Pope
           calls
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           absolve
           all
           their
           subjects
           from
           their
           fidelity
           and
           allegiance
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           also
           creep
           into
           the
           
           Councils
           and
           Armies
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           taking
           the
           advantage
           of
           successes
           and
           ambition
           ,
           withdraw
           men
           at
           once
           from
           their
           Religion
           and
           allegiance
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           cheat
           the
           world
           into
           a
           belief
           ,
           that
           Treasons
           are
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           Protestant
           profession
           ,
           when
           these
           masked
           Juglers
           have
           come
           by
           night
           and
           sown
           and
           cherished
           these
           Romish
           tares
           .
           As
           a
           
             Papist
          
           must
           
             cease
          
           to
           be
           
             a
             Papist
          
           if
           he
           will
           be
           
             truly
             and
             fully
             loyall
          
           to
           his
           Soveraign
           (
           as
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           prove
           against
           any
           adversary
           ;
           )
           so
           
             a
             Protestant
          
           must
           so
           farre
           
             cease
          
           to
           be
           
             a
             Protestant
          
           before
           he
           can
           be
           disloyall
           .
           For
           
             Rom.
          
           13.
           is
           part
           of
           the
           Rule
           of
           his
           Religion
           .
           Unhappily
           there
           hath
           been
           a
           difference
           among
           us
           ,
           
             which
             is
             the
             higher
             Power
             ,
          
           when
           those
           that
           have
           their
           shares
           in
           the
           Soveraignty
           are
           divided
           :
           But
           whether
           we
           should
           be
           subject
           to
           the
           Higher
           Power
           is
           no
           question
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           ask
           of
           you
           for
           my self
           nor
           any
           of
           my
           brethren
           as
           for
           themselves
           :
           But
           that
           you
           
             will
             be
             friends
             to
             serious
             preaching
             and
             holy
             living
             ,
          
           and
           will
           not
           
             ensnare
             our
             consciences
             with
             any
             unscripturall
             inventions
             of
             men
             ,
          
           this
           I
           would
           beg
           of
           you
           as
           on
           my
           knees
           :
           1.
           
           As
           
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           whose
           cause
           and
           people
           it
           is
           that
           I
           am
           pleading
           for
           .
           2.
           
           For
           
             the
             sake
             of
             thousands
             of
             poore
             souls
          
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           whose
           salvation
           or
           damnation
           will
           be
           much
           promoted
           by
           you
           .
           3.
           
           For
           
             the
             sake
             of
             thousands
             of
             the
             dear
             servants
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           whose
           eyes
           are
           waiting
           to
           see
           what
           God
           will
           do
           by
           your
           hands
           .
           4.
           
           For
           
             your
             own
             sakes
             ,
          
           who
           are
           
             undone
          
           if
           you
           dash
           your selves
           on
           the
           rock
           you
           should
           build
           on
           ,
           and
           set
           against
           the
           holy
           God
           ,
           and
           turn
           the
           cries
           of
           his
           servants
           to
           Heaven
           for
           deliverance
           from
           you
           ,
           
             Luk.
          
           18.
           8.
           
           If
           you
           
             slumble
          
           on
           
           Christ
           he
           will
           
             break
             you
             in
             pieces
             ;
          
           but
           if
           
             he
             fall
             upon
             you
          
           he
           will
           
             grind
             you
             to
             powder
             .
          
           5.
           
           For
           
             the
             sake
             of
             your
             posterity
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           bred
           up
           in
           ignorance
           or
           ungodliness
           .
           6.
           
           For
           
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             Nation
             and
             your selves
             ;
          
           that
           you
           turn
           by
           all
           the
           suspicions
           and
           fears
           that
           are
           raised
           in
           the
           Land
           .
           7.
           
           For
           
             the
             honour
             of
             sound
             Doctrine
             and
             Church
             Government
             ,
          
           that
           you
           may
           not
           bring
           
             schisme
          
           into
           
             greater
             credit
          
           then
           now
           you
           have
           brought
           it
           to
           
             deserved
             shame
             .
          
           For
           if
           you
           
             frown
             on
             godliness
          
           under
           pretence
           of
           
             uniformity
             in
             unnecessary
             things
             ,
          
           and
           make
           times
           worse
           then
           when
           Libertinisme
           and
           schisme
           so
           prevailed
           ,
           the
           people
           will
           look
           back
           with
           groans
           and
           say
           ,
           
             what
             happy
             times
             did
             we
             once
             see
             ?
          
           and
           so
           will
           
             honour
             schisme
             ,
             and
             libertinisme
             ,
             and
             usurpation
             ,
          
           through
           
             your
             oppression
             .
          
           8.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           beg
           this
           of
           you
           ,
           for
           
             the
             Honour
             of
             Soveragnty
             and
             the
             Nations
             Peace
             .
          
           A
           Prince
           of
           a
           holy
           people
           is
           most
           Honourable
           .
           The
           interest
           of
           holiness
           is
           Christs
           own
           :
           Happy
           is
           that
           Prince
           that
           espouseth
           this
           ,
           and
           subjecteth
           all
           his
           own
           unto
           it
           .
           See
           
             Psal.
          
           1.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           &
           101.
           
           &
           15.
           4.
           
           It
           is
           the
           conscionable
           ,
           prudent
           ,
           godly
           people
           of
           the
           Land
           that
           must
           be
           the
           glory
           and
           strength
           of
           their
           lawfull
           Soveraign
           .
           
             Their
             Prayers
          
           will
           serve
           him
           better
           then
           the
           
             hideous
             Oaths
             and
             Curses
          
           of
           the
           prophane
           .
           Woe
           to
           the
           Rulers
           that
           set
           themselves
           against
           the
           interest
           of
           Christ
           and
           holiness
           .
           Read
           
             Psal.
          
           2.
           or
           that
           
             make
             snares
          
           for
           their
           consciences
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           persecute
           them
           as
           
             disobedients
             ,
          
           who
           are
           desirous
           to
           obey
           their
           Rulers
           in
           subordination
           to
           the
           Lord
           .
           See
           
             Dan.
          
           3.
           
           &
           6.
           5
           ,
           10
           ,
           13.
           
           I
           have
           dealt
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           told
           you
           the
           very
           truth
           .
           If
           God
           have
           now
           a
           blessing
           for
           you
           and
           us
           ,
           you
           will
           obey
           it
           :
           but
           
           if
           you
           refuse
           ,
           then
           look
           to
           your selves
           and
           answer
           it
           if
           you
           can
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           in
           spite
           of
           earth
           and
           hell
           ,
           it
           shall
           go
           well
           with
           them
           that
           live
           by
           faith
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .