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           Noah's
           Dove
           With
           Her
           Olive-Branch
           :
           OR
           ,
           The
           happy
           Tidings
           of
           the
           Abatement
           of
           the
           FLOOD
           of
           ENGLAND's
           CIVIL
           DISCORDS
           .
           As
           it
           was
           delivered
           in
           a
           SERMON
        
         
           Preached
           at
           Preston
           in
           the
           County
           -
           Palatine
           of
           Lancaster
           ,
           on
           the
           24th
           of
           May
           ,
           1660.
           
        
         
           Being
           the
           Publick
           Day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           for
           the
           Restoring
           of
           His
           Sacred
           and
           most
           Excellent
           MAJESTY
           ,
           CHARLES
           THE
           SECOND
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Cole
          
           ,
           Batchelor
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           there
           .
        
         
           Imaginem
           Caesaris
           Caesari
           redde
           quae
           in
           nummo
           est
           ,
           imaginem
           Dei
           Deo
           quae
           in
           in
           homine
           est
           .
        
         
           Tertul.
           de
           Idololatr
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             Iames
             Cottrel
          
           ,
           for
           
             Nathanael
             Webb
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Kings
           Head
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Faithful
           ,
           and
           Truly
           Honourable
           ,
           Patriot
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           Lover
           of
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           Servant
           of
           his
           GOD
           ,
           Sir
           George
           Booth
           ,
           BARONET
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Worthy
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           was
           the
           Expression
           of
           
             Varius
             Geminus
          
           concerning
           Caesar
           ,
           That
           whosoever
           durst
           speak
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Ejus
             videatur
             ignorare
             ,
             magnitudinem
          
           ;
           he
           that
           durst
           not
           ,
           
             singularem
             ejus
             nesciat
             humanitatem
          
           .
           Upon
           this
           Consideration
           ,
           as
           to
           your self
           ,
           there
           hath
           been
           some
           suspense
           whether
           I
           should
           adventure
           these
           unpolished
           Meditations
           upon
           your
           Perusall
           and
           Protection
           ,
           whilst
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           that
           exemplary
           humility
           and
           humanity
           with
           which
           God
           hath
           brightned
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           Perfections
           ,
           hath
           invited
           me
           to
           ;
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           Greatness
           and
           Elevation
           of
           your
           State
           discouraged
           me
           from
           that
           Enterprize
           .
           Yet
           so
           fixed
           and
           
           prevailing
           ,
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           do
           the
           considerations
           of
           your
           Nobleness
           ,
           Ingenuity
           ,
           and
           Candor
           prove
           ,
           that
           here
           they
           lie
           at
           your
           feet
           ;
           if
           not
           to
           challenge
           Approbation
           from
           you
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           pay
           the
           Devotion
           of
           the
           Author
           to
           your
           Honourable
           Name
           and
           Person
           .
        
         
           Had
           I
           sought
           the
           vain
           applause
           of
           men
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           have
           communicated
           to
           the
           World
           my
           own
           imperfections
           ,
           of
           which
           this
           Tract
           cannot
           but
           be
           a
           Discovery
           unto
           all
           :
           Nor
           yet
           ,
           had
           I
           sought
           my
           own
           advantage
           ,
           should
           I
           have
           suffered
           these
           Conceptions
           to
           have
           had
           a
           Birth
           so
           late
           and
           unseasonable
           ,
           as
           being
           indeed
           
             born
             out
             of
             due
             time
          
           ;
           being
           that
           a
           more
           early
           publication
           of
           those
           Principles
           herein
           contained
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           as
           effectual
           to
           prevent
           the
           losses
           ,
           disappointments
           ,
           and
           pre-occupate
           the
           credit
           of
           whispering
           reproaches
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           since
           undergone
           ,
           as
           the
           supposal
           and
           surmise
           thereof
           ,
           have
           been
           in
           former
           years
           ,
           to
           procure
           unto
           me
           h●
           small
           adversity
           from
           those
           present
           Powers
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           exhibition
           of
           it
           now
           to
           publick
           censure
           and
           view
           ,
           these
           are
           the
           Grounds
           and
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           Since
           the
           preaching
           hereof
           ,
           I
           have
           ,
           with
           no
           little
           sadness
           of
           spirit
           ,
           observed
           the
           impetuous
           torrent
           of
           most
           unmerciful
           reproaches
           ,
           pouring
           out
           it self
           upon
           many
           pretious
           servants
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           within
           this
           County
           ,
           and
           indeed
           upon
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           them
           who
           labour
           under
           continued
           travels
           of
           soul
           ,
           after
           necessary
           Reformation
           in
           the
           house
           of
           our
           GOD.
           And
           according
           to
           the
           platform
           used
           by
           the
           Churches
           Enemies
           in
           the
           primitive
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           so
           also
           now
           the
           evil
           will
           of
           some
           persons
           endeavours
           to
           fasten
           upon
           us
           ,
           the
           black
           imputations
           of
           Disaffection
           ,
           and
           Disloyalty
           ,
           and
           Dissatisfaction
           with
           his
           Majesties
           Supremacie
           according
           to
           the
           Law.
           Of
           what
           consequences
           such
           
           Disguises
           by
           uncharitable
           Brethren
           ,
           put
           upon
           us
           without
           our
           desert
           ,
           may
           be
           ,
           to
           the
           deprivation
           of
           us
           of
           our
           Ministerial
           function
           ,
           the
           dispossessing
           of
           us
           from
           any
           interest
           in
           the
           Royal
           Breast
           of
           his
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           pre-possessing
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           authority
           with
           prejudice
           against
           our
           humble
           expectations
           and
           prayers
           for
           such
           a
           settlement
           in
           the
           Church
           as
           may
           comport
           in
           point
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           with
           that
           establishment
           which
           now
           is
           in
           our
           State
           ,
           your
           own
           apprehensions
           will
           readily
           suggest
           unto
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           I
           could
           hardly
           have
           believed
           that
           a
           Clergy
           of
           so
           famous
           a
           Fidelity
           to
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           this
           County
           hath
           been
           ,
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           ,
           ever
           since
           any
           observation
           was
           possible
           to
           them
           of
           a
           designed
           invasion
           upon
           Monarchical
           Interest
           ,
           that
           have
           so
           notoriously
           disavowed
           the
           Titles
           and
           Triumphs
           of
           Usurpation
           ,
           and
           so
           deeply
           suffered
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           should
           indeed
           and
           in
           earnest
           be
           thus
           misunderstood
           by
           any
           sort
           of
           men
           ;
           but
           that
           my self
           have
           so
           lately
           experienced
           the
           revival
           of
           that
           Charge
           and
           Calumny
           ,
           and
           been
           prosecuted
           thereupon
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           unseasonable
           and
           unreasonable
           fervour
           ,
           as
           must
           necessarily
           arise
           either
           from
           a
           real
           perswasion
           ,
           or
           a
           most
           inordinate
           passion
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           It
           hath
           been
           and
           is
           my
           great
           honour
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           some
           considerable
           acquaintance
           with
           those
           many
           Orthodox
           ,
           Godly
           ,
           and
           Learned
           men
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           set
           up
           as
           glorious
           Lights
           and
           Stars
           in
           this
           Northern
           Hemisphere
           :
           and
           I
           am
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           in
           this
           Paper
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           sacred
           Interest
           of
           our
           lawful
           present
           Power
           ,
           is
           the
           Language
           ,
           Spirit
           ,
           Principle
           ,
           and
           conscientious
           Iudgement
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           dropt
           from
           the
           same
           Spirit
           that
           ruleth
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           these
           precious
           Dispensers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Since
           these
           fatal
           Circumvolutions
           ,
           many
           Stars
           of
           the
           greatest
           magnitude
           have
           finished
           their
           course
           ;
           
           such
           as
           
             Herle
             ,
             Hollinworth
             ,
             Gee
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           us
           ,
           I
           can
           say
           with
           knowledge
           ,
           as
           Tertullian
           speaks
           of
           the
           Christians
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           
             Ad
             Coelum
             suspicientes
             expansis
             manibus
             precamur
             pro
             imperatoribus
             vitam
             prolixam
             ,
             imperium
             securam
             ,
             domum
             tutam
             ,
             exercitus
             fortes
             ,
             Senatum
             fidelem
             ,
             populum
             probum
             ,
             orbem
             quietum
             ,
             quaecunque
             hominis
             &
             Caesaris
             vota
             sunt
             .
          
           And
           if
           ,
           by
           misconception
           ,
           subordinate
           Authorities
           shall
           yet
           please
           to
           frown
           upon
           us
           ,
           we
           shall
           say
           with
           him
           ,
           
             Hoc
             agite
             ,
             boni
             praesides
             ,
             extorquete
             animam
             supplicantem
             pro
             imperatore
             .
          
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           Let
           me
           adde
           ,
           They
           are
           not
           few
           ,
           nor
           small
           afflictions
           and
           losses
           which
           my self
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           have
           undergone
           now
           very
           lately
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           our
           objected
           Non-conformity
           ,
           and
           our
           real
           desires
           to
           wait
           the
           Royal
           pleasure
           of
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           in
           point
           of
           Publique
           Worship
           ;
           as
           also
           our
           willingness
           not
           to
           anticipate
           or
           pre-occupate
           the
           publique
           resolutions
           of
           State
           ,
           by
           our
           own
           private
           determination
           of
           that
           controversie
           in
           our
           particular
           practise
           .
           We
           are
           under
           good
           hopes
           that
           the
           Determination
           of
           those
           things
           (
           which
           in
           their
           present
           posture
           may
           so
           easily
           be
           made
           the
           advantage
           of
           serving
           the
           particular
           spleens
           and
           passions
           of
           men
           ,
           against
           many
           godly
           ,
           and
           orthodox
           ,
           and
           peaceable
           in
           the
           land
           )
           will
           produce
           such
           a
           Reformation
           and
           Moderation
           as
           will
           issue
           in
           mutual
           satisfaction
           to
           all
           of
           indifferent
           perswasions
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           although
           I
           do
           profess
           my self
           zealously
           affected
           to
           a
           common
           Uniformity
           ,
           provided
           it
           be
           bottom'd
           upon
           such
           foundations
           as
           do
           not
           carry
           in
           them
           just
           cause
           of
           dissent
           or
           discontent
           :
           Yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           remember
           what
           Tertullian
           speaks
           ,
           When
           men
           do
           
             adimere
             libertatem
             Religionis
             ,
             &
             interdicere
             optionem
             Divinitatis
          
           ;
           which
           he
           there
           calls
           Elogium
           
           
             non
             Religionis
             sed
             Irreligiositatis
          
           .
           I
           know
           nothing
           ,
           in
           our
           Ecclesiastical
           Affairs
           ,
           but
           may
           with
           comfort
           and
           consent
           draw
           in
           the
           whole
           Body
           into
           a
           common
           Mediocrity
           ,
           if
           the
           sober
           ventilation
           of
           controverted
           things
           might
           have
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           passion
           ,
           prejudice
           and
           opportunities
           of
           divided
           Interests
           might
           be
           exploded
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           You
           may
           be
           a
           blessed
           Instrument
           for
           this
           happy
           composure
           .
           But
           hower
           it
           shall
           be
           ,
           after
           all
           such
           passages
           ,
           I
           publish
           this
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           may
           see
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           not
           the
           confidence
           of
           conformity
           with
           our
           Principles
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           foundation
           of
           our
           asserting
           of
           the
           Royal
           Interest
           ;
           that
           we
           bottom
           not
           our
           Allegiance
           upon
           the
           comporting
           of
           Authority
           with
           our
           Iudgements
           ;
           that
           subjection
           is
           owned
           to
           be
           our
           duty
           ,
           although
           we
           should
           fall
           under
           the
           most
           diametral
           opposition
           of
           Civil
           Laws
           and
           Sanctions
           to
           our
           Principles
           in
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           we
           will
           give
           submission
           to
           lawful
           Powers
           ,
           though
           we
           should
           suffer
           the
           deepest
           affliction
           by
           lawful
           Powers
           ,
           which
           yet
           we
           hope
           we
           shall
           never
           see
           .
           Subjection
           to
           Authority
           ,
           and
           subjection
           to
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           are
           not
           things
           of
           inconsistencie
           ,
           but
           where
           Christian
           profession
           is
           made
           up
           more
           of
           the
           dross
           of
           self-interest
           ,
           then
           of
           the
           refined
           Gold
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           humbly
           beg
           your
           Honours
           Pardon
           for
           this
           accompt
           ;
           You
           are
           one
           of
           the
           Healers
           of
           our
           Breaches
           .
           You
           are
           able
           to
           take
           off
           the
           Disguise
           is
           put
           upon
           us
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           knowledge
           of
           our
           Fidelity
           ,
           when
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           had
           little
           else
           to
           support
           it
           but
           prayers
           and
           tears
           ;
           You
           may
           stand
           as
           a
           Mediator
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           Moderation
           .
           That
           God
           that
           honours
           them
           that
           honour
           him
           ,
           fill
           your
           heart
           more
           and
           more
           with
           his
           blessed
           Grace
           &
           Spirit
           ,
           Your
           Soul
           with
           Peace
           ,
           Your
           Family
           with
           Prosperity
           ,
           Your
           Life
           with
           Comfort
           ,
           and
           Your
           Death
           with
           Blessedness
           ;
           Your
           Memorial
           
           with
           the
           richest
           Perfumes
           ;
           Your
           Example
           with
           a
           Crowd
           of
           Followers
           ,
           who
           treading
           in
           Your
           steps
           ,
           may
           know
           how
           to
           confederate
           those
           two
           Sacred
           Interests
           of
           CAESAR
           and
           GOD.
           
        
         
           
             Preston
             ,
             
               Octob.
               31.
               1660.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             HONOURS
             most
             Humble
             ,
             and
             most
             Affectionate
             SERVANT
             ,
             W.
             C.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Noah's
           Dove
           WITH
           Her
           Olive-Branch
           .
        
         
           
             ISAIAH
             1.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             And
             I
             will
             turn
             my
             hand
             upon
             thee
             ,
             and
             purely
             purge
             away
             thy
             Dross
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             all
             thy
             Tinne
             .
             And
             I
             will
             restore
             thy
             Iudges
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             first
             ;
             and
             thy
             Counsellors
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             beginning
             .
             Afterwards
             thou
             shalt
             be
             called
             ,
             The
             City
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             The
             faithful
             City
             .
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           midst
           of
           those
           Threats
           which
           are
           given
           forth
           from
           God
           by
           the
           Prophet
           against
           Israel
           ,
           for
           the
           sin
           thereof
           ,
           these
           Words
           do
           interweave
           a
           Promise
           of
           Mercie
           .
           It
           's
           Calvin's
           observation
           on
           the
           Text
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           a
           constant
           method
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Prophecies
           of
           Judgement
           to
           interlineate
           some
           comfortable
           Promise
           ,
           to
           give
           some
           
             lucida
             intervalla
          
           ;
           and
           
           that
           ,
           
             Ne
             de
             Ecclesi●
             pror
             sus
             actum
             esse
             putent
             ,
             ne
             terroribus
             fracti
             animos
             despondeant
          
           ;
           left
           his
           People
           should
           think
           he
           hath
           cast
           them
           off
           ,
           (
           a
           thing
           which
           he
           so
           much
           abhors
           the
           very
           apprehension
           of
           ,
           Rom.
           11.
           1.
           
           )
           lest
           their
           hearts
           should
           faint
           under
           the
           hopelesness
           of
           deliverance
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           however
           both
           the
           threats
           against
           ,
           and
           present
           seizures
           of
           wrath
           upon
           a
           people
           ,
           be
           lightly
           esteemed
           by
           the
           Sons
           of
           ●elial
           ,
           the
           seated
           sinners
           of
           this
           generation
           ,
           whose
           Brow
           hath
           Brass
           ,
           and
           whose
           Heart
           hath
           Steel
           enough
           toward
           off
           ,
           and
           rebound
           from
           themselves
           any
           the
           most
           piercing
           Arrow
           that
           is
           shot
           from
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           if
           not
           pointed
           and
           sharpened
           by
           that
           penetrating
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Almighty
           :
           Yet
           upon
           them
           who
           tremble
           at
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           it
           works
           a
           necessity
           of
           some
           intermixed
           Cordials
           .
           And
           my
           Text
           is
           one
           .
        
         
           That
           Mercy
           ,
           that
           signal
           and
           capital
           Deliverance
           which
           is
           promised
           here
           ,
           and
           promised
           to
           be
           as
           the
           pregnant
           Womb
           of
           many
           subordinate
           Blessings
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           have
           their
           birth
           upon
           the
           restauration
           of
           this
           ,
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Verses
           I
           have
           read
           give
           us
           to
           observe
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           manner
           of
           its
           Production
           ;
           how
           it
           is
           brought
           to
           pass
           .
           And
           1
           ▪
           therein
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           God
           would
           bring
           it
           about
           
             at
             such
             a
             time
          
           ;
           and
           that
           time
           was
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           ;
           a
           time
           when
           rational
           conjecture
           would
           have
           said
           ,
           Neither
           shall
           People
           nor
           Prince
           be
           any
           more
           .
           He
           that
           shall
           consider
           the
           resolution
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           heightned
           with
           some
           vehemencie
           of
           passion
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           speak
           of
           that
           impassible
           blessed
           Deity
           )
           expressed
           vers
           .
           24.
           and
           part
           of
           this
           ,
           cannot
           but
           admire
           at
           the
           connexion
           of
           that
           with
           this
           ;
           
             I
             will
             ease
             me
             of
             my
             adversaries
             ,
             I
             will
             turn
             my
             hand
             upon
             thee
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             restore
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Yet
           thus
           it
           is
           the
           way
           of
           God
           to
           disappoint
           the
           fears
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           fed
           with
           the
           deepest
           discouragements
           ;
           to
           bring
           out
           the
           greatest
           hopes
           ,
           when
           Good
           and
           Restoring
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           greatest
           hazard
           :
           though
           we
           cannot
           make
           such
           a
           coherence
           and
           connexion
           to
           be
           sense
           ,
           yet
           God
           can
           make
           it
           to
           be
           
             Reason
             and
             Experience
          
           ,
           doth
           so
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           hath
           done
           it
           at
           this
           day
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           when
           he
           is
           
             irat●●s
             peccatis
          
           ,
           he
           is
           
             propitius
             peccatoribus
          
           ,
           as
           
             á
             Lapide
          
           comments
           on
           the
           Text.
           When
           one
           would
           think
           they
           had
           been
           smitten
           by
           God
           with
           an
           incurable
           blow
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           even
           dropping
           into
           the
           pit
           ,
           and
           the
           grave
           shutting
           its
           mouth
           upon
           all
           their
           glory
           for
           ever
           ▪
           yet
           
           then
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           
             even
             then
          
           ,
           when
           Hope
           is
           lost
           ,
           and
           Expectation
           hath
           groan'd
           out
           its
           last
           ,
           
             then
             I
             will
             restore
             thy
             Iudges
             as
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             thy
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           God
           would
           bring
           this
           about
           
             by
             such
             means
          
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           way
           ,
           
           and
           by
           the
           influence
           of
           such
           things
           :
           and
           this
           is
           further
           remarkable
           in
           the
           Text.
           These
           means
           are
           either
           1.
           
           More
           remote
           ;
           he
           would
           do
           it
           by
           a
           sore
           and
           deep
           affliction
           .
           God
           his
           easing
           of
           himself
           ,
           is
           the
           loading
           of
           the
           People
           with
           a
           burden
           that
           shall
           break
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           cause
           the
           strongest
           Axletrees
           of
           Government
           to
           crush
           in
           pieces
           under
           it
           ;
           the
           little
           finger
           of
           his
           displeasure
           is
           heavier
           then
           the
           loyns
           of
           humane
           revenge
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           will
           lay
           
             his
             hand
             ,
             his
             whole
             hand
          
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           will
           do
           it
           
             again
             and
             again
          
           :
           for
           so
           the
           Hebrew
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           imports
           ,
           
             reducam
             &
             reversabo
             manum
          
           :
           and
           the
           whole
           is
           brought
           in
           with
           this
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           from
           God.
           
             Ita
             fissores
             lignorum
             gravem
             daturi
             ictum
             ,
             cum
             gemitu
          
           
           
             &
             suspirio
             eum
             eliciunt
          
           ;
           the
           blow
           shall
           be
           so
           grievous
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           shall
           as
           it
           were
           gather
           up
           all
           his
           spirits
           to
           set
           it
           home
           with
           the
           greatest
           violence
           ;
           so
           grievous
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           doth
           but
           mention
           it
           ,
           he
           cries
           out
           ,
           
             Alas
             ,
             alas
          
           !
           and
           wo
           unto
           the
           people
           when
           it
           falls
           .
           And
           yet
           by
           this
           deadly
           breach
           ,
           the
           Lord
           would
           binde
           them
           up
           :
           A
           strange
           course
           !
           that
           that
           Providence
           which
           tends
           in
           it self
           to
           their
           utter
           subversion
           ,
           should
           be
           appointed
           to
           issue
           in
           their
           happy
           Establishment
           ;
           that
           God
           should
           order
           that
           to
           contribute
           to
           their
           weal
           ,
           which
           they
           could
           expect
           onely
           to
           contribute
           to
           their
           wo.
           But
           this
           is
           both
           usual
           and
           easie
           for
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           can
           bring
           from
           evil
           ,
           good
           ;
           from
           darkness
           ,
           light
           ;
           from
           the
           Eater
           ,
           meat
           ;
           and
           glorious
           Beings
           ,
           from
           nothing
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           most
           indisposed
           matter
           .
           He
           oftentimes
           saves
           
             a
             soul
          
           through
           the
           operation
           of
           affliction
           and
           unsettlement
           ,
           as
           
             Petrus
             de
             Valdo
          
           
           (
           from
           whom
           the
           Waldenses
           )
           was
           converted
           by
           a
           sudden
           judgement
           upon
           one
           of
           his
           Company
           ;
           and
           therefore
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           by
           it
           also
           ,
           he
           can
           save
           
             a
             State.
          
           And
           indeed
           ,
           where
           the
           happiness
           of
           people
           is
           wrapped
           up
           in
           their
           legal
           Magistracie
           ,
           and
           yet
           Magistracie
           it self
           hath
           by
           Violence
           or
           Usu●pation
           been
           intercepted
           to
           a
           present
           fixing
           in
           some
           anticipating
           power
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           that
           stroak
           with
           which
           God
           hath
           afflicted
           any
           people
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           
             Motion
             and
             Unsettlement
          
           ,
           is
           most
           probable
           to
           prove
           the
           means
           of
           Restitution
           ,
           Authority
           having
           a
           natural
           tendency
           to
           its
           proper
           
           centre
           ,
           and
           moving
           by
           instinct
           towards
           its
           legal
           fixation
           ,
           when
           those
           
             inter
             capedixes
             juris
          
           ,
           those
           stops
           and
           obstructions
           are
           withdrawn
           .
           But
           yet
           in
           the
           State
           of
           Israel
           ,
           distress
           and
           trouble
           after
           the
           Revolt
           of
           the
           Tribes
           under
           Ieroboam
           ,
           did
           not
           help
           but
           hinder
           Deliverance
           ,
           did
           not
           save
           but
           sacrifice
           the
           people
           to
           be
           the
           Victims
           of
           Divine
           Revenge
           ,
           till
           the
           Assyrian
           had
           swallowed
           up
           both
           the
           usurping
           Princes
           ,
           and
           People
           too
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           2.
           
           The
           more
           near
           and
           approximate
           Medium
           
           of
           this
           Mercie
           is
           Affliction
           ,
           not
           considered
           simply
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           
             Effects
             natural
          
           ,
           but
           in
           its
           
             Effects
             supernatural
          
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           sanctification
           by
           God
           ,
           vers
           .
           25.
           
           
             I
             will
             thereby
             purely
             purge
             away
             thy
             dross
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             take
             away
             thy
             tinne
          
           .
           The
           affliction
           of
           Israel
           ,
           as
           to
           its
           causual
           relation
           to
           ,
           and
           influence
           upon
           this
           promised
           happy
           settlement
           ,
           is
           not
           considered
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           as
           blessed
           by
           God
           to
           be
           the
           means
           of
           refining
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           purging
           out
           the
           dross
           and
           tinne
           of
           corruption
           from
           their
           hearts
           .
           Afflictions
           that
           make
           the
           object
           holy
           ,
           make
           it
           happy
           ;
           where
           they
           work
           good
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           work
           good
           for
           them
           ;
           where
           their
           fruit
           and
           issue
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           there
           it
           is
           also
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           Heb.
           12.
           11.
           the
           
           peaceable
           fruit
           of
           righteousness
           .
           Otherwise
           they
           are
           but
           as
           Physick
           ,
           which
           through
           want
           of
           working
           rather
           hasteneth
           then
           hindereth
           death
           ,
           rather
           kills
           then
           cures
           .
           Should
           I
           have
           prophesied
           the
           issues
           of
           our
           sad
           calamities
           ,
           by
           the
           observation
           of
           their
           effects
           upon
           the
           hearts
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           finding
           what
           is
           observable
           in
           the
           growth
           of
           Popery
           and
           Profaneness
           ,
           Errour
           and
           Unrighteousness
           to
           any
           common
           eye
           ,
           what
           word
           of
           peace
           could
           any
           Prophet
           have
           had
           from
           God
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           have
           been
           some
           few
           ,
           though
           the
           most
           despised
           and
           rejected
           of
           men
           ,
           
             who
             have
             come
             out
             from
             great
             tribulations
             ,
             and
             have
             washed
             their
             robes
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             who
             have
             come
             out
             from
             our
             corrections
             ,
             as
             gold
             from
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             as
             silver
             purified
             from
             the
             furnace
             ?
          
           And
           although
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Churches
           Deliverance
           be
           no
           wayes
           impartable
           or
           divi●ble
           betwixt
           man
           and
           God
           ;
           yet
           let
           not
           those
           persons
           think
           they
           have
           any
           share
           or
           part
           in
           being
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           our
           present
           Mercie
           ,
           whose
           lives
           have
           not
           been
           bettered
           by
           their
           losses
           ;
           who
           have
           carried
           their
           wickedness
           ,
           their
           lusts
           ,
           their
           continued
           course
           of
           Atheism
           and
           Irreligion
           ,
           their
           evil
           spirits
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           through
           these
           evil
           times
           :
           that
           happiness
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           
           which
           perished
           by
           such
           mens
           sins
           ,
           is
           not
           now
           reviving
           out
           of
           its
           ashes
           for
           such
           mens
           sakes
           .
           That
           effect
           which
           this
           displeasure
           of
           the
           Lord
           hath
           had
           upon
           some
           ,
           to
           humble
           ,
           inform
           ,
           convert
           ,
           and
           draw
           their
           hearts
           to
           himself
           ;
           this
           hath
           been
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           this
           onely
           can
           be
           the
           way
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           shatterings
           of
           Nations
           prosper
           to
           ,
           and
           issue
           in
           their
           blessed
           settlement
           .
           It
           is
           usual
           for
           men
           who
           are
           really
           the
           greatest
           Blocks
           in
           the
           passage
           of
           Mercie
           ,
           yet
           to
           challenge
           the
           greatest
           share
           in
           the
           honor
           of
           procuring
           it
           ;
           when
           yet
           it
           is
           sent
           by
           God
           in
           answer
           to
           the
           repentance
           and
           prayers
           of
           his
           people
           .
           So
           they
           usurp
           not
           upon
           the
           glory
           which
           is
           due
           to
           God
           himself
           ,
           let
           me
           say
           ,
           as
           Mephibosheth
           to
           David
           ,
           2
           ▪
           Sam.
           19.
           30.
           
           
             Let
             them
             take
             all
             ,
             for
             as
             much
             as
             my
             Lord
             the
             King
             is
             come
             again
             to
             his
             own
             house
             .
          
           Yet
           this
           I
           would
           have
           marked
           ,
           that
           indeed
           the
           sanctified
           Ones
           are
           those
           ten
           in
           Sodom
           ,
           for
           whose
           sakes
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           pour
           out
           his
           wrath
           ,
           if
           found
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           
             Blessing
             in
             the
             Vine
          
           ,
           the
           new
           wine
           in
           the
           Cluster
           ,
           for
           whose
           sake
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           sake
           onely
           (
           except
           for
           his
           
             own
             Names
             sake
          
           )
           Isa.
           65.
           8.
           he
           will
           say
           ,
           
             Destroy
             it
             not
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           God
           would
           so
           accomplish
           this
           ,
           as
           that
           his
           own
           hand
           and
           
           power
           should
           be
           perspicuous
           and
           plain
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Fountain
           of
           its
           accomplishment
           .
           
             I
             will
             restore
             thy
             Iudges
          
           ,
           vers
           .
           24.
           
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             will
             restore
             .
          
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           effect
           falls
           out
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           what
           doth
           owe
           its
           origination
           and
           production
           to
           the
           concourse
           of
           Providence
           ,
           separating
           the
           action
           ,
           as
           to
           its
           physical
           being
           ,
           from
           the
           moral
           obliquity
           and
           irrectitude
           thereof
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           fastened
           upon
           its
           next
           and
           most
           approximate
           agent
           and
           principle
           :
           Yet
           there
           are
           some
           things
           which
           are
           the
           more
           immediate
           Refulgencies
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Glory
           of
           the
           Deity
           ,
           the
           very
           Finger
           of
           God
           himself
           .
           And
           such
           a
           work
           is
           this
           :
           If
           any
           shall
           ask
           ,
           as
           Amos
           7.
           2.
           
           
             By
             whom
             shall
             Iacob
             arise
             ?
             for
             he
             is
             small
             :
          
           Who
           shall
           repair
           the
           broken
           staff
           of
           Government
           ?
           The
           Text
           answers
           him
           in
           a
           voice
           from
           God
           ,
           
             I
             will
             restore
             thy
             Iudges
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             first
             .
          
           The
           Restitution
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           rightful
           establishment
           of
           its
           State
           &
           Government
           ,
           is
           no
           smal
           ,
           no
           easie
           work
           ,
           is
           a
           work
           can
           be
           done
           by
           none
           but
           God.
           Where
           Usurpation
           hath
           possessed
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           by
           continuance
           hath
           grown
           up
           to
           a
           face
           of
           legal
           interest
           ;
           where
           the
           powers
           and
           strengths
           of
           interested
           Parties
           ,
           lies
           as
           an
           unmoveable
           block
           in
           
           the
           way
           of
           Righteousness
           ;
           where
           the
           spirits
           of
           them
           that
           are
           cordially
           zealous
           to
           its
           restoring
           ,
           yet
           lie
           at
           such
           distance
           each
           from
           other
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           controversies
           that
           are
           excentrical
           at
           least
           to
           common
           peace
           ,
           and
           maintain
           such
           implacability
           ,
           and
           unreconcile
           ableness
           ,
           although
           bottom'd
           onely
           upon
           passions
           and
           mis-conceptions
           ;
           where
           the
           power
           of
           conscientious
           Principles
           in
           Christian
           Loyalty
           ,
           is
           to
           overcome
           the
           disobliging
           height
           ,
           and
           heat
           ,
           and
           animosity
           (
           to
           say
           no
           worse
           )
           of
           discontented
           persons
           ;
           where
           Christians
           discharged
           of
           their
           duty
           to
           their
           natural
           Prince
           ,
           may
           run
           their
           comforts
           in
           Gospel-things
           to
           a
           possibility
           of
           more
           or
           less
           diminution
           and
           eclipse
           :
           but
           especially
           ,
           where
           Magistracie
           ,
           naked
           and
           unarmed
           of
           Assistance
           ,
           is
           to
           adventure
           its
           Scepter
           upon
           the
           fidelity
           of
           Forces
           too
           sadly
           vertiginous
           and
           given
           to
           change
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           here
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           yet
           to
           have
           such
           a
           Deliverance
           brought
           to
           pass
           ,
           
             This
             is
             the
             Lords
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             marvelous
             in
             our
             eyes
             .
          
           And
           thus
           much
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           effecting
           of
           this
           Deliverance
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           next
           thing
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           is
           ,
           the
           Mercie
           it self
           ;
           and
           this
           for
           more
           perspicuity
           ,
           I
           shall
           divide
           into
           three
           Branches
           .
           
        
         
           1.
           
           
             I
             will
             restore
             Iudges
             and
             Counsellors
             :
          
           there
           may
           be
           some
           variation
           and
           variety
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           these
           words
           .
           You
           may
           consider
           them
           three
           ways
           .
           1.
           
           As
           importing
           some
           particular
           Form
           and
           sort
           of
           Government
           .
           The
           Scripture
           sometimes
           distinguisheth
           betwixt
           the
           administration
           of
           Government
           in
           the
           times
           of
           
           the
           Judges
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
             Ruth
          
           1.
           1.
           2
           
           King.
           23.
           22.
           
           Till
           Saul
           and
           David's
           time
           ,
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           were
           ruled
           by
           Judges
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           King
           over
           them
           .
           At
           that
           time
           the
           Government
           was
           mixed
           of
           Monarchy
           and
           Aristocracie
           ;
           the
           Principality
           was
           elective
           by
           the
           People
           and
           their
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           mean
           by
           the
           Grand
           Sanhedrim
           ,
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Seventy
           Elders
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           understood
           in
           the
           Text
           by
           the
           word
           Counsellours
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Septuagint
           renders
           it
           ;
           it
           was
           not
           hereditary
           ,
           but
           transmitted
           from
           Families
           and
           Tribes
           ,
           as
           God
           raised
           up
           persons
           of
           singular
           activity
           and
           fitness
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           people
           chose
           ;
           though
           sometimes
           (
           as
           it
           usually
           falls
           out
           in
           all
           ,
           but
           most
           of
           all
           in
           such
           kinde
           of
           States
           )
           as
           Ambition
           came
           to
           have
           confidence
           ,
           
           power
           and
           opportunity
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           in
           Iothams
           parable
           ,
           in
           Iudg.
           9.
           
           Nor
           was
           their
           power
           so
           great
           as
           that
           of
           the
           succeeding
           
           Kings
           ,
           but
           compared
           by
           Menochius
           to
           the
           Dukedom
           of
           Venice
           .
           And
           thus
           this
           Prophecie
           or
           Promise
           seems
           to
           have
           had
           its
           accomplishment
           at
           the
           return
           from
           the
           Babylonish
           captivity
           ;
           when
           the
           Government
           (
           till
           the
           Roman
           invasion
           )
           was
           some
           what
           like
           this
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           
             Ezra
             ,
             Nehemiah
             ,
             Ioshua
          
           the
           Sonne
           of
           
             Iosedec
             ,
             Zerubbabel
          
           ,
           and
           others
           .
           For
           though
           the
           Scepter
           was
           departed
           from
           Iudah
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           a
           Law-give●
           (
           though
           a
           Magistracy
           of
           a
           baser
           metal
           )
           betwixt
           his
           feet
           till
           Shiloh
           came
           .
           I
           conceive
           this
           cannot
           be
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Text
           ;
           and
           my
           reason
           is
           ,
           Because
           ,
           1.
           there
           is
           no
           necessity
           to
           interpret
           the
           words
           Judges
           and
           Counsellors
           ,
           as
           importing
           such
           a
           form
           .
           The
           fullest
           power
           of
           Monarchical
           Government
           being
           often
           expressed
           by
           this
           word
           ,
           Psal.
           75.
           7.
           
           
             God
             is
             the
             judge
          
           :
           and
           when
           Absalom
           desires
           to
           be
           King
           in
           the
           room
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           15.
           4.
           he
           speaks
           thus
           ,
           
             Oh!
             that
             I
             were
             judge
          
           :
           to
           omit
           other
           places
           ,
           the
           word
           Counsellors
           also
           may
           well
           be
           applied
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           and
           Legislative
           power
           ;
           it
           being
           common
           in
           Scripture
           for
           those
           commands
           of
           God
           which
           have
           the
           highest
           Authority
           to
           enforce
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           decrees
           ,
           to
           be
           expressed
           by
           this
           word
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           Isa.
           14.
           27.
           
           Isa.
           23.
           9.
           and
           Counsellors
           may
           be
           as
           this
           Sanhedrim
           afterwards
           was
           assistant
           to
           Monarchy
           ,
           besides
           others
           particularly
           chosen
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           1
           Chron.
           27.
           33.
           2.
           
           And
           this
           sense
           would
           too
           much
           intrench
           upon
           that
           which
           was
           the
           Authority
           settled
           by
           God
           in
           the
           Family
           of
           David
           ,
           and
           promised
           to
           continue
           in
           Iudahs
           posterity
           until
           Shiloh
           come
           .
           3.
           
           Nor
           was
           there
           ever
           any
           restoring
           thereof
           after
           the
           captivity
           in
           the
           exactness
           of
           that
           form
           by
           which
           it
           was
           contradistinguished
           from
           regal
           power
           formerly
           ;
           as
           might
           be
           instanced
           in
           divers
           particulars
           .
           2.
           
           Further
           then
           ,
           the
           words
           may
           import
           Government
           in
           its
           
             full
             administration
             and
             execution
          
           .
           You
           shall
           not
           only
           have
           Authority
           Supreme
           ,
           but
           you
           shall
           have
           it
           fully
           executed
           .
           When
           Iehoshaphat
           provided
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           he
           set
           up
           Judges
           in
           all
           the
           Cities
           ,
           as
           2
           Chron.
           19.
           8.
           and
           these
           were
           persons
           who
           for
           the
           ease
           and
           conveniency
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           see
           to
           the
           dispensation
           of
           right
           at
           the
           appointment
           of
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           .
           The
           Apostle
           
           Peter
           makes
           a
           distinction
           betwixt
           those
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           Supreme
           Authorities
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           Magistrates
           sent
           and
           deputed
           by
           him
           :
           And
           thus
           Counsellors
           may
           be
           understood
           as
           I
           mention'd
           before
           ,
           either
           of
           the
           standing
           Assembly
           of
           the
           seventy
           Elders
           ,
           or
           such
           persons
           as
           Princes
           chose
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           design
           to
           bottom
           their
           Laws
           and
           Government
           upon
           the
           deepest
           reason
           ,
           most
           mature
           deliberation
           and
           sound
           advice
           .
           Thus
           then
           the
           promise
           should
           be
           ;
           that
           as
           thou
           shalt
           have
           Magistracy
           restored
           ,
           so
           thy
           Princes
           shall
           act
           by
           advice
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           shall
           have
           its
           full
           administration
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           Deputies
           and
           subordinate
           Judges
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           full
           to
           the
           purpose
           of
           this
           Prophecie
           ;
           for
           the
           breach
           of
           Israel
           was
           not
           the
           losse
           of
           these
           ,
           but
           the
           losse
           of
           the
           
             Supreme
             Authority
          
           ;
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           
             made
             base
          
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           no
           strong
           rod
           to
           be
           a
           Scepter
           to
           bear
           Rule
           :
           this
           was
           their
           lamentation
           ,
           Ezek.
           19.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           lastly
           ,
           2.
           
           The
           words
           do
           import
           the
           restitution
           of
           Government
           and
           Magistracy
           it self
           ;
           not
           to
           lay
           any
           stress
           upon
           any
           particular
           form
           ;
           for
           though
           it
           is
           true
           that
           after
           the
           Babylonish
           captivity
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Iudah
           and
           family
           of
           David
           recovered
           not
           the
           fullness
           of
           Monarchical
           power
           and
           splendor
           ,
           yet
           then
           the
           people
           had
           their
           legal
           ,
           although
           not
           their
           regal
           Magistracy
           .
           This
           saith
           God
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           ,
           a
           lawful
           ,
           righteous
           ,
           fixed
           ,
           settled
           Authority
           ;
           I
           will
           set
           you
           free
           from
           the
           Babylonish
           usurpations
           of
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           wherein
           you
           were
           vassels
           to
           a
           strange
           King
           ,
           and
           servants
           to
           a
           people
           of
           a
           strange
           god
           .
           What
           the
           state
           of
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Jews
           was
           during
           the
           seventy
           years
           captivity
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           total
           abolition
           of
           their
           rightful
           Princes
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           open
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           .
           And
           indeed
           such
           is
           the
           misery
           of
           Anarchy
           ,
           confusion
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           Government
           ,
           that
           any
           form
           is
           better
           then
           none
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           a
           Scepter
           ,
           though
           in
           an
           unproper
           hand
           ,
           is
           better
           then
           the
           Sword
           ,
           Wars
           ,
           and
           desolations
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           Better
           then
           none
           ;
           which
           may
           well
           apolog●ze
           for
           the
           submission
           to
           (
           though
           dissatisfaction
           with
           )
           usurped
           powers
           which
           hath
           been
           yeilded
           by
           good
           men
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           violent
           dispossession
           and
           disseisure
           of
           our
           rightful
           sacred
           Principality
           .
           But
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           Authority
           ;
           the
           
             rightfulness
             and
             legality
          
           thereof
           is
           more
           properly
           couched
           under
           the
           particle
           ,
           thy
           ,
           thy
           Judges
           ,
           and
           thy
           Counsellors
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           the
           next
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           A
           second
           Branch
           of
           the
           promise
           ,
           
             I
             will
             restore
             thy
             ]
             Iudges
             ,
             and
             thy
          
           ]
           Counsellor●
           :
           this
           is
           no
           small
           part
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           not
           the
           main
           and
           principal
           priviledge
           of
           the
           promise
           .
           Take
           up
           the
           importance
           of
           it
           in
           these
           particulars
           .
           First
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           thee
           such
           Princes
           as
           are
           
             thine
             ,
             as
             being
             of
             thy
             own
             people
          
           ;
           The
           Scripture
           speaks
           of
           it
           as
           a
           judgment
           upon
           a
           people
           from
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           vassaliz'd
           to
           the
           power
           of
           foraign
           Princes
           of
           a
           
             strange
             language
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             strange
             god
             .
          
           The
           command
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           ,
           Deut.
           17.
           15.
           that
           the
           King
           should
           be
           one
           from
           amongst
           their
           brethren
           ;
           they
           might
           in
           no
           wise
           set
           a
           stranger
           over
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           their
           brother
           :
           and
           't
           is
           promised
           as
           a
           blessing
           ,
           Ier.
           30.
           21.
           their
           Nobles
           shall
           be
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Governour
           shall
           proceed
           from
           the
           
             midst
             of
             them
          
           ;
           which
           though
           applicable
           to
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           is
           by
           others
           understood
           of
           the
           restoring
           of
           Government
           after
           the
           captivity
           .
           This
           is
           a
           further
           discovery
           of
           this
           promised
           mercy
           ,
           Thou
           shalt
           lie
           under
           the
           power
           and
           be
           judged
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Babylonish
           Monarchs
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           then
           I
           will
           restore
           the
           Princes
           that
           are
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           of
           thy
           own
           Religion
           ,
           Nation
           ,
           Language
           ,
           People
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           thee
           Princes
           such
           are
           thine
           ,
           as
           
             being
             chosen
             ,
             accepted
             ,
             embraced
             ,
             approved
             ,
             rightfully
             established
             over
             thee
             ,
          
           and
           
             sworn
             allegiance
             unto
             by
             thee
             ;
             thy
             rightful
             ,
             lawful
             powers
             ,
             such
             whose
             authority
             is
             thy
             birthright
             ,
             comfort
             ,
             satisfaction
             .
          
           The
           power
           and
           prevailing
           of
           persons
           over
           a
           people
           may
           produce
           a
           Government
           :
           but
           it
           is
           not
           properly
           [
           theirs
           ]
           unless
           it
           be
           that
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           persons
           with
           which
           and
           with
           whom
           both
           Right
           and
           Law
           ,
           Justice
           and
           the
           indispensable
           free
           Obligations
           and
           Oaths
           of
           people
           are
           fully
           satisfied
           .
           What
           a
           people
           may
           do
           if
           free
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           of
           a
           woman
           loosed
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           her
           husband
           ,
           Rom.
           7.
           by
           his
           death
           (
           which
           properly
           cannot
           be
           said
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Magistracy
           ,
           however
           under
           a
           present
           force
           )
           is
           another
           case
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           interim
           the
           intrusion
           of
           the
           greatest
           persons
           into
           that
           sacred
           bed
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           ravishment
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           of
           such
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           as
           in
           that
           of
           Christ
           to
           the
           woman
           ,
           
             This
             which
             thou
             hast
             is
             not
             thy
             ]
             husband
             .
          
           How
           much
           the
           most
           powerful
           and
           fixed
           sword
           of
           usurpation
           ,
           may
           under
           all
           the
           terrours
           it
           keepeth
           a
           people
           under
           ,
           yet
           lie
           under
           the
           secret
           disownings
           ,
           nauseatings
           and
           disgusts
           thereof
           by
           them
           ,
           I
           need
           
           not
           open
           to
           you
           ,
           whose
           hearts
           have
           been
           for
           many
           years
           exercised
           under
           that
           affliction
           ,
           and
           whose
           
             many
             days
             of
             prayer
             and
             fasting
             for
             deliverance
             ,
          
           have
           shewn
           the
           reality
           of
           such
           dislikes
           in
           your
           own
           experiences
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           the
           propriety
           and
           title
           of
           Kings
           is
           dependent
           on
           the
           approbation
           ,
           Oathes
           and
           Covenants
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           the
           title
           of
           authority
           being
           as
           
             it
             was
             with
             Israel
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             with
             us
             .
          
           God
           hath
           not
           left
           a
           people
           liberty
           to
           carve
           out
           the
           model
           of
           their
           own
           authority
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           up
           ,
           or
           cast
           it
           off
           as
           their
           own
           reason
           or
           passion
           shall
           dictate
           to
           them
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           Plutarch
           speaks
           ,
           meddle
           not
           with
           them
           ;
           the
           duty
           of
           Allegiance
           to
           Supreme
           powers
           is
           not
           that
           which
           hangs
           upon
           the
           unfixed
           and
           wavering
           principles
           of
           humane
           choice
           :
           for
           so
           there
           should
           be
           as
           many
           sorts
           of
           Kings
           ,
           as
           Israel
           had
           of
           gods
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           sorts
           of
           Governments
           ,
           as
           distemper'd
           brains
           could
           fancie
           to
           themselves
           .
           The
           title
           of
           Ieroboam
           was
           not
           the
           better
           for
           the
           unanimous
           consent
           of
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           in
           that
           revolt
           .
           You
           inherit
           as
           much
           reason
           to
           preserve
           your
           Princes
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           by
           descent
           to
           possess
           your
           Patrimonies
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           thirdly
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           thee
           Princes
           such
           as
           
             are
             thine
             by
             designation
             from
             God
          
           ;
           whether
           accepted
           or
           not
           accepted
           by
           thee
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           come
           with
           a
           mission
           and
           unction
           from
           God
           in
           the
           active
           and
           approbative
           influx
           of
           his
           will
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           mercy
           for
           thee
           ;
           not
           he
           whom
           the
           people
           shall
           chuse
           (
           for
           the
           people
           chose
           Absalom
           ,
           and
           outed
           David
           ;
           chose
           Ieroboam
           ,
           and
           rejected
           the
           son
           of
           Solomon
           )
           but
           he
           whom
           God
           shall
           chuse
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           thee
           Princes
           that
           shall
           be
           thine
           ,
           as
           being
           such
           as
           
             seek
             not
             thine
             but
             thee
          
           ,
           such
           as
           do
           possess
           that
           honour
           ,
           splendor
           ,
           power
           and
           greatness
           not
           for
           themselves
           but
           for
           thee
           :
           such
           as
           seek
           thy
           good
           and
           not
           their
           own
           greatness
           ,
           thy
           profit
           and
           not
           their
           own
           praise
           .
           And
           surely
           this
           is
           a
           blessing
           to
           purpose
           ;
           and
           then
           indeed
           thy
           Princes
           may
           be
           called
           thine
           ,
           when
           their
           Magistratical
           interest
           is
           wholly
           for
           peoples
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           last
           Branch
           of
           the
           mercy
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           thy
           Judges
           
             as
             at
             the
             first
          
           ,
           and
           thy
           Magistracy
           
             as
             at
             the
             beginning
          
           .
           This
           is
           the
           upshot
           of
           all
           .
           The
           Question
           is
           ,
           to
           what
           time
           the
           Prophet
           relates
           in
           those
           expressions
           ,
           
             at
             the
             first
          
           ,
           and
           
             at
             the
             beginning
          
           .
           It
           
           may
           refer
           either
           to
           that
           time
           when
           Israel
           began
           to
           be
           a
           distinct
           people
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nations
           ,
           and
           grown
           up
           to
           be
           a
           considerable
           body
           ,
           having
           overgrown
           the
           notion
           of
           a
           Family
           ,
           or
           a
           Colony
           only
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           when
           God
           fetched
           them
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           Moses
           and
           Ioshua
           after
           him
           ;
           or
           when
           Israel
           began
           to
           be
           a
           distinct
           Kingdom
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           David
           and
           Solomon
           .
           It
           is
           not
           much
           material
           which
           of
           these
           ways
           you
           understand
           it
           :
           because
           I
           conceive
           the
           design
           of
           the
           words
           herein
           is
           not
           so
           much
           to
           point
           out
           some
           exact
           platform
           of
           the
           kind
           and
           sort
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           hold
           forth
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           Qualification
           of
           the
           persons
           that
           God
           doth
           promise
           shall
           weild
           the
           Scepter
           of
           Authority
           :
           they
           shall
           be
           such
           as
           Moses
           and
           Ioshua
           ,
           and
           David
           ,
           and
           Solomon
           .
           2.
           
           The
           right
           of
           such
           persons
           to
           possess
           the
           Crown
           ;
           having
           a
           respect
           to
           that
           captivity
           in
           which
           the
           people
           for
           seventy
           years
           shoul
           lie
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           usurped
           powers
           .
           And
           so
           the
           whole
           of
           this
           promise
           is
           ,
           When
           I
           have
           by
           afflicting
           thee
           purged
           away
           the
           dross
           of
           thy
           sin
           ,
           then
           I
           will
           restore
           the
           settlement
           of
           Authority
           in
           its
           rightful
           hands
           ,
           to
           whom
           by
           the
           institution
           and
           appointment
           of
           God
           it
           appertains
           ;
           and
           thy
           Princes
           shall
           be
           such
           as
           was
           Moses
           and
           Ioshua
           ,
           and
           my
           servant
           David
           .
           And
           then
           this
           promise
           had
           its
           full
           accomplishment
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           
             Ezra
             ,
             Ioshua
             ,
             Zerubbabel
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           that
           fullnesse
           of
           outward
           pomp
           and
           glory
           as
           before
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           second
           part
           of
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           The
           words
           set
           before
           you
           that
           influence
           of
           this
           mercy
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           whereof
           it
           is
           a
           mercy
           of
           so
           great
           and
           precious
           value
           .
           
             Afterwards
             thou
             shalt
             be
             called
          
           
           
             a
             City
             of
             righteousness
             ,
             the
             faithful
             City
             .
          
           In
           these
           last
           words
           is
           considerable
           :
           First
           ,
           What
           shall
           be
           the
           effect
           of
           that
           Government
           so
           restored
           by
           God.
           It
           shall
           have
           this
           influence
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           ,
           1.
           
           They
           shall
           become
           a
           City
           of
           righteousness
           and
           faithfulnesse
           :
           A
           City
           or
           People
           in
           which
           dwells
           righteousnesse
           ,
           justice
           ,
           to
           men
           ,
           holinesse
           to
           God
           ,
           truth
           and
           faithfulnesse
           ;
           the
           very
           face
           and
           countenance
           of
           such
           a
           Government
           shall
           cause
           errour
           ,
           wickednesse
           ,
           prophanesse
           ,
           falsenesse
           and
           deceitfulness
           to
           wither
           away
           ,
           what
           rooting
           soever
           it
           have
           got
           in
           
             this
             interregna
          
           ,
           in
           this
           time
           of
           the
           destruction
           or
           usurpation
           of
           
           Authority
           .
           And
           2.
           they
           shall
           not
           only
           so
           
             become
             ,
             but
             so
             be
             called
             ,
          
           they
           shall
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           as
           a
           people
           eminent
           and
           famous
           ,
           and
           remarkable
           for
           justice
           ,
           truth
           and
           holinesse
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           by
           the
           influence
           of
           such
           a
           restored
           Magistracy
           .
           And
           then
           secondly
           ,
           the
           words
           import
           ,
           this
           to
           be
           as
           the
           effect
           and
           ●ssue
           of
           this
           deliverance
           (
           as
           appears
           in
           that
           expression
           afterwarde
           ,
           when
           this
           comes
           to
           passe
           )
           so
           also
           the
           
             crown
             and
             glory
             ,
             and
             perfection
             of
             it
          
           ;
           This
           is
           that
           in
           which
           thou
           shalt
           receive
           the
           greatest
           good
           by
           〈…〉
           of
           thy
           lawful
           Princes
           ,
           that
           their
           Authority
           shall
           be
           influential
           and
           successful
           to
           make
           thee
           
             become
             ,
             and
             be
             called
          
           ,
           The
           City
           of
           righteousnesse
           .
           The
           whole
           of
           these
           words
           being
           thus
           opened
           ,
           I
           shall
           set
           before
           you
           out
           of
           that
           abundance
           which
           the
           Text
           affords
           ,
           onely
           three
           Considerations
           p●●tinent
           and
           proper
           to
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           will
           comprehend
           in
           them
           the
           main
           importance
           of
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           choice
           and
           singular
           mercy
           to
           any
           Kingdom
           ,
           Nation
           or
           
           People
           ,
           when
           (
           especially
           after
           a
           breach
           made
           upon
           it
           )
           God
           doth
           restore
           to
           them
           such
           a
           Government
           and
           Authority
           as
           was
           that
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             Ioshua
             ,
             David
          
           and
           Solomon
           to
           his
           people
           Israel
           .
        
         
           The
           work
           of
           this
           day
           is
           to
           triumph
           in
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           goodness
           upon
           this
           very
           reason
           ;
           God
           his
           restoring
           our
           Judges
           as
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           our
           Counsellors
           as
           at
           the
           beginning
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           shall
           but
           cast
           in
           these
           Considerations
           as
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Observation
           ,
           each
           of
           which
           carries
           light
           enough
           to
           evidence
           the
           Point
           ,
           but
           all
           together
           do
           shine
           with
           such
           beams
           of
           demonstration
           ,
           as
           may
           not
           only
           convince
           the
           judgment
           ,
           but
           even
           sets
           the
           heart
           in
           flames
           of
           affection
           ,
           transported
           with
           an
           holy
           joy
           ;
           when
           blessed
           by
           God
           with
           such
           a
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           a
           time
           .
           Consider
           therefore
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           God
           do
           restore
           to
           a
           people
           such
           a
           Government
           as
           was
           that
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             Ioshua
             ,
             David
          
           and
           Solomon
           ,
           then
           they
           have
           [
           
             a
             Government
          
           ]
           and
           Authority
           settled
           over
           them
           .
           They
           do
           not
           lie
           common
           each
           to
           other
           ,
           to
           become
           the
           Arbitrary
           preys
           of
           power
           and
           violence
           .
           I
           know
           this
           Consideration
           comes
           not
           fully
           up
           to
           what
           may
           be
           expected
           to
           be
           spoken
           ;
           yet
           it
           's
           a
           blessing
           of
           no
           small
           concernment
           for
           a
           people
           to
           have
           a
           Government
           fixed
           over
           them
           .
           What
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           speaks
           of
           the
           
           Gospel
           ,
           however
           in
           the
           Ministry
           of
           evil
           principled
           or
           unduly
           officed
           men
           ,
           Phil.
           1.
           18.
           
           
             However
             Christ
             is
             preached
          
           ;
           the
           same
           I
           may
           translate
           to
           this
           case
           :
           however
           the
           undue
           administration
           or
           fixation
           of
           Civil
           Powers
           may
           sadden
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           yet
           in
           that
           condition
           it
           is
           some
           allay
           ,
           that
           
             however
             Magistracy
             is
             kept
             up
          
           ,
           and
           the
           reins
           are
           not
           left
           in
           the
           neck
           of
           the
           unruly
           multitude
           .
           When
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           Iudges
           (
           whom
           some
           would
           suppose
           to
           be
           Samuel
           ,
           other
           Hezekiah
           ,
           and
           other
           Ezra
           ,
           &c.
           )
           would
           set
           forth
           the
           sad
           estate
           of
           Israel
           ,
           the
           
           expression
           is
           considerable
           ,
           Iudg
           21.
           25.
           
           
             In
             those
             days
             there
             was
             no
             King
             in
             Israel
             .
          
           I
           do
           not
           suppose
           that
           text
           or
           the
           other
           in
           that
           Book
           ,
           where
           the
           same
           thing
           is
           expressed
           ,
           to
           point
           at
           the
           want
           of
           a
           
             regal
             form
             of
             Magistracy
          
           ,
           (
           for
           neither
           in
           those
           days
           nor
           in
           any
           former
           days
           till
           after
           ,
           had
           there
           been
           any
           such
           constitution
           with
           that
           people
           )
           but
           to
           signifie
           those
           intervals
           and
           interregna
           that
           fell
           out
           betwixt
           the
           times
           of
           their
           Judges
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           no
           Magistracy
           at
           all
           .
           And
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           no
           King
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           peace
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           justice
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           religion
           in
           a
           sort
           ,
           but
           every
           man
           did
           what
           was
           right
           in
           his
           own
           eyes
           .
           Consul●
           but
           a
           little
           the
           cases
           therein
           expressed
           ,
           to
           which
           your
           Marginal
           Notes
           and
           Quotations
           upon
           that
           Text
           have
           reference
           .
           Judg.
           17.
           5.
           
           
             In
             those
             days
             there
             was
             no
             King
             in
             Israel
             :
          
           and
           what
           then
           ?
           the
           man
           Micah
           had
           an
           house
           of
           gods
           ,
           and
           made
           an
           Ephod
           ,
           and
           consecrated
           one
           of
           his
           sons
           to
           be
           his
           Priest
           ;
           people
           set
           up
           their
           worship
           as
           pleased
           the
           liberty
           of
           a
           perverted
           judgment
           and
           erronious
           Conscience
           .
           Judg.
           18.
           1.
           
           
             There
             was
             no
             King
             in
             Israel
          
           ;
           and
           what
           then
           ?
           the
           Danites
           take
           the
           boldness
           to
           make
           rapes
           upon
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           to
           cut
           out
           an
           inheritance
           by
           the
           length
           of
           their
           swords
           .
           Judg.
           19.
           1.
           
           
             There
             was
             no
             King
             in
             Israel
          
           ;
           and
           what
           followed
           ?
           the
           men
           of
           Gibeah
           do
           force
           the
           Levites
           Concubine
           ,
           and
           most
           shamefully
           abuse
           her
           even
           unto
           death
           ,
           and
           justifie
           the
           action
           ,
           with
           the
           concurrence
           of
           all
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Benjamin
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           that
           horrid
           wickedness
           .
           These
           are
           fruits
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           tenth
           part
           of
           the
           fruits
           of
           Anarchy
           and
           confusion
           ;
           when
           God
           threatens
           the
           pouring
           out
           of
           his
           wrath
           upon
           Israel
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           in
           Hos.
           3.
           4.
           they
           shall
           abide
           many
           days
           without
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           without
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           without
           an
           Ephod
           ;
           which
           some
           apply
           to
           the
           time
           of
           the
           captivity
           ,
           
           others
           to
           the
           days
           of
           Antiochus
           ,
           and
           some
           to
           this
           present
           state
           of
           that
           people
           since
           the
           time
           of
           Christ.
           It
           is
           indeed
           observed
           by
           Tertullian
           as
           the
           misery
           of
           that
           people
           ,
           
             Dispersi
             palabundi
             ,
             coeli
             &
             soli
             qui
             exterres
             vagantur
             per
             orbem
             ,
             sine
             homine
             sine
             Deo
             rege
             ,
          
           without
           either
           God
           or
           man
           to
           be
           their
           King.
           And
           however
           Rabbi
           Benjamin
           in
           his
           Itinerary
           lately
           have
           attempted
           to
           publish
           their
           places
           of
           abode
           and
           formes
           of
           Government
           ;
           yet
           the
           world
           knows
           ,
           that
           the
           Scepter
           is
           departed
           from
           that
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           live
           under
           the
           powers
           and
           pleasures
           of
           others
           ,
           subjected
           to
           the
           Laws
           to
           which
           their
           wandring
           estate
           upon
           the
           earth
           doth
           bring
           them
           in
           several
           States
           ,
           Principalities
           and
           Kingdoms
           .
           Seneca
           calls
           Government
           the
           very
           vital
           spirits
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           
             ipsa
             nihil
             per
             se
             futura
             nisi
             onus
             &
             praeda
             ,
             si
             mens
             imperii
             subtrahatur
          
           ;
           she
           her self
           would
           be
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           burden
           to
           her self
           ,
           and
           a
           prey
           to
           others
           ,
           if
           once
           she
           had
           expired
           the
           soul
           of
           Government
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           restitution
           hereof
           is
           a
           choice
           and
           singular
           mercy
           to
           any
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           more
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           God
           do
           restore
           a
           Kingdom
           to
           such
           a
           Government
           as
           that
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             Ioshua
             ,
             David
          
           and
           Solomon
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           restored
           to
           a
           
             legal
             ,
             rightful
             and
             just
             Government
          
           and
           Authority
           .
           Those
           persons
           were
           just
           and
           lawful
           Princes
           ,
           such
           as
           came
           to
           the
           Scepter
           by
           a
           warrant
           from
           God.
           I
           need
           not
           stand
           upon
           the
           proof
           of
           that
           ;
           They
           were
           not
           such
           as
           mounted
           the
           Throne
           by
           wickedness
           and
           force
           ,
           nor
           compassed
           the
           Crown
           by
           falshood
           or
           flattery
           ;
           they
           did
           not
           pawn
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           stain
           their
           reputation
           ,
           as
           Tertullian
           speaks
           of
           some
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           
             propter
             unius
          
           
           
             anni
             volaticum
             gaudium
          
           ,
           for
           the
           fleeting
           glory
           of
           a
           short
           time
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           sent
           of
           God.
           Nor
           shall
           I
           need
           to
           open
           by
           what
           ways
           ,
           and
           upon
           what
           foundations
           Magistracy
           comes
           to
           be
           rightfully
           and
           with
           justice
           settled
           in
           any
           person
           .
           He
           that
           would
           have
           satisfaction
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           him
           but
           to
           do
           his
           own
           understanding
           that
           right
           as
           to
           consult
           and
           ponder
           that
           renowned
           and
           elaborate
           Tractate
           of
           our
           reverend
           Neighbour
           ,
           
           Mr.
           
             Edward
             Gee
          
           ,
           about
           usurped
           powers
           ,
           Printed
           and
           Published
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           ,
           with
           no
           lesse
           boldnesse
           of
           his
           blessed
           
           soul
           for
           God
           and
           the
           vindication
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           pen'd
           with
           laboriousnesse
           ,
           judgment
           and
           depth
           of
           solid
           reason
           .
           But
           that
           which
           I
           shall
           set
           before
           you
           ,
           is
           the
           unvaluable
           blessings
           of
           a
           Magistracy
           
             sent
             ,
             approved
             ,
             and
             warranted
             ,
             and
             justified
             by
             God
             himself
             .
          
           To
           clear
           up
           this
           ,
           let
           me
           set
           before
           you
           but
           a
           little
           of
           what
           I
           might
           say
           as
           to
           the
           evil
           of
           usurpation
           upon
           Authority
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Usurpers
           in
           Magistracy
           usually
           fall
           most
           foul
           upon
           God
           and
           the
           interest
           of
           Religion
           ,
           either
           imposing
           and
           enforcing
           corrupt
           and
           wicked
           innovations
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           else
           supporting
           a
           wretched
           toleration
           of
           a
           boundlesse
           liberty
           .
           See
           for
           this
           the
           practice
           of
           Ieroboam
           (
           for
           I
           speak
           of
           such
           Kingdoms
           and
           Principalities
           as
           have
           the
           knowledge
           and
           worship
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           or
           Jesus
           Christ
           whom
           he
           hath
           sent
           .
           )
           No
           sooner
           was
           he
           setled
           in
           that
           Throne
           which
           of
           right
           belonged
           to
           the
           Son
           of
           Solomon
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           sacred
           worship
           is
           changed
           ,
           and
           golden
           Calves
           set
           up
           at
           Bethel
           in
           stead
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           this
           thing
           became
           a
           sin
           to
           Israel
           that
           was
           inexpiable
           .
           And
           indeed
           usurpation
           contracts
           upon
           its
           self
           a
           sort
           of
           necessity
           of
           this
           wickednesse
           .
           It
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Rules
           and
           Principles
           of
           Machiavil
           ,
           
           about
           persons
           that
           invade
           the
           regal
           power
           ,
           
             In
             id
             unice
             intendat
             oportet
             ut
             sicut
             ipse
             novus
             princeps
             est
             ,
             it
             a
             in
             suo
             principatu
             innovet
             omnia
          
           ;
           that
           they
           be
           sure
           of
           this
           ,
           to
           bring
           an
           innovation
           of
           all
           things
           else
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           mutation
           and
           change
           of
           Government
           .
           What
           such
           powers
           and
           persons
           do
           observe
           ,
           may
           tend
           to
           gratifie
           and
           please
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           the
           most
           active
           ,
           stirring
           and
           tumultuous
           part
           of
           it
           (
           for
           such
           usually
           is
           that
           part
           which
           is
           the
           most
           corruptly
           principled
           )
           or
           may
           lay
           the
           greatest
           foundations
           for
           their
           own
           possession
           of
           their
           unjust
           Authority
           ;
           this
           is
           that
           Pole-Star
           by
           which
           Usurpation
           steers
           its
           course
           .
           And
           therefore
           wo
           unto
           thee
           ,
           thou
           sacred
           and
           blessed
           interest
           of
           truth
           and
           true
           Religion
           ,
           when
           such
           disseisures
           are
           made
           of
           lawful
           Powers
           ,
           who
           need
           not
           the
           assistance
           of
           such
           cursed
           contrivances
           ,
           Machiavilian
           plots
           ,
           and
           debauched
           Consciences
           to
           support
           them
           .
           And
           no
           marvel
           if
           usurpation
           be
           at
           least
           the
           fountain
           of
           a
           boundless
           toleration
           ,
           since
           erronious
           spirits
           ,
           though
           the
           most
           hateful
           enemies
           to
           a
           just
           Authority
           ,
           yet
           are
           the
           fastest
           friends
           and
           fittest
           Instruments
           for
           arbitrary
           Powers
           ,
           
           as
           being
           principled
           to
           own
           or
           approve
           any
           Authority
           only
           as
           it
           is
           fitted
           to
           countenance
           and
           support
           their
           way
           ;
           being
           not
           of
           that
           antient
           Christian
           spirit
           (
           of
           which
           Tertullian
           speaks
           )
           of
           fidelity
           to
           Princes
           never
           so
           opposite
           to
           Christianity
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Usurpation
           in
           Magistracy
           brings
           a
           snare
           upon
           the
           People
           as
           to
           their
           obedience
           and
           subjection
           .
           Alas
           !
           what
           woful
           troubles
           ,
           what
           scruples
           to
           Conscience
           ,
           what
           wracking
           and
           tentering
           of
           invention
           and
           understanding
           ,
           to
           finde
           out
           nice
           and
           subtle
           distinctions
           and
           evasions
           ,
           doth
           this
           produce
           ?
           for
           although
           the
           imposition
           and
           command
           of
           sinful
           and
           unlawful
           things
           be
           possible
           to
           the
           most
           approved
           and
           sacred
           powers
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           generally
           an
           inseparable
           adjunct
           of
           any
           ones
           violent
           intrusion
           into
           Supremacy
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           proved
           at
           large
           both
           in
           profane
           and
           sacred
           story
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           demonstrated
           from
           the
           very
           interest
           of
           usurpation
           .
           Upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           how
           many
           both
           Priests
           and
           People
           were
           forced
           either
           to
           quit
           their
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           to
           quit
           their
           house
           and
           home
           and
           all
           they
           had
           ,
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Ieroboam
           ,
           in
           2
           Chron.
           11.
           16.
           
           And
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           in
           the
           imposition
           of
           Engagements
           ,
           Oaths
           ,
           Fasts
           and
           Thanksgivings
           ,
           some
           in
           this
           Congregation
           what
           they
           have
           suffered
           know
           abundantly
           .
           But
           besides
           all
           this
           ,
           there
           lies
           no
           small
           difficulty
           upon
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           obedience
           of
           unlawful
           Powers
           in
           
             even
             lawful
             things
          
           :
           what
           conflicts
           of
           the
           soul
           betwixt
           the
           goodness
           and
           necessity
           of
           the
           action
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           inducing
           and
           perswading
           to
           the
           acting
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           betwixt
           the
           illegality
           of
           the
           Power
           that
           commands
           it
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           unwillingness
           of
           any
           sober
           spirit
           to
           do
           even
           good
           it self
           to
           the
           strengthening
           of
           the
           hands
           and
           claim
           of
           violence
           !
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           wish
           we
           may
           rather
           never
           have
           occasion
           to
           be
           put
           to
           experience
           and
           try
           ,
           then
           any
           more
           to
           be
           exercised
           under
           such
           temptations
           .
           But
           such
           is
           the
           fate
           and
           state
           of
           usurped
           Powers
           as
           to
           the
           case
           of
           people
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Usurpation
           in
           Magistracy
           deprives
           a
           people
           of
           the
           liberty
           and
           opportunity
           of
           discharging
           their
           real
           ,
           and
           their
           confessed
           duty
           to
           their
           lawful
           Prince
           and
           Soveraign
           .
           Surely
           Christians
           ,
           this
           is
           no
           small
           affliction
           .
           Princes
           and
           legal
           Powers
           when
           under
           bondage
           ,
           banishment
           or
           other
           separation
           from
           their
           people
           ,
           may
           look
           with
           a
           troubled
           eye
           upon
           them
           ;
           but
           alas
           ,
           
           the
           people
           themselves
           do
           feel
           no
           less
           affliction
           and
           smart
           in
           that
           divorce
           then
           they
           .
           It
           is
           as
           irksome
           to
           a
           Christian
           people
           to
           be
           forced
           from
           their
           lawful
           Powers
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           for
           them
           to
           be
           forced
           from
           their
           people
           .
           I
           know
           no
           interest
           that
           hath
           deeper
           impression
           upon
           the
           Conscience
           and
           Spirit
           of
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           under
           and
           below
           their
           devotion
           to
           God
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           happiness
           of
           their
           precious
           souls
           ,
           then
           their
           reverence
           and
           obedience
           ,
           affection
           and
           fidelity
           to
           the
           majesty
           of
           their
           Prince
           .
           And
           however
           the
           misunderstandings
           or
           other
           fatal
           providences
           betwixt
           them
           and
           their
           lawful
           Princes
           ,
           may
           sometimes
           by
           the
           righteous
           judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           lately
           been
           with
           us
           ,
           produce
           the
           distance
           of
           each
           from
           other
           ;
           yet
           when
           the
           honest
           and
           rational
           ends
           of
           men
           have
           been
           abused
           to
           the
           injury
           and
           wrong
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Authority
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           unobserved
           by
           every
           common
           understanding
           ,
           how
           much
           those
           rapes
           and
           violences
           have
           sat
           upon
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           godly
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           to
           their
           deep
           affliction
           and
           grief
           ,
           and
           the
           producing
           of
           those
           fervent
           ,
           frequent
           Fasts
           and
           Prayers
           which
           have
           been
           answer'd
           from
           heaven
           ,
           as
           we
           now
           see
           .
           Whilest
           a
           People
           therefore
           have
           so
           much
           of
           grace
           ,
           godliness
           and
           fidelity
           left
           as
           not
           to
           prostitute
           themselves
           to
           the
           lust
           of
           usurpation
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           take
           a
           present
           suspension
           of
           their
           political
           husbands
           power
           and
           presence
           for
           a
           dissolution
           of
           their
           matrimonial
           bond
           ,
           and
           liberty
           to
           admit
           Invaders
           into
           that
           Virgin
           undefiled
           Bed
           (
           which
           is
           a
           more
           gross
           Adultery
           then
           that
           of
           a
           Wife
           from
           her
           Husband
           ,
           unless
           endured
           by
           force
           and
           ravishment
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           whilst
           this
           is
           so
           ,
           what
           can
           we
           imagine
           of
           such
           a
           People
           ,
           in
           such
           dismal
           violent
           separations
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           sit
           solitary
           as
           a
           Widow
           that
           hath
           none
           to
           comfort
           her
           ?
           When
           it
           shall
           be
           Treason
           ,
           Death
           ,
           Destruction
           ,
           what
           not
           ?
           so
           much
           as
           to
           Preach
           or
           Pray
           for
           their
           natural
           Lords
           ,
           nay
           ,
           to
           mention
           their
           very
           Names
           with
           any
           mark
           of
           honour
           ,
           respect
           or
           reverence
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Usurpation
           in
           Magistracy
           commonly
           proves
           the
           extirpation
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           in
           Christian
           States
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           amongst
           a
           People
           that
           worship
           the
           true
           God.
           This
           is
           visible
           enough
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           Ieroboam
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           11.
           14.
           wherein
           the
           Levites
           either
           left
           their
           possessions
           or
           lost
           their
           integrity
           ,
           and
           flock'd
           in
           such
           numbers
           to
           Ierusalem
           from
           all
           their
           Cities
           .
           
           I
           know
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           to
           lie
           under
           deep
           affliction
           ,
           even
           under
           lawful
           Powers
           ;
           and
           although
           we
           are
           active
           and
           laborious
           to
           promote
           the
           resettlement
           of
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           a
           thing
           of
           so
           indisputable
           an
           obligation
           upon
           us
           all
           ,
           yet
           we
           are
           not
           without
           the
           pre-conception
           and
           foresight
           of
           the
           evil
           use
           which
           evil
           men
           may
           make
           of
           this
           deliverance
           ,
           to
           vassallize
           and
           persecute
           the
           dearest
           of
           the
           Truths
           ,
           Ordinances
           and
           Interests
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           of
           Jesus
           Christ.
           Yet
           in
           usurped
           Powers
           there
           lies
           a
           kind
           of
           fatal
           necessity
           of
           persecution
           against
           such
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           obligation
           which
           lies
           upon
           usurped
           Powers
           to
           serve
           the
           satisfactions
           of
           such
           a
           Clergy
           as
           have
           been
           the
           Stirr●p
           to
           help
           them
           to
           mount
           the
           Saddle
           of
           Authority
           ;
           the
           very
           truth
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           his
           faithful
           Prophets
           ,
           that
           (
           be
           sure
           )
           never
           speaks
           good
           of
           or
           to
           either
           wicked
           or
           usurping
           Princes
           ,
           is
           a
           continual
           torture
           and
           vexation
           to
           their
           spirits
           ,
           a
           continual
           dissettlement
           and
           disquiet
           to
           their
           Power
           .
           I
           know
           the
           intermeddling
           of
           us
           with
           matters
           of
           State
           hath
           been
           mightily
           cried
           against
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           out
           of
           the
           Commission
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           as
           if
           we
           were
           not
           as
           well
           to
           Preach
           against
           the
           sins
           of
           great
           as
           small
           ,
           of
           Powers
           as
           of
           the
           People
           under
           them
           .
           When
           Ieroboam
           had
           set
           up
           his
           Idols
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           (
           and
           he
           was
           sent
           of
           God
           )
           cried
           out
           to
           his
           face
           against
           his
           Idols
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           Oh
           Altar
           ,
           Altar
           ,
           1
           King.
           13.
           
           Although
           it
           was
           
             the
             grief
          
           of
           Ahab
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           
             the
             grace
          
           of
           Elijah
           in
           a
           right
           sense
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           man
           that
           troubled
           Israel
           ,
           that
           set
           his
           face
           and
           sharpned
           his
           Ministry
           against
           the
           wickedness
           of
           that
           Idolatrous
           Usurper
           .
           When
           the
           Prophet
           Amos
           speaks
           the
           truth
           of
           God
           against
           the
           house
           of
           Ieroboam
           ,
           the
           Land
           cannot
           bear
           his
           words
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           will
           Prophecie
           any
           more
           ,
           he
           must
           flee
           to
           the
           Land
           of
           Iudah
           ,
           where
           his
           lawful
           and
           natural
           Prince
           was
           ,
           but
           no
           more
           in
           Bethel
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           the
           Chappel
           ,
           House
           and
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           Usurper
           ,
           Amos
           7.
           10
           ,
           12.
           
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           if
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           do
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           publish
           freely
           the
           mind
           of
           God
           against
           the
           horrid
           encroachments
           are
           made
           upon
           Magistracy
           by
           force
           and
           violence
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           have
           not
           a
           freedom
           to
           take
           all
           such
           Engagements
           ,
           Oaths
           and
           Promises
           as
           are
           imposed
           upon
           them
           to
           the
           renouncing
           of
           the
           just
           Authority
           of
           their
           legal
           Princes
           ,
           the
           very
           interest
           of
           usurpation
           is
           bound
           
           up
           and
           concerned
           in
           the
           extirpation
           of
           such
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           
             my self
             and
             many
             others
             have
             had
             too
             sad
             and
             ample
             experience
             .
          
           Certainly
           never
           did
           Nation
           know
           more
           fearful
           vexations
           ,
           more
           scornful
           contempts
           ,
           more
           treasonable
           charges
           against
           ,
           more
           horrid
           abuses
           ,
           more
           universal
           dislocations
           of
           the
           most
           godly
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           more
           Magisterial
           Lordings
           over
           them
           in
           the
           work
           of
           their
           callings
           ,
           then
           we
           have
           done
           ,
           since
           the
           fatal
           blow
           was
           given
           in
           164●
           to
           our
           sacred
           and
           Supreme
           Authority
           .
           I
           know
           these
           are
           unwelcome
           and
           unpleasing
           things
           to
           insist
           upon
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           trouble
           you
           with
           no
           more
           then
           this
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           Usurpation
           
             shall
             not
             prosper
          
           ;
           Kingdoms
           and
           Principalities
           bottom'd
           upon
           bloud
           ,
           rapine
           and
           injustice
           shall
           shortly
           expire
           themselves
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           hand
           of
           vengeance
           against
           them
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           so
           strong
           ,
           potent
           and
           magnificent
           .
           It
           was
           not
           long
           before
           every
           man
           that
           pissed
           against
           the
           wall
           was
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           race
           of
           Ieroboam
           ,
           1
           King.
           14.
           10.
           1
           
           King.
           15.
           29.
           
           Baasha
           left
           not
           any
           of
           his
           house
           that
           breathed
           ;
           Nor
           had
           Baasha's
           posterity
           any
           long
           possession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           1
           King.
           16.
           10.
           for
           Zimri
           a
           Captain
           of
           his
           Army
           smote
           and
           slew
           him
           .
           And
           had
           Zimri
           peace
           who
           slew
           his
           Master
           ?
           2
           King.
           9.
           31.
           or
           had
           the
           Family
           of
           Iehu
           any
           durable
           possession
           of
           that
           Crown
           which
           they
           unjustly
           as
           to
           themselves
           ,
           although
           justly
           as
           to
           God
           took
           off
           from
           the
           head
           of
           Ahab
           ?
           No
           ,
           Usurpers
           have
           ever
           this
           fate
           attending
           their
           Principality
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           own
           justification
           of
           force
           upon
           their
           lawful
           Soveraigns
           ,
           they
           have
           left
           that
           example
           of
           liberty
           to
           men
           ,
           that
           in
           no
           long
           time
           proves
           the
           cut-throat
           and
           destruction
           of
           their
           own
           Authority
           ;
           and
           that
           principle
           and
           power
           which
           dispossessed
           the
           rightful
           ,
           proves
           as
           effectual
           to
           dispossess
           the
           wrongful
           and
           invading
           Magistracy
           .
           How
           fully
           hath
           this
           been
           evidenced
           in
           our
           times
           ,
           and
           days
           ,
           may
           be
           fully
           seen
           by
           the
           practices
           and
           declarations
           of
           some
           persons
           whom
           I
           forbear
           .
           You
           may
           say
           ,
           The
           non-prospering
           of
           usurpation
           is
           good
           :
           Better
           so
           by
           much
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           it
           fix
           and
           settle
           .
           True
           ,
           and
           so
           say
           I
           also
           ,
           as
           I
           marked
           before
           .
           Such
           fleeting
           of
           the
           Scepter
           when
           placed
           illegally
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           hopeful
           way
           of
           its
           fixation
           in
           its
           natural
           basis
           ;
           And
           therefore
           I
           would
           advise
           discomposed
           States
           to
           keep
           on
           foot
           such
           a
           variation
           of
           Authority
           as
           to
           forme
           ,
           or
           persons
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           way
           of
           issuing
           the
           dissettlement
           in
           a
           retrogradation
           
           to
           the
           peoples
           common
           interest
           and
           satisfaction
           .
           But
           yet
           such
           grand
           mutations
           are
           not
           without
           their
           sad
           and
           severe
           impressions
           upon
           the
           peoples
           good
           ,
           peace
           and
           quietness
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           God
           shall
           restore
           to
           a
           people
           their
           rightful
           Power
           and
           Authority
           ,
           and
           free
           them
           from
           these
           inseparable
           evils
           of
           usu●pation
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           mercy
           of
           no
           small
           obligation
           and
           advantage
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           God
           do
           restore
           to
           a
           people
           such
           a
           Government
           as
           that
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             Ioshua
             ,
             David
          
           ,
           and
           Solomon
           ,
           then
           they
           have
           Government
           vested
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           them
           who
           are
           good
           and
           holy
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           the
           Lord
           delighteth
           in
           .
           Such
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Princes
           of
           such
           blessed
           tempers
           ,
           may
           well
           be
           (
           as
           was
           said
           of
           
             Titus
             )
             Deliciae
             humani
             generis
          
           ,
           The
           Darlings
           and
           Delights
           of
           all
           the
           People
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           largely
           run
           over
           the
           Story
           of
           those
           Authorities
           ;
           but
           shall
           set
           before
           you
           some
           remarkable
           things
           of
           them
           .
           1.
           
           They
           were
           such
           as
           ruled
           in
           righteousness
           .
           David
           would
           not
           have
           the
           floor
           of
           Araunah
           ,
           No
           ,
           not
           to
           build
           an
           Altar
           on
           to
           the
           Lord.
           unless
           he
           might
           pay
           him
           the
           value
           of
           it
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           24.
           24.
           
           Of
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           did
           Solomon
           make
           no
           bondmen
           ,
           1
           King.
           9.
           22.
           but
           preserved
           them
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           those
           rights
           which
           God
           had
           given
           them
           ,
           Lev.
           25.
           39.
           and
           such
           was
           the
           administration
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           earth
           sought
           unto
           him
           to
           hear
           his
           wisdom
           ,
           1
           King.
           10.
           24.
           
           To
           enumerate
           the
           particular
           acts
           of
           righteousness
           in
           these
           Princes
           ,
           would
           be
           too
           long
           ,
           the
           sacred
           story
           affords
           you
           abundant
           satisfaction
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           Saints
           have
           a
           spot
           in
           their
           Chronicle
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           are
           liable
           to
           have
           their
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           some
           rash
           and
           inconsiderate
           actions
           ,
           to
           let
           them
           and
           those
           that
           dei●ie
           them
           know
           they
           are
           but
           men
           .
           Such
           were
           those
           two
           acts
           of
           David
           about
           Urijah
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           about
           Mephibosheth
           ,
           in
           an
           evil
           advised
           ,
           misconceiving
           of
           his
           loyalty
           ,
           because
           he
           went
           not
           with
           him
           in
           his
           departing
           from
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             although
             he
             had
             more
             affection
             to
             his
             King
             then
             Ziba
          
           that
           
             wretchedly
             misreported
             him
             to
             get
             his
             estate
             .
          
           But
           the
           general
           administration
           of
           their
           powers
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           the
           rights
           of
           people
           had
           a
           sweet
           encrease
           ,
           and
           peaceable
           growth
           under
           the
           shadow
           of
           their
           wings
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           influences
           of
           their
           Authorities
           .
           2.
           
           They
           were
           such
           as
           ruled
           in
           mercy
           .
           
             Medean●ur
             morbis
             non
             indigenentur
             ●grotis
          
           ,
           saith
           Masius
           in
           his
           observations
           
           upon
           Ioshua's
           speech
           to
           Achan
           :
           and
           Tacitus
           tells
           us
           ,
           a
           good
           Prince
           
             non
             poenâ
             semper
             ,
             sed
             saepius
             poenitentia
             contentus
             esse
             debet
             ,
          
           should
           take
           more
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           penitency
           then
           the
           punishment
           of
           transgressors
           ;
           and
           with
           
             Antoninus
             Pius
          
           ,
           conclude
           it
           more
           his
           honour
           to
           save
           one
           Citizen
           then
           to
           destroy
           a
           thousand
           enemies
           .
           It
           is
           the
           saying
           of
           
             Seneca
             ,
             Principi
             non
             minus
             turpia
             multa
             supplicia
             ,
             quam
             medi
             eo
             multa
             funera
             :
          
           and
           besides
           the
           natural
           beauty
           of
           clemency
           and
           mercy
           in
           Supreme
           Authorities
           ,
           all
           Politicks
           inform
           us
           it
           is
           no
           less
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           
           then
           it
           is
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Prince
           .
           
             Non
             sic
             excutiae
             nec
             circumstantia
             tela
             quam
             tutatur
             amor
             .
          
           What
           a
           remarkable
           president
           of
           this
           was
           that
           blessed
           David
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           19.
           22.
           when
           he
           looked
           upon
           the
           sons
           of
           Zerviah
           as
           
             his
             enemies
             for
             counselling
             him
             to
             destroy
             that
             Shimei
             who
             had
             cursed
             him
          
           in
           the
           day
           of
           his
           flight
           ?
           and
           raised
           up
           Amasa
           who
           was
           General
           of
           the
           host
           of
           Absalom
           his
           rebellious
           son
           ,
           to
           be
           Captain
           of
           his
           own
           Army
           continually
           in
           the
           room
           of
           Ioab
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           19.
           13.
           by
           which
           carriages
           he
           
             bowed
             the
             heart
             of
             all
             the
             men
             of
             Iudah
             to
             him
             as
             one
             man
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             sent
             word
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             Return
             thou
             and
             all
             thy
             servants
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           president
           worth
           the
           deepest
           consideration
           of
           such
           Kings
           who
           have
           been
           forced
           from
           their
           Throne
           as
           David
           was
           .
           
             Ignoscere
             pulchrum
             est
             jam
             misero
             poenaeque
             satis
             vidisse
             precantem
             :
          
           and
           so
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           as
           is
           the
           observation
           of
           Bias
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           fear
           not
           more
           their
           Prince
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           solicitous
           for
           his
           good
           ,
           and
           afraid
           of
           evil
           to
           befal
           him
           .
           3.
           
           They
           were
           such
           as
           preferred
           the
           peoples
           good
           above
           their
           own
           ,
           their
           Subjects
           were
           more
           dear
           unto
           them
           then
           their
           Scepter
           ,
           their
           Kingdom
           then
           their
           Crown
           .
           When
           Ioshua
           divided
           the
           Land
           for
           the
           inheritance
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           it
           is
           remarkable
           he
           kept
           not
           a
           foot
           of
           it
           for
           himself
           ,
           nor
           had
           he
           any
           but
           what
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           gave
           him
           ,
           Ioshua
           19.
           49.
           
           And
           when
           they
           put
           him
           ,
           as
           
           Masius
           judges
           ,
           by
           the
           advice
           of
           Eleazar
           the
           High
           Priest
           to
           ask
           for
           himself
           ,
           he
           fixed
           upon
           a
           very
           mean
           and
           contemptible
           place
           ,
           so
           mean
           that
           St.
           Hierom
           speaks
           in
           his
           Epitaph
           of
           Parlea
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           amazed
           when
           she
           came
           to
           the
           Tomb
           of
           
             Joshua
             ,
             quod
             ipse
             possessionum
             omnium
             distributor
             montana
             sibi
             &
             aspera
             loca
             delegisset
             ,
          
           had
           ask'd
           for
           himself
           such
           a
           mountainous
           and
           mean
           possession
           in
           comparison
           of
           that
           of
           others
           .
           No
           less
           remarkable
           is
           that
           
           of
           David
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           24.
           17.
           
           
             Let
             thy
             hand
             be
             against
             me
             and
             against
             the
             house
             of
             my
             fathers
             ;
             but
             as
             for
             these
             sheep
             ,
             what
             have
             they
             done
             ?
          
           and
           
             Moses
             ,
             Exod.
          
           32.
           32.
           who
           would
           rather
           wish
           to
           be
           blotted
           out
           of
           the
           book
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           that
           his
           wrath
           should
           break
           out
           against
           the
           people
           .
           Such
           Princes
           are
           indeed
           not
           princeps
           but
           patres
           ,
           the
           Fathers
           of
           their
           Countries
           ,
           and
           do
           exercise
           as
           Seneca
           calls
           it
           ,
           
             potestatem
             patriam
          
           .
           But
           further
           ,
           4.
           
           They
           were
           such
           as
           were
           zealous
           for
           God
           and
           godliness
           ,
           set
           and
           sharpned
           the
           edge
           of
           their
           royal
           sword
           against
           sin
           and
           wickedness
           .
           How
           passionately
           zealous
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           was
           Moses
           ,
           when
           he
           sees
           the
           Idolatry
           of
           the
           people
           ?
           how
           earnest
           in
           his
           adjuring
           and
           exhorting
           the
           people
           to
           stick
           fast
           to
           their
           Religion
           before
           he
           went
           up
           to
           Neb●
           to
           dye
           there
           ?
           Ioshua
           could
           not
           〈…〉
           till
           first
           he
           had
           engaged
           the
           people
           to
           God
           in
           a
           sole●●
           Covenant
           .
           Josh.
           24.
           
           David
           he
           fetched
           up
           the
           Ark
           of
           the
           Lord
           to
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           bought
           a
           place
           for
           the
           future
           Temple
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           Solomon
           he
           built
           it
           an
           House
           .
           
             Quis
             mente
             sobrius
             regibus
             dicat
          
           ,
           saith
           St.
           
             Aug.
             Nolite
             curare
             in
             regno
             vestro
             à
             quo
             tueatur
             vel
             oppugnetur
             ecclesia
             domini
             vestri
             ?
             quis
             velit
             esse
             religiosus
             vel
             sacrilegus
             ?
          
           This
           is
           the
           glory
           and
           excellency
           of
           Princes
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           are
           Gods
           ,
           and
           Gods
           Vicegerents
           upon
           earth
           ;
           so
           nothing
           should
           be
           more
           sacred
           to
           them
           then
           the
           interest
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           power
           of
           godliness
           ;
           and
           what
           mercy
           greater
           can
           befal
           a
           people
           then
           such
           a
           Magistracy
           ?
           For
           if
           the
           
             delirium
             regis
          
           ,
           the
           miscarriage
           of
           the
           Prince
           do
           cause
           such
           punishments
           on
           the
           whole
           body
           ;
           if
           the
           excellency
           and
           glory
           of
           any
           Government
           lie
           in
           the
           serviceableness
           thereof
           to
           promote
           and
           honour
           truth
           and
           godliness
           ,
           to
           discountenance
           and
           discourage
           errour
           and
           prophaness
           ;
           if
           (
           as
           generally
           it
           is
           )
           an
           holy
           Prince
           makes
           an
           happy
           people
           :
           how
           great
           then
           is
           this
           mercy
           ,
           when
           God
           shall
           restore
           thee
           such
           Judges
           as
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           such
           Counsellors
           as
           at
           the
           beginning
           ?
           But
           to
           conclude
           ,
           5.
           
           They
           were
           such
           ,
           as
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           the
           same
           they
           continued
           to
           be
           till
           the
           end
           of
           their
           race
           ,
           till
           death
           it self
           made
           their
           sacred
           heads
           to
           stoop
           to
           its
           impartial
           stroke
           .
           Indeed
           in
           the
           latter
           days
           of
           Solomon
           ,
           there
           arose
           some
           cloud
           upon
           the
           splendor
           of
           his
           former
           Government
           ,
           occasion'd
           by
           the
           influence
           of
           his
           Idolatrous
           Wives
           upon
           him
           ,
           so
           hazardous
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           for
           Kings
           to
           marry
           the
           Daughters
           of
           a
           strange
           god
           ;
           but
           yet
           
           he
           recovered
           himself
           from
           that
           declination
           ,
           and
           rose
           up
           to
           as
           great
           an
           altitude
           of
           holiness
           and
           zeal
           for
           God
           as
           ever
           formerly
           ,
           when
           his
           own
           experience
           had
           enabled
           him
           to
           pen
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Ecclesiastes
             .
             Moses
          
           ,
           and
           Ioshua
           ,
           and
           David
           ,
           their
           care
           of
           their
           people
           lived
           till
           they
           died
           ;
           and
           what
           they
           were
           at
           first
           ,
           they
           were
           till
           the
           very
           last
           in
           their
           personal
           graces
           and
           profitable
           Government
           .
           It
           is
           usual
           for
           Kings
           to
           begin
           their
           Dominion
           with
           more
           acceptance
           then
           to
           continue
           it
           ;
           
             Mitissima
             sors
             est
          
           
           
             regnorum
             sub
             rege
             novo
          
           .
           That
           ,
           
             Quinque
             unium
             Neronis
          
           ,
           is
           famous
           
           in
           that
           story
           of
           the
           Roman
           Caesars
           ;
           for
           so
           long
           ,
           none
           so
           good
           ;
           for
           ever
           after
           ,
           none
           so
           vile
           and
           wicked
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           greatness
           is
           a
           sad
           temptation
           to
           put
           the
           best
           of
           men
           upon
           exorbitances
           ;
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           in
           the
           Council
           at
           Basil
           contended
           stifly
           against
           the
           Pope
           ;
           when
           he
           got
           that
           Chair
           himself
           ,
           he
           was
           no
           more
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           lay
           open
           the
           disadvantages
           of
           vertue
           that
           fall
           upon
           Princes
           when
           peaceably
           setled
           in
           the
           Throne
           :
           the
           Lord
           I
           hope
           will
           give
           us
           to
           see
           the
           piety
           and
           integrity
           ,
           the
           moderation
           and
           clemency
           ,
           the
           unalterable
           zeal
           to
           the
           Protestant
           cause
           ,
           the
           fixed
           detestation
           of
           debauchery
           and
           prophaness
           ,
           the
           right
           understanding
           and
           apprehension
           of
           the
           principles
           and
           deportments
           of
           honest
           men
           (
           however
           now
           aspersed
           )
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           these
           precious
           pearls
           in
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           shall
           yet
           keep
           their
           orient
           lustre
           and
           unspotted
           brightness
           ,
           notwithstanding
           what
           attempts
           may
           be
           made
           by
           temptation
           to
           eclipse
           them
           ,
           or
           shadow
           off
           their
           vital
           influence
           from
           the
           people
           .
           Such
           Princes
           were
           these
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           older
           ,
           better
           ;
           the
           longer
           they
           lived
           ,
           the
           more
           deeply
           did
           they
           love
           their
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           dearly
           were
           they
           loved
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           their
           graves
           with
           common
           lamentation
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           might
           add
           ,
           if
           God
           do
           restore
           to
           a
           people
           such
           a
           Government
           ,
           then
           their
           Government
           is
           vested
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           as
           have
           parts
           and
           abilities
           from
           God
           for
           the
           fitting
           of
           them
           to
           manage
           their
           Authority
           .
           God
           had
           put
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Government
           upon
           Moses
           and
           Ioshua
           ,
           and
           David
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           earth
           came
           to
           hear
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Solomon
           .
           He
           himself
           that
           had
           had
           the
           experience
           of
           what
           was
           necessary
           for
           the
           Ruler
           of
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           cries
           out
           ,
           Eccles.
           10.
           16.
           
           
             Wo
             unto
             thee
             ,
             O
             land
             ,
             when
             thy
          
           
           
             King
             is
             a
             child
             ,
             viz.
          
           for
           Wisdom
           ,
           Soberness
           ,
           Judgment
           and
           Understanding
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           is
           Isa.
           3.
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           But
           I
           shall
           conclude
           this
           with
           this
           Observation
           :
           As
           the
           giving
           to
           a
           people
           of
           such
           a
           Government
           is
           a
           blessing
           ,
           so
           the
           
             restoring
             of
          
           it
           is
           much
           more
           ;
           for
           so
           the
           Text
           speaks
           ,
           I
           will
           restore
           ,
           or
           I
           will
           cause
           to
           return
           ,
           as
           the
           word
           imports
           ,
           thy
           Judges
           as
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           have
           touched
           at
           some
           inconveniences
           of
           the
           force
           that
           may
           fall
           out
           upon
           legal
           ,
           gracious
           ,
           rightful
           Authorities
           ;
           And
           what
           woful
           effects
           do
           attend
           such
           violences
           and
           usurpations
           ;
           and
           therefore
           shall
           add
           no
           more
           .
           But
           in
           such
           a
           day
           as
           this
           ,
           when
           God
           doth
           not
           only
           
             give
             ,
             but
             restore
          
           ,
           and
           cause
           to
           return
           ,
           a
           separated
           Husband
           to
           the
           bosom
           of
           his
           disconsolate
           Wife
           ,
           a
           banished
           Father
           to
           the
           arms
           of
           his
           long-lamenting
           Children
           :
           but
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           day
           is
           this
           ,
           Oh!
           how
           obliging
           is
           that
           Deliverance
           ;
           how
           full
           and
           fat
           ,
           and
           fruitful
           a
           Mercy
           is
           this
           ?
           I
           will
           restore
           thy
           Judges
           as
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           so
           much
           shall
           serve
           for
           that
           Observation
           .
        
         
           The
           excellency
           and
           the
           choicest
           chiefest
           blessing
           of
           Authority
           
           is
           ,
           when
           it
           hath
           an
           influence
           upon
           such
           persons
           as
           live
           under
           it
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           eminent
           for
           righteousness
           and
           holiness
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Text
           sets
           down
           ,
           as
           the
           chiefest
           Ornament
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Diadem
           ,
           the
           Crown
           and
           Glory
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           procureth
           the
           greatest
           good
           and
           benefit
           of
           the
           people
           .
           
             Afterwards
             thou
             shalt
             be
             called
             ,
             The
             City
             of
             righteousness
             ,
             the
             faithful
             City
             .
          
           I
           shall
           hasten
           to
           a
           conclusion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           set
           before
           you
           onely
           these
           three
           Demonstrations
           of
           this
           Principle
           .
           I
           know
           upon
           what
           foundations
           the
           most
           of
           men
           do
           build
           up
           their
           joys
           ,
           in
           the
           restitution
           of
           Authority
           ;
           some
           upon
           the
           outward
           pomp
           and
           grandeur
           of
           such
           Kingdoms
           ,
           some
           upon
           the
           hopes
           of
           raising
           themselves
           and
           their
           Estates
           and
           Fortunes
           by
           them
           ,
           some
           upon
           the
           perswasion
           of
           the
           harmony
           is
           betwixt
           their
           Princes
           and
           them
           in
           matters
           of
           judgment
           ,
           and
           the
           advantage
           thereby
           to
           promote
           
             and
             impose
          
           their
           principles
           about
           Religion
           and
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ;
           too
           many
           whose
           triumphing
           is
           bottom'd
           not
           so
           much
           upon
           the
           righteous
           establishment
           of
           the
           Throne
           ,
           as
           upon
           their
           own
           bewitching
           dreams
           and
           pleasant
           fancies
           of
           revenge
           ,
           and
           of
           opportunities
           thereby
           to
           pour
           out
           their
           wrath
           upon
           the
           people
           of
           their
           hatred
           (
           such
           injury
           dare
           
           wickedness
           do
           to
           sacred
           Powers
           ,
           as
           thus
           to
           imagine
           it
           to
           furnish
           their
           lusts
           with
           strength
           and
           opportunity
           ;
           such
           an
           horrid
           aspersion
           dare
           men
           ,
           some
           unhappy
           men
           ,
           cast
           upon
           the
           glorious
           Scepter
           of
           Majesty
           .
           )
           And
           they
           are
           not
           few
           who
           this
           day
           are
           therefore
           blessing
           God
           because
           the
           Iron-rod
           of
           Usurpation
           is
           shiver'd
           to
           pieces
           ,
           and
           the
           Scepter
           is
           restored
           to
           its
           rightful
           Tribe
           ;
           
             whatever
             shall
             be
             the
             issue
          
           ,
           Yet
           thus
           it
           should
           be
           ,
           thus
           the
           Lord
           would
           have
           it
           be
           .
           Yet
           Christians
           ,
           let
           me
           add
           that
           this
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           topmost
           branch
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           Princes
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           Instrumental
           to
           make
           their
           people
           a
           City
           that
           is
           eminent
           for
           righteousness
           ,
           truth
           and
           holiness
           .
           That
           I
           may
           shut
           up
           your
           understandings
           under
           the
           conviction
           of
           this
           truth
           ,
           take
           but
           these
           Demonstrations
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           is
           the
           Glory
           and
           Crown
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           attainment
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           principal
           end
           of
           its
           institution
           by
           God.
           The
           suitableness
           of
           things
           to
           the
           cause
           and
           reason
           of
           their
           beings
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           are
           effectual
           to
           the
           production
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           for
           which
           and
           for
           nothing
           else
           they
           were
           created
           ,
           appointed
           or
           raised
           up
           by
           God
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           glory
           ,
           this
           the
           beauty
           of
           them
           .
           The
           institution
           of
           the
           Ministry
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           is
           in
           order
           to
           the
           begetting
           of
           faith
           ,
           Rom.
           10.
           is
           for
           the
           perfecting
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           building
           up
           of
           Christs
           body
           ,
           Ephes.
           4.
           and
           therefore
           the
           Apostle
           concludes
           that
           the
           influence
           of
           his
           Apostleship
           upon
           the
           Thessalonians
           suitable
           to
           this
           reason
           for
           which
           he
           was
           sent
           by
           God
           ,
           this
           was
           his
           glory
           and
           his
           crown
           of
           joy
           ,
           1
           Thes.
           2.
           20.
           
           True
           it
           is
           that
           the
           choicest
           Instruments
           are
           not
           always
           bless'd
           with
           the
           real
           production
           of
           that
           which
           is
           the
           end
           of
           their
           ordination
           and
           appointment
           ;
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           complains
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           laboured
           in
           vain
           ,
           and
           spent
           his
           strength
           for
           nought
           :
           but
           where
           there
           is
           a
           disposition
           ,
           frame
           and
           spirit
           in
           such
           persons
           suitable
           to
           the
           end
           of
           their
           institution
           ,
           a
           labouring
           and
           wrastling
           for
           the
           effecting
           thereof
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           frustration
           ariseth
           not
           from
           the
           carelesness
           ,
           unsuitableness
           ,
           indisposition
           of
           the
           persons
           imployed
           in
           such
           an
           office
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           wilfulness
           ,
           unflexibleness
           ,
           hardness
           of
           the
           object
           ,
           there
           and
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           though
           Israel
           be
           not
           gather'd
           ,
           yet
           such
           persons
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           God
           are
           glorious
           ,
           Isa.
           49.
           5.
           
           As
           thus
           it
           is
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           so
           also
           in
           that
           of
           Civil
           Powers
           and
           Ordinances
           .
           While
           
           men
           are
           so
           taken
           up
           in
           the
           consideration
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           I
           would
           wish
           them
           to
           ponder
           ,
           for
           what
           end
           and
           reason
           it
           was
           that
           ever
           such
           an
           Ordinance
           or
           thing
           was
           appointed
           by
           God.
           And
           let
           me
           freely
           speak
           it
           ,
           this
           in
           the
           Text
           was
           the
           end
           thereof
           ,
           That
           the
           societies
           of
           men
           might
           have
           truth
           and
           justice
           ,
           righteousness
           and
           holiness
           running
           down
           as
           a
           mighty
           stream
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           them
           .
           When
           God
           raised
           up
           Moses
           ,
           what
           was
           his
           work
           but
           this
           ?
           Numb
           .
           11.
           12.
           
           Carry
           my
           people
           ,
           this
           people
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           thy
           bosom
           ,
           as
           the
           Father
           doth
           the
           sucking-child
           .
           Rom.
           13.
           
           
             He
             is
             the
             Minister
             of
             God
             to
             thee
             for
             good
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             terrour
             to
             evil
             doers
             ,
             but
             a
             praise
             to
             them
             that
             do
             well
             .
          
           Isa.
           49.
           22.
           
           Thy
           Kings
           sometimes
           shall
           be
           ,
           and
           
             ever
             should
          
           be
           thy
           Nursing-Fathers
           ,
           and
           Queens
           thy
           Nursing-Mothers
           .
           This
           was
           the
           glory
           of
           Constantine
           in
           Lactantius
           ,
           Thou
           art
           he
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             qui
             prim●●
             Romanorum
             principum
             repudiatis
             erroribus
             majestatem
             dei
             veri
             &
             singularis
             &
             cognovisti
             &
             honor●sti
             .
          
           Princes
           are
           not
           raised
           up
           to
           serve
           themselves
           ,
           or
           live
           in
           the
           Pomp
           and
           Pleasure
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           serve
           the
           lusts
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           and
           patronize
           the
           Atheism
           and
           Irreligion
           or
           false
           Religions
           of
           their
           Subjects
           .
           It
           is
           a
           most
           cursed
           reflection
           upon
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           ,
           that
           the
           practice
           of
           so
           many
           men
           takes
           now
           the
           liberty
           to
           break
           out
           in
           such
           a
           violent
           stream
           and
           torrent
           of
           prophaness
           ,
           that
           men
           begin
           to
           be
           daring
           and
           bold
           in
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           Drunkenness
           ,
           their
           May-Pole
           horrid
           and
           Heathenish
           Idolatries
           ,
           their
           prophanation
           of
           Sabbaths
           and
           contempt
           of
           Ordinances
           ;
           that
           Popery
           and
           the
           grandest
           Factors
           for
           that
           interest
           do
           lift
           up
           their
           heads
           with
           so
           much
           imperiousness
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           restoring
           of
           our
           Government
           to
           its
           proper
           Chanel
           would
           be
           the
           justification
           or
           allowance
           of
           these
           or
           any
           of
           these
           impieties
           .
           Alas
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           Curse
           not
           the
           King
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           your
           thoughts
           ;
           do
           not
           apprehend
           things
           so
           injurious
           and
           reflecting
           upon
           his
           sacred
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           .
           The
           end
           of
           his
           Royal
           Power
           is
           the
           punishing
           ,
           suppressing
           ,
           restraining
           of
           all
           such
           Cursers
           ,
           Swearers
           ,
           Drunkards
           ,
           Sabbath-breakes
           ,
           the
           lifting
           up
           of
           the
           happiness
           and
           peace
           of
           the
           holy
           and
           righteous
           ,
           and
           peaceable
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           whom
           you
           despise
           ,
           scorn
           ,
           reproach
           and
           trample
           under
           your
           feet
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           forgive
           those
           of
           you
           that
           talk
           most
           of
           your
           affection
           to
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           yet
           do
           thus
           conceive
           
           and
           represent
           him
           by
           your
           practise
           ,
           to
           the
           blackest
           staining
           of
           that
           Princely
           honour
           and
           esteem
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           sacred
           amongst
           all
           people
           .
           To
           propagate
           ,
           preserve
           and
           prosper
           righteousness
           truth
           and
           holiness
           in
           their
           Dominions
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           end
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           beauty
           ,
           the
           most
           orient
           perfection
           in
           the
           Imperial
           Diadem
           :
           and
           upon
           this
           foundation
           it
           is
           that
           the
           glory
           of
           
             Constantine
             ,
             Iustinian
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Christian
           Princes
           hath
           been
           raised
           up
           to
           such
           a
           lasting
           fabrick
           ,
           as
           stands
           still
           to
           this
           day
           undefaced
           in
           their
           sacred
           Monuments
           .
           When
           Iob
           a
           person
           and
           Prince
           of
           great
           Authority
           gives
           an
           account
           of
           the
           right
           administration
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           Iob
           29.
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           he
           
             delivered
             the
             poor
             that
             cryed
             ,
             the
             fatherless
             and
             him
             that
             had
             no
             helper
             ;
             the
             blessing
             of
             him
             that
             was
             ready
             to
             perish
             came
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             caused
             the
             widows
             heart
             to
             sing
             for
             joy
             ;
             he
             was
             eyes
             to
             the
             blind
             and
             feet
             to
             the
             lame
             ;
             he
             brake
             th●
             jaws
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             pluck'd
             the
             prey
             out
             of
             his
             teeth
             .
          
           And
           thus
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           his
           glory
           was
           fresh
           upon
           him
           .
           How
           blessed
           a
           thing
           is
           it
           thus
           ,
           when
           it
           may
           be
           truly
           spoken
           of
           our
           Supreme
           Authority
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           by
           
             Pontius
             Diaconus
          
           concerning
           Cyprian
           in
           the
           management
           of
           his
           Ecclesiastical
           power
           ,
           
             Nulla
             vidua
             reversa
             est
             sinu
             vacuo
             ,
             nullus
             indigens
             lumine
             non
             illo
             comite
             directus
             est
             ,
             nullus
             nudus
             auxilio
             de
             potentioris
             manu
             non
             illo
             tutore
             protectus
             est
             !
          
           for
           to
           this
           end
           hath
           God
           raised
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           as
           the
           Sun
           in
           their
           respective
           Worlds
           ,
           to
           communicate
           to
           truth
           and
           holiness
           ,
           justice
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           hath
           a
           Moral
           or
           Theological
           excellency
           and
           goodness
           in
           it
           ;
           the
           whole
           emanations
           of
           their
           light
           and
           influences
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           of
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           life
           of
           St.
           Cyprian
           ,
           tells
           us
           that
           he
           that
           at
           that
           time
           was
           to
           be
           Bishop
           of
           Carthage
           ,
           had
           need
           to
           be
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           
             Qui
             doceret
             poenitentiam
             lapsos
             ,
             veritatem
             haereticos
             ,
             unitatem
             schismaticos
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           concludes
           upon
           the
           fixing
           of
           him
           in
           that
           imployment
           ,
           
             benè
             ,
             benè
             tunc
             &
             verè
             spiritualiter
             contigit
             quod
             vir
             tam
             necessarius
             tam
             bonis
             rebus
             ●
             martyrio
             delatus
             est
             :
          
           Happy
           was
           that
           providence
           that
           saved
           such
           an
           hopeful
           person
           ,
           fitted
           for
           such
           a
           necessary
           ,
           holy
           work
           .
           I
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           That
           that
           sacred
           person
           whom
           God
           hath
           re-invested
           in
           the
           Throne
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           had
           need
           be
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           such
           ,
           as
           having
           not
           onely
           a
           collapsed
           ,
           and
           disjoynted
           ,
           and
           disordered
           Church
           ,
           but
           divided
           and
           disparted
           
           State
           to
           set
           in
           order
           ;
           and
           therefore
           need
           to
           be
           such
           an
           one
           as
           Cyprian
           was
           ,
           
             Ingenii
             spiritualiter
             temperati
             qui
             inter
             resultantes
             collidentium
             fluctus
             iter
             medium
             librato
             limite
             gubernaret
             .
          
           I
           remember
           Iustinian
           the
           Emperour
           in
           one
           of
           his
           Letters
           to
           Mennas
           Patriarch
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           tells
           him
           that
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Office
           as
           Imperator
           was
           this
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           to
           keep
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           from
           being
           perverted
           ,
           and
           the
           friends
           of
           Christ
           (
           for
           in
           those
           elder
           times
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           not
           appropriated
           to
           the
           Clergy
           )
           from
           being
           persecuted
           ;
           and
           he
           adds
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           made
           it
           our
           principal
           care
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           For
           which
           cause
           onely
           we
           are
           satisfied
           ,
           we
           are
           both
           put
           and
           prospered
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           this
           Throne
           .
           This
           then
           being
           the
           end
           ,
           the
           pursuit
           hereof
           is
           the
           excellency
           of
           all
           Power
           and
           Principality
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           is
           the
           Glory
           and
           Crown
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           and
           tendeth
           to
           the
           greatest
           happiness
           of
           the
           people
           that
           live
           under
           their
           Government
           and
           Authority
           .
           He
           is
           the
           Minister
           of
           God
           to
           thee
           for
           good
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           Rom.
           13.
           4.
           
           It
           is
           not
           unsuitable
           for
           Christian
           ears
           that
           saying
           of
           
             Metellus
             Numidicus
          
           a
           Roman
           Censor
           ;
           
             Dii
             immortales
             plurimum
             possunt
             ,
             sed
             non
             plus
             velle
             nobis
             debent
             quam
             parentes
          
           ;
           the
           gods
           may
           do
           more
           ,
           but
           they
           should
           not
           desire
           more
           good
           and
           profit
           to
           their
           people
           then
           their
           Princes
           should
           .
           And
           it
           was
           no
           small
           part
           of
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           deifications
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Heathens
           gods
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           contributed
           some
           remarkable
           benefit
           to
           their
           people
           .
           The
           Jews
           themselves
           will
           mourn
           if
           a
           Ruler
           dye
           or
           be
           afflicted
           that
           
             loved
             their
             Nation
             ,
             and
             built
             them
             a
             Synagogue
             .
          
           The
           Sun
           it self
           is
           more
           glorious
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           by
           that
           light
           it
           hath
           ,
           but
           gives
           ,
           and
           communicates
           to
           this
           dark
           be-nighted
           Globe
           in
           which
           we
           live
           .
           It
           is
           no
           unusual
           thing
           for
           the
           fondest
           people
           to
           deal
           with
           their
           Magistrates
           as
           the
           Frogs
           in
           the
           Fable
           with
           their
           King
           ,
           when
           they
           prove
           or
           by
           prejudicate
           vulgar
           opinion
           come
           to
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           as
           unprofitable
           ,
           or
           destructive
           to
           common
           benefit
           .
           I
           would
           not
           have
           the
           people
           to
           be
           the
           Censors
           of
           the
           manners
           or
           deportment
           of
           their
           Princes
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           suck
           in
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           the
           discharge
           of
           their
           allegiance
           upon
           the
           supposed
           inconsistency
           of
           their
           Authority
           with
           common
           good
           :
           but
           
           however
           it
           hence
           is
           manifest
           that
           the
           glory
           of
           their
           motion
           in
           that
           Orb
           of
           Supremacy
           in
           which
           they
           are
           fixed
           by
           God
           ,
           depends
           upon
           their
           beneficial
           communications
           to
           the
           real
           welfare
           and
           happiness
           of
           those
           that
           are
           concerned
           in
           the
           fatal
           effects
           of
           their
           Conjunctions
           ,
           Aspects
           or
           Eclipses
           .
           Let
           me
           add
           then
           ,
           that
           your
           greatest
           benefit
           you
           can
           reap
           by
           any
           Authority
           over
           you
           ,
           is
           this
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           when
           by
           the
           influence
           of
           that
           Power
           you
           become
           a
           City
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           holiness
           and
           truth
           ,
           having
           thereby
           the
           free
           distribution
           of
           justice
           amongst
           all
           ,
           and
           the
           full
           establishment
           of
           Truth
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           Purity
           in
           Worship
           ,
           and
           an
           encouraged
           justified
           holiness
           in
           all
           that
           profess
           the
           name
           of
           God.
           Alas
           !
           the
           good
           that
           you
           should
           have
           by
           Magistracy
           ,
           doth
           not
           lie
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           liberty
           to
           serve
           your
           lusts
           ,
           and
           the
           profane
           principles
           of
           a
           graceless
           spirit
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           the
           Idols
           and
           Errours
           of
           your
           own
           hearts
           ,
           and
           to
           enforce
           your
           will-worship
           or
           superstition
           upon
           the
           Consciences
           of
           others
           ;
           but
           it
           lies
           in
           the
           enforcing
           of
           
             duty
             ,
             holiness
             ,
             righteousness
             and
             reformation
             ,
          
           and
           the
           perpetual
           discouragement
           of
           whatsoever
           intrencheth
           upon
           the
           interest
           and
           propagation
           of
           grace
           and
           truth
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Jesus
           Christ.
           He
           doth
           you
           most
           good
           ,
           that
           makes
           you
           most
           good
           ;
           most
           Holy
           ,
           Orthodox
           ,
           Sincere
           ,
           living
           up
           to
           the
           fulness
           of
           your
           light
           ;
           and
           putting
           a
           soul
           into
           your
           Worship
           and
           Profession
           by
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Power
           of
           Godliness
           .
           I
           am
           not
           unsensible
           upon
           what
           foundations
           many
           thousands
           of
           persons
           do
           bottom
           their
           joy
           in
           the
           deliverance
           of
           this
           day
           .
           I
           wish
           their
           joy
           were
           grea●●●●
           ;
           but
           their
           
             grounds
             were
             better
          
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           their
           gladness
           is
           bottom'd
           on
           the
           expectations
           and
           hopes
           of
           some
           future
           good
           ,
           so
           that
           that
           good
           were
           somewhat
           of
           more
           Divine
           extraction
           and
           real
           excellency
           then
           what
           is
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           most
           of
           men
           .
           Oh!
           
             what
             if
             we
             shall
             have
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             yet
             fear
             not
             the
             Lord
             ?
          
           what
           then
           should
           a
           King
           do
           to
           us
           ?
           what
           if
           we
           shall
           have
           no
           more
           Wars
           with
           men
           ,
           and
           yet
           still
           have
           the
           most
           fatal
           Wars
           with
           God
           ?
           what
           if
           we
           shall
           lie
           under
           less
           of
           suffering
           ,
           and
           yet
           live
           under
           more
           of
           sin
           ?
           what
           if
           we
           shall
           have
           better
           Laws
           ,
           but
           worser
           Lives
           ?
           what
           if
           our
           Liberties
           .
           and
           Estates
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           meet
           again
           ,
           and
           yet
           Christ
           and
           our
           souls
           shall
           part
           for
           ever
           and
           never
           meet
           more
           ?
           what
           if
           we
           shall
           have
           plenty
           ,
           but
           no
           piety
           ?
           a
           lawful
           ,
           merciful
           ,
           gracious
           King
           to
           Rule
           the
           outward
           
           man
           ,
           but
           a
           bloud-thirsty
           implacable
           Tyrant
           the
           Devil
           to
           hurry
           the
           souls
           of
           men
           to
           destruction
           ?
           Oh!
           Christians
           think
           of
           it
           .
           There
           are
           too
           many
           who
           scandalize
           our
           Government
           ,
           and
           cast
           dirt
           upon
           the
           royal
           Scepter
           ,
           in
           promising
           to
           themselves
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           ,
           licentiousness
           without
           a
           Curb
           ,
           revenge
           without
           a
           Law
           ,
           destruction
           of
           others
           without
           distinction
           ,
           Popery
           without
           a
           penalty
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           please
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           Worship
           and
           Worshippers
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           without
           a
           Scripture
           .
           Should
           it
           be
           so
           (
           which
           God
           forbid
           the
           thoughts
           of
           should
           enter
           into
           my
           heart
           )
           yet
           were
           this
           a
           good
           for
           thee
           ?
           and
           that
           good
           which
           God
           hath
           raised
           up
           his
           Anointed
           ones
           to
           accomplish
           for
           thee
           ?
           Oh!
           let
           it
           not
           enter
           into
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           lest
           the
           very
           Birds
           of
           the
           Air
           do
           tell
           the
           matter
           .
           Thus
           poyson
           were
           better
           for
           the
           body
           then
           suitable
           nourishment
           ,
           and
           liberty
           safer
           then
           restraint
           to
           him
           who
           through
           phrenzies
           or
           other
           strong
           distemper
           hunts
           after
           nothing
           more
           then
           opportunity
           to
           destroy
           himself
           .
           I
           know
           indeed
           there
           are
           many
           blessed
           fruits
           which
           these
           Kingdoms
           may
           joyfully
           ,
           and
           warrantably
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           confidence
           expect
           to
           be
           the
           product
           of
           this
           blessed
           restitution
           of
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           .
           Such
           as
           are
           the
           vindication
           of
           this
           Church
           and
           Kingdoms
           honour
           ,
           the
           wiping
           off
           the
           aspersion
           ,
           and
           rouling
           away
           the
           reproach
           of
           disloyalty
           from
           too
           many
           upon
           whom
           it
           is
           too
           familiary
           but
           most
           unjustly
           cast
           ,
           the
           settlement
           of
           our
           peace
           ,
           and
           the
           prosperous
           future
           state
           of
           all
           :
           but
           let
           me
           say
           of
           this
           ,
           If
           God
           shall
           (
           as
           we
           hope
           and
           pray
           he
           will
           )
           by
           the
           influence
           of
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           sentence
           the
           reproachers
           of
           his
           ways
           and
           people
           into
           everlasting
           silence
           ,
           muzzle
           the
           mouth
           of
           blasphemous
           swearers
           ,
           rout
           the
           societies
           of
           abominable
           drunkards
           into
           corners
           that
           they
           dare
           not
           see
           the
           Sun
           ,
           clear
           the
           streets
           ,
           and
           empty
           the
           houses
           from
           the
           provoking
           crew
           of
           Sabbath-breakers
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           with
           encouragement
           the
           Worship
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           practise
           of
           holiness
           in
           all
           orders
           of
           men
           ,
           
             pray
             let
             me
             say
          
           of
           this
           ,
           as
           
             David
             of
             Goliahs
          
           sword
           ,
           
             There
             is
             none
             like
             that
          
           ;
           other
           things
           do
           well
           ,
           but
           this
           excels
           them
           all
           .
           For
           however
           distastful
           these
           things
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           cross
           to
           the
           grain
           of
           many
           ,
           too
           many
           with
           us
           ,
           yet
           this
           would
           be
           the
           greatest
           mercy
           to
           your
           souls
           ,
           your
           eternal
           precious
           souls
           ,
           ten
           thousand
           to
           one
           to
           be
           shipwrack'd
           and
           lost
           if
           left
           to
           the
           boundless
           
           liberty
           of
           your
           own
           hearts
           ;
           and
           this
           would
           be
           the
           greatest
           mercy
           even
           to
           your
           outward
           estate
           .
           For
           what
           hopes
           of
           any
           blessing
           from
           above
           ,
           where
           settlement
           and
           prosperity
           is
           abused
           ?
           where
           that
           deliverance
           which
           should
           be
           the
           grave
           ,
           is
           made
           but
           the
           womb
           and
           birth
           of
           that
           wickedness
           ,
           Idolatry
           and
           unreformedness
           ,
           that
           doth
           and
           will
           keep
           up
           the
           controversie
           with
           God
           without
           composure
           .
           Hence
           it
           hath
           so
           often
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           people
           who
           have
           not
           become
           holy
           by
           being
           made
           externally
           happy
           in
           such
           eminent
           ways
           of
           deliverance
           as
           this
           ,
           have
           so
           often
           seen
           the
           speedy
           eclipse
           of
           the
           brightest
           Sun
           of
           their
           own
           prosperity
           .
           Certainly
           if
           the
           toleration
           of
           Prophaness
           and
           Heresie
           and
           Idolatry
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           be
           
             crudelis
             misericordia
          
           ,
           a
           thing
           that
           carries
           in
           it
           more
           of
           cruelty
           then
           of
           charity
           to
           the
           souls
           of
           men
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           drawing
           of
           the
           sword
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           power
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           against
           the
           growing
           corruptions
           of
           their
           Flock
           ,
           be
           an
           act
           of
           the
           greatest
           mercy
           ,
           as
           appears
           1
           Cor.
           5.
           the
           same
           will
           hold
           in
           its
           proportion
           in
           Civil
           Powers
           ;
           of
           whom
           let
           me
           shut
           up
           this
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           They
           are
           then
           the
           farthest
           off
           from
           doing
           unjusty
           ,
           when
           they
           make
           us
           the
           furthest
           off
           from
           doing
           wickedly
           ;
           they
           have
           then
           been
           truly
           Fathers
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           made
           their
           people
           at
           least
           professedly
           children
           of
           their
           God
           ;
           they
           have
           then
           done
           their
           Subjects
           the
           greatest
           good
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           sin
           which
           is
           their
           greatest
           evil
           ;
           they
           are
           then
           most
           like
           Gods
           ,
           when
           by
           their
           power
           the
           people
           are
           less
           like
           Devils
           :
           they
           may
           save
           souls
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           sensuality
           ,
           save
           life
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           unbounded
           liberty
           ,
           save
           the
           truth
           by
           the
           casting
           over-board
           the
           sinking
           weight
           of
           humane
           innovations
           ,
           save
           the
           Church
           by
           the
           necessary
           allay
           into
           some
           common
           mediocrity
           of
           inconsistent
           parties
           and
           principles
           ,
           and
           entail
           happiness
           upon
           the
           Throne
           by
           setting
           up
           holiness
           and
           truth
           in
           all
           their
           people
           .
           What
           Cyprian
           writes
           to
           the
           Confessors
           ,
           shall
           close
           up
           this
           ,
           for
           us
           in
           our
           lower
           ,
           or
           Princes
           in
           their
           greater
           elevations
           ,
           
             Ea
             concedere
             quae
             in
             perniciem
             populi
             vertant
             est
             decipere
             ;
             nec
             erigitur
             sic
             lapsus
             sed
             per
             offensam
             dei
             magis
             impellitur
             ad
             ruinam
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           That
           is
           the
           excellency
           and
           glory
           of
           Magistracy
           which
           tends
           most
           to
           their
           own
           eternal
           blessedness
           and
           acceptation
           
           with
           God.
           We
           should
           judge
           that
           to
           be
           the
           Crown
           of
           Princes
           here
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           their
           Crown
           at
           the
           great
           day
           of
           the
           appearing
           of
           Jesus
           Christ.
           The
           eminent
           grace
           of
           the
           Thessalonians
           ,
           their
           purity
           and
           constancy
           in
           the
           faith
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           1
           Thes.
           2.
           19.
           his
           hope
           and
           the
           Crown
           of
           his
           triumphing
           before
           the
           face
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           at
           the
           day
           of
           his
           coming
           :
           and
           even
           an
           Heathen
           himself
           could
           say
           ,
           
             Consulere
             patriae
             ,
             parcere
             afflictis
             ,
             for
             â
             caede
             abstinere
             ,
             dare
             orbis
             quietem
             ,
             sacule
             pacem
             suo
             ,
             hac
             summa
             virtus
             ,
             petitur
             hâc
             coelum
             viâ
          
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           way
           to
           everlasting
           rest
           ,
           for
           Royalty
           .
           Oh!
           what
           account
           could
           Ieroboam
           give
           of
           his
           Idolatry
           ,
           Ahab
           of
           his
           cruelty
           ,
           Gallio
           of
           his
           indifferency
           ,
           the
           Arrian
           Emperours
           of
           their
           Heresie
           ,
           Nero
           of
           his
           inhumanity
           ,
           Iulian
           of
           his
           Apostacy
           ,
           when
           they
           stand
           before
           the
           
           judgment-seat
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Princes
           ?
           how
           would
           then
           those
           things
           which
           Lactantius
           observes
           made
           the
           corrupt
           and
           sinful
           world
           to
           repute
           them
           as
           gods
           ,
           then
           confine
           them
           for
           ever
           to
           the
           society
           of
           Devils
           ?
           Give
           me
           that
           which
           God
           will
           own
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           delights
           to
           honour
           ,
           when
           the
           secrets
           of
           all
           hearts
           shall
           be
           made
           manifest
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           real
           goodness
           of
           their
           ways
           every
           man
           shall
           have
           praise
           of
           God.
           Those
           things
           cannot
           be
           the
           desirable
           things
           of
           Government
           which
           prove
           to
           be
           the
           damning
           and
           defiling
           things
           of
           Governours
           at
           that
           day
           ;
           nor
           can
           that
           be
           other
           then
           the
           perfection
           of
           it
           now
           ,
           which
           then
           proves
           to
           be
           the
           approbation
           of
           it
           with
           God.
           Judge
           you
           therefore
           within
           your selves
           wherein
           the
           choicest
           beauty
           and
           greatest
           blessing
           of
           Authority
           lies
           ,
           whether
           in
           suffering
           their
           Dominions
           to
           be
           an
           habitation
           of
           Devils
           ,
           a
           Cage
           of
           every
           unclean
           Bird
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Magna
             latrocinia
          
           ,
           the
           stages
           of
           prophaness
           and
           impiety
           ,
           the
           Nurseries
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           Superstition
           and
           Popery
           ,
           the
           grief
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           provocation
           of
           God
           ;
           or
           in
           causing
           them
           so
           far
           as
           the
           influence
           of
           their
           sacred
           power
           can
           extend
           ,
           to
           become
           the
           Cities
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           truth
           and
           holiness
           .
           This
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           which
           shall
           have
           its
           euge
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           be
           crowned
           with
           the
           royal
           approbation
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           when
           all
           other
           their
           works
           shall
           be
           burnt
           up
           as
           dross
           ,
           hay
           ,
           straw
           and
           stubble
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           done
           with
           that
           ,
           and
           shall
           have
           done
           all
           when
           I
           have
           spoke
           a
           word
           of
           this
           last
           Observation
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
         
           To
           have
           our
           Judges
           restored
           as
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           our
           Counsellors
           
           as
           at
           the
           beginning
           ,
           our
           Authority
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           〈◊〉
           to
           make
           us
           a
           City
           of
           faithfulness
           ,
           truth
           and
           righteousness
           ,
           〈◊〉
           are
           mercies
           which
           it
           is
           the
           method
           of
           God
           to
           give
           a
           〈◊〉
           ,
           when
           by
           his
           p●●ging
           away
           the
           dross
           of
           their
           iniq●●●y
           〈◊〉
           are
           prepared
           and
           fitted
           for
           it
           .
           I
           will
           purely
           purge
           away
           thy
           dross
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           thy
           tin
           ;
           and
           then
           I
           will
           restore
           thy
           Judges
           as
           at
           the
           first
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           further
           insist
           upon
           this
           ,
           but
           ●hut
           up
           all
           with
           a
           few
           words
           of
           Application
           of
           these
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Oh!
           bless
           then
           the
           Lord
           ,
           for
           the
           hopes
           of
           such
           a
           〈◊〉
           restored
           to
           us
           this
           day
           ,
           as
           was
           that
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             I
             Iosh●●
             ,
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           David
           ;
           Authority
           vested
           and
           re-estated
           in
           ●he
           hands
           of
           its
           rightful
           Subject
           ;
           Usurpation
           which
           for
           these
           twelve
           year●
           past
           without
           dispute
           hath
           invaded
           the
           Throne
           ,
           broken
           and
           ●hiver'd
           into
           pieces
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           and
           the
           〈◊〉
           head
           of
           him
           l●●●●d
           up
           by
           God
           ,
           whose
           known
           ●eportment
           under
           his
           de●pest
           ●●yals
           ,
           and
           whose
           〈…〉
           report
           and
           fa●●
           〈◊〉
           him
           to
           us
           as
           another
           
             Titus
             ,
             d●●icia
             humani
             generi●
             ▪
          
           another
           C●sar
           ,
           of
           whom
           Cicero
           said
           ,
           
             Oblivis●i
             nihil
             solet
             nisi
             injur●
             ▪
          
           and
           as
           another
           〈◊〉
           ,
           whose
           zeal
           for
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           strenuous
           interposings
           of
           his
           Authority
           for
           the
           peace
           and
           settlement
           of
           the
           discompo●●d
           Church
           ma●e
           〈◊〉
           the
           Mir●our
           of
           Monarch●
           ,
           the
           Pat●●n
           〈…〉
           the
           glory
           of
           Christian
           Princes
           to
           this
           day
           .
           Such
           ●n
           one
           report
           and
           relation
           tells
           us
           he
           is
           ,
           Religion
           teacheth
           us
           to
           believe
           and
           pray
           that
           he
           may
           be
           to
           this
           people
           ;
           however
           ,
           〈…〉
           those
           pregnant
           presages
           of
           future
           good
           to
           all
           that
           are
           de●●●●●le
           enough
           from
           divers
           things
           ,
           〈◊〉
           not
           now
           enumerate
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           the
           unquestionable
           ●oundation
           of
           his
           
             rightful
             title
             to
             these
             Dominions
             ▪
          
           that
           may
           raise
           up
           our
           triumphings
           to
           the
           greatest
           pitch
           ,
           and
           wind
           up
           our
           hearts
           i●
           thanksgivings
           to
           the
           highest
           elevation
           .
           Bless
           thou
           the
           Lord
           ,
           Oh!
           my
           soul
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           within
           ●hee
           bl●●●
           his
           holy
           Name
           ▪
           I
           ●●
           not
           unsensible
           how
           many
           〈…〉
           others
           ,
           whose
           lot
           it
           was
           in
           〈…〉
           of
           the●●
           distr●ctions
           to
           judge
           it
           their
           duty
           to
           〈…〉
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           desired
           blessed
           day
           were
           the
           〈…〉
           hearts
           ,
           and
           〈…〉
           with
           their
           principles
           .
           〈…〉
           ,
           The
           Lord
           comes
           with
           ●en
           thousand
           of
           ●is
           〈…〉
           judgment
           upon
           them
           that
           are
           ungodly
           .
           But
           if
           
           the
           constant
           profession
           of
           their
           judgment
           in
           point
           of
           allegiance
           even
           in
           the
           saddest
           times
           ,
           their
           Sufferings
           and
           Sequestrations
           for
           non-compliance
           with
           those
           Anti-monarchical
           Engagements
           which
           overspread
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           pretending
           to
           greater
           loyalty
           ,
           if
           their
           volleys
           of
           prayers
           and
           flouds
           of
           tears
           for
           the
           settlement
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           upon
           their
           own
           Basis
           ,
           if
           their
           unwearied
           activity
           till
           the
           Nation
           were
           (
           as
           now
           it
           is
           )
           purged
           from
           the
           guilt
           and
           freed
           from
           the
           yoke
           of
           Usurpation
           ;
           nay
           ,
           if
           the
           bloud
           of
           divers
           of
           them
           spilt
           in
           the
           justification
           of
           that
           part
           of
           their
           Covenant
           which
           relates
           to
           the
           interest
           of
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           If
           all
           these
           may
           evidence
           the
           reality
           of
           their
           joy
           at
           this
           deliverance
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           can
           be
           defective
           ;
           and
           a
           more
           assured
           testimony
           of
           their
           cordial
           joy
           ,
           then
           all
           those
           practices
           of
           debauchery
           in
           which
           too
           many
           have
           the
           hard
           fate
           to
           be
           involved
           .
           But
           I
           forbear
           to
           harp
           any
           more
           upon
           that
           string
           ;
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           mercy
           bury
           those
           distinctions
           and
           animosities
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           continuation
           have
           too
           ominous
           an
           aspect
           upon
           the
           settlement
           and
           tranquillity
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           Christians
           ,
           do
           you
           bless
           the
           Lord
           in
           and
           for
           the
           mercy
           of
           this
           day
           .
           Bless
           him
           that
           God
           hath
           restored
           us
           such
           a
           Magistracy
           whose
           endowments
           and
           qualifications
           for
           the
           regal
           Office
           and
           Imployment
           carry
           such
           a
           bright
           and
           glorious
           beam
           of
           hope
           to
           all
           ;
           such
           a
           Prince
           as
           by
           his
           publick
           Declaration
           hath
           held
           forth
           such
           unalterable
           resolutions
           of
           preserving
           and
           supporting
           the
           Protestant
           cause
           ,
           of
           burying
           the
           exorbirancies
           of
           our
           times
           in
           everlasting
           oblivion
           ,
           and
           of
           satisfactory
           care
           to
           the
           Consciences
           of
           good
           men
           that
           they
           be
           not
           tyrannized
           over
           by
           unscriptural
           impositions
           ▪
           and
           however
           God
           shall
           issue
           the
           results
           of
           this
           mutation
           ,
           yet
           bless
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           Authority
           is
           returned
           to
           its
           natural
           centre
           ,
           the
           scandals
           upon
           Covenanters
           wiped
           off
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           necessary
           part
           of
           righteousness
           done
           to
           the
           breath
           of
           our
           nostrils
           ,
           who
           is
           worth
           ten
           thousand
           of
           us
           ,
           in
           that
           restauration
           of
           him
           which
           the
           Saints
           pray'd
           for
           ,
           the
           World
           expected
           ,
           the
           very
           Angels
           themselves
           approve
           ,
           and
           the
           God
           of
           Gods
           with
           many
           pier●ing
           c●ies
           and
           calls
           required
           from
           us
           .
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           sufficient
           reason
           to
           suspect
           any
           diminution
           to
           come
           hereby
           to
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Protestant
           cause
           ,
           and
           the
           saving
           truths
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           we
           are
           not
           without
           much
           ground
           to
           hope
           that
           the
           intended
           and
           Coven●nted
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           shall
           hereby
           attain
           
           some
           ●●●ther
           advance
           to
           its
           full
           accomplishment
           ;
           and
           that
           so
           it
           may
           ,
           we
           shall
           with
           all
           subjection
           supplicate
           at
           his
           royal
           feet
           .
           If
           in
           other
           things
           of
           temporal
           importance
           this
           mutation
           shall
           bring
           any
           impairing
           or
           loss
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           say
           ,
           as
           Mephibosheth
           when
           abused
           by
           Ziba
           ,
           No
           matter
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           my
           Lord
           the
           King
           is
           returned
           home
           in
           peace
           to
           his
           own
           house
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Be
           exhorted
           to
           pray
           for
           your
           Superior
           Powers
           ;
           that
           forasmuch
           as
           their
           glory
           lies
           in
           the
           grace
           and
           goodness
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           God
           would
           bless
           them
           with
           being
           effectually
           instrumental
           that
           this
           Nation
           may
           become
           a
           City
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           a
           faithful
           people
           .
           This
           is
           the
           flower
           of
           their
           Crown
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           be
           useful
           to
           the
           adorning
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Diadem
           with
           it
           ;
           not
           only
           
             by
             your
             practice
          
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           said
           and
           observed
           by
           all
           ,
           that
           since
           his
           royal
           Majesty
           sat
           upon
           his
           Throne
           ,
           iniquity
           and
           sin
           wither'd
           and
           perished
           ,
           blush'd
           and
           was
           ashamed
           in
           all
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           prophaness
           of
           your
           spirits
           could
           not
           breath
           and
           live
           in
           the
           purer
           air
           of
           his
           pious
           princely
           Government
           ;
           but
           also
           
             by
             your
             prayers
          
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           under
           the
           impressions
           of
           his
           Soveraignty
           keep
           his
           Saints
           from
           being
           persecuted
           ,
           his
           Sabbaths
           from
           being
           prophaned
           ,
           his
           Ministers
           from
           being
           despised
           or
           impoverished
           ,
           men
           now
           pretending
           to
           be
           Ministers
           ,
           but
           such
           whose
           right
           eye
           is
           utterly
           darkned
           ,
           of
           desperate
           life
           and
           despicable
           knowledge
           ,
           from
           being
           advanced
           ,
           his
           Worship
           from
           being
           corrupted
           ,
           his
           Ordinances
           from
           being
           defiled
           ,
           his
           Sacraments
           from
           being
           disorderly
           administred
           ,
           his
           Name
           from
           being
           blasphemed
           ,
           the
           Antichristian
           state
           and
           apostacy
           from
           being
           encouraged
           ,
           profession
           from
           being
           scorned
           ,
           and
           the
           liberty
           of
           communion
           with
           God
           and
           his
           people
           from
           being
           abridged
           or
           invaded
           ;
           and
           in
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           lay
           up
           his
           precious
           truths
           ,
           Ordinances
           and
           People
           in
           the
           most
           intimate
           shades
           of
           the
           love
           and
           protection
           ,
           advancement
           and
           encouragement
           of
           his
           royal
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           so
           shall
           this
           and
           after-generations
           call
           him
           blessed
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           As
           we
           expect
           the
           full
           accumulation
           of
           these
           blessings
           upon
           us
           ,
           Oh!
           let
           your
           dross
           be
           purely
           purged
           ;
           cease
           not
           till
           the
           way
           to
           these
           royal
           priviledges
           be
           fully
           prepared
           by
           the
           purging
           away
           of
           that
           filth
           from
           the
           daughter
           of
           Zion
           ,
           which
           as
           hitherto
           it
           hath
           debarr'd
           us
           from
           that
           mercy
           we
           now
           enjoy
           ,
           so
           if
           still
           not
           purged
           thoroughly
           ,
           may
           render
           even
           this
           blessing
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           shell
           and
           shadow
           of
           a
           deliverance
           ,
           destitute
           of
           that
           which
           is
           
           the
           soul
           ,
           and
           marrow
           ,
           and
           fatness
           of
           it
           .
           I
           might
           tell
           you
           〈◊〉
           dross
           is
           yet
           unpurged
           ,
           what
           rust
           lies
           upon
           the
           face
           of
           〈◊〉
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           but
           I
           conclude
           ,
           Oh!
           as
           you
           have
           a
           ●●spect
           to
           the
           future
           honour
           and
           excellency
           of
           your
           Pri●●●
           and
           to
           the
           happinesse
           of
           this
           whole
           body
           ,
           purge
           away
           〈◊〉
           dross
           of
           wickedness
           from
           your
           lives
           ,
           of
           Atheism
           and
           Irrelig●●●
           from
           your
           own
           persons
           and
           practices
           ;
           purge
           away
           the
           dross
           〈◊〉
           erroniousness
           ,
           instability
           and
           Pyrrhenian
           fluctuations
           from
           yo●●
           heads
           ;
           purge
           away
           the
           dross
           of
           violence
           ,
           extortion
           ,
           ●apine
           a●●
           injustice
           from
           your
           hands
           ;
           purge
           away
           the
           dross
           of
           will
           worship
           ,
           innovations
           ,
           superstitions
           and
           traditions
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           〈◊〉
           not
           of
           God
           ,
           from
           your
           Assemblies
           ;
           purge
           away
           the
           dross
           〈◊〉
           your
           places
           too
           )
           of
           blind
           ,
           and
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           prophane
           Administrators
           of
           holy
           things
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           neither
           creep
           in
           ,
           no●
           ke●●
           in
           ,
           to
           the
           defilement
           of
           the
           sacred
           Ministerial
           Office
           ;
           purg●●●
           way
           the
           dross
           and
           dregs
           of
           that
           bitter
           cup
           of
           animosities
           ,
           〈◊〉
           rences
           &
           hatred
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Nation
           hath
           drunk
           so
           deeply
           ,
           〈◊〉
           all
           your
           spirits
           ,
           expressions
           ,
           deportments
           ;
           purge
           away
           the
           dro●●
           of
           an
           empty
           profession
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           zeal
           to
           the
           trifles
           and
           fring●●
           of
           external
           forms
           and
           worship
           without
           the
           power
           and
           life
           〈◊〉
           godliness
           ;
           And
           lastly
           ,
           purge
           away
           the
           dross
           of
           any
           root
           of
           〈◊〉
           terness
           against
           or
           contradiction
           to
           the
           sacred
           interest
           of
           law
           〈◊〉
           Princes
           ,
           which
           spirit
           hath
           eaten
           as
           a
           Gangrene
           to
           the
           reproa●●
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           advantage
           of
           the
           Popish
           cause
           :
           in
           〈◊〉
           Oh!
           let
           every
           National
           ,
           Personal
           sin
           ,
           every
           sin
           and
           crook●●
           path
           in
           Church
           or
           State
           be
           discovered
           and
           discarded
           .
           And
           〈◊〉
           when
           these
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           wall
           of
           separation
           betwi●●
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           refreshing
           beneficial
           beams
           of
           their
           Supre●●
           Authority
           ,
           are
           withdrawn
           ,
           we
           may
           with
           confidence
           hope
           〈◊〉
           as
           our
           Judges
           are
           restored
           ,
           so
           they
           shall
           be
           
             as
             at
             the
          
           first
           ,
           〈◊〉
           our
           Counsellors
           
             as
             at
             the
          
           beginning
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           we
           shall
           〈◊〉
           called
           ,
           A
           City
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           a
           faithful
           City
           .
        
         
           Which
           God
           ,
           of
           his
           dear
           love
           wherewith
           he
           hath
           love●
           〈◊〉
           out
           of
           the
           bowels
           of
           his
           mercy
           ,
           Grant
           unto
           this
           〈◊〉
           serving
           Generation
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             Corn●l
             .
             à
             Lapi●●
             .
          
           
             Guido
             Perigran
             in
             flor●
             ,
             Chro●●c
             .
          
           
             
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             &c.
             
          
           
             Facit
             ut
             moriatur
             ,
             
               v.
               g.
            
             Petrus
             impurus
             ,
             ●brius
             ,
             incestus
             ,
             superbus
             ,
             &
             resurg
             at
             p●rus
             ,
             sobrius
             castus
             ,
             humilis
             .
             
               A
               lap
               .
               in
               loc
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Theoph.
             
          
           
             
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               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
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             ▪
             Sept.
             Vide
             Abulensem
             Menoch
             .
             9
             de
             rep
             .
             Hebr.
             
          
           
             Menochius
             de
             rep
             .
             Hebrae●rum
             .
          
           
             
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             .
             70.
             
             Civita●
             veritatis
             ,
             urbs
             fideles
             ▪
             Chald.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             1.
             
          
           
             Vide
             Sixt.
             Senens
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             de
             Poenit.
             
          
           
             Since
             the
             preaching
             of
             this
             he
             is
             fallen
             asleep
             in
             Iesus
             ,
             and
             gone
             to
             his
             rest
             ;
             a
             person
             of
             the
             sad
             impression
             upon
             all
             good
             men
             ;
             of
             whose
             loss
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             say
             as
             August
             of
             
               Cyprian's
               ,
               Quos
               asflixerat
               sollicitudo
               certaminis
               ,
               hos
               consol●ta
               est
               corona
               victoris
               .
            
          
           
             Mach.
             disput
             .
             cap.
             26.
             
          
           
             Claudian
             ,
             ad
             Honor.
             
          
           
             Non
             ante
             rebus
             suis
             privatis
             consultum
             eupivit
             ,
             quam
             publicarum
             procurationem
             prorsus
             absolisset
             .
             Mas.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             
          
           
             Malorum
             blandientium
             virus
             est
             occultum
             ,
             &
             arridentis
             nequitiae
             facies
             quidem
             laet●
             ,
             sed
             calamitatis
             abstrusae
             illecebrosa
             fallacia
             .
             Cypr.
             
          
           
             Observ.
             2.
             
          
           
             Exercitus
             ducere
             ,
             aliena
             vastare
             ,
             urbes
             delere
             ,
             oppida
             excidere
             ,
             liberos
             populos
             aut
             trucidare
             aut
             subjicere
             servituri
             .
             Lact.
             lib.
             1.
             de
             falsà
             relig
             .
          
           
             Observ
             ▪
             3●
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