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             Gods free mercy to England presented as a pretious and powerfull motive to humiliation : in a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, Feb. 23, 1641 / by Edmvnd Calamy ...
             Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.
          
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           Gods
           free
           Mercy
           TO
           ENGLAND
           .
           Presented
           as
           a
           Pretious
           ,
           and
           Powerfull
           motive
           to
           Humiliation
           :
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           at
           their
           late
           solemne
           Fast
           ,
           
             Feb.
          
           23.
           1641.
           
        
         
           
             By
          
           EDMVND
           CALAMY
           ,
           
             B.D.
             and
             Preacher
             at
             Aldermanbury
             London
             .
          
        
         
           JOEL
           2.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           also
           now
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           Turne
           ye
           even
           to
           me
           with
           all
           your
           heart
           ,
           and
           with
           fasting
           ,
           and
           with
           weeping
           ,
           and
           with
           mourning
           :
           and
           rent
           your
           heart
           ,
           and
           not
           your
           garments
           ,
           and
           turne
           unto
           the
           Lord
           your
           God
           :
           for
           he
           is
           gracious
           and
           mercifull
           ,
           slow
           to
           anger
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           kindnesse
           ,
           and
           repenteth
           him
           of
           the
           evill
           :
           Who
           knoweth
           if
           he
           will
           returne
           and
           repent
           ,
           and
           leave
           a
           blessing
           behind
           him
           ,
           even
           a
           meate-offering
           ,
           and
           a
           drink-offering
           unto
           the
           Lord
           your
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             Published
             by
             Order
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           CHRISTOPHER
           MEREDITH
           ,
           at
           the
           Crane
           in
           S.
           PAVLS
           Church-yard
           ,
           1642.
           
        
      
       
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONORABLE
           HOVSE
           OF
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           AMong
           all
           the
           
             Mercies
          
           which
           God
           hath
           vouchsafed
           to
           bestow
           upō
           this
           Kingdome
           by
           your
           helpe
           ,
           the
           procuring
           of
           a
           
             Monethly
             Fast
             ,
          
           from
           his
           
             Royall
             Majesty
          
           (
           during
           the
           warres
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           unsetled
           condition
           of
           
             England
             )
          
           is
           not
           the
           
             least
             .
          
           For
           by
           this
           meanes
           the
           Churches
           of
           
             England
          
           are
           set
           in
           a
           
             monethly
             posture
             of
             warre
          
           to
           fight
           with
           
             Prayers
             and
             Teares
          
           (
           which
           are
           the
           Churches
           weapons
           )
           against
           all
           the
           enemies
           of
           our
           peace
           and
           prosperity
           :
           And
           may
           very
           fitly
           resemble
           the
           
             Tree
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           mentioned
           Revel.
           22.
           2.
           
             which
             yeelded
             her
             fruite
             every
             Moneth
             ,
             and
             the
             leaves
             of
             the
             tree
             were
             for
             the
             healing
             of
             the
             Nations
             .
          
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           this
           
             Monethly
             Fast
          
           will
           prove
           an
           England-and-Ireland-healing
           Fast
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           celebrated
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           with
           weeping
           ,
           mourning
           ,
           and
           brokennesse
           of
           heart
           for
           sin
           ,
           and
           from
           sin
           .
           Great
           is
           the
           
             efficacy
             ,
          
           and
           
             omnipotency
          
           of
           prayer
           and
           fasting
           :
           So
           great
           ,
           
           as
           that
           it
           would
           require
           rather
           a
           large
           volume
           than
           a
           
           short
           Epistle
           to
           expresse
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           purposely
           wave
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           theame
           in
           which
           a
           child
           cannot
           want
           eloquence
           ,
           &
           in
           which
           I
           should
           sooner
           know
           where
           to
           begin
           ,
           than
           where
           to
           make
           an
           end
           .
           As
           the
           Jewes
           had
           their
           
             Monethly
             Feast
             ,
          
           which
           they
           called
           their
           
             New
             Moones
             ,
          
           in
           
           which
           the
           
             Word
             was
             preached
             ,
             their
             shops
             shut
             up
             ,
             &
             special
             sacrifices
             offered
             up
             to
             God
             :
          
           And
           as
           they
           had
           their
           
             Feast
             of
             Trumpets
             ,
          
           in
           which
           they
           blowed
           their
           trumpets
           all
           day
           long
           (
           especially
           in
           their
           first
           New
           Moone
           )
           from
           Sun-rising
           ,
           till
           night
           :
           So
           ,
           Blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           we
           now
           enjoy
           
             our
             Christian
             New
             Moones
             ,
          
           and
           
             Evangelical
             Feast
             of
             Trumpets
             .
          
           We
           have
           not
           o●…ely
           our
           Monethly
           
             Sacrament
             Feast
          
           to
           refresh
           our
           soules
           withall
           ,
           in
           most
           of
           our
           congregations
           ,
           (
           which
           would
           be
           as
           the
           
             hidden
             Manna
             ,
             Revel.
          
           2.
           17.
           an
           unspeakeable
           consolation
           to
           the
           Religious
           party
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           be
           pleased
           (
           most
           ,
           noble
           Senators
           )
           to
           appoint
           by
           your
           authority
           
             some
             spirituall
             railes
          
           (
           as
           you
           have
           taken
           away
           other
           
             kind
             of
             railes
             )
          
           to
           keepe
           away
           all
           dogs
           and
           swine
           from
           polluting
           that
           holy
           Ordinance
           )
           but
           we
           have
           also
           our
           
             New
             Moone
             F●…st
             ,
          
           in
           which
           the
           
             Word
          
           is
           preached
           ,
           
             trading
          
           ceaseth
           ,
           and
           
             Sacrifices
             of
             prayer
             ,
             praises
             ,
             and
             almes
             ,
          
           are
           tendred
           up
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           in
           the
           name
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           We
           have
           our
           
             Feast
             of
             Trumpets
             ,
          
           in
           which
           our
           godly
           Ministers
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           lift
           up
           their
           voices
           as
           a
           Trumpet
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           whole
           day
           ▪
           are
           either
           
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             people
             to
             God
             ,
          
           or
           
             Gods
             mouth
             to
          
           
           
             the
             people
             ,
          
           shewing
           unto
           England
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           people
           of
           this
           Land
           their
           transgressions
           ,
           and
           calling
           them
           to
           humiliation
           ,
           and
           reformation
           .
           From
           hence
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           That
           (
           if
           
             Englands
             just
             feares
             ,
          
           and
           
             Irelands
             miseries
          
           should
           so
           long
           continue
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           sinnes
           )
           we
           are
           likely
           to
           be
           
             blessed
          
           by
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           bringing
           good
           out
           of
           evill
           ,
           with
           
             twelve
             Nationall
             ,
             
             solemne
             ,
             publike
             Fasts
             every
             yeare
             ,
          
           which
           (
           if
           rightly
           kept
           )
           will
           be
           as
           the
           
             twelve
             Gates
          
           of
           the
           
             New
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           spoken
           of
           ,
           
             Revel.
          
           21.
           
           Every
           
             fast
          
           will
           be
           as
           a
           
             Gate
          
           to
           let
           us
           in
           ,
           into
           a
           
             part
          
           of
           the
           
             New
             Jerusalem
          
           of
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           and
           happinesse
           promised
           to
           the
           people
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           here
           upon
           earth
           .
           And
           there
           is
           one
           thing
           more
           ,
           which
           addes
           much
           to
           this
           new
           monethly
           mercy
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           That
           notwithstanding
           your
           most
           weighty
           and
           important
           affaires
           ,
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           keepe
           this
           Fast
           ,
           your selves
           in
           your
           own
           Persons
           ,
           after
           a
           most
           solemne
           and
           religious
           manner
           every
           Moneth
           .
           Which
           pious
           example
           no
           doubt
           will
           be
           a
           notable
           
             incouragement
          
           to
           all
           the
           Kingdome
           to
           follow
           so
           good
           a
           President
           ,
           and
           a
           mighty
           provocation
           to
           the
           religious
           and
           solemne
           observance
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           said
           expresly
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           of
           
             Niniveh
          
           (
           though
           a
           Heathen
           )
           
             that
             he
             came
             from
             his
             Throne
             ,
             laid
             his
             robes
             from
             him
             ,
          
           and
           that
           his
           Nobles
           and
           people
           
             from
             the
             greatest
             of
             them
             to
             the
             least
             put
             on
             sackcloth
             .
          
           And
           ,
           as
           
             Chrysostome
          
           well
           observeth
           ,
           Their
           
             sackcloth
          
           prevailed
           more
           with
           God
           ,
           then
           all
           their
           
             purple
             robes
             :
             Quod
             non
             poterat
             Diadema
             ,
             id
             saccus
             obtinuit
             .
          
           Such
           a
           famous
           
             example
          
           doe
           you
           hold
           forth
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           chiefest
           of
           our
           Tribes
           ;
           to
           which
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           lowest
           of
           our
           people
           (
           unlesse
           they
           will
           bee
           worse
           than
           Heathens
           )
           will
           cheerefully
           conforme
           .
        
         
           This
           insuing
           
             Sermon
          
           was
           preached
           at
           your
           last
           
             Monthly
             Fast
             ,
          
           and
           it
           is
           now
           by
           your
           
             command
          
           exposed
           to
           publique
           view
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           makes
           it
           worthy
           the
           Printing
           ,
           but
           onely
           your
           
             kinde
             acceptance
          
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           a
           
             Royall
             stampe
          
           upon
           some
           
             inferiour
             metall
          
           to
           make
           it
           
             currant
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           property
           as
           of
           
             God
          
           in
           
             Heaven
             ,
          
           so
           also
           of
           all
           
             earthly
             gods
          
           who
           are
           truly
           noble
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           give
           great
           gifts
           worthy
           of
           the
           givers
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           accept
           of
           poore
           and
           small
           gifts
           ,
           though
           unworthy
           
           to
           be
           given
           ,
           when
           given
           with
           a
           thankfull
           heart
           ,
           as
           of
           a
           
             *
          
           
             handfull
             of
             water
             ,
          
           a
           
             cup
             of
             cold
             water
             ,
          
           a
           
             poore
             widowes
             mite
             ,
          
           a
           
             little
             goates
             haire
             ,
          
           and
           semblably
           of
           this
           following
           
             discourse
             ,
          
           which
           now
           becomes
           publike
           under
           your
           Patronage
           .
           The
           Lord
           grant
           it
           may
           accomplish
           that
           for
           which
           it
           was
           Preached
           !
           That
           
             Englands
             mercies
          
           may
           be
           a
           motive
           ,
           and
           a
           meanes
           of
           
             Englands
             humiliation
          
           and
           
             Reformation
             .
          
           And
           that
           by
           confessing
           our
           sinnes
           with
           a
           
             happy
             confusion
             of
             face
          
           (
           as
           the
           Text
           requires
           )
           wee
           may
           prevent
           
             that
             unhappy
             confusion
             ,
          
           which
           is
           otherwise
           likely
           to
           come
           upon
           us
           .
           The
           same
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           multiply
           all
           his
           gifts
           and
           graces
           upon
           you
           ,
           be
           a
           
             Sunne
          
           and
           a
           
             shield
          
           unto
           you
           ,
           appearing
           alwaies
           in
           the
           
             Mount
             of
             straits
             ,
          
           causing
           all
           
             Mountaines
             to
             become
             a
             Plaine
             before
             you
             ,
          
           &
           inabling
           you
           to
           consummate
           all
           those
           good
           things
           which
           you
           have
           begun
           to
           doe
           for
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           .
        
         
           So
           prayeth
           
             your
             much
             obliged
             spirituall
             Servant
             ,
             EDMVND
             CALAMY
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Die
           Veneris
           25.
           
           
             Febr.
          
           1641.
           
        
         
           
             IT
             is
             this
             day
             ordered
             by
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             That
             no
             man
             shall
             Print
             the
             Sermons
             Preached
             at
             the
             last
             Fast
             day
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             by
             Mr.
          
           Calamy
           
             and
             Mr.
          
           Marshall
           ,
           
             besides
             themselves
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             these
             two
             moneths
             ,
             without
             the
             particular
             licence
             and
             approbation
             of
             the
             said
             House
             of
             Commons
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             ELSYING
             Cler.
             Parl.
             D.
             Com.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           These
           are
           to
           give
           notice
           ,
           that
           I
           appoint
           
             C.
             Meridith
          
           to
           Print
           my
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           
             EDM.
             CALAMY
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           AT
           A
           FAST
           Before
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           .
        
         
           
             EZEK.
             36.
             32.
             
          
           
             
               Not
               for
               your
               sakes
               doe
               I
               this
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               God
               ,
               be
               it
               known
               unto
               you
               :
               be
               ashamed
               and
               confounded
               for
               your
               owne
               waies
               ,
               O
               house
               of
               Israel
               .
            
          
        
         
           WE
           are
           here
           met
           this
           day
           to
           keep
           a
           day
           of
           humiliation
           ,
           to
           out-cry
           the
           cry
           of
           our
           sinnes
           by
           the
           cry
           of
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           teares
           ,
           to
           wrastle
           with
           God
           ,
           with
           our
           hearts
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           devill
           :
           With
           God
           for
           a
           blessing
           upon
           England
           &
           Ireland
           ;
           with
           our
           hearts
           ,
           to
           get
           and
           keep
           them
           in
           a
           frame
           sutable
           to
           the
           worke
           ;
           with
           the
           devill
           ,
           least
           he
           steale
           away
           the
           benefit
           of
           this
           day
           .
           Now
           as
           the
           
           Wiseman
           saith
           ,
           
             Who
             knowes
             what
             a
             day
             may
             bring
             forth
             ?
          
           Who
           knows
           what
           a
           mercy
           such
           a
           day
           as
           this
           may
           bring
           forth
           ?
           Who
           knows
           what
           a
           rare
           successe
           this
           day
           may
           have
           throughout
           all
           England
           ?
           The
           Lord
           give
           a
           blessing
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           help
           you
           in
           the
           work
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           I
           have
           chosen
           this
           Text
           .
           It
           is
           the
           skill
           of
           a
           workeman
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           make
           good
           work
           ,
           but
           
             fit
          
           worke
           .
           A
           garment
           is
           not
           well
           made
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           good
           ,
           if
           not
           
             fit
          
           made
           :
           This
           hath
           been
           my
           care
           to
           choose
           a
           
             fit
             text
             .
          
           It
           
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           but
           that
           God
           hath
           done
           much
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           that
           England
           hath
           done
           much
           against
           God
           .
           Now
           my
           purpose
           is
           to
           lay
           the
           sins
           of
           England
           against
           God
           in
           one
           scale
           ,
           and
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           to
           England
           in
           the
           other
           scale
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           upon
           you
           this
           day
           to
           be
           humbled
           ,
           and
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           broken
           in
           heart
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           ever
           you
           should
           sinne
           against
           such
           a
           God
           .
           There
           are
           but
           two
           wayes
           to
           breake
           a
           stony
           heart
           :
           As
           there
           are
           two
           wayes
           to
           cure
           a
           stone
           in
           the
           bladder
           :
           either
           by
           cutting
           out
           the
           stone
           ,
           or
           by
           dissolving
           it
           with
           soft
           medicines
           ;
           So
           there
           are
           but
           two
           wayes
           to
           cure
           a
           stony
           heart
           :
           either
           by
           the
           
             heart-cutting
          
           threatnings
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           
             heart-melting
          
           mercies
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ;
           I
           have
           this
           day
           chosen
           the
           latter
           way
           .
           I
           will
           not
           carry
           you
           up
           to
           
             Mount
             Eball
             ,
          
           or
           
             Mount
             Sinai
             :
          
           But
           to
           the
           
             Mount
             of
             Blessings
             .
          
           And
           I
           shall
           labour
           by
           the
           heart-dissolving
           mercies
           of
           the
           Gospell
           to
           breake
           your
           stony
           hearts
           :
           It
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           a
           Minister
           to
           follow
           God
           in
           his
           providence
           .
           When
           God
           sends
           judgements
           upon
           a
           Nation
           ,
           then
           must
           we
           preach
           judgements
           to
           that
           Nation
           ;
           But
           when
           he
           sends
           mercies
           ,
           then
           must
           we
           preach
           mercy
           :
           Now
           God
           hath
           brought
           England
           into
           the
           
             schoole
             of
             mercy
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           placed
           it
           
             in
             the
             highest
             forme
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           made
           it
           Captaine
           of
           the
           schoole
           .
           And
           it
           is
           my
           duty
           to
           teach
           you
           what
           lessons
           you
           are
           to
           learne
           in
           this
           schoole
           .
           This
           Text
           holds
           forth
           one
           lesson
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           proper
           lesson
           for
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           confounded
           and
           ashamed
           ,
           that
           ever
           we
           should
           sinne
           against
           such
           a
           God
           .
           I
           read
           in
           the
           second
           of
           Judges
           ,
           that
           there
           came
           an
           
             Angell
             of
             the
             Lord
             from
             Gilgall
             ,
             to
             the
             people
             of
             Israel
             in
             Bochim
             ,
          
           and
           preached
           a
           Sermon
           of
           mercy
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           commemorates
           ,
           First
           Gods
           kindnesse
           in
           bringing
           them
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           into
           Canaan
           ;
           and
           secondly
           ,
           Their
           unkindnesse
           in
           disobeying
           of
           God
           :
           And
           all
           the
           people
           when
           they
           had
           heard
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           
             lifted
             up
             their
             voyces
             and
             wept
             ,
          
           in
           so
           much
           as
           the
           very
           place
           was
           called
           
             Bochim
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Weepers
             .
          
           This
           Angell
           was
           not
           an
           
             Angell
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
          
           but
           a
           
             Minister
             ,
          
           as
           most
           thinke
           :
           And
           therefore
           he
           is
           said
           to
           come
           
             from
             Gilgall
             ,
          
           not
           
             from
             heaven
             :
          
           The
           Rabbines
           say
           it
           was
           
             Pbine
             has
             the
             sonne
             of
             Eleazar
             :
          
           God
           hath
           sent
           me
           hither
           this
           day
           as
           his
           Angell
           upon
           the
           same
           Embassage
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           reminde
           you
           of
           Gods
           merci●…s
           to
           us
           :
           And
           of
           our
           ingratitude
           against
           him
           :
           O
           that
           it
           might
           have
           the
           same
           effect
           :
           That
           we
           may
           all
           of
           us
           lift
           up
           our
           
           voyces
           and
           weep
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Church
           may
           be
           called
           a
           
             Bochim
             ,
          
           a
           place
           of
           weepers
           !
        
         
           
             In
             the
             words
             themselves
             we
             have
             foure
             parts
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             A
             mercy
             supposed
             :
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               I
               will
               do
               this
               :
            
             which
             intimates
             ,
             That
             God
             had
             promised
             to
             do
             something
             for
             the
             house
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             Mercy
             proposed
             :
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               I
               will
               do
               this
               saith
               ,
               the
               Lord
               God
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             false
             reason
             of
             this
             mercy
             deposed
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             proclamation
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Not
               for
               your
               sakes
               do
               I
               this
               ,
               be
               it
               knowne
               unto
               you
               O
               house
               of
               Israel
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             true
             use
             of
             the
             mercy
             imposed
             :
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Be
               ashamed
               and
               confounded
               for
               your
               owne
               wayes
               ,
               O
               house
               of
               Israel
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           mercy
           supposed
           :
           
             I
             will
             do
             this
             :
          
           If
           you
           looke
           backe
           into
           the
           Chapter
           you
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           God
           promises
           many
           rare
           
           and
           great
           mercies
           to
           the
           house
           of
           Israel
           ,
           Mercies
           in
           Folio
           ,
           Mercies
           unspeakable
           :
           God
           promises
           
             to
             gather
             them
             out
             of
             all
             Countries
             :
          
           
           
             And
             to
             bring
             them
             backe
             to
             their
             owne
             land
             ;
             To
             cleanse
             them
             from
             Idols
             :
             And
             from
             all
             filthinesse
             :
             To
             sprinkle
             cleane
             water
             upon
          
           
           
             them
             :
             To
             give
             them
             a
             new
             heart
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             spirit
             :
             And
             to
             take
             away
             their
             hearts
             of
             stone
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             them
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             :
             And
             to
             multiply
             all
             outward
             blessings
             upon
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Observe
           from
           hence
           ;
        
         
           That
           God
           doth
           sometimes
           shew
           mercy
           to
           a
           Nation
           when
           it
           
           least
           
             deserves
          
           it
           ,
           and
           least
           
             expects
          
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           apparent
           out
           of
           the
           text
           :
           When
           
             Ezekiel
          
           wrote
           these
           words
           ,
           the
           house
           of
           Israel
           was
           in
           the
           house
           of
           bondage
           ,
           Captive
           in
           Babylon
           .
           Their
           condition
           was
           so
           desperate
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           misery
           ,
           that
           
             Ezekiel
          
           compares
           them
           to
           
             dry
             bones
             in
             the
             grave
             ,
             chap.
          
           37.
           
           And
           God
           demands
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             :
             Can
             these
             drie
          
           
           
             bones
             live
             ?
          
           He
           answers
           :
           
             O
             Lord
             God
             thou
             knowest
             :
          
           for
           my
           part
           I
           know
           not
           .
           Their
           estate
           was
           
             hopelesse
             ,
          
           and
           
             helplesse
             :
          
           And
           it
           was
           as
           desperate
           in
           regard
           of
           sinfulnesse
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           the
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           verses
           of
           this
           Chapter
           :
           When
           they
           were
           in
           their
           owne
           land
           ,
           they
           were
           as
           abominable
           before
           the
           Lord
           as
           the
           
             uncleannesse
             of
             a
             menstruous
          
           
           
             woman
             :
          
           And
           when
           they
           came
           into
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           they
           were
           so
           wicked
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           holy
           name
           of
           God
           was
           prophaned
           by
           them
           while
           the
           
             Babylonians
          
           out
           of
           scorn
           &
           contempt
           said
           ,
           
             These
             a●…e
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             are
             gone
             forth
             out
             of
             his
             land
             :
          
           And
           yet
           behold
           
           God
           doth
           here
           promise
           to
           performe
           rich
           and
           unexpected
           mercies
           to
           such
           an
           undeserving
           Nation
           .
        
         
           My
           desire
           is
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           may
           be
           a
           
             Looking-glasse
          
           for
           this
           Nation
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           may
           behold
           the
           severall
           miracles
           of
           mercy
           that
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           :
           A
           Nation
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           beloved
           ,
           and
           yet
           beloved
           above
           all
           Nations
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           God
           hath
           made
           us
           like
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           taller
           by
           the
           head
           in
           mercies
           than
           all
           other
           Nations
           :
           There
           was
           indeed
           a
           time
           when
           this
           Island
           was
           called
           
             Albion
             ,
             ab
             albis
             Rupibus
             ;
          
           but
           at
           that
           time
           it
           was
           black
           ,
           and
           defiled
           ,
           worshipping
           of
           stockes
           and
           stones
           ,
           even
           the
           Devill
           in
           stead
           of
           God
           :
           We
           had
           our
           
             Druides
             ,
          
           our
           
             Flamines
          
           and
           
             Archiflamines
             ;
          
           We
           offered
           our
           Sonnes
           and
           daughters
           alive
           in
           sacrifice
           ,
           
             Non
             ad
             honorem
             ,
             sed
             ad
             injuriam
             religionis
             :
          
           Our
           religion
           was
           
             Tristissimum
             superstitionum
             Chaos
             ,
          
           as
           
             Cambden
          
           saith
           :
           but
           it
           pleased
           God
           ,
           presently
           after
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           to
           send
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           among
           us
           :
           Christ
           made
           haste
           to
           convert
           England
           ;
           Some
           say
           that
           
             James
          
           the
           brother
           of
           
             John
             ,
          
           some
           
             S●…mon
             Ze●…tes
             ,
          
           some
           that
           
             Peter
          
           and
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           but
           all
           agree
           that
           
             Joseph
          
           of
           
             A●…imathea
          
           preached
           the
           Gospell
           here
           ,
           and
           
             here
             he
             died
             :
          
           And
           that
           which
           makes
           much
           for
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           to
           this
           happy
           Island
           ;
           the
           first
           
             Christian
             King
          
           that
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           was
           King
           
             Lucius
          
           a
           Britaine
           ;
           and
           the
           first
           
             Christian
             Emperour
          
           was
           borne
           in
           England
           ,
           even
           
             Constantine
          
           the
           Great
           :
           And
           when
           wee
           came
           afterwards
           to
           be
           wofully
           drowned
           with
           
             Popish
             heresies
             and
             Idolatry
             ;
          
           the
           
             first
             King
          
           that
           ever
           
             shooke
             off
             subjection
             to
             Antichrist
             ,
          
           after
           he
           was
           discovered
           by
           
             Luther
             ,
          
           was
           
             King
             Henry
             the
             eighth
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             first
             King
          
           that
           ever
           wrote
           in
           Print
           that
           the
           
             Pope
             was
             Antichrist
             ,
          
           was
           
             King
             James
          
           of
           famous
           memory
           ;
           God
           hath
           made
           us
           not
           only
           
             Protestants
             ,
          
           but
           
             reformed
             Protestants
             ;
          
           We
           have
           enjoyed
           the
           
             Gospell
             of
             peace
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             peace
             of
             the
             Gospell
          
           for
           almost
           an
           hundred
           yeares
           :
           In
           this
           
             Century
          
           God
           hath
           multiplied
           deliverances
           upon
           deliverances
           ;
           we
           have
           had
           our
           88.
           and
           our
           Gunpowder
           deliverances
           ,
           but
           as
           
             Benjamins
             messe
          
           did
           exceed
           all
           his
           brethrens
           ,
           and
           as
           
             Josephs
             shease
          
           was
           lifted
           up
           above
           the
           
             sheaves
          
           of
           his
           brethren
           ;
           so
           the
           mercies
           of
           these
           two
           last
           yeares
           do
           farre
           exceed
           all
           the
           mercies
           that
           ever
           this
           Nation
           did
           receive
           since
           the
           first
           Reformation
           ,
           mercies
           that
           deserve
           to
           be
           ingraven
           in
           every
           one
           of
           our
           hearts
           :
           And
           if
           
             Achilles
          
           was
           happy
           in
           
             Alexanders
             
             judgement
             ,
          
           because
           he
           had
           a
           
             Homer
          
           to
           record
           his
           fame
           :
           It
           would
           no
           doubt
           be
           a
           great
           honour
           to
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           a
           
             better
             Homer
          
           to
           Chronicle
           the
           passages
           of
           these
           late
           yeares
           :
           Give
           mee
           leave
           to
           name
           ,
           and
           but
           to
           name
           some
           few
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           
             bappy
             Pacification
             between●…
             Scotland
             and
             England
             ;
          
           God
           hath
           freed
           us
           from
           
             Civill
          
           warres
           ,
           which
           of
           all
           warres
           are
           most
           
             uncivill
             ;
          
           from
           intestine
           warres
           ,
           warres
           that
           would
           have
           eaten
           out
           our
           owne
           bowels
           ;
           from
           warres
           of
           
             Protestant
          
           with
           
             Protestant
             ,
          
           which
           of
           all
           warres
           are
           most
           cruell
           :
           
             Odia
             proximorum
             sunt
             acerrima
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           
             mighty
             turne
             that
             God
             hath
             made
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             for
             the
             better
             ;
          
           for
           wee
           were
           all
           upon
           the
           
             Tropicks
          
           turning
           to
           Popery
           ,
           as
           some
           that
           are
           most
           moderate
           do
           now
           confesse
           :
           The
           ill
           affected
           party
           had
           got
           a
           mighty
           faction
           ,
           men
           in
           authority
           &
           power
           ;
           pits
           were
           digged
           for
           the
           Righteous
           ;
           Gallowses
           provided
           for
           
             Mordecai
             ,
          
           because
           hee
           would
           not
           bow
           to
           
             Haman
             ;
          
           dens
           of
           Lions
           for
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           because
           he
           would
           not
           leave
           praying
           ;
           fiery
           furnaces
           for
           the
           three
           
             children
             ,
          
           because
           they
           would
           not
           worship
           the
           golden
           
             Image
             ;
          
           dungeons
           for
           
             Jeremy
             ,
          
           because
           he
           would
           preach
           the
           truth
           with
           boldnesse
           ;
           We
           were
           like
           
             firebrands
          
           in
           the
           fire
           ;
           like
           
             birds
          
           in
           the
           snare
           ;
           but
           God
           Almighty
           hath
           made
           a
           blessed
           turne
           of
           things
           for
           the
           better
           :
           the
           enemies
           are
           throwne
           into
           the
           dens
           &
           dungeons
           they
           prepared
           for
           the
           godly
           ,
           the
           pits
           they
           digged
           for
           others
           they
           themselves
           are
           fallen
           into
           ;
           the
           enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           hang
           downe
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           the
           godly
           begin
           to
           lift
           them
           up
           ;
           Our
           
             Isaacs
          
           are
           delivered
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Rammes
          
           are
           caught
           in
           the
           bush
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Wiseman
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Righteous
          
           
           
             is
             delivered
             out
             of
             trouble
             ,
             and
             the
             wicked
             commeth
             in
             his
             stead
             ;
             The
             wicked
             shall
             be
             a
             ransome
             for
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             the
             transgressours
             for
          
           
           
             the
             upright
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           
             Protestation
             against
             all
             Popery
             and
             Popish
             Innovations
             ;
          
           next
           to
           that
           Protestation
           from
           which
           we
           beare
           the
           name
           of
           Protestants
           the
           greatest
           mercy
           ;
           God
           hath
           brought
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           good
           to
           this
           Kingdome
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           The
           
             great
             hope
             we
             have
             of
             a
             reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             State
             .
          
           We
           may
           now
           say
           in
           some
           good
           measure
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           Canticles
           2.
           11.
           
           
             The
             winter
             is
             past
             ,
             the
             raine
             is
             over
             and
             gone
             ,
             the
             flowers
             appeare
             on
             the
             earth
             ,
             the
             time
             of
             the
             singing
             of
             birds
             is
             come
             :
          
           
           You
           know
           the
           birds
           sing
           early
           in
           the
           morning
           at
           the
           break
           of
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           flowers
           appeare
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Spring
           ;
           Blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           faire
           spring
           towards
           ,
           the
           day
           begins
           to
           dawne
           ,
           Reformation
           begins
           to
           blossome
           ,
           and
           we
           hope
           that
           the
           winter
           of
           adversitie
           is
           past
           and
           gone
           ,
           unlesse
           our
           new
           sinnes
           do
           provoke
           God
           to
           repent
           of
           the
           good
           he
           intends
           to
           do
           unto
           us
           ,
           as
           hee
           dealt
           with
           
             Saul
          
           for
           his
           new
           transgression
           ,
           after
           hee
           had
           thought
           to
           have
           established
           him
           King
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           13.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           The
           
             many
             grievous
             yoakes
             that
             God
             hath
             freed
             us
             from
             ,
          
           so
           many
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           day
           would
           hardly
           suffice
           to
           repeat
           them
           :
           God
           hath
           delivered
           us
           from
           
             Civill
             yoakes
             ,
          
           and
           from
           
             Spirituall
             ;
          
           from
           Monopolies
           ;
           from
           the
           late
           Canons
           mounted
           up
           against
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           but
           now
           turned
           against
           themselves
           ;
           from
           the
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           terrible
           High
           Commission
           ,
           that
           wrack
           and
           torture
           of
           conscience
           ,
           and
           conscientious
           men
           ;
           which
           was
           appointed
           like
           the
           dogs
           in
           the
           
             Capito●…l
             ,
          
           to
           scare
           away
           theeves
           ,
           but
           hath
           for
           the
           most
           part
           barked
           onely
           at
           honest
           men
           ;
           from
           those
           two
           terrible
           Oathes
           ,
           the
           Oath
           
             ex
             Officio
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Oath
           of
           the
           late
           Canons
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Prelaticall
           party
           thought
           for
           ever
           to
           rivet
           themselves
           into
           the
           Kingdone
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           above
           the
           hurt
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           this
           Oath
           is
           now
           made
           the
           great
           Canon
           to
           shoot
           them
           downe
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           The
           
             discovery
             of
             the
             secret
             underminers
             that
             have
             for
             these
             many
             yeares
             laboured
             to
             blow
             up
             our
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             Puritan
          
           to
           scare
           all
           men
           from
           being
           
             Protestants
             :
          
           God
           hath
           done
           to
           us
           as
           he
           did
           to
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           opened
           a
           
             doore
             in
             the
             wall
          
           to
           behold
           all
           the
           trecheries
           that
           are
           plotted
           in
           secret
           ,
           &
           there
           is
           nothing
           devised
           against
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           but
           God
           raises
           up
           one
           
             E●…isha
          
           or
           other
           to
           discover
           it
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           as
           we
           may
           say
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           
             Balaam
          
           of
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           
             Surely
             there
             is
             no
             ●…nchantment
             against
             England
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             any
             divination
             against
             the
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           Here
           are
           six
           mercies
           :
           Now
           there
           are
           also
           divers
           circumstances
           with
           which
           these
           mercies
           are
           apparelled
           ,
           that
           are
           as
           remarkeable
           as
           the
           mercies
           themselves
           ;
           as
           we
           say
           of
           some
           things
           ,
           that
           the
           curious
           workmanship
           of
           them
           is
           more
           worth
           than
           the
           things
           themselves
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           a
           Watch
           or
           Clocke
           )
           so
           these
           circumstances
           are
           as
           glorious
           and
           as
           observable
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           than
           the
           mercies
           themselves
           ;
           and
           these
           are
           likewise
           six
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           for
           God
           to
           doe
           all
           this
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           doe
           it
           in
           a
           
             legall
             way
             ,
             in
             a
             Parliamentary
             way
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           first
           Circumstance
           .
           It
           was
           that
           which
           our
           enemies
           did
           much
           threaten
           that
           wee
           should
           never
           see
           Parliament
           more
           ,
           but
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           we
           doe
           see
           it
           to
           our
           great
           joy
           and
           comfort
           .
           It
           was
           the
           happines
           of
           England
           that
           in
           her
           
             first
             reformation
          
           she
           was
           acted
           by
           authority
           :
           Our
           reformation
           began
           from
           the
           
             head
             ,
          
           and
           not
           from
           the
           
             feet
             :
          
           And
           it
           is
           now
           no
           little
           blessing
           ,
           That
           this
           second
           reformation
           beginnes
           from
           the
           heads
           of
           our
           Tribes
           in
           the
           
             old
          
           and
           
             good
             way
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           not
           by
           a
           popular
           tumult
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           doe
           it
           in
           a
           
             peaceable
             way
             :
          
           It
           is
           with
           us
           as
           it
           was
           in
           the
           building
           of
           
             Solomons
          
           Temple
           ;
           Here
           is
           no
           noise
           of
           hammers
           ,
           or
           axes
           ,
           but
           all
           in
           a
           quiet
           way
           :
           Whereas
           other
           Nations
           have
           travailed
           through
           blood
           to
           a
           reformation
           ,
           All
           things
           are
           managed
           among
           us
           without
           blood-shed
           ,
           
             blessed
             be
             God
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           to
           doe
           it
           
             in
             a
             praying
             way
             ;
          
           not
           by
           the
           
             weapons
             of
             war
             ,
          
           but
           by
           the
           
             weapons
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             Prayers
             and
             Teares
             ;
          
           In
           stead
           of
           
             fighting
             ,
          
           we
           have
           
             Fasting
             ,
          
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           enemies
           
             drummes
             ,
          
           we
           have
           
             Aarons
             bels
          
           sounding
           in
           our
           eares
           :
           
             Our
             people
             have
             prayed
             up
             a
             reformation
             .
          
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           to
           doe
           all
           this
           for
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           in
           a
           most
           
             desperate
             condition
             ;
          
           when
           all
           our
           
             faithfull
             Ministers
          
           with
           one
           lippe
           preached
           desolation
           and
           destruction
           ,
           when
           thousands
           had
           left
           us
           as
           
             Rats
          
           &
           
             Mice
          
           doe
           a
           house
           when
           it
           is
           ready
           to
           
             fall
             ,
          
           when
           we
           
           
             lay
             among
             the
             pots
          
           fullyed
           with
           superstition
           ;
           for
           God
           then
           to
           begin
           to
           make
           us
           ,
           
             as
             the
             wings
             of
             a
             Dove
             covered
             with
             silver
             ,
             and
             her
             feathers
             with
             yellow
             gold
             ;
          
           to
           make
           us
           a
           glorious
           Church
           ,
           to
           purge
           out
           our
           drosse
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           gives
           just
           offence
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           us
           
             white
             as
             the
             snow
             in
             Salmon
             ;
          
           (
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Salmon
             ,
          
           That
           it
           is
           
           an
           high
           hill
           shadowed
           with
           trees
           ,
           darke
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           pits
           ,
           but
           when
           the
           snow
           is
           upon
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           white
           .
           Our
           condition
           was
           like
           the
           hill
           of
           
             Salmon
             ,
          
           we
           were
           in
           darke
           and
           dismall
           condition
           ,
           full
           of
           pits
           and
           snares
           ,
           but
           God
           is
           making
           us
           
             white
             as
             the
             Snow
             in
             Salmon
             ,
          
           and
           all
           on
           the
           suddaine
           contrary
           to
           all
           expectation
           is
           opening
           
             a
             doore
             of
             hope
          
           for
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           in
           the
           
             valley
             of
             Achor
             .
             )
          
           This
           is
           an
           admirable
           circumstance
           .
        
         
           Fiftly
           ,
           to
           doe
           all
           this
           ,
           
             for
             such
             a
             sinfull
             Nation
             as
             England
             :
          
           a
           Nation
           which
           hath
           
             ingrossed
          
           all
           those
           sins
           for
           which
           God
           hath
           destroyed
           
           other
           Nations
           ,
           as
           namely
           ,
           
             Contempt
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             Countenancing
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             loathing
             of
             Manna
             ,
             Crying
             downe
             Preaching
             〈◊〉
             the
             Idoll
             of
             England
             ,
             preaching
             against
             Preaching
             :
          
           Teaching
           for
           good
           doctrine
           ,
           
             That
             Bishops
             and
             tithes
             are
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             is
             but
             Jure
             human●…
             :
          
           crying
           up
           the
           
             holines
             of
             Churches
             ,
          
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           crying
           downe
           the
           
             frequency
             of
             Preaching
             in
             these
             Churches
             :
          
           exalting
           the
           
             holines
             of
             places
             ,
          
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           depressing
           the
           
             holinesse
             of
             persons
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             holines
             of
             the
             Christian
             Sabbath
             :
          
           A
           nation
           guilty
           of
           
             Apostasie
             ,
             Opposition
             to
             Reformation
             ,
             Bitternesse
             against
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
          
           loaded
           with
           
             blood-guiltinesse
             ,
             blasphemies
             ,
             adulteries
             ,
             oppression
             ,
             drunkennes
             ,
             covetousnes
             ,
          
           and
           such
           like
           sinnes
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           And
           to
           doe
           all
           this
           
             for
             such
             a
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           
             not
             for
             other
             Nations
             ;
          
           Not
           for
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           not
           for
           
             Ireland
             .
          
           Although
           we
           drinke
           as
           deepe
           of
           the
           cup
           of
           sinne
           as
           they
           ,
           yet
           that
           God
           should
           give
           us
           no
           cup
           ,
           but
           a
           cup
           full
           of
           mercy
           to
           drinke
           off
           ;
           to
           make
           us
           like
           
             Goshen
             ,
          
           when
           all
           other
           Protestant
           Nations
           are
           plagued
           as
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           O
           what
           a
           rare
           Circumstance
           is
           this
           !
        
         
           These
           mercies
           ,
           and
           these
           circumstances
           are
           so
           great
           and
           so
           wonderfull
           ,
           as
           that
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           as
           many
           tongues
           as
           haires
           on
           my
           head
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           all
           suffice
           to
           set
           out
           the
           praises
           of
           God
           for
           them
           :
           And
           indeed
           I
           can
           hardly
           forbeare
           from
           turning
           this
           day
           of
           humiliation
           ,
           into
           a
           day
           of
           thanksgiving
           .
           Surely
           God
           requires
           a
           
             thousand
             thousand
             Hallelujahs
             ;
          
           And
           that
           we
           should
           blesse
           him
           upon
           a
           
             thousand
             stringed
             Instrument
             :
          
           Here
           is
           
             fewell
          
           enough
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             kindle
             a
             great
             fire
             in
             every
             one
             of
             our
             hearts
             ,
             to
             burne
             out
             all
             our
             lusts
             :
             to
             infiame
             our
             cold
             hearts
             with
             the
             love
             of
             such
             a
             God
             :
             and
             to
             make
             us
             ashamed
             and
             confounded
             that
             ever
             wee
             should
             sinne
             against
             him
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           these
           mercies
           ,
           
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             I
             will
             doe
             this
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             .
          
           Here
           I
           observe
           ,
           
             That
             the
             deliverances
             that
             come
             to
             a
             Nation
             ,
             come
             from
             Jehovah
             Adonai
             .
             Nationall
             mercies
             come
             from
             the
             God
             of
             Nations
             ;
          
           And
           that
           all
           
           the
           world
           may
           take
           notice
           that
           mercies
           come
           from
           God
           ,
           he
           ordinarily
           doth
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           he
           delivers
           Nations
           
             at
             su●…h
             times
             ,
          
           and
           when
           they
           are
           in
           
             such
             straites
             ,
          
           as
           that
           
             none
             but
             a
             God
             can
             deliver
             them
             .
          
           Thus
           he
           delivered
           his
           people
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           when
           they
           were
           in
           their
           worst
           
           estate
           ,
           
             Cum
             duplicant●…r
             lateres
             ,
             tunc
             venit
             Deus
             :
          
           thus
           he
           delivered
           his
           people
           out
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           as
           
             dry
             bones
             in
             the
             grave
          
           past
           hope
           ;
           this
           is
           a
           time
           fit
           for
           a
           God
           to
           worke
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           
             Deut.
             32.
             36.
             
             The
             Lord
             shall
             judge
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             repent
             himselfe
             for
             his
             servants
             ,
             when
             he
             seeth
             that
             their
             power
             is
             gone
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             none
             shut
             up
             ,
             or
             left
             .
          
        
         
           Hee
           delivers
           Nations
           by
           such
           wayes
           and
           such
           meanes
           that
           
           none
           but
           a
           God
           can
           doe
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             By
             little
             meanes
             :
          
           Thus
           he
           tels
           
             Gideon
             ,
             The
             people
             that
             are
          
           
           
             with
             thee
             are
             too
             many
             for
             me
             to
             give
             the
             Midianites
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             lest
             Israel
             vaunt
             themselves
             against
             me
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Mine
             owne
             hand
             hath
             saved
             me
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           he
           brings
           the
           Army
           from
           32
           
             thousand
             ,
          
           to
           
             ten
             thousand
             ,
          
           and
           from
           
             ten
             thousand
             ,
          
           to
           
             three
             hundred
             ;
          
           and
           afterwards
           delivers
           them
           without
           the
           helpe
           of
           these
           
             three
             hundred
             ,
             by
             Trumpets
             ,
             Pitchers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Lamps
             :
          
           Thus
           he
           delivered
           Israel
           from
           a
           huge
           hoast
           of
           Philistims
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           
             Jonathan
             and
             his
             Armor-bearer
             :
          
           
           And
           in
           2
           
             Kings
          
           3.
           22
           ,
           23.
           he
           makes
           a
           fancy
           to
           be
           the
           foundation
           of
           a
           great
           victory
           ,
           the
           
             Sun
             shines
          
           upon
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           the
           Moabi●…es
           
             conceive
             it
             to
             be
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Israelites
             ,
          
           and
           by
           this
           fancy
           were
           vanquished
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             By
             unlikely
             meanes
             :
          
           Thus
           God
           preserved
           
             Noah
          
           by
           an
           
             A●…ke
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           was
           buryed
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           
             darke
             sepulcher
             ;
          
           dwelling
           among
           wilde
           beasts
           ,
           floating
           on
           the
           waters
           without
           a
           Pilot
           to
           guide
           him
           ;
           onely
           the
           Text
           saith
           ,
           
             God
             shut
             him
             in
             ,
          
           and
           by
           his
           
           power
           kept
           him
           from
           sinking
           :
           Thus
           God
           made
           the
           Jaylor
           (
           an
           unlikely
           Instrument
           )
           to
           wash
           
             the
             stripes
             of
             Paul
             and
             Silas
             ,
          
           and
           
           
             Revel.
          
           12.
           16.
           he
           makes
           
             the
             earth
             to
             helpe
             the
             Woman
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           basest
           and
           the
           most
           unlikeliest
           of
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             By
             contrary
             meanes
             :
          
           Thus
           
             Jonah
          
           was
           preserved
           from
           drowning
           by
           a
           
             Whale
             ,
          
           and
           was
           kept
           
             vivus
             in
             sepulchro
             ;
          
           thus
           
             Joseph
          
           was
           made
           Lord
           of
           Egypt
           by
           being
           
             cast
             into
             prison
             ,
          
           and
           the
           blinde
           man
           cured
           with
           
             clay
             and
             spittle
             ,
          
           a
           way
           more
           likely
           to
           put
           out
           his
           eyes
           than
           to
           cure
           him
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             Without
             any
             meanes
             at
             all
             :
          
           And
           thus
           God
           delivered
           his
           people
           out
           of
           Babylon
           ;
           
             For
             when
             God
             turned
             againe
             the
             captivity
          
           
           
             of
             Sion
          
           (
           saith
           
             David
             )
             they
             were
             like
             unto
             them
             that
             dreame
             ;
          
           now
           men
           know
           not
           what
           they
           shal
           dreame
           of
           when
           they
           go
           to
           bed
           ;
           we
           dreame
           of
           strange
           things
           ,
           wee
           doe
           not
           study
           our
           
           dreames
           ;
           such
           was
           their
           deliverance
           out
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           a
           
             strange
             ,
             uns●…ught
             ,
             〈◊〉
             for
             deliverance
             ,
          
           just
           as
           a
           
             dreame
             :
          
           now
           God
           doth
           all
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           appeare
           ,
           that
           deliverances
           come
           not
           from
           secondary
           causes
           ,
           but
           from
           his
           owne
           arme
           and
           power
           .
        
         
           Let
           this
           Doctrine
           be
           an
           other
           Looking-glasse
           for
           this
           Nation
           ;
           
             Englands
             mercies
             come
             from
             the
             God
             of
             England
             ,
          
           we
           may
           truely
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             If
             the
             Lord
             had
             not
             beene
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             if
             the
             Lord
             had
          
           
           
             not
             beene
             on
             our
             side
             when
             men
             rose
             up
             against
             us
             ,
             they
             had
             swallowed
             u●…
             up
             quicke
             ,
             and
             the
             streames
             had
             gone
             over
             our
             soules
             :
          
           There
           is
           not
           onely
           the
           
             finger
          
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           the
           
             hand
             ,
          
           even
           the
           
             right
             hand
             ;
          
           the
           
             a●…me
             ,
          
           even
           the
           
             strong
             arme
          
           of
           Jehovah
           ,
           the
           onely
           wonder-working
           God
           in
           Englands
           mercies
           ;
           and
           this
           will
           appeare
           ,
           
             
               If
               either
               you
               consider
               the
               mercies
               themselves
               ;
            
             
               Or
               the
               time
               when
               we
               received
               them
               ;
            
             
               Or
               the
               manner
               how
               we
               received
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           If
           we
           
             consider
             the
             mercies
             themselves
             ,
          
           they
           are
           so
           super-superlative
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           may
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Protog●…es
          
           did
           of
           a
           curious
           line
           which
           he
           saw
           drawne
           in
           a
           Painters
           shop
           ;
           None
           but
           
             〈◊〉
          
           could
           draw
           this
           line
           ;
           so
           
             none
             but
             a
             God
             could
             doe
             such
             great
             things
             :
             These
             mercies
             declare
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             these
             deliverances
             s●…ew
             forth
             his
             handy
             workes
             ;
          
           workes
           worthy
           of
           a
           God
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             If
             we
             consider
             the
             time
             when
             we
             received
             them
             ,
          
           for
           God
           suffered
           us
           to
           be
           at
           the
           very
           pits
           brinke
           ,
           and
           betweene
           the
           very
           teeth
           of
           the
           Lions
           ,
           as
           
             Daniel
          
           was
           ,
           and
           like
           
             Isaac
          
           ready
           to
           be
           slaine
           even
           
             Tantum
             n●…n
             ,
          
           and
           then
           he
           came
           from
           heaven
           to
           help
           us
           ,
           
             O
             beatos
             articulos
             temporis
             !
          
           O
           happy
           articles
           of
           time
           !
           
             When
             my
             enemies
             came
             up
             against
             me
             ,
          
           saith
           
             David
             ,
             then
          
           (
           and
           not
           before
           )
           
             God
             fought
             for
             me
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             The
             manner
             how
             God
             hath
             brought
             about
             these
             mercies
             is
             so
             rare
             ,
          
           as
           that
           we
           may
           not
           onely
           say
           (
           as
           
             David
          
           to
           the
           Woman
           )
           
             Is
             not
             the
             hand
             of
             Joab
             in
             all
             this
             ?
          
           but
           we
           may
           certainely
           conclude
           ,
           
             The
             hand
             of
             God
             is
             most
             conspicuous
             in
             all
             Englands
             mercies
             ;
             Never
             since
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             creation
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             when
             God
             brought
             light
             out
             of
             darknesse
             ,
             hath
             God
             more
             appeared
             in
             the
             workes
             of
             his
             providence
             in
             bringing
             good
             out
             of
             evill
             ,
             than
             in
             these
             last
             yeares
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           hath
           suffered
           the
           enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           to
           dig
           pits
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           hath
           caught
           them
           in
           the
           pits
           that
           they
           themselves
           have
           digged
           ;
           
             In
             the
             net
             which
             they
             bid
             is
             their
             owne
          
           
           
           
             foot
             taken
             ;
             the
             wicked
             is
             snared
             in
             the
             workes
             of
             his
             owne
             hand
             .
             Higgaion
             .
             Selah
             .
          
           As
           
             Christ
             whipped
          
           out
           the
           buyers
           and
           sellers
           by
           a
           
             whip
          
           made
           of
           
             their
             owne
             cords
             ,
          
           which
           they
           brought
           to
           tye
           their
           beasts
           withall
           ;
           so
           God
           hath
           whipped
           out
           the
           enemies
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           by
           
             whips
          
           of
           their
           owne
           making
           ;
           
             He
             hath
             taken
             them
             by
             their
             owne
             iniquities
             ,
             and
             hath
             held
             them
             with
             the
             cords
          
           
           
             of
             their
             owne
             sinne
             :
             Goliah
             is
             killed
             with
             his
             owne
             sword
             ;
             H●…man
             hanged
             upon
             his
             owne
             G●…llowes
             :
          
           All
           that
           our
           enemies
           have
           done
           these
           many
           yeares
           hath
           beene
           but
           as
           the
           
             weaving
             of
             a
             spiders
             web
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             hatching
             of
             Co●…atrice
             egges
             ,
          
           for
           they
           have
           consumed
           their
           bowels
           by
           what
           they
           have
           weaved
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           destroyed
           by
           the
           egges
           which
           they
           have
           hatched
           ;
           God
           hath
           delivered
           us
           not
           onely
           by
           
             little
             meanes
             ,
          
           by
           
             unlikely
             meanes
             ,
          
           but
           by
           
             contrary
             meanes
             ;
          
           he
           hath
           brought
           
             unity
             out
             of
             division
             :
          
           The
           indeavours
           to
           divide
           the
           Nations
           of
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           have
           beene
           the
           meanes
           of
           their
           farther
           union
           :
           (
           we
           have
           indeed
           a
           saying
           ,
           
             Omne
             malum
             ab
             Aquilone
             ;
          
           but
           we
           may
           well
           turne
           it
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Omne
             bonum
             ab
             Aquilone
             ,
          
           for
           Scotland
           hath
           beene
           the
           cause
           of
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           good
           to
           England
           )
           God
           hath
           brought
           
             liberty
             out
             of
             oppression
             :
             If
             things
             had
             not
             beene
             so
             bad
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             now
             have
             beene
             so
             good
             ;
             if
             mans
             wickednesse
             had
             not
             beene
             so
             evident
             ,
             Gods
             goodnesse
             had
             not
             been
             so
             transparent
             ;
          
           God
           hath
           made
           our
           enemies
           
             Preservatives
             ,
             to
             be
             their
             Destructives
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           ruinated
           them
           by
           what
           they
           thought
           to
           be
           established
           ;
           their
           very
           
             rising
          
           hath
           beene
           their
           
             ruine
             ;
          
           and
           by
           indeavouring
           to
           bring
           themselves
           too
           high
           ,
           they
           have
           
             overgrasped
          
           themselves
           ,
           and
           almost
           lost
           all
           ;
           
             In
             all
             those
             things
             wherein
             they
             dealt
             proudly
             ,
             God
             was
             above
             them
             :
          
           God
           hath
           made
           
             all
          
           
           
             our
             Destructives
             to
             be
             our
             Preservatives
             ;
          
           and
           by
           those
           wayes
           by
           which
           they
           thought
           
             to
             destroy
             us
             ,
          
           they
           have
           preferred
           us
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           hath
           beene
           done
           not
           so
           much
           by
           the
           
             wisdome
             of
             the
             Parliment
             ,
          
           nor
           by
           the
           
             graces
             of
             his
             Children
             ,
          
           as
           by
           the
           very
           
             lusts
             and
             pride
             of
             the
             Adversaries
             :
             This
             is
             the
             Lords
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             marvellous
             in
             our
             eyes
             :
          
           and
           we
           may
           safely
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             Surely
             the
          
           
           
             wrath
             of
             man
             shall
             praise
             thee
             ,
             and
             the
             remainder
             of
             wrath
             shalt
             thou
             restraine
             .
          
           Give
           mee
           now
           leave
           (
           right
           Honourable
           )
           to
           make
           two
           uses
           of
           these
           two
           Doctrines
           :
           If
           these
           mercies
           come
           from
           God
           ,
        
         
           Let
           God
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           all
           his
           mercies
           .
           
        
         
         
           And
           glory
           with
           all
           his
           mercies
           .
           
        
         
           Let
           God
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           all
           his
           mercies
           ;
           let
           us
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             Not
             unto
             us
             O
             Lord
             ,
             not
             unto
             us
             ,
             but
             unto
             thy
             name
             wee
             give
             the
             praise
             :
             Not
             unto
             us
             ,
          
           because
           
             not
             by
             us
             ;
          
           let
           us
           give
           the
           praise
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           praise
           to
           God
           :
           The
           nature
           of
           man
           is
           wonderfull
           prone
           to
           sacrifice
           to
           his
           owne
           net
           ,
           and
           to
           ascribe
           the
           glory
           of
           deliverances
           to
           himselfe
           ;
           
             Nebuchadnez
             z●…r
             spake
             and
             said
             ,
             Is
             not
             this
             great
             Babell
             that
             I
             have
             built
             ,
             by
             the
             might
             of
             my
             power
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             my
             Majes●…y
             ?
          
           and
           
             Moses
             himselfe
             spake
             unadvisedly
          
           
           
             with
             his
             lips
             ,
          
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Shall
             we
             bring
             water
             out
             of
             this
             Rocke
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
          
           as
           if
           he
           had
           done
           it
           by
           his
           owne
           power
           :
           and
           therefore
           let
           us
           take
           heed
           of
           this
           sin
           .
           There
           are
           two
           things
           in
           every
           mercy
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           comfort
           and
           benefit
           of
           the
           mercy
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           praise
           and
           glory
           of
           the
           mercy
           .
           Now
           God
           giveth
           us
           the
           comfort
           and
           benefit
           ,
           but
           the
           praise
           and
           glory
           he
           reserveth
           to
           himselfe
           :
           this
           is
           like
           
             Potiphars
             wife
             ,
          
           that
           
             Joseph
          
           must
           not
           meddle
           withall
           :
           
             Z●…latur
             Deus
             propter
             gloriam
             .
          
           This
           I
           speak
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           I
           preach
           to
           them
           whom
           God
           hath
           made
           one
           of
           the
           Instruments
           of
           all
           our
           mercies
           ;
           You
           are
           the
           golden
           pipes
           through
           which
           these
           mercies
           come
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           you
           must
           be
           as
           golden
           pipes
           ,
           in
           suffering
           the
           praise
           to
           passe
           through
           you
           ,
           not
           reserving
           any
           to
           your selves
           :
           you
           must
           sing
           the
           Angels
           song
           ,
           
             Glory
             be
             to
             God
             on
             high
             ,
             in
             earth
             peace
             ;
          
           and
           say
           with
           
             Bernard
             ,
             Mihi
             plaeet
             distributio
             Angelica
             ,
             Gratanter
             accipio
             quod
             re●…inquis
             ,
             relinquo
             quod
             retines
             ,
             abjuro
             gloriam
             ,
             ne
             amitterem
             pa
             em
             .
          
           It
           was
           that
           which
           the
           King
           of
           Sweden
           did
           often
           complain
           of
           ,
           and
           much
           bemoan
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             God
             would
             surely
             take
             him
             out
             of
             the
             wor●…d
             before
             his
             worke
             was
             done
             ,
             because
             people
             did
             idolize
             him
             and
             ascribe
             too
             much
             unto
             him
             .
          
        
         
           May
           we
           not
           give
           praise
           and
           thankes
           to
           the
           Parliament
           that
           
           hath
           taken
           such
           indefatigable
           paines
           for
           our
           good
           ?
        
         
           Yes
           certainly
           ,
           but
           not
           as
           to
           the
           first
           
             Authors
          
           and
           
             Fountaines
             ,
          
           but
           
           onely
           as
           to
           the
           
             Messengers
          
           of
           the
           good
           things
           we
           e●…joy
           ;
           as
           when
           a
           great
           Lord
           sends
           a
           gift
           by
           his
           servant
           ,
           we
           may
           thanke
           the
           servant
           for
           his
           paines
           in
           bringing
           the
           gift
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           a
           reward
           for
           his
           paines
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           praise
           for
           the
           gift
           is
           to
           the
           Lord
           that
           sent
           it
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           here
           ,
           the
           great
           God
           hath
           made
           you
           (
           right
           Honorable
           )
           his
           
             Servants
             ,
          
           and
           
             Embassadors
          
           to
           bring
           
             great
             
             blessings
             to
             us
             ;
          
           And
           we
           thanke
           you
           for
           your
           cost
           ,
           and
           care
           ,
           and
           paines
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           reward
           you
           a
           thousand
           fold
           ;
           But
           the
           
             mercies
          
           are
           not
           
             yours
             ,
             but
             Gods
             ;
          
           And
           therefore
           ,
           
             Not
             unto
             you
             ,
             not
             unto
             you
             ,
             but
             unto
             God
             be
             all
             the
             praise
             .
          
           You
           must
           be
           as
           carefull
           to
           appropriate
           all
           the
           glory
           to
           God
           as
           
             Joab
          
           was
           to
           preserve
           the
           glory
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           when
           he
           sent
           for
           him
           ,
           to
           come
           to
           
             Rabbah
             and
             take
             it
          
           
           
             least
             if
             Joab
             had
             taken
             the
             City
             ,
             it
             should
             have
             beene
             called
             by
             his
             name
             .
             Let
             not
             the
             wise
             man
             glory
             in
             his
             wisdome
             ,
             neither
             let
             the
             mighty
             man
             glory
             in
             his
             might
             ,
             nor
             let
             the
             rich
             man
             glory
             in
             his
             riches
             ,
             but
             let
             him
             that
             gloryeth
             ,
             glory
             in
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           It
           was
           the
           last
           speech
           of
           dying
           
             Chrysostome
             ;
             Glory
             be
             to
             God
             from
             all
             creatures
             .
          
           Let
           the
           Jesuites
           at
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Bookes
           subscribe
           ;
           
             Laus
             Deo
             ,
             &
             beatae
             Virgini
             ;
          
           Praise
           be
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           Virgin
           ;
           Let
           this
           be
           the
           
             badge
             of
             the
             Beast
             :
          
           But
           let
           every
           true
           Protestant
           subscribe
           ;
           
             Soli
             Deo
             gloria
             ,
          
           to
           God
           onely
           be
           praise
           ;
           for
           so
           Christ
           hath
           taught
           us
           ,
           
             Thine
             is
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             the
             power
             and
             the
             glory
             ;
          
           And
           therefore
           to
           him
           onely
           be
           glory
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           must
           give
           God
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           mercies
           ,
           
             So
             we
             must
          
           
           
             give
             glory
             to
             God
             with
             all
             his
             Mercies
             .
          
           We
           must
           improve
           
             Englands
             mercies
          
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           
             God
             of
             England
             ;
          
           England
           is
           an
           Island
           incompassed
           about
           with
           foure
           
             Oceans
             :
          
           An
           
             Ocean
             of
             water
             :
          
           And
           of
           late
           yeares
           
             an
             Ocean
             of
             dangers
             :
          
           And
           now
           I
           am
           sure
           with
           
             an
             Ocean
             of
             sinnes
             ;
          
           and
           an
           
             Ocean
             of
             mercies
             .
          
           O
           let
           us
           adde
           one
           
             Ocean
          
           more
           ,
           
             an
             Ocean
             of
             service
             ,
          
           and
           obedience
           ;
           as
           God
           hath
           done
           singular
           and
           extraordinary
           things
           for
           us
           ,
           so
           let
           us
           do
           some
           singular
           and
           extraordinary
           service
           for
           God
           .
           He
           hath
           made
           England
           a
           
             miracle
          
           of
           mercy
           ;
           let
           England
           be
           a
           
             miracle
          
           of
           obedience
           :
           A
           Christian
           in
           England
           must
           not
           onely
           
             servire
             Deo
             ,
             sed
             &
             adulari
             ,
          
           as
           
             Tertullian
          
           saith
           :
           He
           must
           be
           rich
           in
           good
           works
           as
           God
           hath
           
           beene
           rich
           in
           mercy
           .
           We
           must
           eight
           wayes
           improve
           
             Englands
             mercies
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           these
           mercies
           ,
           
             Motives
             to
             obedience
             and
             service
             .
          
           As
           God
           made
           the
           deliverance
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
          
           a
           motive
           to
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           ten
           Commandements
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             which
             brought
             thee
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             house
             of
             bondage
             ,
             therefore
             thou
             shalt
             have
             none
             other
             Gods
             but
             me
             :
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             make
             to
             thy selfe
             any
             graven
             Image
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           So
           let
           us
           make
           Englands
           mercies
           a
           Motive
           to
           the
           keeping
           of
           Gods
           Commandements
           .
           
             I
             beseech
             
             you
             by
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             offer
             up
             your
             bodies
             a
             living
             ●…rifice
             ,
             holy
          
           
           
             and
             acceptable
             unto
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             your
             reasonab●…●…vice
             ;
          
           ●…et
           the
           great
           
             turne
             of
             times
          
           move
           us
           to
           
             turne
             to
             God
             :
          
           Let
           us
           not
           take
           
             Gods
             name
             in
             vaine
             ,
             after
             so
             many
             mercies
             ;
          
           Let
           us
           not
           prophane
           Gods
           day
           ,
           commit
           whoredome
           ,
           make
           our
           lusts
           our
           lawes
           ,
           our
           money
           our
           God
           ,
           after
           so
           
             many
             mercies
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           these
           mercies
           ,
           
             as
             so
             many
             cords
             and
             bonds
          
           
           
             to
             tye
             us
             fast
             to
             God
             and
             his
             will
             .
          
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           saith
           
             Austine
             ,
          
           are
           like
           to
           a
           
             Needle
             ,
          
           that
           
             sowes
             two
             peeces
             together
          
           that
           
             are
             rent
             and
             torne
             asunder
             .
          
           Man
           and
           God
           by
           nature
           are
           separated
           ,
           but
           his
           benefits
           and
           mercies
           must
           be
           used
           as
           
             Needles
          
           to
           sow
           them
           together
           ,
           and
           to
           knit
           them
           to
           God
           in
           obedience
           .
           It
           is
           Gods
           promise
           ,
           
             I
             will
             draw
             thee
             unto
             me
             with
             the
             cords
             of
             love
             .
          
           Now
           God
           hath
           reached
           out
           many
           cords
           of
           love
           to
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           O
           let
           these
           
             golden
             cords
             draw
             us
             unto
             him
             :
          
           Let
           us
           not
           be
           like
           
             Sampson
          
           that
           burst
           all
           his
           cords
           in
           sunder
           .
           I
           read
           of
           a
           man
           in
           the
           Gospell
           whom
           no
           cords
           could
           binde
           ,
           but
           I
           read
           also
           he
           was
           possessed
           with
           a
           devill
           :
           It
           is
           a
           signe
           that
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             the
             devill
             is
             in
             you
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
          
           if
           these
           Cable
           robes
           of
           mercy
           will
           not
           draw
           you
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           Gods
           will
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           these
           mercies
           as
           so
           many
           
             Memorandums
             to
             put
             us
             in
             minde
             of
             our
             duty
             :
          
           As
           
             Ahashuerus
             on
             a
             certaine
             night
             when
          
           
           
             he
             could
             not
             sleep
             ,
             called
             for
             the
             Chronicles
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             read
             to
             him
             a
             good
             deed
             that
             Mordecai
             had
             done
             ,
             and
             presently
             he
             asked
             what
             honour
             and
             dignity
             had
             beene
             done
             to
             Mordecai
             for
             this
             ?
          
           So
           must
           we
           make
           a
           
             Catalogue
          
           of
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           and
           keepe
           them
           by
           us
           ,
           and
           be
           ever
           and
           anon
           reading
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           saying
           
             What
             honour
             hath
             God
             had
             for
             all
             my
             honour
             and
             riches
             and
             other
             mercies
             received
             from
             him
             ?
          
           And
           when
           we
           begin
           to
           
             forget
          
           a
           duty
           ,
           then
           
             run
             to
             our
             Catalogue
             .
          
           As
           God
           commanded
           
             Moses
          
           to
           keepe
           the
           
             pot
             of
             Manna
             ,
          
           for
           a
           
             Memento
          
           to
           put
           the
           Israelites
           in
           minde
           of
           his
           great
           mercy
           in
           giving
           them
           
             Manna
             :
          
           so
           must
           our
           
             hearts
          
           be
           as
           the
           
             Arke
          
           to
           keepe
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           to
           put
           us
           in
           mind
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           service
           to
           him
           when
           we
           are
           ready
           to
           forget
           him
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           these
           mercies
           
             Looking-glasses
             to
             see
             God
          
           
           
             in
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
             wals
          
           to
           separate
           betweene
           us
           and
           God
           :
           God
           never
           appeared
           more
           in
           his
           wisdome
           ,
           power
           ,
           goodnesse
           ,
           and
           mercy
           then
           in
           these
           dayes
           :
           And
           not
           to
           see
           God
           in
           good
           workes
           of
           his
           
           providence
           ,
           is
           a
           
             curse
             ,
          
           and
           will
           bring
           a
           
             curse
             :
          
           That
           it
           is
           a
           curse
           appeares
           
             Jeremy
             ,
             17.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Cursed
             be
             the
             man
             that
             trusteth
             in
             man
             ,
             and
             maketh
             flesh
             his
             Arme
             ,
             and
             whose
             heart
             departeth
             from
             the
             Lord
             ;
             for
             he
             shall
             be
             like
             a
             heath
             in
             the
             desart
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             see
             when
             good
             ●…mes
             :
          
           And
           that
           it
           brings
           a
           curse
           appeares
           
             Psal.
             28.
             5.
             
             Because
             they
             regard
             not
             the
             workes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             nor
             the
             operation
             of
             his
             hands
             ;
             he
             shall
             destroy
             them
             and
             not
             build
             them
             up
             .
          
        
         
           Fiftly
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           these
           mercies
           as
           
             so
             many
             footstools
             to
             raise
             us
             up
          
           
           
             to
             higher
             mercies
             ;
          
           Let
           us
           use
           these
           mercies
           
             reflexively
             :
          
           not
           
             terminatively
             :
          
           And
           say
           as
           good
           
             Fulgentius
          
           did
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           the
           glory
           of
           Rome
           ,
           
             Sitalis
             est
             Roma
             terrestris
             ,
             qualis
             est
             Roma
             caelestis
             ?
          
           If
           Gods
           mercies
           be
           so
           rare
           here
           in
           the
           valley
           of
           teares
           ,
           what
           are
           they
           in
           the
           mountaine
           of
           joy
           ?
        
         
           Sixtly
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           these
           mercies
           as
           so
           many
           
             bridges
             to
             lead
             us
             over
             to
             better
             mercies
             :
          
           to
           such
           mercies
           ,
           which
           are
           at
           
             Gods
             right
          
           
           
             hand
             ,
          
           and
           
             in
             his
             right
             hand
             ;
          
           and
           which
           are
           the
           
             mercies
             of
             his
             right
             hand
             .
          
           All
           temporall
           mercies
           are
           the
           mercies
           of
           
             Gods
             left
             hand
             ,
          
           which
           he
           gives
           to
           many
           whom
           he
           will
           put
           
             at
             his
             left
             hand
          
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           .
           
             Spirituall
          
           mercies
           are
           the
           mercies
           
             of
             his
             right
             hand
             ,
          
           and
           mercies
           in
           
             his
             right
             hand
             ,
             For
             his
             right
             hand
             is
             full
             of
             righteousnesse
             :
          
           Let
           us
           be
           earnest
           Petitioners
           for
           those
           mercies
           ,
           
           which
           whosoever
           hath
           ,
           shall
           be
           placed
           at
           the
           
             right
             hand
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ;
           and
           shall
           be
           made
           partakers
           of
           those
           everlasting
           pleasures
           ,
           which
           are
           at
           
             Gods
             right
             hand
             .
          
           Let
           us
           not
           be
           like
           that
           woman
           ,
           that
           when
           ●…er
           husband
           sent
           her
           a
           jewell
           as
           a
           token
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           to
           put
           her
           in
           minde
           of
           him
           ,
           fell
           in
           love
           with
           the
           jewell
           and
           forgot
           her
           husband
           .
           
             Let
             us
             not
             make
             these
             mercies
             our
             God
             ,
             but
             bridges
             to
             lead
             us
             over
             unto
             God
             .
          
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           these
           mercies
           as
           so
           many
           
             Cordials
             to
          
           
           
             comfort
             us
             in
             all
             distresses
             :
          
           and
           if
           God
           at
           any
           time
           should
           bring
           this
           Nation
           into
           new
           straites
           and
           dangers
           ;
           Let
           us
           say
           as
           
             Manoahs
          
           wife
           did
           unto
           
             Manoah
             ,
             If
             the
             Lord
             did
             intend
             to
             destroy
             England
             ,
          
           
           
             surely
             he
             would
             never
             have
             bestowed
             so
             many
             mercies
             upon
             England
             .
          
        
         
           Eightly
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           these
           mercies
           as
           so
           many
           
             meanes
             ,
             and
             instruments
          
           
           
             of
             service
             ;
          
           Let
           us
           serve
           God
           with
           our
           health
           ,
           wealth
           ,
           and
           parts
           ;
           Let
           us
           
             serve
          
           him
           ,
           
             Cheerefully
             ,
             liberally
             ,
             thankefully
             ,
             fruitfully
             ,
          
           lest
           God
           send
           upon
           us
           that
           curse
           threatned
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           28.
           47
           ,
           48.
           
           
           
             Because
             thou
             servedst
             not
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             with
             joyfulnesse
             ,
             and
             with
             gladnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             for
             the
             abundance
             of
             all
             things
             :
             Therefore
             shalt
             thou
             serve
             thine
             enemies
             which
             the
             Lord
             shall
             send
             against
             thee
             ,
             in
             hunger
             ,
             in
             thirst
             ,
             in
             nakednesse
             ,
             in
             want
             of
             all
             things
             :
             And
             he
             shall
             put
             a
             yoke
             of
             iron
             upon
             thy
             necke
             untill
             he
             hath
             destroyed
             thee
             :
          
           Let
           us
           
             rend
             our
             hearts
             and
             not
             our
             garments
             ,
             and
             turne
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             gracious
             :
          
           
           
             O
             give
             thankes
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             his
             mercy
             endureth
             for
             ever
             :
             There
          
           
           
             is
             mercy
             with
             thee
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             therefore
             thou
             art
             to
             be
             feared
             :
          
           Let
           us
           feare
           to
           sinne
           against
           a
           God
           of
           such
           mercy
           ;
           Let
           us
           
             admire
             these
             mercies
             ,
          
           and
           
             admire
             him
             for
             his
             mercies
             :
          
           And
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             Who
             am
             I
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             mine
             house
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             bring
             me
             hitherto
             ?
             and
             is
             this
             the
             manner
             of
             man
             O
             Lord
             God
             ?
          
           And
           let
           us
           pray
           that
           excellent
           prayer
           ,
           
             Domine
             da
             gratitudinem
             cum
             misericordia
             ,
          
           
           
             nolo
             misericordiam
             sine
             gratitudine
             ;
          
           Lord
           
             give
             us
             thankefull
             hearts
          
           with
           thy
           mercies
           ,
           Lord
           give
           us
           
             obedient
             hearts
          
           with
           thy
           mercies
           ,
           
             Rather
             let
             us
             be
             without
             mercy
             ,
             than
             not
             to
             have
             grace
             to
             glorifie
             thee
             with
             thy
             mercies
             .
          
        
         
           The
           third
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           is
           ,
           the
           false
           reason
           of
           the
           mercy
           deposed
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           way
           of
           Proclamation
           ;
           
             Be
             it
             knowne
             unto
          
           
           
             you
             O
             House
             of
             Israel
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             for
             your
             sakes
             that
             I
             doe
             this
             ;
             Nec
             per
             vos
             ,
             nec
             propter
             vos
             ;
          
           Neither
           by
           you
           ,
           nor
           for
           you
           ;
           It
           is
           I
           ,
           that
           doe
           it
           ,
           saith
           
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           and
           for
           my
           
             owne
             names
             sake
             I
             doe
             it
             ;
          
           Not
           for
           
             your
             sakes
             .
          
           This
           Proclamation
           is
           very
           often
           inculcated
           for
           feare
           lest
           men
           should
           ascribe
           mercies
           to
           their
           owne
           merits
           ,
           which
           all
           are
           very
           apt
           to
           doe
           .
           It
           is
           said
           in
           the
           22.
           verse
           of
           this
           
           Chapter
           ;
           
             Say
             unto
             the
             House
             of
             Israel
             ;
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             doe
             not
             this
             for
             your
             sakes
             O
             House
             of
             Israel
             ,
             but
             for
             my
             holy
             names
             sake
             ,
             which
             you
             have
             prophaned
             among
             the
             heathen
             whither
             you
             went
             ;
          
           Thus
           Ezekiel
           20.
           44.
           
           
             And
             you
             shall
             know
             that
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             wrought
             with
             you
             for
             my
             names
             sake
             ,
             not
             according
             to
             your
             wicked
             wayes
             ,
             nor
             according
             to
             your
             corrupt
             doing●…
             ,
             O
             ye
             house
             of
             Israel
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           Thus
           also
           ,
           Deuteronomy
           9.
           4.
           
           
             Speake
             not
             thou
             in
             thine
             heart
          
           (
           for
           many
           will
           thinke
           so
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           though
           ashamed
           to
           speake
           it
           with
           their
           tongues
           )
           
             after
             that
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             hath
             cast
             them
             out
             from
             before
             thee
             ,
             saying
             ,
             For
             my
             righteousnesse
             the
             Lord
             hath
             brought
             me
             to
             possesse
             this
             Land
             ;
             But
             for
             the
             wickednes
             of
             these
             Nations
             the
             Lord
             doth
             drive
             them
             out
             from
             before
             thee
             ;
          
           This
           is
           repeated
           againe
           at
           the
           5
           verse
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           forgotten
           ;
           
           
             Not
             for
             thy
             righteousnes
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             uprightnes
             of
             thy
             heart
             dost
             thou
             goe
             to
             possesse
             the
             land
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           This
           is
           also
           againe
           repeated
           verse
           6.
           
           
             Understand
             therefore
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             giveth
             thee
             not
             this
             good
             land
             to
             possesse
             it
             for
             thy
             righteousnes
             ,
             for
             thou
             art
             a
             stiffenecked
             people
             ;
          
           And
           in
           the
           7.
           verse
           he
           cals
           upon
           us
           to
           
             remember
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             forget
             it
             .
          
           Hence
           observe
           ,
        
         
           That
           
             Nationall
             mercies
             come
          
           from
           
             free
             grace
             ,
          
           not
           from
           
             free
             will
             ;
          
           
           Not
           from
           
             mans
             goodnes
             ,
          
           but
           
             Gods
             goodnes
             .
          
           My
           desire
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           may
           be
           a
           third
           
             Looking-glasse
             for
             England
             .
          
           If
           any
           shall
           aske
           ,
           How
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           England
           hath
           beene
           like
           
             No●…s
             A●…ke
             ,
          
           safe
           and
           secure
           ,
           when
           all
           other
           Nations
           have
           beene
           drowned
           
             with
             a
             sea
             of
             blood
             :
          
           Why
           England
           is
           like
           
             Gideons
             dry
             fleece
             ,
          
           when
           all
           other
           Nations
           are
           like
           his
           
             wet
             fleece
             bedewed
             with
             miseries
             and
             lamentations
             :
          
           No
           other
           answer
           can
           be
           returned
           ;
           but
           Gods
           free
           grace
           and
           mercy
           :
           I
           
             will
             have
             mercy
             upon
             whom
          
           I
           
             will
             have
             mercy
             :
             May
          
           I
           
             not
             doe
             what
          
           I
           
             will
             with
             mine
             owne
             ?
          
           May
           not
           a
           man
           that
           hath
           two
           debtors
           equally
           indebted
           to
           him
           ,
           spare
           the
           one
           and
           not
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           ?
           Be
           it
           known
           unto
           you
           ,
           
             O
             house
             of
             England
             ,
          
           It
           is
           not
           for
           your
           sakes
           ,
           for
           you
           are
           a
           stiffe-necked
           people
           ,
           but
           for
           my
           holy
           names
           sake
           .
        
         
           But
           doth
           not
           God
           indent
           and
           Covenant
           with
           a
           Nation
           ,
           upon
           its
           repentance
           ,
           to
           shew
           mercy
           ,
           how
           then
           is
           Gods
           mercy
           free
           ?
           
        
         
           Repentance
           it selfe
           is
           of
           Gods
           free
           grace
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           2.
           25.
           
           
             In
             meeknesse
             instructing
             them
             that
             oppose
             themselves
             ,
             if
             God
             peradventure
             will
          
           
           
             give
             them
             repentance
             .
          
           Repentance
           is
           Gods
           free
           gift
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Christ
           is
           said
           to
           
             be
             exalted
             by
             God
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             Prince
             and
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             for
          
           
           
             to
             give
             repentance
             to
             Israel
             and
             forgivenesse
             of
             sins
             .
          
        
         
           Repentance
           is
           not
           the
           cause
           for
           which
           God
           spares
           a
           Nation
           ,
           
           but
           onely
           a
           qualification
           of
           that
           Nation
           which
           God
           will
           spare
           :
           Repentance
           denotes
           the
           
             Persons
          
           whom
           God
           hath
           freely
           promised
           to
           pardon
           ,
           but
           not
           
             the
             c●…se
             for
             which
             he
             promises
             to
             pardon
             ;
          
           as
           the
           
             Gnomon
          
           in
           the
           Diall
           is
           not
           the
           cause
           why
           the
           Clocke
           goes
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           but
           onely
           an
           Indication
           whether
           it
           goe
           right
           or
           wrong
           .
        
         
           If
           Englands
           mercies
           come
           from
           
             Gods
             goodnesse
          
           and
           not
           
             our
          
           
           
             righteousnesse
             ,
          
           let
           us
           not
           thinke
           our selves
           more
           righteous
           than
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           because
           wee
           are
           not
           wallowing
           in
           blood
           
             as
             Ireland
             ;
             Thinke
             you
             ,
          
           saith
           Christ
           ,
           
             that
             those
             eighteene
             upon
             whom
             the
             tower
             in
          
           
           
           
             Silce
             fell
             ,
             are
             sinners
             above
             all
             men
             that
             dwell
             in
             Jerusalem
             ?
             I
             tell
             you
             nay
             :
          
           I
           that
           am
           the
           Judge
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           I
           tell
           you
           nay
           .
           The
           nature
           of
           man
           is
           prone
           to
           
             censure
             Germany
             and
             Ireland
          
           as
           horrible
           sinners
           above
           others
           ,
           but
           
             I
             tell
             you
             nay
             ,
          
           saith
           Christ
           .
           When
           the
           
             Barbarians
          
           saw
           the
           Viper
           skip
           upon
           the
           hand
           of
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           they
           concluded
           presently
           ,
           
             Sure●…y
             this
             man
             is
             a
             murtherer
             ;
          
           but
           they
           were
           
           
             Barbarians
             ,
          
           and
           in
           this
           they
           acted
           the
           part
           of
           
             Barbarians
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           barbarous
           action
           to
           censure
           them
           that
           are
           punished
           by
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           of
           sinners
           .
           
             Judicia
             Deinm
             sunt
             t●…mere
             discutienda
             ,
             sed
             formidoloso
             silentio
             vener
             and
             a
          
           saith
           
             Gregory
             .
          
           Be
           it
           knowne
           unto
           you
           ,
           O
           England
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           for
           your
           righteousnesse
           you
           are
           spared
           ,
           not
           because
           you
           are
           better
           ,
           but
           because
           I
           love
           you
           better
           ;
           not
           for
           your
           sakes
           doe
           I
           this
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             for
             if
             Ireland
             be
             sinfull
             ,
             England
             hath
             a
             great
             share
             in
             this
             sinfulnesse
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             taken
             no
             more
             care
             to
             bring
             those
             Popish
             Rebels
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Gospe●…
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           Let
           England
           say
           as
           
             Lysima●…hus
          
           did
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           on
           a
           suddaine
           called
           forth
           out
           of
           a
           house
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           at
           supper
           ,
           (
           by
           his
           good
           
             Genius
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Heathen
           say
           ,
           )
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           he
           was
           out
           of
           doores
           ,
           the
           house
           fell
           down
           and
           killed
           them
           all
           which
           were
           within
           )
           
             Good
             God
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             to
             what
             evill
             am
             I
             reserved
             !
          
           So
           let
           Eng●…and
           say
           ,
           
             Good
             Lord
             to
             what
             super-transcendent
             judgement
             am
             I
             reserved
             ,
             if
             I
             repent
             not
             .
          
           And
           this
           makes
           way
           for
           the
           second
           use
           .
        
         
           If
           Englands
           mercies
           come
           from
           free
           grace
           ,
           let
           not
           England
           presume
           upon
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           as
           i●…
           intailed
           upon
           them
           and
           their
           
           posterity
           :
           for
           it
           is
           as
           free
           for
           God
           to
           take
           away
           his
           mercies
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           free
           to
           give
           them
           ;
           And
           thus
           Christ
           tels
           the
           Jewes
           in
           the
           forementioned
           place
           ,
           
             I
             tell
             you
             n●…y
             ,
             but
             except
             ye
             repent
             ye
             shall
             likewise
             perish
             ;
          
           and
           so
           they
           did
           within
           forty
           yeares
           after
           ,
           with
           a
           severe
           destruction
           .
           And
           so
           doe
           I
           say
           to
           England
           ,
           
             Except
             England
             repent
             ,
             England
             also
             shall
             perish
             ;
          
           let
           not
           
             England
             be
             high
             minded
             but
             feare
             .
          
           God
           hath
           a
           
             devouring
             sword
          
           for
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Ireland
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           let
           England
           this
           day
           humble
           it selfe
           in
           dust
           and
           ashes
           ,
           for
           though
           God
           deferre
           
             Englands
             judgement
             ,
          
           longer
           than
           
             Irelands
             ,
          
           or
           
             Germanies
             ,
          
           yet
           as
           sure
           as
           there
           is
           a
           God
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           unlesse
           wee
           repent
           ,
           we
           also
           shall
           perish
           :
           
             Gods
             forbearance
             is
             no
             acquittance
             :
          
           It
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           
             forbeare
          
           a
           debtor
           ,
           and
           another
           thing
           to
           
             acquit
          
           a
           debtor
           :
           The
           longer
           
             God
          
           is
           fetching
           about
           his
           
           hand
           ,
           the
           heavier
           will
           the
           blow
           be
           when
           he
           strikes
           .
           What
           so
           
             calme
             as
             the
             Sea
             ?
          
           but
           yet
           when
           a
           storme
           comes
           ,
           what
           so
           
             tempestuous
             ?
          
           What
           so
           
             blunt
             as
             iron
             ?
          
           but
           when
           it
           is
           
             sh●…rpned
             ,
          
           what
           more
           
             sharpe
             ?
          
           None
           so
           patient
           and
           mercifull
           as
           
             God
             ,
          
           but
           yet
           when
           he
           begins
           to
           strike
           ,
           and
           his
           anger
           is
           kindled
           ,
           how
           unexpressible
           is
           his
           fury
           ?
           Consider
           this
           you
           that
           forget
           God
           ,
           lest
           he
           teare
           you
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           there
           be
           none
           to
           deliver
           you
           .
        
         
           If
           free
           grace
           hath
           preserved
           England
           ,
           let
           England
           blesse
           God
           for
           free
           grace
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           
             Lament
             .
             3.
             22.
             
             It
             is
             the
             Lords
             mercy
          
           
           
             that
             we
             are
             not
             consumed
             ,
             because
             his
             compassions
             faile
             not
             ;
          
           not
           because
           our
           sinnes
           faile
           not
           ,
           for
           our
           
             sins
             are
             as
             many
             as
             our
             mercies
             ,
          
           but
           because
           his
           compassions
           faile
           not
           :
           It
           is
           the
           Lords
           mercie
           that
           
             we
             sinfull
             men
             and
             women
             are
             not
             consumed
             ;
          
           O
           give
           God
           the
           glory
           of
           free
           grace
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           ,
           
             Malachi
             3.
             6.
             
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             change
             not
             ,
             therefore
             you
             sons
             of
             Jacob
             are
             not
             consumed
             :
          
           Not
           because
           you
           have
           not
           changed
           your
           God
           ,
           not
           because
           you
           are
           good
           and
           righteous
           ,
           but
           because
           
             I
             am
             unchangeable
             ,
             therefore
             you
             sons
             of
             Jacob
             are
             not
             consumed
             .
          
           Let
           us
           say
           as
           
             David
             ,
             We
             have
             not
             got
             our
          
           
           
             peace
             and
             plenty
             by
             our
             owne
             sword
             ,
             neither
             hath
             our
             owne
             arme
             saved
             us
             ,
             but
             thy
             right
             hand
             ,
             and
             thy
             arme
             ,
             and
             the
             light
             of
             thy
             countenan●…e
             ,
             because
             thou
             haddest
             a
             favour
             unto
             us
             .
          
           If
           thou
           art
           
             converted
             ,
          
           blesse
           God
           for
           free
           
             grace
             :
             For
             who
             made
             thee
             to
             differ
             from
             another
             ?
             and
             what
             hast
             thou
             which
             thou
             hast
             n●…t
             received
             ?
             and
             if
             thou
             didst
             receive
          
           
           
             it
             ;
             why
             dost
             thou
             glory
             as
             if
             thou
             hadst
             not
             received
             it
             ?
          
           Let
           us
           ascribe
           all
           our
           Deliverances
           and
           all
           our
           mercies
           ,
           the
           mercie
           of
           the
           Pacification
           ,
           the
           mercy
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           Union
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           discovery
           of
           all
           plots
           and
           treasons
           against
           this
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           our
           freedome
           from
           all
           our
           yoaks
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           good
           things
           that
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           unto
           
             free
             grace
             ,
          
           and
           say
           as
           God
           to
           
             Zerubbabel
             ,
             Not
             by
             might
             no●…
             by
             power
             ,
             but
             by
             my
             Spirit
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             hosts
             .
             Who
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             great
             mountaine
             ,
             before
             Zerubbabel
             ?
             thou
             shalt
             become
             a
             plaine
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
          
           
           
             bring
             forth
             the
             head
             stone
             thereof
             with
             shouting
             ,
             and
             crying
             ,
             Grace
             ,
             grace
             unto
             it
             :
          
           Let
           
             grace
             ,
             grace
          
           be
           our
           constant
           acclamation
           .
        
         
           If
           free
           grace
           hath
           preserved
           England
           ,
           not
           free
           will
           ,
           
             Let
             England
          
           
           
             maintaine
             free
             grace
             above
             free
             will
             .
          
           I
           find
           in
           history
           ,
           that
           
             Pelagius
          
           the
           greatest
           enemie
           to
           free
           grace
           that
           ever
           the
           world
           had
           ,
           was
           
             borne
             in
             England
             ;
          
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           England
           of
           late
           
           yeares
           hath
           been
           too
           great
           a
           
             friend
          
           to
           
             Pelagianisme
             ,
          
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             Arminianisme
             .
             Bradwardine
          
           an
           Englishman
           complains
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           (
           as
           
             Hierome
          
           before
           had
           done
           of
           
             Arianisme
             )
             That
             almost
             all
             the
             world
             was
             gone
             after
             the
             errour
             of
             Pelagius
             ,
          
           and
           he
           cries
           out
           ,
           
             Exurge
             Deus
             ,
             &
             judica
             causam
             tuam
             :
          
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           that
           this
           complaint
           ,
           and
           this
           prayer
           might
           justly
           have
           been
           taken
           up
           in
           reference
           to
           England
           these
           few
           yeares
           past
           :
           for
           there
           was
           A
           mighty
           faction
           risen
           up
           in
           the
           Church
           (
           so
           I
           dare
           now
           call
           it
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           who
           advanced
           
             free
             will
          
           above
           
             free
             grace
             ,
          
           and
           subjected
           
             the
             power
             of
             grace
             to
             the
             power
             of
             free
             will
             :
          
           which
           faction
           prevailed
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           that
           whosoever
           was
           not
           an
           
             Arminian
             ,
          
           was
           
             e●…mine
             ,
             A
             doctrinall
             Puritan
          
           (
           as
           hee
           was
           then
           termed
           .
           )
           The
           
             Universities
          
           were
           
             poysoned
             with
             this
             doctrine
             ,
          
           and
           all
           ,
           
             preferment
             stre●…med
             this
             way
             .
          
           We
           were
           come
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           the
           
             doctrine
             of
             Arminianisme
          
           was
           accounted
           the
           
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           ,
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             (
             right
             Honourable
             )
             to
             take
             this
             into
             your
             most
             serious
             consideration
             :
          
           Place
           
             free
             grace
             in
             its
             throne
             ;
          
           advance
           
             free
             grace
             ,
          
           that
           hath
           so
           much
           
             advanced
             you
             :
             roote
             out
             Arminianisme
             ;
             settle
             our
             doctrine
          
           (
           not
           only
           our
           discipline
           )
           
             that
             there
             may
             be
             no
             shadow
             of
             plea
             in
             it
             for
             an
             Arminian
             .
             King
             James
          
           of
           famous
           memory
           ,
           in
           a
           Declaration
           written
           to
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           ,
           cals
           
             Arminius
             ,
             the
             enemy
             of
             God
             :
          
           and
           a
           booke
           of
           
             Bertius
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             Apostasie
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             A
             blasphemous
             booke
             ,
          
           whose
           very
           
             Title
             makes
             it
             worthy
             the
             fire
             :
          
           and
           he
           perswades
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           betimes
           to
           roote
           out
           those
           
             heresies
             and
             schismes
             ,
          
           which
           if
           they
           suffered
           to
           have
           
             the
             reines
             ,
          
           would
           
             bring
             the
             curse
             of
             God
             upon
             them
             ,
             infamy
             through
             all
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             perpetuall
             rent
             and
             distraction
             in
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             their
             State
             .
          
           I
           speake
           
             to
             wise
             men
             ,
             consider
             what
             I
             say
             .
          
           And
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           if
           
             temporall
             deliverances
          
           be
           the
           fruits
           of
           Gods
           
             free
             grace
             ,
          
           much
           more
           are
           
             spirituall
             and
             eternall
             .
          
           Therefore
           we
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             justified
             freely
             by
             his
             grace
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           
             Elected
             according
             to
             the
             good
             pleasure
             of
             his
             will
             ;
          
           and
           whereas
           the
           
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           
             wages
             of
             sinne
             is
             death
             ,
          
           he
           doth
           not
           adde
           ,
           
             the
             wages
             of
             grace
             is
             eternall
             life
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             gift
             of
             God
             is
             eternall
             life
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           
             free
             will
             ,
          
           but
           
             free
             grace
          
           that
           puts
           the
           difference
           between
           
             Jacob
             and
             Esau
             ;
             It
             is
             not
             of
             him
             that
          
           
           
             willeth
             ,
             nor
             of
             him
             that
             runneth
             ,
             but
             of
             God
             that
             sheweth
             mercy
             .
          
           It
           is
           an
           excellent
           saying
           of
           
             Augustine
             ,
             Timeo
             ego
             animae
             meae
             salutem
             
             aliqua
             ex
             parte
             libero
             arbitrio
             committere
             ,
          
           Iam
           afraid
           to
           commit
           the
           least
           Iota
           of
           my
           salvation
           to
           free
           will
           :
           and
           the
           same
           Father
           doth
           much
           and
           often
           commend
           a
           saying
           of
           
             Cyprian
             ,
             In
             nullo
             gloriandum
             ,
             quoniaem
             nostrum
             nihill
             est
             ,
          
           We
           must
           glory
           in
           nothing
           ,
           because
           nothing
           is
           ours
           .
           
             Bernard
          
           most
           sweetly
           ,
           
             Horreo
             quicquid
             de
             meo
             est
             ,
             ut
             sim
             meus
             ,
          
           I
           abhorre
           whatsoever
           is
           mine
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           be
           mine
           .
           
             Bucer
          
           likewise
           hath
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Si
             v●…l
             tantillum
             boni
             a
             Deo
             non
             est
             ,
             Deus
             non
             est
             ,
          
           if
           the
           least
           
             beame
          
           of
           holinesse
           be
           in
           us
           without
           the
           
             efficacious
          
           worke
           of
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           he
           is
           no
           
             longer
             a
             God
             .
          
           Now
           surely
           the
           act
           of
           assenting
           to
           the
           offer
           of
           grace
           ,
           is
           the
           chiefe
           worke
           of
           conversion
           ;
           And
           the
           Arminians
           deny
           this
           to
           be
           
             effectually
             ,
             inseparably
             ,
          
           and
           
             inevitably
             from
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             ungod
             God
             ,
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
          
           Bucer
           .
        
         
           If
           Englands
           mercies
           come
           from
           free
           grace
           ,
           let
           England
           serve
           God
           freely
           .
           God
           loves
           a
           free
           people
           ,
           a
           free-will
           offering
           :
           let
           the
           
           service
           of
           God
           come
           freely
           from
           us
           ;
           
             God
             gives
             us
             freely
             ,
             let
             us
             give
             freely
             to
             Ireland
             ,
          
           The
           Papists
           upbraid
           us
           Protestants
           (
           I
           know
           not
           how
           truly
           )
           that
           there
           was
           never
           any
           
             Law
             made
             for
             rates
             for
             the
             reliefe
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             till
             the
             reformation
             of
             Religion
             ;
          
           in
           times
           of
           Popery
           they
           gave
           
             freely
             without
             compulsion
             .
          
           It
           is
           for
           the
           hardnesse
           of
           our
           hearts
           that
           there
           needs
           
             such
             a
             law
             :
          
           let
           us
           be
           
             ashamed
             to
             ●…e
             out-striped
             by
             Papists
             in
             our
             free
             serving
             of
             God
             .
          
           I
           deny
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           lawfull
           for
           a
           man
           with
           
             Moses
          
           to
           have
           an
           eye
           to
           the
           recompence
           of
           reward
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           difference
           betweene
           
             Amor
             mercenarius
             ,
          
           and
           
             amor
             mercedis
             ,
          
           betweene
           
             mercinary
             love
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             love
             of
             the
             reward
             :
             Mercinary
             love
          
           is
           to
           serve
           God
           
             onely
          
           for
           reward
           ,
           this
           is
           
             meretricious
             love
             ,
          
           this
           is
           to
           serve
           
             our selves
             ,
          
           not
           
             God
             ;
          
           this
           is
           to
           make
           
             use
          
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           
             enjoy
          
           our selves
           ;
           but
           the
           love
           of
           the
           reward
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           Heaven
           a
           
             motive
          
           of
           our
           service
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           
             last
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           
             greatest
             .
             A
             right
             Christian
             loves
             Heaven
             for
             God
             ,
          
           not
           
             God
             onely
             for
             Heaven
             .
          
           He
           that
           loves
           God
           
             onely
             for
             heaven
             ,
          
           loves
           God
           for
           that
           which
           is
           
             inferiour
             to
             God
             .
             Chrysost●…me
          
           hath
           an
           excellent
           saying
           ,
           
             If
             God
             should
             command
             me
             to
             obey
             him
             ,
             &
             afterwards
             throw
             me
             into
             hell
             ,
             yet
             I
             would
             obey
             him
             .
          
           This
           is
           
             my
             Heaven
             to
             be
             obedient
             ,
             this
             is
             my
             meat
             and
             drinke
             to
             do
             the
             will
             of
             God
             .
             Merces
             amoris
             amor
             ,
             He
             that
             loves
             God
             ,
             that
             loved
             us
             freely
             ,
             will
             love
             him
             freely
             .
          
        
         
           The
           fourth
           and
           last
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           is
           the
           true
           Use
           we
           are
           to
           
           make
           of
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           contained
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Be
             ashamed
             and
             
             confounded
             for
             your
             owne
             wayes
             O
             house
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           The
           words
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           are
           both
           of
           the
           same
           signification
           ;
           
             be
             ashamed
             and
             ashamed
             .
             Erubescite
             &
             rubore
             afficiamini
             ,
          
           So
           
             Junius
             :
             blush
             for
             shame
             ,
          
           and
           be
           
             confounded
             with
             shame
             ,
          
           for
           your
           
             owne
          
           wayes
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           your
           
             owne
             evill
             wayes
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             doings
             that
             are
             not
             good
          
           (
           as
           it
           is
           expounded
           in
           the
           former
           verse
           )
           
             O
             house
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           alter
           the
           persons
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           
             House
             of
             Israel
          
           to
           put
           in
           the
           
             house
             of
             England
             ,
          
           and
           so
           it
           will
           suit
           most
           excellently
           to
           this
           Assembly
           here
           gathered
           together
           this
           day
           .
           For
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           is
           the
           
             house
             of
             England
             representatively
             .
          
           Let
           us
           then
           read
           the
           words
           thus
           :
           
             Be
             ashamed
             and
             ashamed
             ,
             for
             your
             owne
             evill
             wayes
             ,
             O
             you
             house
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           That
           the
           contemplation
           of
           Gods
           free
           mercy
           to
           Nations
           and
           
           persons
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           mighty
           incentive
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           effectuall
           argument
           to
           make
           them
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           ashamed
           ,
           ashamed
           for
           sinne
           for
           the
           time
           past
           ,
           and
           ashamed
           to
           sinne
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           motive
           that
           the
           Prophet
           
             Ezekiel
          
           doth
           often
           use
           ,
           
             Neverthelesse
             ,
             I
             will
             remember
             my
             covenant
             with
             thee
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             establish
             unto
             thee
             an
             everlasting
             covenant
             ,
             then
             shalt
             thou
             remember
          
           
           
             thy
             wayes
             ,
             and
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             thou
             mayest
             remember
             ,
             and
             be
             confounded
             ,
             and
             never
             open
             thy
             mouth
             any
             more
             ,
             because
             of
             thy
             shame
             ,
             when
             I
             am
             pacified
             toward
             thee
             ,
             for
             all
             that
             thou
             hast
             done
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             hosts
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           be
           graciously
           reconciled
           unto
           thee
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           then
           thou
           shalt
           be
           confounded
           and
           ashamed
           for
           thy
           evill
           doings
           .
           As
           also
           
             Ezek.
             20.
             41
             ,
             42
             ,
             43.
             
             I
             will
          
           
           
             bring
             you
             out
             from
             among
             the
             people
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             ye
             shall
             know
             that
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             ,
             when
             I
             shall
             bring
             yee
             into
             the
             land
             of
             Israel
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             there
             shall
             ye
             remember
             your
             wayes
             ,
             and
             all
             your
             doings
             ,
             wherein
             yee
             have
             beene
             defiled
             ,
             and
             yee
             shall
             loath
             your selves
             in
             your
             owne
             sight
             ,
             for
             all
             your
             evils
             that
             ye
             have
             committed
             .
          
           So
           also
           in
           the
           verse
           before
           my
           text
           .
           
             Then
             shall
             yee
             remember
             your
             evill
             wayes
             ,
             and
             your
             doings
             that
             were
             not
             good
             ,
             and
             shall
             loath
             your selves
             in
             your
             owne
             sight
          
           
           
             for
             your
             iniquities
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             abominations
             .
             Then
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           bestow
           my
           mercies
           upon
           you
           ,
           
             Tken
          
           shall
           ye
           loath
           your selves
           for
           your
           iniquities
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           the
           argument
           
             (
             Right
             Honourable
             )
          
           which
           I
           spread
           before
           you
           this
           day
           to
           help
           forward
           the
           worke
           of
           humiliation
           .
           It
           is
           a
           day
           of
           
             deep
             mourning
             and
             lamentation
             ,
          
           a
           day
           wherein
           it
           is
           
           no
           
             hypocrisie
          
           to
           appeare
           to
           men
           to
           weep
           .
           It
           is
           no
           signe
           of
           
             an
             effeminate
             man
             ,
          
           but
           of
           
             a
             penitent
             man
             to
             weep
             this
             day
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           
             vain
             glory
             ,
          
           but
           
             Gods
             glory
          
           to
           be
           heard
           sighing
           and
           groaning
           .
           This
           is
           
             sweet
             musicke
             in
             Gods
             eares
             .
          
           Woe
           be
           to
           that
           man
           that
           is
           not
           
             humbled
          
           in
           a
           
             day
             of
             humiliation
             :
          
           woe
           be
           to
           us
           if
           the
           day
           
             breake
          
           up
           before
           our
           
             bearts
             be
             broken
             !
          
           Now
           the
           motive
           which
           I
           will
           bring
           to
           perswade
           you
           to
           loath
           your selves
           for
           your
           abominations
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           ashamed
           and
           confounded
           for
           your
           owne
           evill
           doings
           ,
           is
           from
        
         
           The
           many
           
             rare
          
           and
           
             great
             mercies
          
           that
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           the
           Nation
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           upon
           our
           persons
           in
           particular
           .
        
         
           And
           there
           is
           great
           reason
           why
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           should
           make
           us
           ashamed
           for
           sin
           ,
           and
           ashamed
           to
           sin
           .
        
         
           Because
           to
           sin
           against
           God
           
             after
             mercy
          
           is
           a
           sin
           of
           such
           a
           
             crimson
             die
             ,
          
           as
           that
           it
           must
           needs
           make
           us
           
             blush
             ,
          
           if
           any
           grace
           be
           in
           our
           hearts
           .
           
             The
             greater
             the
             sin
             is
             we
             commit
             ,
             the
             greater
             is
             our
             shame
             to
             commit
             it
             .
          
           Now
           it
           is
           a
           sinne
           of
           a
           very
           high
           nature
           to
           sinne
           after
           mercie
           ,
           for
           these
           reasons
           .
        
         
           Because
           every
           
             new
             mercy
          
           we
           receive
           from
           God
           ,
           is
           a
           
             new
             kindnesse
             ;
          
           
           and
           the
           more
           
             kindnesse
          
           we
           sinne
           against
           ,
           the
           more
           
             unkind
          
           it
           is
           to
           sinne
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           shame
           to
           be
           so
           
             unkind
          
           to
           that
           God
           that
           is
           so
           
             kind
          
           to
           us
           .
           
             Caesar
          
           tooke
           it
           very
           
             unkindly
          
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           
             Brutus
             ,
          
           upon
           whom
           he
           had
           bestowed
           so
           many
           favours
           ,
           when
           hee
           came
           to
           stab
           him
           :
           
             What
             thou
             my
             son
             Brutus
             !
          
           God
           takes
           it
           very
           unkindly
           when
           a
           Nation
           upon
           whom
           hee
           hath
           bestowed
           great
           mercies
           ,
           commits
           great
           sinnes
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           expostulates
           
           with
           the
           Jewes
           ;
           
             What
             iniquitie
             have
             your
             Fathers
             found
             in
             mee
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             gone
             farre
             from
             mee
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Why
           are
           your
           Fathers
           so
           unkind
           ?
           
             Neither
             say
             they
             ,
             Where
             is
             the
             Lord
             that
             brought
             us
             up
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Aegypt
             ?
          
           Thus
           also
           he
           complaines
           ,
           
             Jerem.
             31.
             32.
             
             They
             have
             broken
             my
             covenant
             although
             I
             was
             a
             husband
             unto
             them
             .
          
           
           It
           is
           a
           
             self-confounding
             sinne
             ,
             to
             be
             unkind
             to
             a
             kind
             God
             .
          
        
         
           Because
           every
           
             new
             mercy
          
           is
           a
           
             new
             obligation
          
           to
           obedience
           ;
           
             and
          
           
           
             the
             more
             obligations
             we
             sin
             against
             ,
             the
             more
             shame
             it
             is
             to
             commit
             the
             sin
             .
          
           As
           to
           sinne
           against
           a
           
             mans
             father
             and
             mother
             ,
          
           is
           a
           greater
           sinne
           than
           to
           sinne
           against
           a
           mans
           brother
           and
           sister
           ,
           because
           wee
           are
           more
           obliged
           to
           our
           parents
           than
           to
           our
           brethren
           and
           sisters
           .
           Hee
           that
           
             kills
             his
             father
          
           (
           saith
           
             Cicero
             )
             commits
             many
             sins
             
             in
             one
             ,
          
           he
           kils
           him
           that
           begat
           him
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           up
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           to
           sin
           against
           God
           after
           mercy
           ,
           is
           to
           commit
           many
           sins
           in
           one
           :
           it
           is
           to
           break
           as
           many
           bonds
           ,
           and
           to
           sin
           against
           as
           many
           
             obligati●…ns
             ,
          
           as
           we
           have
           receiv●…d
           
             mer●…ies
             .
          
        
         
           Because
           every
           
             new
             mercy
          
           we
           receive
           from
           God
           is
           a
           
             new
             talent
             ,
          
           (
           for
           mercies
           are
           talents
           ,
           betrusted
           with
           us
           by
           God
           as
           stewards
           ,
           
           for
           which
           we
           must
           give
           a
           severe
           and
           strict
           account
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           )
           
             and
             the
             more
             talents
             we
             sin
             against
             ,
             the
             greater
             is
             our
             sin
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             shame
             to
             commit
             it
             .
             To
             whom
             much
             is
             given
             ,
             of
             him
             much
             shall
             be
             required
             .
          
           If
           the
           man
           that
           had
           but
           one
           talent
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           give
           up
           his
           account
           ,
           was
           
             confounded
             &
             made
             speechlesse
             ,
             and
             bound
             hand
             and
             foot
             ,
             and
             cast
             into
             hell
             fire
             for
             not
             improving
             it
             ;
          
           What
           shame
           and
           confusion
           of
           face
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           hels
           do
           they
           deserve
           that
           have
           received
           not
           onely
           one
           ,
           five
           ,
           or
           ten
           ,
           but
           many
           hundred
           talents
           of
           mercies
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           onely
           not
           
             improve
          
           them
           ,
           but
           
             mis-improve
          
           them
           to
           the
           service
           of
           sin
           and
           Satan
           ?
        
         
           Because
           to
           sin
           after
           mercy
           ,
           is
           a
           sin
           of
           
             formall
             unthankefulnesse
             ;
          
           
           There
           is
           
             mat●…riall
             unthankefulnesse
          
           in
           all
           sin
           ,
           because
           every
           sin
           is
           committed
           against
           God
           that
           is
           
             our
             Creator
             ,
             Preserver
             ,
             and
             Rede●…mer
             ;
          
           but
           to
           sin
           against
           mercy
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           
             formally
             unthankefull
             .
          
           Now
           unthankfulnesse
           is
           a
           sin
           that
           will
           make
           any
           ingenuous
           man
           ashamed
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
           Indeed
           it
           is
           the
           
             Epito●…
             of
             all
             sin
             .
             Ingratum
             si
             dixeris
             ,
             omnia
             dixeris
             .
          
           The
           whole
           duty
           of
           man
           saith
           
             Augustine
             ,
          
           consists
           in
           this
           ,
           
             Vt
             anim●…
             non
             sit
             ingrata
             Deo
             ,
          
           to
           take
           care
           that
           our
           soules
           be
           not
           unthankfull
           to
           God
           ▪
           and
           therefore
           
             an
             unthankfull
             man
             neglects
             the
             whole
             duty
             of
             man
             .
          
           Unthankfulnes
           is
           a
           sin
           that
           
             mak●…
             th●…
             times
             perilous
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           sinne
           for
           which
           God
           gave
           over
           the
           
           Heathen
           to
           a
           reprobate
           mind
           :
           
             Because
             when
             they
             knew
             God
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             glorifie
             him
             as
             God
             ,
             but
             became
             unthankefull
             ,
             &c.
             theref●…e
             God
             gave
             t●…em
             up
             to
             their
             owne
             hearts
             lusts
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           if
           God
           dealt
           thus
           with
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           for
           
             sinning
             against
             the
             mercies
             onely
             of
             creation
             ,
          
           how
           
             severely
             will
             he
             punish
             us
             that
             sin
             against
             creating
             mercies
             ,
             redeeming
             mercies
             ,
             and
             against
             mercies
             of
             all
             kinds
             ?
          
           For
           it
           is
           a
           certaine
           rule
           ,
           
             The
             more
             mer●…y
             we
             receive
             from
             God
             ,
             the
             greater
             is
             the
             unthankefulnesse
             to
             sinne
             against
             such
             a
             God
             .
          
           The
           Romans
           made
           a
           Law
           ,
           that
           
             if
             a
             Master
             did
             free
             a
             servant
             from
             bondage
             ,
             &
             afterwards
             that
             servant
             proved
             unthankefull
             ,
             the
             master
             had
             power
             to
             re-inslave
             ●…im
             .
          
           The
           great
           God
           hath
           freed
           this
           Nation
           from
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           Babylon
           ,
           
           from
           the
           Gun-powder
           treason
           ,
           and
           from
           many
           slaveries
           .
           Now
           if
           we
           prove
           unthankfull
           after
           all
           these
           mercies
           ,
           wee
           may
           justly
           expect
           to
           be
           
             re-inslaved
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           sinne
           of
           
             formall
             injustice
             ;
          
           for
           every
           
             deliverance
          
           doth
           
           bind
           over
           the
           
             delivered
             ,
          
           to
           the
           service
           of
           the
           
             deliverer
             ;
          
           so
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             You
             are
             not
             your
             owne
             ,
             for
             ye
             are
             bought
             with
             a
             price
             ,
          
           
           
             therefore
             glorifie
             God
             with
             your
             bodies
             ,
             and
             with
             your
             spirits
             ,
             which
             are
             Gods
             ;
          
           and
           so
           also
           ,
           
             Luk.
          
           1.
           74.
           
           
             That
             we
             being
             delivered
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             our
             enemies
             might
             serve
             him
             without
             feare
             ,
             in
             holinesse
             and
             ●…ighteousnesse
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Among
           the
           Romans
           the
           parties
           delivered
           ,
           were
           the
           servants
           of
           the
           deliverers
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           breake
           Gods
           Commandements
           after
           deliverance
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           horrible
           sin
           of
           
             injustice
             .
          
           Thou
           art
           not
           onely
           
             unthankefu●…l
             ,
          
           but
           
             unjust
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           
             brand
          
           that
           will
           
             confound
             any
             man
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           sin
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           
             God
             himselfe
             stands
             amazed
             at
             it
             ,
             that
          
           
           
             any
             man
             should
             be
             so
             impudent
             as
             to
             commit
             it
             .
             Esay
          
           1.
           2.
           
           
             Heare
             O
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             give
             ●…are
             O
             earth
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             hath
             spoken
             ,
             I
             have
             nourished
             and
             brought
             up
             children
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             rebelled
             against
             mee
             ;
          
           The
           
             Oxe
             knowes
             his
             owner
             ,
             and
             the
             Asse
             his
             Masters
             crib
             ,
             but
             Israel
             doth
             not
             know
             ,
             my
             people
             do
             not
             consider
             ;
             Ah
             sinfull
             Nation
             ,
             a
             people
             laden
             with
             iniquity
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           This
           is
           a
           sinne
           that
           makes
           us
           worse
           than
           the
           Oxe
           or
           the
           Asse
           :
           A
           sin
           that
           makes
           a
           Nation
           that
           is
           guiliy
           of
           it
           ,
           not
           onely
           
             sinfull
             ,
          
           but
           
             laden
             with
             iniquity
             ,
             as
             an
             Asse
             with
             a
             burden
             .
          
           Thus
           also
           God
           calls
           to
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           
             Jeremy
          
           2.
           12.
           
           
             Be
             astonished
             O
             ye
             Heavens
             at
             this
             ,
             and
             be
             horribly
             afraid
             ,
             be
             ye
             ve●…y
             desolate
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           Why
           ?
           what
           is
           the
           matter
           ?
           
             For
             my
             people
             have
             committed
             two
             evils
             ,
             they
             have
             forsaken
             m●…
             the
             fountaine
             of
             living
             waters
             ,
             and
             hewed
             them
             out
             cisternes
             ,
             broken
             cisternes
             ,
             that
             will
             hold
             no
             water
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           sin
           that
           
             breakes
             the
             very
             heart
             of
             God
             :
          
           and
           it
           had
           need
           
             breake
             our
             hearts
             to
             commit
             it
             .
             I
             am
             broken
             ,
             saith
             God
          
           (
           of
           
           his
           people
           Israel
           )
           
             for
             their
             whorish
             heart
             .
          
           If
           
             God
          
           be
           
             broken
          
           with
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           time
           for
           us
           to
           be
           
             broken
             with
             it
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           sin
           so
           great
           ,
           
             as
             that
             it
             puts
             a
             great
             aggravation
             upon
             every
          
           
           
             sin
             ;
          
           It
           makes
           the
           least
           sinne
           of
           us
           in
           England
           ,
           greater
           than
           the
           greatest
           sin
           of
           the
           Heathens
           ;
           of
           the
           Christians
           in
           Germany
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ;
           yea
           than
           the
           sin
           of
           the
           devils
           themselves
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Greater
             than
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             Heathen
             ,
          
           because
           we
           sinne
           against
           greater
           mercie
           ;
           
             Tribulation
             and
             anguish
             upon
             every
             soule
             that
          
           
           
           
             doth
             evill
             ,
             first
             upon
             the
             Jew
             ,
             then
             upon
             the
             Gentile
             :
          
           Why
           first
           upon
           the
           Jew
           ?
           Because
           the
           Jewes
           received
           more
           mercies
           than
           the
           Gentiles
           .
           I
           may
           justly
           adde
           ,
           
             First
             upon
             the
             Christian
             ,
          
           then
           upon
           the
           Jew
           ,
           then
           upon
           the
           Gentile
           ,
           because
           the
           
             Christian
          
           hath
           received
           more
           mercy
           from
           God
           ,
           than
           either
           Jew
           or
           Gentile
           .
           
             You
             only
             have
             I
             knowne
             of
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             therefore
             I
             will
             punish
          
           
           
             you
             for
             all
             your
             iniquities
             ;
          
           because
           you
           sin
           against
           
             more
             light
             ,
             more
             grace
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           your
           sin
           is
           more
           
             ungracious
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           makes
           the
           least
           sinne
           of
           us
           in
           
             England
          
           greater
           than
           the
           greatest
           sin
           of
           
             Germanie
             ,
             or
             of
             Ireland
             ,
          
           because
           God
           hath
           dealt
           more
           mercifully
           with
           us
           ,
           than
           with
           them
           :
           therfore
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             Woe
             be
             to
             thee
             Chorazin
             ,
             woe
             be
             to
             thee
             Bethsaida
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             mightie
             works
             which
             have
             been
             done
             in
             thee
             ,
             had
             beene
             done
             in
             Tyre
             and
             Sidon
             ,
          
           
           
             they
             would
             have
             repented
             long
             agoe
             in
             dust
             and
             ashes
             .
             But
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             more
             tolerable
             for
             Tyre
             and
             Sidon
             at
             the
             day
             of
             of
             judgement
             ,
             than
             for
             you
             .
          
           If
           
             Bohemia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Palatinate
          
           had
           had
           the
           mercies
           and
           deliverances
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           had
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           repented
           in
           dust
           and
           ashes
           ,
           therefore
           it
           shall
           be
           easier
           for
           them
           at
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           ,
           than
           for
           us
           .
           
             And
             thou
             Capernaum
             which
             h●…st
             beene
             exalted
             to
             heaven
             ,
             shalt
             be
             brought
             downe
             to
             hell
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           God
           hath
           
             listed
          
           us
           up
           in
           mercies
           to
           
             heaven
             ;
          
           therefore
           we
           must
           looke
           for
           the
           
             lowest
             hell
             ,
          
           if
           we
           
             abuse
             them
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           makes
           the
           sins
           of
           England
           greater
           than
           the
           sin
           of
           the
           Devils
           ,
           though
           not
           simply
           ,
           yet
           in
           three
           respects
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             Devils
             never
             sinned
             against
             the
             blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
          
           Christ
           never
           dyed
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           he
           dyed
           for
           us
           .
           For
           verily
           hee
           tooke
           not
           on
           him
           the
           nature
           of
           Angels
           ,
           but
           he
           tooke
           on
           him
           the
           seed
           of
           
             Abraham
             .
          
           
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           
             Devils
             never
             sinned
             against
             Gods
             patience
             .
          
           God
           was
           not
           patient
           towards
           them
           ,
           but
           as
           soone
           as
           ever
           they
           sinned
           ,
           hee
           cast
           them
           into
           hell
           .
           
             Deus
             non
             expectabat
             Angelos
             ,
          
           as
           
             Bernard
          
           saith
           :
           but
           we
           sinne
           against
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           patience
           and
           long-suffering
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           great
           towards
           mankind
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           
             Devils
             never
             sinned
             against
             any
             example
             .
          
           For
           they
           were
           the
           first
           that
           sinned
           ,
           and
           were
           made
           the
           first
           example
           ;
           but
           wee
           have
           had
           divers
           examples
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           against
           sinne
           ,
           the
           example
           of
           the
           Devils
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           punishment
           of
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           of
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrah
           ,
           &
           many
           hundred
           such
           like
           ,
           and
           yet
           
           we
           sin
           notwithstanding
           al
           these
           examples
           .
           In
           these
           three
           respects
           to
           sin
           against
           the
           
             mercies
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             more
             than
             diabolicall
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           
             sinne
             that
             takes
             away
             all
             excuse
             ,
          
           and
           will
           so
           confound
           a
           
           man
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           make
           him
           speechlesse
           .
           This
           is
           excellently
           set
           out
           in
           the
           9
           chapter
           of
           
             Ezra
             ,
          
           the
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           &
           10.
           verses
           ,
           
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             saith
             Ezra
             ,
             I
             am
             ashamed
             and
             blush
             to
             lift
             up
             my
             face
             to
             thee
             ,
             O
             my
             God
             :
             for
             our
             iniquities
             are
             in●…reased
             over
             our
             heads
             ,
             &c.
             
             For
             we
             were
             bondmen
             ,
             yet
             our
             God
             hath
             not
             forsaken
             us
             in
             our
             bondage
             ,
             but
             hath
             extended
             mercy
             to
             us
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             now
             O
             our
             God
             ,
             what
             shall
             we
             say
             after
             this
             ?
             for
             we
             have
             forsaken
             thy
             Commandements
             .
          
           What
           excuse
           shall
           we
           bring
           ?
           What
           shift
           shall
           we
           plead
           ?
           What
           shall
           we
           say
           ?
           That
           is
           ,
           we
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           .
           
             This
             interrogation
             is
             an
             emphaticall
             negation
             .
             Had
             I
             not
             come
             unto
             you
             ,
             saith
             Christ
             ,
             ye
             had
             had
             no
             sinne
             ,
             but
             now
             ye
             have
             no
             excuse
             .
          
           Had
           not
           God
           shewne
           such
           mercies
           to
           England
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           had
           some
           Apology
           to
           plead
           for
           its
           contempt
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           for
           its
           pride
           ,
           for
           its
           adultery
           ,
           and
           drunkennesse
           ,
           but
           now
           it
           hath
           no
           excuse
           .
           
             To
             sinne
             after
             mercy
             shuts
             up
             all
             defence
             .
          
           What
           
             shall
             we
             say
             after
             this
             ,
             O
             our
             God
             ?
             for
             we
             have
             forsaken
             thy
             Commandements
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Doctrine
           is
           a
           
             blacke
             bill
             of
             indictment
             against
             all
             those
             that
          
           
           
             are
             not
             ashamed
             to
             sinne
             against
             God
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             mercies
             they
             have
             received
             from
             God
             .
          
           God
           hath
           done
           mighty
           things
           for
           this
           Nation
           ,
           he
           hath
           heaped
           deliverance
           upon
           deliverance
           ;
           
             We
             have
             had
             more
             deliverances
             than
             there
             are
             Commandements
             .
          
           And
           yet
           notwithstanding
           are
           there
           not
           many
           of
           us
           that
           sinne
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           mercies
           ?
           
             That
             are
             like
             the
             Horse
             and
             Mule
             that
             have
             no
             understanding
             ?
          
           Psalme
           32.
           
           As
           a
           Horse
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           is
           pampered
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           kickes
           against
           the
           rider
           ;
           so
           there
           are
           many
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           are
           
             fed
             to
             the
             full
             with
             mercy
             ,
          
           the
           more
           they
           rebell
           against
           the
           God
           that
           feeds
           them
           ;
           Like
           unto
           the
           
             thicke
             vapours
             ,
          
           which
           are
           first
           
             exhaled
          
           by
           the
           
             Sunne
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           when
           they
           come
           into
           the
           
             Aire
             ,
          
           stop
           the
           light
           of
           the
           
             Sunne
          
           from
           
             shining
          
           upon
           us
           .
           There
           are
           many
           such
           
             vapours
          
           whom
           
             God
          
           hath
           exalted
           ,
           and
           lifted
           up
           in
           
             ●…nour
          
           above
           others
           ,
           that
           make
           no
           other
           use
           of
           their
           
             honour
             ,
          
           but
           to
           
             darken
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           to
           hinder
           the
           light
           of
           
             God
          
           from
           
             shining
          
           upon
           us
           .
           Let
           conscience
           speake
           ;
           Are
           we
           not
           as
           proud
           ,
           as
           covetous
           ,
           as
           blasphemous
           ,
           as
           adulterous
           ,
           as
           ungodly
           as
           ever
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           that
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           ?
           
           May
           I
           not
           say
           to
           you
           as
           
             Moses
          
           to
           the
           Israelites
           ;
           
             Doe
             ye
             thus
             requite
             the
             Lord
             ,
             O
             ye
             foolish
             people
             and
             unwise
             ?
          
           Is
           not
           he
           thy
           father
           
           that
           bought
           thee
           ?
           Hath
           he
           not
           made
           thee
           ,
           and
           established
           thee
           ?
           Is
           not
           he
           the
           God
           that
           hath
           multiplyed
           mercies
           upon
           us
           ?
           The
           
             Lord
             humble
             us
             this
             day
             for
             this
             sinne
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           divers
           sorts
           of
           men
           come
           under
           this
           reproofe
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Such
           as
           
             sinne
             notwithstanding
             mercies
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Such
           as
           
             sinne
             under
             mercies
             ,
          
           at
           the
           same
           time
           when
           God
           is
           shewing
           mercy
           unto
           them
           .
           Of
           these
           
             David
          
           speakes
           ,
           
             Our
             Fathers
             understood
             not
             thy
             wonders
             in
             Egypt
             ,
             they
             remembred
             not
             the
             multitude
          
           
           
             of
             thy
             mercies
             ,
             but
             provoked
             him
             at
             the
             Sea
             ,
             yea
             even
             at
             the
             Red
             Sea
             .
          
           This
           was
           a
           great
           aggravation
           .
           They
           sinned
           at
           the
           very
           place
           where
           they
           were
           delivered
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           very
           time
           when
           they
           were
           delivered
           ,
           
             at
             the
             Sea
             ,
             even
             the
             Red
             Sea
             :
          
           And
           as
           it
           is
           at
           the
           13.
           verse
           ,
           
             They
             soone
             forgat
             his
             workes
             ;
          
           the
           word
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           
           is
           ,
           they
           
             made
             haste
          
           to
           forget
           his
           workes
           .
           This
           is
           our
           condition
           :
           
             God
          
           hath
           brought
           us
           into
           the
           
             schoole
             of
             mercy
             ,
          
           but
           are
           there
           not
           many
           among
           us
           that
           turne
           this
           
             schoole
             of
             mercy
             into
             the
             schoole
             of
             iniquity
             ?
          
           that
           remaine
           irreformable
           in
           a
           yeare
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           
             hate
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             but
             hate
             the
             very
             Reformation
             it selfe
             ?
          
           that
           sinne
           
             under
             mercies
             ,
             even
             under
             mercies
             ?
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Such
           as
           
             sinne
             with
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             ,
          
           that
           like
           the
           
             Spider
             ,
             sucke
             poyson
             out
             of
             those
             flowers
             out
             of
             which
             a
             Bee
             suckes
             honey
             ;
          
           that
           sucke
           their
           damnation
           out
           of
           those
           mercies
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           the
           godly
           sucke
           their
           salvation
           ;
           that
           
             make
             a
             golden
             calfe
             of
             the
             jewels
             of
             mercy
             ,
          
           and
           sacrifice
           their
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           unto
           devils
           ;
           that
           
             turne
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             into
             wantonnesse
             ;
          
           that
           improve
           their
           honours
           ,
           learning
           ,
           wealth
           ,
           parts
           ,
           to
           make
           themselves
           more
           active
           to
           sinne
           against
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Ingeniose
             nequam
             ,
             facundi
             ,
             sed
             malo
             publico
             .
          
           As
           
             Basil
          
           saith
           of
           
             Eve
             ,
          
           That
           God
           gave
           her
           to
           be
           a
           
           
             helper
             to
             Adam
             ,
          
           and
           made
           her
           of
           the
           
             rib
             of
             Adam
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             devill
             tooke
             this
             rib
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             dart
             of
             it
             ,
          
           and
           with
           
             this
             dart
             shot
             at
             Adams
             heart
             ,
          
           and
           
             wounded
          
           him
           to
           death
           ,
           
             Per
             costam
             petit
             cor
             ,
          
           so
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           mercies
           upon
           us
           to
           helpe
           us
           to
           serve
           him
           more
           chearefully
           ,
           more
           liberally
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           many
           that
           play
           the
           devils
           part
           ,
           and
           that
           take
           these
           mercies
           ,
           and
           make
           darts
           of
           them
           to
           shoot
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           cause
           :
           
             Non
             ho●…
             quae
             situm
             mun●…s
             in
             us●…
             .
          
        
         
         
           There
           are
           thousands
           in
           the
           world
           that
           are
           
             worser
             for
             the
             mercies
             they
             receive
             from
             God
             ,
          
           that
           are
           like
           unto
           a
           
             dunghill
             ,
          
           the
           more
           the
           
             Sunne
             of
             mercy
             shines
             upon
             them
             ,
             the
             more
             they
             stinke
             and
             putrifie
             in
             all
             sin
             .
          
           And
           as
           the
           clay
           is
           hardned
           by
           the
           Sunnes
           shining
           upon
           it
           ,
           so
           there
           are
           many
           ,
           the
           more
           health
           ,
           the
           more
           wealth
           ,
           the
           more
           honour
           ,
           the
           more
           mercy
           they
           receive
           from
           God
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           harden
           their
           hearts
           against
           God
           ;
           like
           
             Elies
          
           two
           sonnes
           ,
           the
           kindlier
           their
           father
           dealt
           with
           them
           ,
           the
           worser
           they
           were
           ;
           like
           
             Absalom
             ,
          
           that
           as
           soone
           as
           ever
           his
           Father
           received
           him
           into
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           then
           he
           began
           to
           conspire
           against
           him
           .
           Of
           these
           
             David
          
           
           speakes
           ,
           
             Because
             there
             are
             no
             changes
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             therefore
             they
             feare
             not
             God
             ,
          
           because
           they
           meet
           with
           no
           crosses
           ;
           and
           Psalm
           .
           73.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           
             Because
             they
             are
             not
             plagued
             like
             other
             men
             ,
             therefore
             pride
             compasseth
             them
             about
             as
             a
             chaine
             ,
             they
             have
             more
             then
             ●…eart
             can
             wish
             ,
             therefore
             they
             speake
             wickedly
             and
             loftily
             ,
             and
             set
             their
             mouthes
             against
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             &c.
          
           like
           
             Dionysius
             ,
          
           that
           because
           he
           prospered
           in
           his
           voyage
           by
           sea
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           robbed
           a
           Temple
           ,
           boasted
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             how
             the
             gods
             love
             sacri●…edge
             !
          
           I
           beseech
           you
           (
           Right
           Honorable
           )
           let
           us
           examine
           whether
           we
           be
           not
           guilty
           of
           these
           sinnes
           ,
           ●…or
           they
           are
           such
           sinnes
           which
           we
           are
           all
           very
           prone
           to
           commit
           .
           
             Hezeki●…
          
           though
           a
           good
           King
           ,
           yet
           he
           
             sinned
             after
          
           mercy
           ;
           when
           he
           was
           recovered
           of
           his
           sicknesse
           ,
           
             his
             hea●…t
             was
             lifted
             up
             with
             pride
             .
          
           
           
             Lots
          
           Wife
           also
           ,
           as
           soone
           as
           ever
           she
           was
           delivered
           out
           of
           
             Sodome
             ,
          
           began
           to
           
             Apo●…tize
             .
          
           N●…y
           
             L●…t
          
           himselfe
           after
           he
           had
           
             received
             so
             great
             a
             mer●…y
             ,
          
           and
           had
           seene
           so
           fearefull
           
             a
             judgement
             ,
          
           yet
           when
           he
           came
           to
           
             Z●…r
          
           he
           was
           drunke
           ,
           and
           committed
           incest
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           did
           while
           he
           was
           in
           Sodome
           .
           And
           
             Noah
          
           also
           when
           he
           came
           out
           of
           the
           
             A●…ke
          
           was
           made
           drunke
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           was
           when
           he
           lived
           among
           the
           wicked
           in
           the
           old
           World
           .
           And
           
             David
          
           also
           ,
           when
           delivered
           from
           all
           his
           enemies
           ,
           then
           he
           said
           
             in
          
           
           
             his
             prosperity
             he
             should
             never
             be
             moved
             ,
          
           and
           then
           he
           lay
           with
           
             Bathsheba
             ,
          
           and
           
             murdered
             Uriah
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           if
           we
           be
           guilty
           of
           this
           sinne
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             be
             deepely
             humbled
             for
             it
             before
             the
             Lord
             this
             day
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           sinne
           that
           doth
           more
           provoke
           God
           to
           anger
           ,
           or
           sooner
           cause
           him
           to
           destroy
           a
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           it
           utterly
           ,
           than
           this
           sinne
           :
           
             To
             sinne
             after
             mercy
             ▪
             under
             mercy
             ,
             and
             with
             mercies
             .
          
           So
           it
           is
           said
           
             Ezra
          
           9.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           
             Seeing
             thou
             O
             God
             hast
             given
             us
             su●…h
             a
             
             deliverance
             as
             this
             ,
             should
             we
             againe
             breake
             thy
             Commandements
             ,
             and
             joyne
             in
             affinity
             with
             the
             people
             of
             these
             abominations
             ?
             wouldst
             thou
             not
             be
             angry
             with
             us
             ,
             till
             thou
             hadst
             consumed
             us
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             should
             be
             no
             remnant
             nor
             escaping
             ?
          
           To
           sinne
           after
           mercy
           ,
           and
           with
           mercy
           ,
           procures
           
             universall
          
           and
           utter
           destruction
           .
           
             Because
             I
             called
             ,
             and
             ye
             refused
             ,
             I
             have
             stretched
             out
             my
             hand
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             regarded
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             also
             will
             laugh
             at
             your
             calamity
             ,
             I
             will
             mocke
             when
             your
             feare
             commeth
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           God
           is
           never
           more
           angry
           than
           when
           he
           laughs
           .
           
             Quod
             Deus
             loquitur
             cum
             risu
             ,
             id
             tu
             legas
             f●…etu
             .
             We
             have
             never
             more
             cause
             to
             weepe
             ,
             than
             when
             God
             laughs
             .
          
           Zach.
           7.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           
             Therefore
             it
             is
             come
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             as
             he
             cryed
             and
             they
             would
             not
             heare
             ,
             so
             they
             cryed
             and
             I
             would
             not
             heare
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hoasts
             ,
             but
             I
             scattered
             them
             with
             a
             whirlewind
             among
             all
             the
             Nations
             ,
             whom
             they
             knew
             not
             ;
             thus
             the
             laud
             was
             desolate
             after
             them
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           divers
           reasons
           (
           besides
           the
           reasons
           before
           named
           )
           why
           this
           sin
           (
           to
           sin
           with
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           )
           should
           be
           such
           a
           
             God-provoking
             ,
          
           such
           a
           
             Land-destroying
          
           sin
           ;
           which
           I
           the
           rather
           mention
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           forcible
           helps
           to
           humiliation
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           proper
           worke
           of
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           Because
           
             mercy
             in
             it selfe
             is
             so
             rare
             and
             excellent
             a
             jewell
             ,
             bestowed
          
           
           
             upon
          
           England
           
             purposely
             to
             serve
             God
             withall
             ,
             that
             to
             abuse
             it
             to
             the
             dis-service
             of
             God
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             a
             God-provoking
             sin
             :
          
           for
           these
           rules
           in
           Divinity
           are
           very
           cleare
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             greater
             the
             person
             is
             we
             sin
             against
             ,
             the
             greater
             the
             sin
             ;
          
           as
           to
           offer
           an
           affront
           to
           a
           King
           ,
           is
           a
           greater
           offence
           than
           to
           injure
           a
           common
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             The
             better
             the
             person
             is
             against
             whom
             we
             sin
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             good
             we
             expect
             from
             him
             ,
             or
             have
             received
             from
             him
             ,
             or
             the
             more
             need
             we
             have
             of
             him
             ,
             the
             greater
             is
             the
             offence
             to
             offer
             wrong
             unto
             him
             .
          
           Now
           mercy
           is
           the
           
             greatest
             and
             chiefest
             of
             Gods
             attributes
             .
          
           In
           themselves
           Gods
           attributes
           are
           all
           equall
           ,
           but
           in
           regard
           of
           our
           necessities
           ,
           as
           oyle
           swims
           above
           all
           other
           liquors
           ,
           as
           the
           Eagle
           is
           the
           chiefe
           of
           birds
           ,
           the
           Lion
           of
           beasts
           ,
           gold
           of
           metals
           ,
           so
           mercy
           is
           the
           chiefe
           of
           all
           Gods
           attributes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           sin
           with
           mercy
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           horrible
           sin
           .
           
             Mercy
          
           is
           an
           
             attribute
          
           that
           we
           al
           
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             ;
          
           the
           best
           of
           men
           need
           mercy
           as
           well
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           men
           .
           Mercy
           it
           is
           the
           
             best
             friend
             we
             have
             ,
          
           &
           indeed
           
             the
             only
             friend
             in
             Gods
             bosome
             to
             plead
             for
             us
             ,
          
           it
           is
           the
           
             only
             Orator
             ,
          
           and
           Embassador
           to
           intercede
           
           for
           us
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           
             only
             fiery
             chariot
             to
             carry
             us
             up
             to
             heaven
             .
          
           When
           Justice
           pleads
           against
           us
           at
           Gods
           barre
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           refuge
           but
           to
           his
           
             Mercy-seat
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           to
           abuse
           so
           deare
           
             a
             friend
             as
             mercy
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             great
             a
             friend
             as
             mercy
             ,
          
           and
           such
           a
           
             pretious
             friend
             ,
          
           and
           such
           a
           
             necessary
             friend
             ,
          
           must
           needs
           make
           us
           
             ashamed
             ,
          
           if
           not
           past
           
             shame
             ,
          
           and
           must
           needs
           provoke
           
             God
             to
             anger
             ,
          
           though
           he
           be
           
             full
             of
             mercy
             ;
          
           especially
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           
             superlative
             mercies
             that
             God
             hath
             bestowed
             upon
          
           England
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           another
           rule
           in
           Diuinity
           :
           
             The
             more
             elevated
             ,
             and
             the
             mo●…e
             distinguishing
             any
             mercy
             is
             ,
             the
             greater
             the
             sin
             ,
             to
             abuse
             it
             to
             sin
             .
             Corruptio
             optimi
             pessima
             ,
          
           the
           
             best
             things
             abused
             ,
             prove
             the
             worst
             sins
             .
          
        
         
           Because
           
             he
             that
             sins
             with
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             ,
             fights
             against
             God
          
           
           
             with
             his
             owne
             weapons
             ,
          
           which
           must
           needes
           provoke
           God
           .
           Suppose
           a
           man
           should
           come
           into
           a
           Smiths
           shop
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           the
           Smiths
           owne
           hammer
           ,
           and
           knocke
           him
           on
           the
           head
           ,
           this
           were
           to
           commit
           a
           double
           sin
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           kill
           the
           Smith
           ,
           but
           to
           kill
           him
           with
           his
           owne
           hammer
           .
           Such
           a
           double
           sin
           are
           they
           guilty
           of
           ,
           who
           the
           more
           wit
           they
           have
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           plot
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           health
           ,
           and
           honour
           ,
           and
           wealth
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           despise
           God
           and
           his
           Commandements
           ,
           with
           their
           wealth
           and
           honour
           .
           If
           a
           Chirurgeon
           should
           freely
           bestow
           paines
           and
           charge
           to
           cure
           a
           man
           of
           a
           lame
           hand
           ,
           and
           he
           should
           as
           soone
           as
           ever
           he
           is
           cured
           kill
           this
           Chirurgeon
           with
           his
           cured
           hand
           ,
           this
           were
           a
           horrible
           ingratitude
           ,
           and
           a
           provoking
           sin
           .
           Thus
           do
           they
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           are
           delivered
           from
           sicknesse
           and
           made
           whole
           ,
           fall
           presently
           to
           sinning
           against
           God
           with
           their
           health
           .
           This
           sin
           is
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           cries
           out
           ,
           
             Shall
             I
             take
             the
             members
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             the
             members
             of
             an
             Harlot
             ?
             God
             forbid
             ;
          
           the
           word
           in
           the
           Syriake
           is
           ,
           
             God
             forgive
             :
          
           God
           forbid
           ,
           God
           forgive
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           so
           vile
           and
           wicked
           .
        
         
           Because
           
             he
             that
             sinneth
             with
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             ,
             turnes
             the
             greatest
          
           
           
             good
             into
             the
             greatest
             evill
             ,
          
           and
           
             brings
             darknesse
             out
             of
             light
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             worke
             proper
             to
             the
             devill
             .
          
           It
           is
           
             Gods
             worke
          
           to
           bring
           
             light
             out
             of
             darknesse
             ,
             good
             out
             of
             evill
             ,
          
           but
           it
           is
           the
           devils
           
             worke
          
           to
           bring
           
             evill
             out
             of
             good
             .
          
           Now
           to
           sin
           with
           
             Gods
             mercies
             ,
          
           is
           to
           bring
           the
           
             greatest
             evill
             out
             of
             the
             greatest
             good
             ;
          
           To
           bring
           the
           darknesse
           of
           sinne
           out
           of
           the
           light
           of
           mercy
           .
           It
           is
           to
           act
           a
           devill
           ,
           which
           
             God
          
           must
           needes
           abhorre
           ,
           and
           which
           will
           certainely
           bring
           u●…
           to
           the
           devill
           .
        
         
         
           
             To
             sin
             with
             mercy
             is
             to
             make
             mercy
             to
             be
             our
             adversary
             .
          
           And
           if
           
           mercy
           plead
           against
           a
           Nation
           ,
           then
           looke
           for
           speedy
           destruction
           .
           
             Mercy
          
           is
           our
           
             best
             friend
          
           (
           as
           you
           have
           ●…eard
           )
           but
           when
           we
           sinne
           against
           it
           ,
           we
           turne
           our
           
             chiefest
             friend
             into
             our
             bitterest
             enemy
             ,
          
           and
           mercy
           it selfe
           cryes
           to
           God
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           cry
           of
           mercy
           cryes
           louder
           against
           us
           than
           the
           cry
           of
           justice
           .
           As
           
             poyson
             when
             it
             is
             mingled
             with
             sweete
             Wine
             ,
             the
             Wine
             puts
             strength
             into
             the
             poyson
             ,
             and
             makes
             it
             more
             powerfull
             :
             so
             the
             sweet
             mercies
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             mingled
             with
             our
             sins
             ,
             put
             strength
             into
             our
             sins
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             more
             powerfull
             to
             destroy
             us
             .
          
           In
           the
           tenth
           of
           
             Judges
          
           11.
           
           God
           brings
           in
           his
           deliverances
           to
           plead
           against
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             .
             Did
             not
             I
             deliver
             you
             from
             the
             Egyptians
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Amorites
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             c●…ildren
             of
             Ammon
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Philistines
             ,
             the
             Zidonians
             also
             and
             the
             Amalekites
             ?
             &c.
             Yet
             you
             have
             forsaken
             me
             ,
             therefore
             I
             will
             deliver
             you
             no
             more
             .
          
           When
           justice
           pleads
           against
           a
           Nation
           ,
           there
           is
           mercy
           to
           flye
           unto
           :
           but
           if
           
             mercy
          
           (
           because
           it
           is
           abused
           to
           sinne
           )
           become
           our
           
             enemy
             ,
          
           there
           is
           no
           way
           but
           everlasting
           
             ruine
             .
          
        
         
           To
           sinne
           with
           the
           
             rare
             and
             choyce
             mercies
             of
             God
          
           (
           such
           as
           the
           
           mercies
           of
           England
           are
           )
           
             is
             a
             sin
             of
             such
             transcendent
             unkindnesse
             ,
             as
             that
             God
             cannot
             but
             destroy
             su●…h
             a
             Person
             ,
             〈◊〉
             such
             a
             Nation
             that
             is
             guilty
             of
             it
             .
          
           When
           
             David
          
           was
           used
           unkindly
           by
           
             Nabal
             ,
          
           upon
           whom
           he
           had
           bestowed
           many
           courtesies
           ,
           how
           did
           this
           unkindnesse
           provoke
           
             David
          
           to
           anger
           ?
           in
           somuch
           as
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Surely
             in
             vaine
             have
             I
             kept
             all
             that
             this
             fellow
             hath
             in
             the
             Wi●…dernesse
             ,
             so
             that
             nothing
          
           
           
             was
             missing
             of
             al
             that
             appertained
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             hath
             requited
             me
             evill
             for
             good
             :
             so
             ,
             and
             more
             also
             doe
             God
             unto
             the
             enemies
             of
             Da●…id
             ,
             if
             I
             leav●…
             of
             all
             that
             pertaine
             to
             him
             by
             the
             morning
             light
             ,
             any
             that
             pisseth
             against
             the
             Wall
             .
          
           Thus
           is
           the
           
             great
             Jehovah
          
           enraged
           when
           we
           sinne
           with
           
             his
             favours
             .
             God
          
           will
           say
           ,
           
             In
             vaine
             have
             I
             adorned
             thee
             with
             all
             the
             Jewels
             of
             my
             mercy
             ,
             which
             thou
             as
             a
             swine
             hast
             trampled
             under
             thy
             feete
             .
             In
             vaine
             have
             I
             given
             thee
             learning
             ,
             and
             riches
             ,
             and
             my
             Gospell
             ,
             &c.
             for
             thou
             hast
             requited
             me
             evill
             for
             good
             ,
             therefore
             in
             destroying
             I
             will
             certainely
             destroy
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           also
           we
           reade
           in
           the
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           10.
           
           When
           
             David
          
           sent
           a
           kind
           Embassage
           to
           King
           
             Hanun
             ,
          
           to
           comfort
           him
           after
           his
           fathers
           death
           ,
           and
           he
           despised
           and
           abused
           the
           messengers
           ,
           
             shaving
             off
             the
             one
             h●…lfe
             of
             their
             beards
             ,
             and
             cutting
             off
             their
             garments
             in
             the
             middle
             ,
             
             &c.
          
           this
           did
           so
           far
           incense
           
             David
             ,
          
           as
           it
           made
           him
           destroy
           them
           al
           after
           a
           rigid
           manner
           .
           
             Gods
             mercies
             are
             like
             Davids
             messengers
             messages
             of
             love
             .
          
           God
           lookes
           we
           should
           improve
           these
           messages
           to
           his
           glory
           .
           But
           if
           we
           despise
           them
           ,
           and
           abuse
           him
           with
           them
           ,
           he
           will
           utterly
           destroy
           us
           .
           
             O
             consider
             this
             ,
             you
             that
             forget
             God
             ,
             You
             that
             undervalue
             his
             mercies
             ,
             You
             that
             contemne
             his
             mercies
             ,
             You
             that
             sin
             with
             his
             mercies
             .
          
           How
           angry
           was
           
             Christ
          
           with
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           because
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           
             wash
             his
             feete
             ?
          
           he
           seemes
           to
           be
           more
           angry
           with
           him
           than
           when
           he
           
             denyed
          
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           refused
           an
           act
           of
           Christs
           love
           .
           Christ
           tooke
           it
           unkindly
           ,
           at
           
             Peters
          
           hands
           .
           When
           
             God
          
           comes
           
             in
             love
          
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           offers
           to
           wash
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           reforme
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           refuse
           to
           be
           washed
           ,
           and
           choose
           rather
           to
           wallow
           in
           the
           mire
           of
           sin
           and
           superstition
           ,
           this
           will
           provoke
           God
           more
           than
           if
           we
           did
           flatly
           deny
           him
           .
           
             We
             would
             have
             healed
             Babylon
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             she
             is
             not
             healed
             ,
             forsake
             her
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             goe
             every
             one
             into
             his
             owne
             Countrey
             ,
             for
             her
             judgement
             reacheth
             unto
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             is
             lifted
             up
             even
             to
             the
             skies
             .
          
           Which
           words
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             That
             those
             that
             sin
             with
             mercies
             ,
             shall
             be
             lifted
             up
             as
             high
             in
             judgement
             as
             they
             are
             in
             mercy
             .
          
           Thus
           it
           is
           likewise
           said
           
             Ezekiel
          
           24.
           ver.
           13.
           
           
             Because
             I
             have
             purged
             thee
             and
             thou
             wast
             not
             purged
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             bee
             purged
             from
             thy
             filthinesse
             any
             more
             ,
             till
             I
             have
             caused
             my
             fury
             to
             rest
             upon
             thee
             .
          
           Oh
           that
           the
           Lord
           
             would
             give
             us
             hearts
             to
             lay
             these
             things
             to
             heart
             !
          
           Oh
           let
           us
           be
           ashamed
           and
           confounded
           ,
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           ashamed
           ,
           that
           ever
           we
           have
           sinned
           ,
           
             after
             mercies
             ,
             under
             mercies
             ,
             and
             with
             mercies
             .
          
        
         
           And
           indeed
           when
           I
           consider
           seriously
           
             how
             the
             mercies
             of
             England
             are
             abused
             by
             England
             ,
          
           I
           am
           possessed
           with
           exceeding
           great
           feare
           ,
           lest
           all
           our
           mercies
           should
           be
           but
           
             forerunners
             of
             some
             greater
             miseries
             ,
          
           and
           all
           our
           
             preservations
             ,
             reservations
          
           to
           some
           greater
           destruction
           .
           For
           
             though
             the
             times
             are
             changed
             ,
             yet
             our
             people
             are
             not
             changed
             ;
          
           though
           the
           times
           be
           better
           ,
           yet
           the
           men
           that
           live
           in
           these
           times
           are
           not
           better
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Sodomites
          
           were
           
             delivered
             by
             Abraham
             ,
          
           but
           because
           they
           sinned
           
           
             after
             their
             deliverance
             ,
          
           their
           
             preservation
          
           was
           but
           a
           
             reservation
          
           for
           a
           greater
           destruction
           by
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           .
           
             Lots
          
           wife
           was
           delivered
           out
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           but
           because
           she
           looked
           backe
           towards
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           her
           
             preservation
          
           was
           but
           a
           
             reservation
          
           to
           be
           turned
           to
           a
           pillar
           of
           salt
           .
           
             Pharaoh
          
           was
           often
           delivered
           by
           the
           prayer
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           but
           
           because
           he
           hardned
           his
           heart
           after
           deliverance
           ,
           his
           
             preservation
          
           was
           but
           a
           
             reservation
             ,
          
           till
           he
           was
           drowned
           in
           the
           Red
           Sea
           .
           The
           
             people
             of
             Israel
          
           had
           deliverance
           upon
           deliverance
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           continued
           to
           sin
           after
           deliverance
           ,
           God
           at
           last
           destroyed
           them
           with
           a
           wofull
           destruction
           .
           The
           Lord
           open
           our
           eyes
           to
           consider
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           confounded
           and
           ashamed
           for
           our
           evill
           doings
           ,
           and
           to
           loath
           our selves
           for
           our
           former
           abominations
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           humbled
           exceedingly
           for
           our
           sins
           against
           mercy
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           continue
           his
           deliverances
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           our
           posterity
           after
           us
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           Sun
           and
           Moone
           endureth
           .
        
         
           Seeing
           God
           hath
           done
           such
           rare
           things
           freely
           for
           this
           Nation
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             be
             exhorted
             to
             subscribe
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             this
             Text
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
           onely
           be
           hu●…bled
           for
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           but
           
             ashamed
             and
             confounded
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             to
             sin
             willingly
             against
             so
             mercifull
             a
             God
             .
          
           Let
           an
           argument
           from
           mercy
           prevaile
           with
           you
           .
           It
           is
           a
           
             great
             objection
             against
             some
             kinde
             of
             Preachers
             ,
             that
             they
             preach
             nothing
             but
             hell
             and
             damnation
             .
          
           This
           Objection
           cannot
           be
           brought
           against
           me
           this
           day
           .
           Behold
           I
           come
           with
           an
           
             Olive
             branch
             of
             Peace
             in
             my
             mouth
             .
          
           I
           come
           as
           a
           
             Barnabas
             ,
          
           not
           as
           a
           
             Boanerges
             ,
          
           as
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           all
           apparelled
           with
           rich
           mercy
           .
           It
           is
           a
           
             great
             mercy
             that
             we
             have
             mercies
             to
             breake
             our
             hearts
             withall
             .
          
           What
           would
           
             Germany
          
           give
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           these
           mercies
           ?
           What
           would
           
             Ireland
          
           doe
           for
           
             God
             ,
          
           if
           they
           had
           these
           mercies
           ?
           O
           let
           mercy
           melt
           us
           .
           This
           was
           
             Nathans
          
           argument
           to
           
             David
             ,
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             I
          
           
           
             annointed
             thee
             King
             over
             Israel
             ,
             and
             delivered
             thee
             out
             of
             the
             hand
             of
          
           Saul
           ,
           
             and
             I
             gave
             thee
             thy
             Masters
             house
             ,
             and
             the
             house
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             and
             of
          
           Judah
           ,
           
             and
             if
             that
             had
             beene
             too
             little
             ,
             I
             would
             moreover
             have
             given
             unto
             thee
             such
             and
             such
             things
             .
             Wherefore
             hast
             thou
             despised
             the
             Commandement
             of
             the
             Lord
             to
             doe
             evill
             in
             his
             sight
             ?
             Thou
             ,
          
           for
           whom
           I
           have
           done
           so
           much
           :
           Wherefore
           hast
           
             thou
          
           despised
           the
           Commandement
           of
           the
           Lord
           ?
           This
           made
           
             David
          
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             I
             have
             sinned
             against
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           Me
           thinkes
           I
           heare
           God
           saying
           unto
           us
           here
           present
           ,
           
             I
             have
             delivered
             you
             from
             many
             dangers
             ,
             I
             have
             recovered
             you
             from
             many
             sicknesses
             ,
             I
             have
             heaped
             many
             favours
             upon
             you
             ,
             and
             if
             this
             had
             not
             beene
             enough
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             done
             such
             and
             such
             things
             ,
             wherefore
             have
             you
             rebelled
             against
             me
             ?
          
           O
           that
           this
           might
           affect
           our
           hearts
           .
           Observe
           how
           
             Davids
          
           mercy
           wrought
           upon
           
             Saul
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             24.
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             David
          
           had
           gotten
           
             Saul
          
           at
           
           an
           advantage
           ,
           and
           spared
           him
           when
           he
           might
           have
           destroyed
           him
           ,
           this
           did
           so
           work
           upon
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           that
           he
           lift
           
             up
             his
             voyce
             and
             wept
             &c.
             
          
           Nothing
           ever
           moved
           
             Saul
          
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           the
           kindnes
           of
           
             David
          
           towards
           him
           .
        
         
           So
           when
           we
           consider
           how
           neare
           we
           have
           beene
           to
           destruction
           ,
           and
           how
           often
           God
           hath
           spared
           us
           ,
           when
           he
           might
           have
           destroyed
           us
           ;
           let
           us
           lift
           up
           our
           voyces
           and
           weepe
           for
           our
           sins
           against
           such
           a
           God
           .
           Observe
           how
           
             Mephibosheth
          
           was
           affected
           with
           
             Davids
          
           mercy
           ,
           in
           2
           
             Sam
             9.
             
             David
          
           had
           cause
           to
           be
           revenged
           upon
           the
           house
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           but
           he
           freely
           shewed
           kindnesse
           to
           
             Mephibosheth
             ,
             restoring
             him
             all
             his
             fathers
             lands
             ,
             and
             causing
             him
             to
             eate
             bread
             at
             his
             Table
             continually
             .
          
           And
           this
           Mercy
           did
           so
           melt
           his
           heart
           ,
           that
           he
           cryes
           out
           ,
           
             What
             is
             thy
             servant
             ,
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             looke
             upon
             such
             a
             dead
             Dog
             as
             I
             am
             ?
          
           O
           let
           the
           contemplation
           of
           Gods
           love
           towards
           us
           ,
           make
           us
           to
           loath
           our selves
           for
           our
           abominations
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             What
             am
             I
             ,
             a
             dead
             Dog
             ,
             an
             impure
             Swine
             ,
             an
             uncleane
             Leper
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             my
             God
             should
             doe
             so
             much
             for
             me
             !
          
           Beloved
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           it
           is
           my
           comfort
           that
           I
           preach
           this
           day
           to
           those
           that
           are
           
             Noble
             and
             ingenuous
             .
          
           My
           humble
           suite
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           would
           appeare
           to
           be
           such
           indeed
           and
           in
           truth
           .
           An
           
             ingenuous
             spirit
             is
             more
             wrought
             upon
             by
             love
             ,
             than
             feare
             .
          
           This
           Fast
           might
           have
           beene
           in
           blood
           ,
           the
           Land
           might
           have
           beene
           in
           confusion
           this
           day
           .
           Let
           the
           
             goodnesse
             of
             God
             drive
             you
             to
             repentance
             .
          
           Let
           the
           
             love
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             constraine
             you
             to
             obedi●…nce
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           constraining
           power
           in
           love
           .
           Though
           a
           stubborne
           and
           slavish
           spirit
           is
           more
           wrought
           upon
           by
           
             judgements
          
           than
           
             mercies
             ;
          
           yet
           a
           gracious
           and
           godly
           heart
           is
           more
           wrought
           upon
           by
           
             mercies
          
           than
           
             judgements
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           in
           its
           owne
           nature
           ,
           
             Mer●…y
             workes
             more
             powerfully
             ,
             more
             kindly
             ,
             more
             inwardly
             and
             deepely
             than
             judgements
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           Mercy
           workes
           more
           
             powerfully
          
           than
           
             judgements
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
             ,
             beseecheth
             us
             by
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             ;
          
           he
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             by
             the
             judgements
             of
             God
             :
          
           And
           in
           2
           
             Cor.
             7.
             1.
             
             Having
             these
             promises
             ,
             let
             us
             cleanse
             our selves
             from
             all
             the
             defilements
             both
             of
             flesh
             and
             spirit
             .
          
           He
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           
             having
             these
             threatnings
             ,
             let
             us
             cleanse
             our selves
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Let
           a
           Cart
           loaded
           goe
           over
           a
           River
           frozen
           with
           Ice
           ,
           the
           Cart
           breakes
           the
           Ice
           ,
           but
           it
           remaines
           Ice
           still
           ;
           but
           let
           the
           sun
           shine
           upon
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           melt
           the
           Ice
           ,
           and
           dissolve
           it
           into
           water
           ,
           so
           as
           nothing
           of
           the
           Ice
           shal
           remaine
           .
           The
           
           Judgements
           of
           God
           may
           break
           a
           hard
           heart
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           remain
           hard
           still
           ,
           as
           a
           Rocke
           broken
           in
           peeces
           remaines
           a
           Rocke
           ;
           But
           the
           Sun-shine
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           and
           the
           consideration
           of
           Gods
           love
           to
           us
           in
           Christ
           will
           breake
           the
           heart
           to
           powder
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           not
           onely
           a
           
             broken
             heart
             ,
          
           but
           a
           
             soft
             and
             contrite
             heart
             .
          
           Have
           you
           not
           seene
           a
           Malefactor
           at
           his
           condemnation
           and
           place
           of
           execution
           ,
           when
           without
           hope
           of
           mercy
           ,
           carrying
           himselfe
           desperately
           ,
           and
           obdurately
           in
           sinne
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           informed
           that
           there
           was
           a
           pardon
           provided
           for
           him
           ,
           hath
           beene
           exceedingly
           melted
           and
           broken
           in
           heart
           ,
           at
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           graciousnesse
           of
           the
           King
           towards
           him
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Mercy
             workes
             more
             kindly
             and
             sweetly
          
           than
           
             judgements
             .
             As
             a
             thicke
             Cl●…ud
             that
             is
             melted
             by
             the
             Suns
             shining
          
           upon
           it
           ,
           
             distills
             downe
          
           sweetly
           into
           a
           
             fruitfull
             showre
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             cloud
          
           that
           is
           broken
           with
           a
           
             thunderbolt
          
           makes
           a
           mighty
           cracke
           ,
           and
           teares
           the
           
             cloud
          
           in
           peeces
           :
           So
           the
           mercies
           of
           the
           Gospel
           doe
           kindly
           worke
           upon
           the
           heart
           ,
           opening
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           the
           heart
           of
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           and
           sweetly
           melting
           it
           into
           teares
           after
           a
           blessed
           and
           comfortable
           manner
           :
           But
           the
           thunder-bolt
           of
           Gods
           judgements
           makes
           an
           
             earth-quake
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             heart-quake
             ,
          
           as
           it
           did
           upon
           the
           
             Gaoler
             ,
             Act.
          
           16.
           
           As
           the
           blustering
           winds
           
             teare
             up
             the
             Trees
             by
             the
             rootes
             :
          
           So
           doe
           the
           judgements
           of
           
             God
          
           rend
           and
           teare
           the
           heart
           quite
           in
           peeces
           ,
           but
           mercies
           will
           kindly
           dissolve
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Mercies
             will
             worke
             inwardly
             .
          
           Take
           a
           piece
           of
           gold
           ,
           beate
           it
           with
           a
           hammer
           never
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           shall
           never
           separate
           the
           drosse
           from
           the
           gold
           by
           beating
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           put
           the
           gold
           into
           the
           furnace
           ,
           and
           the
           fire
           will
           separate
           the
           drosse
           from
           it
           .
           The
           hammer
           of
           the
           Law
           will
           batter
           and
           bruise
           the
           soule
           ,
           but
           the
           drosse
           still
           remaines
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           the
           fire
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           the
           furnace
           of
           
             Gods
          
           love
           will
           separate
           a
           man
           and
           his
           lusts
           ,
           and
           purge
           out
           the
           filth
           that
           is
           inwardly
           got
           into
           the
           soule
           .
           
             The
             Sun
             by
             its
             hot
             beames
             made
             the
             Traveller
             ,
          
           (
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Fable
           )
           
             put
             off
             his
             Cloke
             ,
          
           when
           
             the
             blustering
             winde
             made
             him
             gird
             his
             Cloke
             faster
             about
             him
             .
          
           Thus
           you
           see
           how
           mercy
           workes
           more
           
             powerfully
             ,
          
           more
           
             kindly
             ,
          
           more
           
             inwardly
             .
          
           Oh
           that
           it
           might
           appeare
           in
           our
           hearts
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           this
           doctrine
           that
           I
           preach
           ,
           is
           true
           .
           I
           read
           that
           
             Caesar
          
           upon
           a
           certaine
           time
           with
           a
           booke
           in
           his
           hand
           was
           hearing
           of
           
             Cicero
          
           pleading
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           taken
           with
           his
           eloquence
           
           and
           listened
           so
           attentively
           ,
           that
           he
           let
           fall
           his
           booke
           .
        
         
           Oh
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           so
           affect
           you
           with
           the
           consideration
           of
           Englands
           mercies
           ,
           that
           your
           sins
           may
           fall
           away
           from
           you
           ,
           as
           
             Caesars
          
           book
           did
           from
           him
           .
           That
           you
           that
           write
           ,
           may
           blot
           your
           bookes
           with
           your
           teares
           ,
           and
           you
           that
           look
           upon
           me
           may
           look
           with
           teares
           in
           your
           eyes
           .
           Let
           us
           shed
           penitent
           teares
           
             this
             day
             ,
          
           for
           the
           sins
           
             of
             many
             yeares
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           us
           study
           the
           duty
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           ashamed
           and
           ashamed
           for
           our
           sins
           .
           There
           be
           many
           men
           ,
           saith
           
             Chrysostome
             ,
          
           that
           are
           
             ashamed
             of
             what
             they
             should
             not
             be
             ashamed
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
             ashamed
             of
             what
             they
             should
             be
             ashamed
             :
          
           are
           ashamed
           to
           
             confesse
             their
             sins
             ,
          
           but
           not
           to
           
             act
             their
             sins
             ,
          
           not
           ashamed
           to
           be
           seene
           at
           a
           
             Play-house
             ,
          
           but
           ashamed
           to
           be
           seene
           at
           
             Gods
             House
          
           upon
           a
           weeke
           day
           ,
           ashamed
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           cause
           ,
           ashamed
           to
           be
           accounted
           precise
           ,
           but
           not
           ashamed
           to
           be
           
             wicked
          
           and
           ungodly
           .
           And
           as
           the
           same
           Author
           saith
           ,
           many
           men
           are
           not
           
             ashamed
             to
             sin
             ,
          
           but
           ashamed
           to
           be
           known
           to
           
             sin
             ,
          
           not
           ashamed
           to
           commit
           adultery
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           knowne
           to
           commit
           it
           ,
           not
           ashamed
           to
           be
           sinners
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           called
           sinners
           ,
           not
           ashamed
           to
           be
           covetous
           ,
           but
           ashamed
           to
           be
           called
           covetous
           .
           
             This
             shame
             comes
             from
             the
             Devill
             ,
          
           and
           
             will
             bring
             us
             to
             the
             Devill
             .
          
           Let
           us
           pitch
           the
           act
           upon
           the
           right
           object
           .
           Let
           us
           be
           ashamed
           of
           our
           evill
           (
           and
           not
           of
           our
           good
           )
           doings
           .
           Shame
           is
           the
           
             daughter
          
           of
           sin
           .
           If
           there
           had
           not
           beene
           sin
           ,
           there
           never
           had
           beene
           any
           shame
           .
           But
           
             God
          
           hath
           appointed
           the
           
             daughter
             to
             devoure
             the
             mother
             .
          
           As
           the
           
             Worme
             eates
             up
             the
             tree
             that
             bred
             it
             ,
          
           so
           let
           shame
           devoure
           sinne
           .
           There
           is
           no
           
             creature
             capable
             of
             sh●…me
             but
             man
             .
          
           Bruit
           beasts
           are
           capable
           of
           feare
           and
           sorrow
           ,
           but
           not
           of
           shame
           :
           
             God
             forbid
          
           any
           here
           present
           should
           be
           so
           bruitish
           as
           to
           be
           past
           shame
           .
           To
           sinne
           and
           not
           to
           be
           ashamed
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           
             Limen
             inferni
             ,
          
           the
           next
           doore
           to
           damnation
           .
           The
           Heathen
           hath
           a
           saying
           ,
           
             Erubuit
             ,
             salva
             res
             est
             .
          
           As
           long
           as
           there
           is
           shame
           ,
           there
           is
           hope
           .
           O
           let
           us
           be
           confound●…d
           and
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           let
           Mercy
           be
           the
           
             Midwife
          
           to
           bring
           forth
           this
           shame
           and
           sorrow
           .
           The
           Apostle
           commands
           us
           ,
           
             That
             if
             our
             enemies
             hunger
             ,
             we
             should
             feed
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             thirst
             ,
             we
          
           
           
             should
             give
             them
             drinke
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             doing
             we
             shall
             heape
             coales
             of
             fire
             upon
             their
             heads
             .
          
           The
           meaning
           is
           ,
           That
           this
           mercy
           will
           be
           like
           a
           
             heape
             of
             hot
             coales
             ,
          
           either
           to
           melt
           their
           hearts
           and
           make
           them
           our
           friends
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           persist
           in
           their
           enmity
           ,
           to
           adde
           fewell
           
           to
           thei●…
           torments
           in
           hell
           .
           
             God
             hath
             heaped
             many
             hot
             coales
             of
             fire
             upon
             our
             heads
             ,
             O
             let
             this
             fire
             burne
             up
             our
             drosse
             ,
             and
             melt
             our
             hard
             hearts
             lest
             if
             we
             continue
             obstinate
             ,
             these
             Coales
             of
             fire
             serve
             to
             adde
             to
             our
             burning
             in
             bel
             .
          
           I
           read
           in
           the
           ninth
           of
           
             Daniel
             :
          
           When
           
             Daniel
          
           saw
           that
           
           the
           time
           was
           come
           wherein
           
             God
          
           had
           promised
           to
           deliver
           
             Israel
          
           out
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           this
           mercy
           made
           him
           
             fast
             ,
          
           and
           
             mourne
             ,
          
           and
           
             confesse
             his
             sins
             with
             shame
             and
             confusion
             of
             face
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           We
           hope
           the
           
             time
             is
             come
             ,
             yea
             the
             set
             time
             ,
          
           wherein
           
             God
          
           intends
           to
           shew
           mercy
           to
           England
           ;
           O
           let
           us
           pray
           ,
           and
           mourne
           ,
           and
           weepe
           ,
           and
           take
           shame
           for
           our
           scarlet
           abominations
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           were
           sure
           that
           
             God
          
           would
           perfect
           what
           he
           hath
           begun
           
           and
           consummate
           our
           hopes
           ,
           this
           would
           mightily
           disswade
           us
           from
           ever
           sinning
           against
           
             God
             .
          
        
         
           
             It
             is
             an
             argument
             sufficient
             that
             there
             is
             a
             possibility
             ,
             though
             not
             a
          
           
           
             certainty
             .
          
           This
           was
           enough
           to
           worke
           upon
           the
           
             Ninivites
             :
             Let
             us
             cry
             mightily
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             turne
             from
             his
             evill
             way
             .
             Who
          
           
           
             can
             tell
             if
             God
             will
             turne
             ,
             and
             repent
             ,
             &
             c.
             ?
          
           Who
           knowes
           but
           that
           
             God
          
           may
           reare
           us
           up
           a
           glorious
           Church
           ?
           
             E●…ra
          
           blesses
           God
           ,
           that
           
           
             be
             had
             given
             them
             a
             little
             reviving
             in
             their
             bondage
             .
          
           We
           must
           doe
           as
           the
           servants
           of
           
             Benhadad
             :
             Bebold
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             We
             have
             heard
          
           
           
             that
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             are
             mercifull
             Kings
             ,
             let
             us
             put
             sack-cloth
             upon
             our
             loynes
             ,
             and
             ropes
             upon
             our
             heads
             ,
             per
             adventure
             he
             will
             save
             thy
             life
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             when
             they
             came
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             they
             did
             diligently
             observe
             whether
             any
             thing
             would
             come
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             did
             hastily
             catch
             at
             it
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           So
           must
           we
           diligently
           observe
           and
           catch
           at
           the
           very
           first
           appearance
           of
           mercy
           ,
           and
           lay
           hold
           upon
           the
           very
           first
           opportunity
           ;
           I
           read
           ,
           
             Zach.
             4.
             10.
             
             Who
             hath
             despised
             the
             day
             of
             small
             things
             ?
          
           The
           Prophet
           speakes
           of
           the
           rebuilding
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           which
           at
           the
           first
           was
           so
           small
           ,
           that
           
             Sanballat
             ,
             Tobiah
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           enemies
           of
           
             Gods
          
           Church
           laughed
           them
           to
           scorne
           and
           said
           ,
           
             What
             doe
             these
             feeble
             Jewes
             ?
             will
             they
             fortifie
             themselves
             ?
             will
             they
             make
             an
             end
             in
             a
          
           
           
             day
             ?
             will
             they
             revive
             the
             stones
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             heapes
             of
             the
             rubbish
             which
             are
             bu●…nt
             ?
             even
             that
             which
             they
             build
             ,
             if
             a
             Fex
             come
             up
             ,
             he
             shall
             even
             breake
             downe
             their
             stone
             wall
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           they
           did
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           build
           ,
           and
           finish
           the
           worke
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           
             mountaines
             of
             opposition
             ,
             became
             a
             plaine
             before
             them
             ;
          
           And
           therefore
           let
           us
           not
           despise
           
           the
           day
           of
           smal
           things
           .
           It
           is
           with
           the
           
             friends
          
           of
           the
           Church
           as
           with
           the
           
             enemies
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           the
           Churches
           enemies
           begin
           to
           fall
           before
           
             Gods
          
           people
           ,
           they
           shall
           certainely
           fall
           .
           As
           
             Hamans
          
           wise
           men
           told
           him
           ,
           
             if
             Mordecai
             be
             of
             the
             seed
             of
             the
          
           Jewes
           ,
           
           
             before
             whom
             thou
             hast
             begun
             to
             fall
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             prevaile
             against
             him
             ,
             but
             shalt
             surely
             fall
             before
             him
             .
          
           (
           Marke
           those
           words
           ;
           if
           he
           be
           of
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           people
           of
           
             God
             .
             )
          
           And
           when
           they
           fall
           ,
           they
           fall
           by
           degrees
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           14.
           
           First
           ,
           
             God
             troubled
             the
             Egyptians
             ,
             then
             he
             tooke
             off
             their
             wheeles
             from
             their
             Chariots
             ,
             then
             he
             drowned
             them
             in
             the
             Red
             Sea
             .
          
           So
           it
           is
           with
           the
           friends
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           If
           they
           begin
           to
           rise
           before
           the
           enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           shall
           certainely
           rise
           ,
           and
           be
           advanced
           higher
           and
           higher
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           a
           little
           crevice
           of
           light
           appeares
           ,
           when
           God
           doth
           but
           begin
           to
           looke
           towards
           us
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           upon
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           let
           us
           weepe
           bitterly
           ,
           that
           ever
           we
           should
           sin
           against
           such
           a
           
             God
             .
          
           When
           a
           Cart
           is
           in
           a
           
             quagmire
             ,
          
           if
           the
           Horses
           find
           it
           comming
           ,
           they
           will
           pull
           the
           harder
           .
           God
           is
           now
           drawing
           neere
           to
           us
           in
           mercy
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           in
           a
           
             deepe-quagmire
             ,
          
           like
           
             Jeremy
          
           in
           his
           Dungeon
           ,
           and
           
             God
          
           is
           beginning
           to
           pull
           us
           out
           .
           O
           let
           the
           free
           mercy
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           his
           unparalleld
           love
           ,
           breake
           our
           hearts
           for
           ,
           and
           from
           sinne
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           all
           our
           Ministers
           will
           be
           found
           lyars
           ,
           for
           
           they
           have
           prophesied
           the
           certaine
           ruine
           and
           desolation
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             Jonah
          
           was
           no
           lyar
           when
           he
           preached
           ,
           
             Yet
             forty
             dayes
             and
             Niniveh
          
           
           
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             ,
          
           because
           he
           was
           to
           be
           understood
           conditionally
           .
           So
           are
           all
           our
           threatnings
           to
           be
           understood
           with
           an
           ,
           If
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           We
           Ministers
           preach
           what
           
             God
             in
             his
             ordinary
             way
             is
             wont
             to
             do
             ,
          
           
           &
           what
           
             God
          
           in
           his
           word
           hath
           threatned
           to
           a
           Nation
           guilty
           of
           such
           sins
           as
           ours
           are
           .
           
             But
             God
             hath
             dealt
             with
          
           England
           ,
           
             not
             according
             to
             his
             ordinary
             rule
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             his
             Prerogative
             .
          
           England
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           speake
           with
           reverence
           )
           is
           a
           
             Paradox
             to
             the
             Bible
             .
          
           The
           Bible
           tels
           us
           what
           sinnes
           will
           make
           a
           Nation
           ripe
           for
           destruction
           ,
           and
           we
           finde
           these
           sinnes
           in
           our
           Nation
           .
           But
           if
           
             God
          
           will
           leave
           his
           ordinary
           road
           ,
           and
           except
           us
           from
           the
           generall
           rule
           ,
           and
           miraculously
           save
           us
           by
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           free
           grace
           ,
           who
           
           can
           hinder
           a
           free
           agent
           ?
           This
           is
           a
           rare
           act
           of
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           
             &
             the
             more
             mercy
             there
             is
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             more
             ought
             we
             to
             be
             confounded
             for
             our
             apostasies
             ,
             whoredomes
             ,
             abominations
             ,
             and
             rebellions
             against
             this
             God
             .
          
        
         
           Men
           ,
           brethren
           and
           fathers
           ,
           if
           all
           that
           I
           have
           said
           this
           day
           ,
           wil
           not
           worke
           upon
           your
           hearts
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           name
           some
           other
           kind
           of
           mercies
           unto
           you
           .
           For
           I
           am
           all
           for
           mercy
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Consider
           ,
           
             What
             a
             mercy
             it
             is
             for
             God
             to
             make
             you
             men
             ,
          
           when
           he
           might
           have
           made
           you
           toads
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           have
           heard
           the
           story
           of
           the
           two
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           being
           riding
           to
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Constance
             ,
          
           and
           espying
           by
           the
           way
           a
           poore
           Country
           man
           weeping
           ,
           turned
           towards
           him
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           ,
           
             why
             he
             wept
             ,
          
           he
           answered
           ,
           
             I
             weepe
             to
             see
             t●…is
             toad
          
           (
           that
           lay
           upon
           the
           ground
           before
           him
           )
           
             because
             I
             never
             blessed
             God
             sufficiently
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             made
             me
             a
             man
             and
             not
             a
             toad
             .
          
           This
           answer
           made
           them
           goe
           away
           astonished
           and
           ashamed
           for
           their
           owne
           unthankfulnesse
           .
           And
           it
           may
           justly
           worke
           the
           like
           effect
           in
           us
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Consider
           ,
           
             What
             a
             mercy
             it
             is
             to
             be
             not
             onely
             a
             man
             ,
             but
             a
             rich
             man
             ,
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             Knight
             ,
             or
             Lord
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           There
           is
           none
           here
           ,
           but
           such
           whom
           
             God
          
           hath
           lifted
           up
           above
           thousands
           in
           outward
           mercies
           .
           What
           a
           shame
           is
           it
           for
           a
           poore
           Cobler
           to
           doe
           more
           service
           for
           
             God
             ,
          
           than
           it
           may
           be
           some
           of
           you
           doe
           ,
           that
           have
           received
           so
           much
           from
           
             God
             .
          
           May
           not
           Christ
           say
           to
           you
           as
           he
           did
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ?
           
             I
             have
             done
             many
             great
             workes
             among
             you
             ,
             for
             which
             of
             these
             doe
             you
             stone
             me
             ?
          
           I
           have
           done
           many
           great
           things
           for
           you
           ,
           
             I
             have
             given
             you
             health
             ,
             wealth
             ,
             credite
             ,
             wit
             ,
             and
             honour
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             of
             these
             is
             it
             that
             thou
             blasphemest
             my
             name
             ,
             and
             despisest
             my
             Sabbaths
             ,
             and
             refusest
             to
             obey
             my
             Commandements
             ?
          
           It
           is
           said
           of
           
             Heliogabalus
             ,
          
           that
           he
           provided
           silken
           halters
           to
           hang
           himselfe
           withall
           ,
           and
           ponds
           of
           
             sweet
             water
          
           to
           drowne
           himselfe
           withall
           ,
           gilded
           
             poysons
          
           to
           poyson
           himselfe
           withall
           .
           O
           let
           not
           your
           honors
           and
           riches
           ,
           &c.
           be
           silken
           
             halters
             to
             strangle
             your
             soules
             !
          
           let
           not
           your
           
             pleasures
          
           be
           ponds
           of
           
             sweet
             water
          
           to
           drown
           your
           soules
           !
           let
           not
           your
           
             preferments
          
           be
           gilded
           
             poysons
             ,
          
           to
           poyson
           your
           soules
           !
           Say
           as
           
             Nabal
          
           did
           (
           but
           in
           a
           better
           sense
           )
           
             shal
             I
             take
             my
             health
             which
             God
             hath
             given
             me
             ,
             to
             sin
             against
             my
             God
             with
             it
             ?
          
           God
           forbid
           .
           
             Shall
             I
             take
             the
             wit
             that
             God
             hath
             given
             me
             ,
             to
             plot
             against
             God
             and
             his
             cause
             with
             it
             ?
             God
             forbid
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Consider
           ,
           
             the
             patience
             of
             God
             towards
             us
             .
          
           This
           is
           an
           argument
           that
           should
           drive
           us
           to
           repentance
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           2.
           
           There
           is
           no
           
             sin
             ,
             
             but
             it
             is
             committed
             in
             the
             very
             bosome
             of
             God
             .
          
           For
           
             God
             fils
             Heaven
             &
             earth
             ,
          
           and
           sees
           all
           your
           
             curtaine
             abominations
             .
          
           And
           he
           is
           able
           to
           destroy
           you
           ,
           he
           is
           
             just
             ,
             and
             must
             wound
             the
             bairy
             scalpe
             of
             those
             that
             goe
             on
             in
             their
             wickednesse
             ,
          
           and
           he
           is
           a
           holy
           and
           a
           pure
           
             God
             ,
          
           that
           hates
           your
           iniquities
           from
           his
           very
           heart
           .
           And
           yet
           behold
           how
           patient
           this
           
             God
          
           is
           towards
           you
           !
           At
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           thou
           wert
           in
           the
           act
           of
           adultery
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           sent
           thee
           to
           hell
           in
           the
           very
           act
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           
             made
             thy
             tongue
             to
             rot
             ,
             the
             last
             oath
             thou
             sworest
             .
          
           Nothing
           with-held
           him
           but
           pure
           mercy
           .
           
             O
             let
             this
             melt
             our
             hearts
             .
          
           What
           
             a
             mercy
             is
             it
             to
             be
             out
             of
             hell
             ?
          
           Many
           in
           hell
           have
           not
           sinned
           the
           sinnes
           that
           we
           have
           done
           .
           It
           is
           his
           free
           grace
           that
           we
           are
           delivered
           .
           We
           might
           have
           been
           weeping
           in
           hell
           at
           this
           instant
           :
           And
           then
           
             our
             teares
             should
             have
             beene
             our
             hell
             ,
             but
             now
             they
             will
             prove
             our
             heaven
             ,
             if
             God
             worke
             them
             in
             us
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           Consider
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             love
             in
             dying
             for
             thee
             .
          
           If
           thy
           heart
           be
           as
           hard
           as
           an
           Adamant
           ,
           the
           blood
           of
           this
           
             scape
             Goate
          
           will
           soften
           it
           .
           There
           were
           five
           men
           met
           together
           ,
           that
           asked
           one
           another
           what
           meanes
           they
           used
           to
           abstaine
           from
           sinne
           .
           The
           first
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             he
             continually
             thought
             upon
             the
             certainty
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             the
             uncertainty
             of
             the
             time
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             that
             made
             him
             live
             every
             day
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             his
             last
             day
             .
          
           The
           second
           
             meditated
             of
             the
             severe
             account
             ,
             he
             was
             to
             give
             at
             the
             day
             of
             judgement
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             everlasting
             torments
             of
             hell
             ,
             and
             this
             kept
             him
             from
             sin
             .
          
           The
           third
           ,
           
             of
             the
             vilenesse
             and
             loathsomenesse
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             excellency
             and
             beauty
             of
             grace
             ,
          
           and
           
             this
             made
             him
             abhorre
          
           sinne
           .
           The
           fourth
           ,
           
             of
             the
             everlasting
             rewards
             and
             pleasures
             provided
             for
             those
             that
             abstaine
             from
          
           sinne
           ,
           and
           
             this
             prevailed
             with
             him
             .
          
           The
           fifth
           and
           the
           last
           ,
           
             continually
             meditated
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             love
             ,
          
           and
           this
           made
           him
           ashamed
           to
           sin
           against
           
             God
             .
          
           This
           last
           is
           the
           
             greatest
             motive
             of
             all
             .
          
           If
           the
           pacification
           betweene
           the
           two
           Nations
           of
           England
           &
           Scotland
           will
           not
           affect
           us
           ,
           let
           the
           
             great
             pacification
             that
             Christ
             hath
             made
             for
             thee
          
           between
           
             God
          
           and
           
             thy
             soule
             move
             thy
             heart
             to
             be
             ashamed
             to
          
           offend
           
             God
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           greatest
           argument
           I
           can
           use
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           
             For
             Jesus
             Christ
             his
             sake
             be
             ashamed
          
           and
           
             confounded
             for
             your
             evill
             waies
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           Consider
           ,
           
             the
             long
             enjoyment
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
          
           the
           powerfull
           and
           plentifull
           preaching
           of
           it
           ,
           joyned
           with
           peace
           and
           plenty
           .
           And
           let
           us
           mourne
           for
           our
           Gospel
           sins
           for
           our
           unprofitablenes
           ,
           and
           unfruitfulnesse
           under
           such
           
             fruitfull
             meanes
             ,
          
           that
           we
           have
           beene
           like
           
           a
           barren
           ground
           which
           no
           plowing
           will
           make
           good
           .
           Let
           us
           mourne
           for
           our
           unbeliefe
           ,
           and
           impenitency
           .
           Let
           
             Gospel
          
           sins
           produce
           
             Gospel
          
           sorrow
           .
           
             Teares
             are
             made
             onely
             for
             sin
             .
          
           If
           we
           mourne
           our
           eyes
           out
           for
           worldly
           losses
           ;
           we
           cannot
           profit
           our selves
           .
           But
           if
           we
           
             weep
             for
             sin
             ,
             this
             will
             quench
             the
             fire
             of
             hell
             .
          
           There
           are
           2
           sorts
           of
           sins
           ,
           and
           2
           sorts
           of
           curses
           :
           legall
           sins
           &
           Gospel
           sins
           ,
           legall
           curses
           and
           Gospel
           curses
           :
           Legall
           sins
           will
           bring
           legall
           curses
           ;
           But
           Gospel
           sins
           (
           unlesse
           there
           be
           Gospel
           sorrow
           )
           will
           bring
           a
           Gospel
           curse
           ,
           
             which
             is
             above
             al
             legal
             curses
             .
          
           Of
           this
           curse
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           1
           
             Cor.
             16.
             22.
             
             If
             any
             man
             love
             not
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             Anathema
             Maranatha
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           accursed
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           &
           reserved
           for
           the
           vengeance
           which
           Christ
           will
           render
           to
           all
           unbelievers
           ,
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           judgement
           .
           This
           is
           
             curse
             upon
             curse
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           curse
           due
           to
           them
           that
           abuse
           
             mercies
             .
             The
             Lord
             deliver
             us
             from
             this
             curse
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           Let
           every
           man
           consider
           
             the
             personal
             mercies
             that
             God
             hath
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             in
             particular
             ,
          
           &
           take
           all
           these
           mercies
           ,
           &
           lay
           them
           to
           his
           heart
           ,
           &
           they
           wil
           dissolve
           the
           stone
           in
           his
           heart
           ;
           let
           our
           hearts
           be
           as
           
             wax
             ,
          
           &
           these
           
             mercies
          
           as
           the
           
             sun
          
           to
           melt
           them
           into
           godly
           
             sorrow
             .
          
        
         
           Make
           a
           double
           Catalogue
           :
           One
           of
           thy
           
             sins
             ;
          
           The
           other
           of
           
             Gods
             mercies
          
           to
           thee
           ,
           &
           binde
           them
           about
           thy
           heart
           to
           bring
           it
           into
           a
           religious
           frame
           .
           Thus
           I
           have
           named
           six
           other
           mercies
           .
           My
           humble
           suit
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           would
           
             p●…nder
             &
             consider
             seriously
             what
             hath
             been
             said
          
           unto
           you
           .
           
             Consider
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             give
             you
             understanding
             .
          
           The
           
             Thessalonians
          
           had
           never
           understood
           
           what
           
             Paul
          
           had
           said
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           considred
           it
           .
           No
           more
           shall
           we
           profit
           by
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           consider
           what
           hath
           bin
           said
           .
           And
           this
           consideration
           must
           have
           foure
           ingredients
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           must
           consider
           these
           mercies
           
             distinctly
             ,
          
           and
           
             deliberately
             .
          
           If
           a
           man
           hath
           a
           sweet
           
             Cordiall
          
           in
           his
           mouth
           and
           
             swallow
          
           it
           downe
           whole
           ,
           he
           wil
           not
           taste
           the
           sweetnes
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           if
           he
           
             chew
          
           it
           by
           degrees
           ,
           it
           wil
           be
           
             very
             pleasant
          
           to
           his
           taste
           .
           So
           these
           mercies
           will
           doe
           us
           no
           good
           ,
           if
           we
           swallow
           them
           
             down
          
           without
           
             serious
             meditation
             .
          
           But
           if
           we
           chew
           them
           and
           consider
           them
           distinctly
           and
           
             deliberately
             ,
          
           one
           mercy
           after
           another
           ,
           they
           will
           exceedingly
           affect
           us
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           must
           consider
           them
           with
           
             reflexion
             upon
             our selves
             ,
             and
             application
             to
             our selves
             .
          
           As
           it
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Plato
          
           that
           when
           he
           did
           walk
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           if
           he
           saw
           any
           man
           disordred
           in
           his
           speech
           ,
           or
           
           any
           other
           way
           he
           would
           say
           to
           himselfe
           :
           
             Num
             ego
             talis
             ?
          
           Am
           I
           such
           a
           one
           as
           this
           is
           ?
           So
           must
           we
           say
           ,
           
             Num
             ego
             talis
             ?
             Have
             I
             abused
             these
             mercies
             ?
             Have
             I
             sinned
             with
             these
             mercies
             ?
          
           And
           as
           the
           Apostles
           severally
           asked
           Christ
           ,
           
             Master
             ,
             is
             it
             I
             ?
          
           So
           m●…t
           we
           aske
           our
           hearts
           ,
           
             Am
             not
             I
             the
             man
             that
             ought
             to
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             and
             ●…nfoundid
             for
             my
             sins
             against
             mercies
             ?
          
        
         
           3.
           
           We
           must
           consider
           
             these
             mercies
             in
             as
             neere
             a
             propinquity
             as
             we
             can
             possible
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           true
           saying
           of
           the
           Philosoper
           ,
           
             Things
             that
             are
             seen
             far
             off
             ,
             are
             as
             if
             they
             were
             not
             :
             A
             great
             man
             a
             far
             off
             seems
             little
             or
             nothing
             :
             An
             enemie
             a
             farre
             off
             ,
             or
             a
             serpent
             a
             farre
             off
             ,
             doth
             litt●…e
             trouble
             us
             .
          
           So
           it
           is
           with
           mercies
           .
           If
           we
           looke
           upon
           them
           at
           a
           distance
           they
           will
           seeme
           little
           ,
           and
           little
           affect
           us
           ,
           but
           if
           we
           take
           them
           neere
           to
           us
           ,
           they
           will
           seeme
           (
           as
           they
           are
           )
           very
           great
           ,
           and
           will
           mightily
           worke
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Consider
           
             these
             mercies
             devoutly
             with
             prayer
             unto
             God
             to
             make
             them
             heart-melting
             mercies
             .
          
           Pray
           to
           
             Christ
             to
             looke
             upon
             thee
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             on
             Peter
             ;
          
           The
           Cock
           crew
           once
           and
           
             Peter
             wept
             not
             ,
          
           the
           Cock
           crew
           twice
           ,
           and
           
             Peter
             wept
             not
             ,
          
           because
           (
           saith
           
             Ambrose
             )
             Christ
             did
             not
             looke
             upon
             him
             .
          
           But
           as
           soone
           as
           ever
           
             Christ
          
           looked
           upon
           him
           ,
           then
           he
           wept
           ,
           
             Aspexit
             Christus
             &
             flevit
             .
          
           We
           
             Ministers
          
           are
           as
           the
           
             crowing
             of
             Peters
             Cocke
             ,
          
           we
           cannot
           make
           you
           ashamed
           and
           confounded
           for
           your
           evill
           doings
           ,
           unlesse
           
             Christ
          
           looke
           upon
           you
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             Jesus
             in
             his
             mercy
             cast
             his
             eye
             upon
             us
             this
             day
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             all
             of
             us
             goe
             out
             and
             weep
             bitterly
             ,
             as
          
           Peter
           
             did
             .
          
        
         
           The
           very
           brute
           beasts
           have
           bin
           wrought
           upon
           by
           mercie
           .
           Some
           write
           (
           though
           others
           contradict
           it
           )
           of
           the
           
             Elephant
             ,
          
           that
           because
           it
           wants
           joynts
           it
           cannot
           kneele
           ,
           &
           if
           it
           once
           fall
           it
           cannot
           rise
           ,
           and
           therefore
           when
           it
           sleeps
           it
           sleepes
           leaning
           upon
           a
           tree
           .
           Now
           the
           
             hunts-man
          
           observing
           upon
           what
           tree
           it
           sleeps
           ,
           desirous
           to
           take
           it
           ,
           comes
           in
           the
           day
           time
           ,
           and
           sawes
           that
           tree
           almost
           asunder
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           
             Elephant
          
           comes
           to
           leane
           upon
           it
           ,
           the
           tree
           falls
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Elephant
          
           with
           it
           ;
           Then
           comes
           the
           
             hunts-man
             ,
          
           and
           lifts
           up
           the
           
             Elephant
             ,
          
           which
           he
           takes
           so
           kindly
           ,
           that
           ever
           after
           he
           followes
           the
           
             hunts-man
             where
             ever
             be
             pleaseth
             .
          
        
         
           This
           story
           may
           be
           applyed
           divers
           wayes
           .
           When
           we
           were
           all
           
             fallen
             in
             Adam
          
           by
           eating
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           forbidden
           tree
           ,
           unable
           to
           rise
           againe
           ,
           
             Jesus
             hath
             lifted
             us
             up
             from
             hell
             :
          
           O
           let
           this
           
             mercie
             melt
          
           us
           into
           obedience
           .
           When
           we
           were
           all
           falne
           of
           late
           yeares
           
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           into
           a
           
             desperate
             condition
             :
          
           God
           by
           the
           
             King
             and
             Parliamant
          
           hath
           raised
           us
           up
           to
           a
           hope
           of
           better
           dayes
           .
           O
           let
           us
           be
           
             ashamed
          
           to
           be
           
             disobedient
          
           to
           this
           God
           .
           There
           is
           another
           famous
           story
           of
           one
           
             Androdus
          
           dwelling
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           that
           fled
           from
           his
           Master
           into
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           and
           tooke
           shelter
           in
           a
           Lions
           Den
           ;
           The
           Lion
           came
           home
           with
           a
           thorne
           in
           his
           foot
           ,
           and
           seeing
           the
           man
           in
           the
           den
           reached
           out
           his
           foot
           ,
           and
           the
           man
           pulled
           out
           the
           thorne
           ;
           which
           the
           Lion
           tooke
           so
           kindly
           ,
           that
           for
           three
           yeares
           he
           sed
           the
           man
           in
           his
           den
           .
           After
           three
           yeares
           the
           man
           stole
           out
           of
           the
           den
           ,
           and
           returned
           backe
           to
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           was
           apprehended
           by
           his
           Master
           and
           condemned
           to
           be
           devoured
           by
           a
           Lion
           .
           It
           hapned
           that
           this
           very
           
             Lion
          
           was
           designed
           to
           devour
           him
           ;
           The
           Lion
           knowes
           his
           old
           friend
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           hurt
           him
           .
           The
           People
           wondred
           at
           it
           ,
           the
           man
           was
           saved
           ,
           and
           the
           Lion
           given
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           carried
           about
           with
           him
           in
           the
           streets
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
           From
           whence
           came
           that
           motto
           ,
           
             Hic
             est
             homo
             medicus
             leonis
             :
             hic
             est
             leo
             hospes
             hominis
             .
          
           Beloved
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           great
           
             God
          
           by
           the
           help
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           House
           of
           the
           
             Lords
          
           hath
           
             plucked
             many
             thorns
             out
             of
             our
             feet
             .
          
           O
           let
           us
           not
           now
           
             bring
             forth
             thornes
             and
             briers
             .
          
           Let
           not
           our
           hearts
           be
           drie
           and
           barren
           as
           the
           
             thorny
             ground
             .
          
           Let
           us
           not
           
             kicke
             against
             God
             with
             our
             feete
             while
             be
             is
             plucking
             out
             the
             thornes
             that
             trouble
             us
             .
          
           Let
           us
           not
           be
           worse
           than
           the
           brute
           beasts
           .
           But
           if
           all
           this
           will
           not
           prevaile
           ,
           suffer
           me
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           remind
           you
           under
           new
           expressions
           of
           what
           hath
           beene
           before
           said
           ,
           and
           to
           offer
           some
           new
           motives
           unto
           you
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           the
           beginnings
           of
           hope
           that
           now
           appeare
           ,
           and
           these
           inclinings
           of
           better
           dayes
           will
           not
           work
           upon
           us
           to
           
             bumble
          
           us
           
             for
             ,
             and
             from
             sin
             :
          
           God
           will
           take
           away
           all
           our
           hopes
           ,
           &
           all
           his
           mercies
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           to
           a
           Nation
           that
           will
           make
           better
           use
           of
           them
           .
           And
           as
           I
           said
           in
           my
           last
           Sermon
           which
           I
           preached
           before
           this
           Honourable
           assembly
           )
           
             he
             will
             repent
             of
             the
             good
             things
             which
          
           
           
             he
             intended
             to
             bestow
             upon
             us
             .
          
           Remember
           what
           I
           hinted
           before
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           that
           if
           hee
           had
           tarried
           for
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           God
           would
           have
           established
           
           the
           kingdome
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             But
             now
             ,
             saith
          
           Samuel
           ,
           
             thy
             Kingdome
             shall
             not
             continue
             .
          
           How
           do
           we
           know
           but
           that
           if
           we
           
             humble
             our selves
             ,
          
           and
           
             enter
             into
             covenant
             to
             be
             G●…
             people
             ,
             and
             seeke
             the
             Lord
             with
             all
             our
             heart
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             may
             establish
             us
             to
             be
             his
             choice
             people
             for
             ever
             ?
          
           But
           if
           we
           harden
           our
           hearts
           against
           God
           
           and
           his
           wayes
           ,
           
             God
             will
             say
             unto
             us
             t●…is
             day
             ,
             I
             thought
             to
             have
             made
             you
             a
             happy
             kingdome
             ,
             but
             now
             your
             happinesse
             shall
             not
             continue
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           God
           hath
           done
           much
           for
           a
           Nation
           ,
           and
           that
           Nation
           sinnes
           with
           his
           ●…ercies
           ,
           God
           will
           not
           onely
           
             take
             away
             his
             mercies
             ,
          
           but
           will
           send
           
             curses
             instead
             of
             blessings
             .
          
           For
           so
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Josh.
             24.
             20.
             
             If
             yee
             seeke
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             serve
             strange
             gods
             ,
             then
             will
             he
          
           
           
             turne
             and
             do
             you
             hurt
             and
             consume
             you
             ,
             after
             he
             hath
             done
             you
             good
             .
          
           God
           may
           out
           of
           his
           free
           mercy
           
             prorogue
             ,
          
           and
           
             demurre
             our
             ruine
             ,
             but
             be
             will
             never
             remove
             it
             ,
          
           till
           our
           
             Nationall
             sinnes
             be
             removed
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           God
           should
           heale
           us
           ,
           help
           us
           ,
           and
           lengthen
           out
           our
           tranquillity
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           reformation
           among
           us
           ,
           yet
           it
           would
           be
           but
           a
           
             lame
             cure
             ,
          
           if
           we
           be
           not
           confounded
           and
           ashamed
           for
           our
           evill
           wayes
           .
           It
           will
           be
           but
           a
           
             skinning
             over
             of
             our
             disease
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             daubing
             of
             us
             up
             with
             untempered
             morter
             ,
          
           a
           smothering
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           which
           will
           breake
           out
           the
           more
           afterwards
           .
           But
           a
           
             perfect
             cure
             can
             never
             be
             expected
             from
             God
             ,
             till
             th●…re
             be
             a
             Nationall
             humiliation
             ,
             and
             refo●…mation
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           Adde
           lastly
           ,
           if
           God
           should
           shew
           us
           mercy
           ,
           
             this
             mercy
             will
             be
             accursed
             unto
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             be
             not
             humbled
             and
             reformed
             .
             A
             mercy
             abused
             is
             no
             mercy
             .
          
           Mercy
           
             turned
             to
             sinne
             ,
          
           takes
           away
           the
           
             comfort
             of
             the
             mercy
             ,
          
           and
           turneth
           the
           
             mercy
             into
             a
             curse
             ;
          
           As
           the
           
             raine
             ,
             that
             falls
             upon
             the
             Sea
             ,
             is
             made
             salt
             by
             the
             salt
             water
             .
          
           And
           that
           which
           falls
           upon
           moorish
           grounds
           ,
           breeds
           
             Toads
             and
             Serpents
             :
          
           So
           all
           the
           goodnesse
           and
           mercies
           of
           God
           falling
           upon
           wicked
           ,
           impenitent
           ,
           and
           irreformed
           hearts
           ,
           breed
           nothing
           but
           the
           
             ver●…●…f
             sinne
             and
             iniquity
             .
          
           Mercy
           is
           like
           the
           
             water
             of
             jealousie
             ,
          
           of
           which
           ●…e
           read
           
             Numbers
          
           the
           fifth
           :
           If
           the
           
             woman
             was
             innocent
             ,
             it
             made
             her
             fruitfull
             ,
             but
             if
             guilty
             it
             made
             her
             rot
             .
          
           So
           the
           mercies
           of
           
           God
           if
           we
           be
           good
           ,
           make
           us
           more
           fruitfull
           .
           It
           is
           
             Maximum
             &
             aptissimum
             motivum
             &
             medium
             obedientiae
             .
          
           But
           when
           they
           fall
           upon
           a
           
             wicked
             spirit
             ,
          
           they
           make
           him
           the
           more
           
             rotten
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             wicked
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           blesse
           these
           considerations
           unto
           you
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           conclusion
           of
           all
           ,
           I
           will
           do
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           will
           name
           some
           particular
           sinnes
           ,
           which
           are
           most
           opposite
           to
           the
           mercies
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           beseech
           the
           representative
           House
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           be
           confounded
           and
           ashamed
           to
           commit
           such
           sinnes
           any
           more
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           I
           will
           name
           some
           speciall
           and
           heroicall
           Uses
           which
           you
           are
           to
           make
           of
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           besides
           this
           in
           the
           Text
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           will
           name
           some
           particular
           sins
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Be
             ashamed
             ,
             O
             house
             of
             Egland
             ,
             to
             forget
             the
             mercies
             you
             have
             received
             from
             God
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           great
           
             mercie
          
           that
           we
           have
           mercies
           to
           
             remember
             ,
          
           and
           if
           wee
           refuse
           to
           
             remember
          
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           God
           will
           take
           order
           that
           we
           shall
           have
           no
           mercies
           to
           
             remember
             .
          
           Let
           not
           the
           brand
           of
           the
           chiefe
           Butler
           be
           justly
           fastned
           upon
           us
           ,
           
             Yet
             did
             not
          
           
           
             the
             chiefe
             Butler
             remember
             Joseph
             ,
             but
             forgot
             him
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Be
             ashamed
             ,
             to
             contenme
             and
             despise
             the
             mercies
             you
             have
             received
             from
             God
             .
          
           There
           are
           many
           like
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           in
           
             Babylon
             ;
          
           that
           liked
           their
           habitations
           in
           
             Babylon
          
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           when
           
             Cyrus
          
           gave
           them
           leave
           to
           goe
           to
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           they
           would
           not
           leave
           
             Babylon
          
           to
           goe
           to
           
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           So
           there
           are
           many
           that
           like
           their
           former
           condition
           under
           the
           innovation
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           rather
           continue
           in
           
             Babylon
          
           still
           ,
           than
           accept
           of
           the
           reformation
           offered
           .
           That
           begin
           to
           say
           of
           
             Mannah
             ,
             We
             have
             nothing
             but
             this
          
           
           
             Mannah
             ;
          
           and
           to
           wish
           for
           the
           
             Garlicke
             and
             Onions
             of
             Egypt
             againe
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           grievous
           abomination
           .
           God
           was
           very
           angry
           with
           the
           Israelites
           for
           this
           sin
           ,
           he
           sent
           plagues
           upon
           plagues
           among
           them
           for
           it
           .
           And
           when
           at
           last
           they
           brought
           an
           evill
           report
           upon
           the
           land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           and
           (
           as
           
             David
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           106
           )
           despised
           the
           holy
           land
           ,
           refusing
           to
           go
           into
           it
           ,
           God
           was
           so
           provoked
           with
           this
           sin
           ,
           
           that
           he
           would
           not
           pardon
           it
           ,
           but
           set
           them
           back
           again
           40.
           yeares
           ,
           and
           destroyed
           their
           carkasses
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           .
           Would
           to
           God
           I
           could
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           some
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           raise
           up
           an
           ill
           report
           upon
           the
           reformation
           intended
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Parliament
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           bring
           in
           an
           
             Anarchie
             ,
          
           to
           reduce
           every
           thing
           into
           its
           first
           Chaos
           ,
           to
           leave
           every
           man
           to
           do
           what
           is
           good
           in
           his
           owne
           eyes
           ,
           as
           when
           there
           was
           no
           King
           in
           Israel
           :
           And
           upon
           this
           false
           rumour
           they
           
             despise
          
           the
           
             blessed
             Canaan
          
           that
           we
           are
           going
           into
           .
           Oh
           let
           us
           be
           ashamed
           and
           confounded
           to
           commit
           this
           sinne
           .
           This
           will
           make
           
             God
          
           carry
           us
           backe
           againe
           to
           the
           
             wildernesse
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Be
             ashamed
             to
             distrust
             God
             and
             his
             power
             in
             time
             of
             great
             difficulty
             ,
             having
             received
             so
             many
             and
             so
             great
             deliverances
             .
          
           We
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           like
           the
           children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           who
           although
           they
           were
           by
           a
           mighty
           hand
           brought
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           and
           through
           the
           red
           Sea
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           yet
           upon
           every
           strait
           they
           began
           presently
           to
           
           murmure
           ,
           and
           to
           thinke
           of
           making
           a
           Captaine
           to
           returne
           to
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           never
           considering
           the
           iron
           bondage
           they
           endured
           in
           
             Egypt
             .
          
           God
           hath
           brought
           us
           out
           of
           the
           Egyptian
           bondage
           ,
           and
           carried
           us
           through
           a
           red
           sea
           of
           dangers
           ,
           and
           yet
           when
           wee
           meete
           ,
           though
           but
           with
           the
           news
           ,
           of
           any
           
             Giants
          
           or
           
             Anakins
             ,
          
           we
           begin
           presently
           to
           distrust
           ,
           and
           to
           say
           :
           
             Can
             God
             prepare
             a
             table
             in
             the
             wildernesse
             ?
             can
             God
             make
             a
             way
             through
             the
             hoasts
             of
             the
             Phi●…istines
             ?
          
           And
           some
           of
           us
           begin
           to
           wish
           that
           things
           had
           remained
           as
           at
           first
           .
           This
           is
           a
           
             horrible
             sinne
             after
             so
             many
             mercies
             .
          
           As
           
             Austin
          
           saith
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           He
           that
           will
           not
           beleeve
           in
           Christ
           after
           so
           many
           
             miracles
             ,
          
           without
           a
           
             new
             miracle
             ,
          
           he
           himselfe
           is
           a
           
             great
             miracle
             .
          
           So
           he
           that
           will
           distrust
           God
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           
             miraculous
             mercies
             ,
          
           is
           himselfe
           a
           
             miracle
             of
             unbeliefe
             .
          
           How
           often
           hath
           
             God
             appeared
             in
             the
             mount
             these
             two
             last
             yeares
             ,
          
           as
           if
           he
           had
           
             resolved
             to
             take
             up
             his
             dwelling
             there
             ?
          
           How
           many
           mountaines
           of
           opposition
           have
           melted
           before
           you
           ,
           as
           mountaines
           of
           snow
           before
           the
           Sun
           ?
           Be
           ashamed
           ,
           be
           ashamed
           
             O
             house
             of
             England
             ,
          
           to
           distrust
           God
           after
           so
           many
           mercies
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Be
             ashamed
             to
             be
             cowardly
             and
             faint
             hearted
             in
             the
             cause
             of
          
           
           
             God
             ,
             that
             hath
             so
             mightily
             appeared
             for
             us
             .
          
           I
           remember
           the
           storie
           of
           
             Nehemiah
             ,
          
           Chap.
           6.
           
           It
           is
           there
           said
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           enemies
           heard
           that
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           building
           of
           the
           Temple
           prospered
           beyond
           their
           expectations
           ,
           th●…y
           
             accused
             Nehemiah
             of
             treason
             against
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           when
           that
           plot
           did
           not
           succeed
           ,
           they
           bore
           him
           in
           hand
           as
           if
           some
           
             Assassinat
          
           had
           conspired
           his
           death
           .
           And
           all
           this
           was
           done
           to
           make
           him
           afraid
           .
           But
           he
           was
           above
           all
           feare
           (
           shall
           such
           a
           man
           as
           I
           fly
           ?
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           shall
           such
           a
           man
           as
           I
           feare
           ?
           )
           and
           finished
           the
           worke
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           that
           when
           the
           enemies
           heard
           thereof
           they
           were
           much
           cast
           downe
           ,
           
             for
             they
             perceived
             that
             this
             worke
             was
             wrought
             of
             God
             .
          
           Remember
           that
           the
           fearfull
           are
           
           put
           ,
           not
           onely
           among
           
             unbeleevers
             ,
             murderers
             ,
             whoremongers
             ,
             sorcerers
             ,
             Idolaters
             ,
             &c.
          
           but
           in
           the
           forefront
           of
           them
           all
           .
           Be
           not
           afraid
           to
           incounter
           difficulties
           .
           
             When
             Peter
             came
             up
             to
             the
             iron
             gate
             ,
             it
             opened
             to
             him
             of
             its
             owne
             accord
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           
             Be
             ashamed
             to
             abate
             and
             coole
             in
             the
             worke
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           God
           will
           spue
           out
           a
           
             lukewarme
             Christian
             .
          
           When
           
             Moses
          
           let
           downe
           his
           hands
           
             Amaleck
          
           prevailed
           ;
           if
           you
           coole
           but
           a
           little
           ,
           the
           adversaries
           will
           waxe
           hot
           .
           There
           are
           many
           that
           labour
           to
           cast
           water
           
           upon
           your
           zeale
           ,
           but
           remember
           the
           cause
           is
           Gods
           ,
           and
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             It
             is
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             more
             vile
             still
             .
          
           The
           people
           of
           God
           will
           honour
           you
           ,
           though
           
             Michol
          
           scoffe
           at
           you
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           mercie
           that
           God
           hath
           kept
           us
           from
           blood
           .
           God
           hath
           left
           our
           blood
           in
           our
           veines
           ,
           let
           it
           boyle
           up
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
             Be
             ashamed
             to
             injure
             the
             instruments
             by
             which
             God
             conveyes
             these
             mercies
             unto
             us
             .
          
           When
           
             Corah
             and
             his
             company
             rebelled
             against
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             ,
             then
             came
             the
             plague
             .
          
           As
           we
           must
           not
           
             idolize
             ,
          
           so
           we
           must
           not
           
             injure
          
           the
           
             golden
             pipes
             ,
          
           through
           which
           these
           mercies
           flow
           unto
           us
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           
             Take
             heed
             of
             being
             ashamed
             of
             the
             cause
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           God
           hath
           not
           beene
           ashamed
           to
           appeare
           for
           us
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           be
           ashamed
           to
           appeare
           for
           him
           .
           Remember
           that
           thundring
           speech
           ,
           
             Mark
             .
             8.
             38.
             
             Whosoever
             shall
             be
             ashamed
             of
             mee
             and
             my
             words
             ,
             in
             this
             adulterous
          
           
           
             and
             sinfull
             generation
             ,
             of
             him
             also
             shall
             the
             Sonne
             of
             man
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             when
             he
             comes
             in
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             with
             the
             holy
             Angels
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           enough
           not
           to
           be
           ashamed
           of
           Christ
           in
           a
           
             good
             generation
             ,
          
           but
           we
           must
           not
           be
           ashamed
           of
           him
           in
           an
           
             adulterous
             and
             sinfull
             generation
             .
          
        
         
           8.
           
           
             Let
             us
             neither
             pride
             our selves
             in
             our
             mercies
             ,
             nor
             waxe
             wanton
             in
             our
             mercies
             .
          
           It
           is
           recorded
           in
           the
           
             French
          
           History
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           
             Protestants
             of
             France
             began
             to
             grow
             wanton
             of
             their
             peace
             and
             prosperity
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             affect
             a
             vaine
             and
             frothy
             way
             of
             preaching
             ,
             the●…
             came
             the
             cruell
             massacre
             upon
             them
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           will
           briefly
           name
           some
           speciall
           and
           heroicall
           Uses
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           to
           make
           of
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           besides
           this
           use
           in
           the
           Text
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Do
             something
             ,
             O
             house
             of
             England
             ,
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           beene
           much
           prophaned
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           our
           practises
           ,
           but
           in
           our
           Doctrines
           .
           Christ
           Jesus
           hath
           two
           dayes
           ,
           
             The
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           ,
           
             And
             the
             Lords
             day
             .
          
           If
           you
           looke
           to
           appeare
           with
           comfort
           at
           the
           
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           honour
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             ;
          
           There
           is
           a
           
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           for
           those
           that
           abuse
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             .
          
           Do
           something
           to
           make
           this
           day
           more
           honourable
           by
           way
           of
           
             spirituall
             satisfaction
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Do
             something
             to
             purge
             the
             Land
             more
             and
             more
             of
             the
             innocent
             blood
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             in
             Queene
             Maries
             dayes
             ,
             by
             the
             Lawes
             that
             were
             then
             established
             .
          
           Oh
           that
           in
           our
           publike
           Fasts
           a
           
           clause
           might
           be
           interlaced
           ,
           
             To
             command
             the
             Land
             to
             be
             humbled
             for
             that
             bloody
             sinne
             ,
          
           that
           so
           the
           Nation
           might
           be
           freed
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           that
           blood
           .
           This
           will
           be
           an
           heroicall
           worke
           ,
           worthy
           of
           a
           people
           endeared
           to
           God
           by
           such
           mercies
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Do
             something
             for
             the
             reformation
             of
             Gods
             house
             .
          
           Mistake
           mee
           not
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           forget
           to
           remember
           with
           thankfulnesse
           ,
           what
           you
           have
           already
           done
           ,
           but
           goe
           on
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           to
           perfect
           what
           you
           have
           begun
           to
           do
           .
           And
           consider
           what
           some
           say
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           That
           it
           was
           his
           
             great
             fault
             ,
          
           that
           he
           bestowed
           more
           time
           in
           
             building
             of
             ●…is
             owne
             house
             ,
          
           than
           he
           did
           in
           
             building
             the
             house
             of
             God
             .
          
           He
           was
           but
           seven
           yeares
           in
           building
           the
           house
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           thirteen
           years
           in
           building
           his
           owne
           house
           .
           And
           it
           is
           observed
           he
           never
           prospered
           after
           .
           The
           Scripture
           seems
           to
           give
           a
           little
           hint
           of
           this
           .
           For
           it
           is
           said
           in
           the
           1
           
             King.
             6.
             38.
             
             So
             was
             he
             seven
             yeares
             in
             building
             the
             house
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           next
           verse
           it
           is
           added
           ,
           
           
             But
             Solomon
             was
             building
             his
             owne
             house
             thirteene
             yeares
             .
          
           This
           
             (
             but
             )
          
           may
           seeme
           to
           be
           a
           secret
           kind
           of
           reproofe
           .
           O
           let
           not
           the
           like
           blame
           be
           cast
           upon
           you
           !
           Make
           haste
           to
           repaire
           the
           ruines
           of
           Gods
           house
           .
           And
           be
           sure
           to
           repaire
           it
           according
           to
           the
           
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           not
           according
           to
           humane
           policie
           .
           Let
           mee
           desire
           you
           never
           to
           forget
           the
           story
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           who
           when
           he
           went
           to
           bring
           home
           the
           
             Arke
             ▪
          
           with
           great
           joy
           ,
           because
           he
           brought
           it
           not
           home
           
             in
             due
             order
             ,
          
           but
           suffered
           it
           to
           be
           carried
           in
           a
           
             Cart
             ,
          
           when
           
             God
          
           had
           commanded
           it
           should
           be
           carried
           upon
           the
           
             Priests
             shoulders
             ,
          
           there
           was
           a
           great
           breach
           made
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           stop
           of
           the
           worke
           .
           As
           it
           is
           expresly
           said
           ,
           1
           
             Chr.
             15.
             13.
             
             Because
             he
             did
             it
             not
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             therefore
          
           
           
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             made
             a
             breach
             upon
             us
             ,
             for
             that
             wee
             sought
             him
             not
             after
             the
             due
             order
             .
          
           A
           reformation
           made
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           will
           abide
           ,
           when
           all
           others
           will
           molder
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           
             blessing
             of
             God
             will
             be
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             maker
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Do
             something
             for
             the
             setting
             up
             of
             a
             Preaching
             Ministrie
             throughout
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
          
           That
           the
           light
           of
           the
           
             Gospell
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           may
           shine
           in
           the
           dark
           corners
           of
           the
           Land
           .
           And
           provide
           a
           competent
           maintenance
           for
           the
           Ministrie
           ,
           for
           feare
           lest
           
             scandalōus
             Livings
             ,
             make
             scandalous
             Ministers
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           
             Do
             something
             to
             purge
             out
             all
             the
             defilements
             that
             are
             in
             the
             pure
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             pure
             and
             holy
             God
          
           may
           be
           worshipped
           with
           
             pure
             worship
             ,
             purely
             ,
             by
             pure
             worshippers
             .
          
        
         
         
           6.
           
           
             Do
             something
             for
             bleeding
             Ireland
             ,
          
           Pitty
           
             Ireland
             that
             〈◊〉
             the
             mercies
             we
             enjoy
             .
          
           Pray
           for
           Ireland
           .
           
             Underwrite
          
           for
           Ireland
           .
           This
           designe
           now
           on
           foot
           is
           a
           worke
           of
           
             great
             piety
             ,
          
           a
           meanes
           to
           
             roote
             out
             Popery
          
           for
           ever
           out
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           prove
           as
           
             profitable
             as
             pious
             .
          
           Send
           speedy
           aid
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           blesse
           it
           when
           it
           is
           sent
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           finished
           my
           Sermon
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Ignatius
             ,
          
           that
           when
           he
           heard
           a
           clocke
           strike
           ,
           he
           would
           say
           ,
           
             Here
             is
             one
             houre
             more
             now
             past
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             to
             answer
             for
             .
          
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           you
           have
           heard
           a
           Sermon
           of
           two
           houres
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           
             have
             two
             houres
             more
             to
             answer
             for
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           enable
           us
           to
           give
           up
           a
           good
           account
           of
           this
           dayes
           meeting
           .
           
             Let
             us
             pray
             down●…
             a
             blessing
             fro●…
             heaven
          
           upon
           what
           we
           have
           heard
           .
           For
           though
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           be
           most
           free
           ,
           as
           I
           shewed
           you
           in
           my
           third
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             yet
             God
             must
             be
             enquired
             of
             by
             the
             bouse
             of
             England
             ,
             to
             do●…
             these
             mercies
          
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expressely
           set
           downe
           in
           the
           3●…
           .
           
           verse
           of
           this
           Chapter
           .
           Prayer
           doth
           not
           
             merit
             mercie
             ,
          
           but
           
             fits
          
           us
           fo●…
           mercie
           .
           If
           we
           will
           have
           mercie
           ,
           we
           must
           bring
           
             vessels
          
           to
           hold
           it
           ,
           and
           no
           vessels
           will
           hold
           mercy
           but
           
             broken
             hearts
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           
             Paradoxe
             in
             nature
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             grace
             .
             Deus
             non
             infundit
             oleum
             misericordi●…
             ,
             nisi
             in
             v●…
             contritun●…
             .
          
           And
           where
           should
           we
           goe
           for
           a
           
             broken
             heart
             ,
          
           but
           to
           the
           
             heart-maker
             ?
          
           Let
           us
           pray
           unto
           God
           to
           fit
           ou●…
           Nation
           for
           more
           mercies
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           bestow
           them
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A32016e-140
           
             Vincit
             invincibilem
             ligat
             omnipotentem
             .
          
           
             2
             King.
             4.
             23.
             
             Amos
             8.
             9
             
             Numb.
             29
             〈◊〉
             H●…b
             Antiqu●…ty
             .
          
           
             Esay
             58.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             
               Art●…xes
               .
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A32016e-1210
           
             Prov.
             27.
             1
             
          
           
             Part.
             1.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             24.
             
          
           
             25.
             26.
             30.
             
          
           
             Doctr.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             37.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             17.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             11.
             8
             
          
           
             Prov.
             21.
             18
             
          
           
             Psal.
             63.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal
             63.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Part.
             
          
           
             Doctr.
             2.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             7.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam
             14.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             7.
             16.
             
          
           
             Act
             16
             
          
           
             Psal.
             12●…
             ▪
             
          
           
             Psal.
             126.
             
          
           
             Psa●…
             .
             9.
             16
             
          
           
             Prov.
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             59.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             1●…
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             67.
             10.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
             Vse
             1.
             
             
               P●…al
               .
            
             ●…15
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             4.
             30.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             2.
             Sam.
             12.
             28.
             
          
           
             Vse
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             Englands
             mercies
             must
             bee
             made
             ,
             
               Moti●…a
               obedientia
               .
            
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             
               Memorandums
            
             of
             duti●…
             .
             Ester
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Specula
             〈◊〉
             .
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             Footstooles
             of
             obedience
             .
          
           
             Bridges
             to
             obedience
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             48.
             10.
             
             Psal.
             16.
             11.
             
          
           
             Cordialls
             of
             comfort
             
          
           
             Judge
             .
             13.
             23.
             
          
           
             Media
             &
             instrumenta
             obedientiae
             .
          
           
             Joel
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             137.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Sam.
             7.
             18.
             
          
           
             Part
             3.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             22.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             3.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             1.
             
          
           
             Acts
             5.
             31.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ac●…
             .
             2●…
             .
          
           
             Vse
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Use
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             44.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Zach.
             4.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Use
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             
             Eph●…
             .
             1.
             Rom
             6
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom
             9.
             
          
           
             Use
             5.
             
          
           
             4
             Part.
             
          
           
             D●…ct
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             16.
             61
             ,
             62
             ,
             63.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             20.
             41
             ,
             42
             ,
             43.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             31.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             1.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             31.
             3●…
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             2.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             
             .
          
           
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             .
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             .
             21.
             27.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor
             6.
             19.
             
          
           
             R●…s
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Ez●…k
             .
             6
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             9.
             
          
           
             R●…as
             7.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2●…
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             Math.
             11.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             8.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Deu●…
             .
             32.
             6
             
          
           
             Ps
             10●…
             .
             7.
             
          
           
             Ps.
             109.
             13
             
          
           
             
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               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
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             .
          
           
             Psal.
             55.
             19
             
          
           
             2
             Chro.
             36
             22.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             30.
             6.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             1.
             24
             
          
           
             Reas.
             1.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             2.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             3.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             4.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam
             25.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             51.
             9.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             14.
             
          
           
             ●…se
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             12
             〈◊〉
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             1
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1●…
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             Daniel
             9.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             Ionah
             3.
             7
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Ezra
             9.
             ●…0
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Kings
             20
             31
             ,
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             4.
             2
             ,
             3
             
          
           
             Ester
             .
             6.
             13
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             1.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             2
             
          
           
             2
             Thes.
             4.
             
          
           
             Jet.
             18.
             10
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             Josh.
             24.
             20.
             
          
           
             Num.
             5.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             ●…0
             23
             
          
           
             Num.
             14.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             106.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             6
             ,
          
           
             Rev.
             21.
             8.
             
             Act.
             12.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             8
             38.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             6.
             38
             1
             
             King.
             7.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Chr.
             15.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             37.