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             The love of truth and peace a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament, Novemb. 29, 1640 / by Iohn Gauden ...
             Gauden, John, 1605-1662.
          
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           Bible. -- O.T. -- Zechariah VIII, 19 -- Sermons.
           Truth -- Sermons.
           Peace -- Sermons.
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           THE
           LOVE
           OF
           TRVTH
           AND
           PEACE
           .
        
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           BEFORE
           THE
           HONOVRABLE
           HOVSE
           OF
           
             COMMONS
          
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           Novemb.
           29.
           1640.
           
        
         
           By
           IOHN
           GAUDEN
           ,
           
             Bachelor
             in
             Divinity
             .
             Published
             by
             order
             of
             that
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
          
           Printed
           by
           
             G.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Andrew
             Crooke
          
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           at
           the
           
             Greene
             Dragon
             .
          
           1641.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONORABLE
           HOUSE
           OF
           COMMONS
           ,
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             SVch
             is
             the
             powerfull
             ,
             and
             universall
          
           influence
           ,
           
             which
             the
             great
             and
             noble
          
           Constellation
           
             of
             your
             House
             bath
             ,
             under
          
           God
           
             and
             the
          
           King
           ,
           
             over
             all
             that
             are
             members
             of
             this
          
           State
           ,
           
             that
             none
             with
             modesty
             may
             deny
             your
          
           desires
           ,
           
             or
             with
             safety
             (
             at
             least
             of
             their
             discretion
             )
             
             disobey
             your
          
           Commands
           ;
           
             So
             irresistible
             a
             force
             must
             the
             intimation
             of
             that
          
           Will
           
             carry
             ,
             which
             proceeds
             from
             somany
          
           wise
           
             and
             excellent
          
           judgements
           
             united
             together
             .
             This
             may
             sufficiently
          
           justifie
           my
           obedience
           ,
           
             in
             presenting
             this
             Sermon
             to
             your
             ,
             and
             the
             publique
             view
             :
             which
             not
             any
          
           self-forwardnesse
           ,
           or
           over-valuing
           
             hath
             obtruded
             .
             It
             was
             enough
             ,
             in
             the
             Authors
             opinion
             (
             if
             not
             too
             much
             )
             that
             so
          
           sudden
           and
           abortive
           conceptions
           
             had
             once
             adventured
             the
          
           Hearing
           
             of
             so
             Learned
             ,
             Pious
             ,
             and
             Judicious
             an
             Assembly
             .
             Where
             obtaining
             (
             through
             Gods
             blessing
             )
             some
             approbation
             ,
             (
             by
             doing
             some
             good
             ,
             I
             hope
             )
             they
             were
             further
             ,
             by
             the
          
           vote
           
             of
             your
          
           Honorable
           House
           ,
           
             required
             to
             be
             Printed
             :
             Which
             they
             now
             are
             ;
             and
             with
             all
          
           Humilitie
           
             presented
             to
             your
             Acceptance
             .
             That
             at
             once
             I
             may
             ,
             both
             cast
             in
             a
          
           mite
           
             to
          
           Gods
           glory
           
             in
             the
          
           publique
           good
           (
           
             which
             should
             be
             the
             end
             of
             all
             our
             actions
             )
             and
             also
             testifie
             a
             minde
             vehemently
          
           sensible
           
             of
             ,
             and
          
           thankfull
           
             for
             those
             free
             and
             Noble
             expressions
             of
             favour
             generally
             from
             the
          
           whole
           House
           ,
           
             and
             particularly
             
             from
             some
          
           members
           
             of
             it
             ,
             my
          
           speciall
           friends
           ,
           
             conferred
             upon
             me
             .
             What
             good
             others
             may
             now
             get
             from
             these
             notions
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             :
             I
             pray
             ,
             and
             hope
             ,
             they
             may
             not
             be
             wholly
             uselesse
             to
             candid
             ,
             pious
             ,
             and
             unprejudiced
             mindes
             ,
             since
             your
             censure
             hath
             allowed
             them
             as
             fit
             and
             necessary
             for
             our
             times
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
          
           your
           wisedome
           
             and
          
           pietie
           
             are
             (
             above
             all
             others
             )
             by
             the
          
           publication
           
             of
             this
             Sermon
             ,
             more
             straightly
          
           obliged
           in
           conscience
           ,
           
             to
             justifie
             before
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             your
             desires
             and
             opinion
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             your
          
           proceedings
           
             answerable
             to
             the
             subject
             and
             intent
             of
             it
             ;
             which
             is
          
           the
           love
           of
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           .
           
             The
             splendor
             of
             so
             many
             cleer
             mindes
             ,
             concentred
             in
          
           Truth
           ,
           
             cannot
             but
             kindle
             to
             a
          
           publique
           love
           
             of
             it
             .
             And
             from
             the
             sacred
             light
             ,
             and
             heate
             of
             so
             many
             wise
             and
             warm
             hearts
             ,
             the
             life
             sweetnesse
             and
             abundance
             of
             our
          
           Peace
           
             cannot
             but
             grow
             and
             flourish
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             this
             may
             be
             the
          
           happy
           successe
           ,
           
             wherewith
             
             with
             God
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             crown
             your
          
           publique
           endevours
           ;
           
             as
             also
             these
             ,
             which
             from
             my
             private
             Pen
             are
             now
             adopted
             unto
             your
             so
          
           great
           
             and
          
           Honorable
           protection
           ,
           
             is
             the
             earnest
             prayer
             of
          
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             GAUDEN
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           LOVE
           OF
           TRUTH
           AND
           PEACE
           .
        
         
           
             ZACH.
             8.19
             .
          
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             The
             fast
             of
             the
             tenth
             moneth
             ,
             shall
             be
             to
             the
             house
             of
             Iudah
             ,
             joy
             and
             gladnesse
             ,
             and
             cheerefull
             feasts
             ;
             therefore
             love
             the
             Truth
             and
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           THough
           the
           weight
           of
           this
           Service
           and
           Imployment
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           well
           have
           required
           abler
           shoulders
           to
           bear
           it
           ,
           and
           longer
           time
           to
           prepare
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           have
           put
           
             Sauls
          
           Armour
           on
           
             Davids
          
           backe
           :
           Yet
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           wanting
           ,
           to
           Gods
           
           glory
           ,
           my
           own
           conscience
           ,
           or
           your
           desires
           and
           expectation
           ;
           I
           have
           adventured
           to
           appear
           this
           day
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           before
           this
           Honorable
           ,
           Grave
           ,
           and
           Judicious
           assembly
           .
           Nothing
           did
           more
           encourage
           me
           ,
           against
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           the
           Work
           ,
           the
           shortnesse
           of
           the
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           insufficiency
           of
           my
           own
           Abilities
           ,
           than
           the
           auspicious
           fitnesse
           and
           readinesse
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           so
           every
           way
           sutable
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           ;
           1.
           
           To
           the
           Auditors
           .
           2.
           
           To
           the
           Times
           .
           3.
           
           To
           the
           present
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           the
           Auditors
           ;
           who
           are
           ,
           or
           should
           be
           all
           
             Filii
             veritatis
             &
             alumni
             pacis
             :
          
           Lovers
           of
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           
             Peace
             :
          
           professors
           of
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           protectors
           of
           
             Peace
             :
          
           being
           called
           together
           by
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           Deputed
           by
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           to
           be
           Counsellors
           ,
           and
           Vindicators
           of
           
             Truth
          
           and
           
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           the
           Genius
           of
           our
           Times
           ▪
           nothing
           is
           more
           needfull
           to
           be
           preached
           than
           the
           love
           of
           
             Truth
          
           and
           
             Peace
             .
          
           The
           Winters
           distemper
           of
           our
           age
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Love
          
           of
           many
           (
           if
           not
           most
           )
           is
           grown
           cold
           to
           both
           :
           
             Truth
          
           much
           obscured
           ,
           depraved
           ,
           blemished
           ,
           prejudiced
           ,
           undermined
           ,
           discountenanced
           ,
           suppressed
           :
           
             Peace
          
           very
           crazy
           and
           shaken
           :
           rumors
           of
           wars
           ,
           preparations
           for
           wars
           ,
           study
           of
           sides
           &
           parts
           ,
           great
           division
           of
           thoughts
           ,
           pertinacy
           in
           opinions
           ,
           breeding
           disaffections
           ;
           and
           disaffections
           flaming
           to
           open
           contention
           and
           hostility
           ;
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           strife
           of
           pens
           and
           tongues
           ,
           writing
           ,
           and
           disputing
           ,
           we
           are
           come
           to
           the
           terror
           of
           war
           ,
           to
           swords
           and
           arms
           ;
           That
           if
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Father
           of
           Truth
           and
           
           
             Peace
          
           (
           who
           refraines
           the
           spirits
           of
           men
           that
           delight
           in
           warre
           )
           had
           not
           been
           gracious
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           inclined
           the
           heart
           of
           our
           King
           to
           Counsells
           of
           Peace
           ,
           you
           had
           not
           this
           day
           been
           Auditors
           ,
           nor
           I
           a
           Speaker
           of
           this
           Theam
           ,
           but
           all
           of
           us
           miserable
           actors
           ,
           or
           spectators
           of
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           suppression
           of
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           utter
           subversion
           of
           our
           
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Text
           suits
           to
           the
           present
           occasion
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           :
           Your
           late
           fasting
           is
           this
           day
           happily
           turned
           to
           a
           cheerfull
           feast
           :
           your
           Water
           changed
           to
           Wine
           ;
           the
           best
           viands
           ,
           the
           best
           wine
           ;
           the
           soules
           provision
           for
           eternity
           ,
           the
           body
           and
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           .
           A
           soules
           feast
           ,
           a
           feast
           of
           exceeding
           joy
           ,
           of
           eternall
           gladnesse
           .
           A
           feast
           of
           love
           ;
           Gods
           love
           to
           us
           ;
           Christs
           love
           for
           us
           ;
           our
           love
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           A
           Feast
           of
           
             Truth
             ;
          
           the
           sealing
           and
           confirmation
           of
           the
           highest
           ,
           most
           necessary
           and
           comfortable
           truth
           ,
           which
           received
           by
           faith
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           save
           our
           soules
           .
           And
           a
           feast
           of
           
             Peace
          
           too
           ;
           the
           most
           glorious
           peace
           between
           God
           and
           our
           soules
           ,
           between
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           ;
           between
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           nothing
           can
           come
           more
           seasonably
           after
           your
           Fast
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           Feast
           of
           spirituall
           joy
           ,
           the
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           then
           this
           divine
           exhortation
           ,
           most
           worthy
           of
           God
           to
           teach
           ,
           and
           of
           us
           to
           learn
           ,
           as
           men
           ,
           and
           as
           Christians
           :
           both
           which
           names
           import
           a
           speciall
           relation
           we
           have
           ,
           above
           all
           creatures
           under
           heaven
           ,
           to
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           rationall
           and
           sociall
           creatures
           ;
           as
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           regenerate
           and
           sanctified
           by
           the
           
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           raiseth
           our
           souls
           to
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           the
           highest
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           from
           God
           ,
           bringing
           the
           soul
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           uniting
           it
           ever
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           three
           words
           in
           the
           Text
           (
           whereon
           I
           purpose
           to
           insist
           )
           are
           a
           sacred
           Trinity
           .
           Three
           precious
           Jewels
           ;
           Truth
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Love
           ;
           all
           eminent
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           from
           him
           :
           objects
           ,
           and
           affections
           of
           the
           highest
           capacity
           ,
           use
           ,
           and
           excellencie
           to
           our
           souls
           ;
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           as
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ;
           
             Peace
          
           as
           the
           heat
           ,
           which
           enlivens
           ,
           fosters
           ,
           quickens
           ,
           makes
           fruitfull
           all
           .
           
             Love
          
           makes
           us
           enjoy
           them
           both
           .
           
             Truth
          
           and
           
             Peace
          
           are
           ,
           
             Bona
             publica
             &
             universalia
             .
             Truth
          
           for
           the
           soule
           ,
           
             Peace
          
           for
           the
           body
           and
           state
           ;
           every
           one
           hath
           a
           share
           and
           interest
           in
           them
           ,
           Prince
           ,
           Peeres
           ,
           and
           People
           .
        
         
           Of
           these
           I
           intend
           to
           speak
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           Statist
           or
           Politician
           (
           to
           which
           I
           pretend
           not
           )
           but
           as
           a
           Divine
           ,
           a
           Messenger
           from
           the
           God
           of
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           ;
           seeking
           to
           kindle
           and
           inflame
           your
           hearts
           to
           such
           a
           love
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           most
           happy
           to
           your
           own
           souls
           ,
           and
           most
           beneficiall
           to
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           :
           in
           the
           good
           of
           both
           which
           ,
           you
           are
           all
           highly
           concerned
           :
           and
           in
           nothing
           can
           you
           promote
           the
           prosperity
           of
           either
           or
           both
           of
           them
           ,
           more
           ,
           then
           in
           your
           
             Love
          
           and
           advancement
           of
           
             Truth
          
           and
           
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           May
           God
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Truth
           ,
           Christ
           the
           Saviour
           of
           Love
           ,
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Peace
           ,
           assist
           me
           in
           speaking
           ,
           you
           in
           hearing
           ,
           all
           in
           doing
           so
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           shew
           a
           pure
           impartiall
           ,
           and
           
           unpassionate
           love
           of
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           words
           consider
           three
           things
           :
           First
           ,
           the
           inference
           ,
           
             Therefore
             :
          
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           objects
           propounded
           ,
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           
             Peace
             .
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           dutie
           required
           :
           
             Love
             .
          
        
         
           Every
           word
           hath
           a
           weight
           ,
           beauty
           and
           benefit
           in
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           well
           merit
           and
           require
           your
           attention
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           inference
           ,
           
             Therefore
             :
          
           The
           greater
           mercies
           God
           shewes
           to
           us
           ,
           the
           stricter
           obligations
           to
           love
           and
           obedience
           he
           hath
           upon
           us
           .
           When
           our
           fasting
           and
           mourning
           are
           happily
           turned
           to
           cheerfull
           feasts
           ,
           our
           feares
           and
           jealousies
           cleered
           up
           to
           joy
           and
           gladnesse
           ,
           to
           hopes
           of
           better
           estate
           and
           times
           ,
           what
           doth
           God
           require
           of
           us
           ,
           but
           this
           ?
           
             Therefore
             to
             love
             the
             Truth
             and
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           When
           Gods
           infinite
           mercy
           and
           patience
           to
           us
           hath
           beyond
           expectation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           desert
           ,
           brought
           back
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           from
           the
           brink
           and
           precipice
           of
           warre
           ,
           ruine
           ,
           and
           confusion
           ,
           which
           threatned
           our
           
             Peace
             .
          
           From
           the
           spreading
           ,
           and
           prevailings
           of
           errours
           ,
           heresies
           ,
           schismes
           ,
           and
           superstition
           ,
           which
           strive
           to
           oppress
           or
           eclipse
           our
           Church
           and
           
             Truth
             :
          
           That
           there
           is
           a
           breathing
           space
           ,
           a
           lengthning
           of
           our
           tranquillity
           ,
           put
           into
           our
           hands
           ,
           What
           doth
           God
           require
           of
           us
           by
           way
           of
           gratitude
           to
           him
           ,
           of
           loyalty
           to
           our
           Soveraign
           ,
           of
           fidelitie
           to
           our
           Countrey
           ,
           then
           to
           
             Love
          
           the
           
             Truth
          
           and
           
             Peace
             ;
          
           which
           are
           so
           happily
           still
           continued
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           by
           an
           active
           ,
           serious
           ,
           and
           industrious
           love
           to
           study
           the
           setling
           and
           recovery
           
           of
           them
           both
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Objects
           propounded
           :
           here
           we
           will
           consider
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             What
             Truth
             is
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             What
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           union
           of
           them
           :
           
             Truth
             and
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           The
           
             lovelinesse
             in
             them
             :
             which
             best
             appears
             in
             the
             benefit
             by
             them
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             merit
             our
             affection
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Of
             Truth
             .
          
           
             That
             question
             of
             
               Pilate
            
             to
             Christ
             ,
             will
             here
             be
             made
             :
             What
             is
             
               Truth
               ?
            
             I
             answer
             .
             It
             is
             a
             conformity
             ,
             agreeablenesse
             ,
             or
             answerablenesse
             of
             our
             mindes
             or
             things
             to
             their
             Ideas
             ,
             patternes
             ,
             rules
             or
             measures
             ;
             As
             that
             Copy
             is
             true
             ,
             which
             agrees
             with
             the
             Originall
             ;
             That
             weight
             or
             measure
             true
             ,
             which
             fits
             the
             Standard
             ,
             That
             impression
             true
             in
             waxe
             or
             paper
             ,
             which
             exactly
             fits
             the
             types
             and
             engravings
             ,
             That
             notion
             or
             perception
             true
             in
             the
             minde
             or
             sense
             ,
             which
             agrees
             with
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             thing
             or
             object
             ,
             whereto
             they
             are
             applyed
             .
          
           
             
               Truth
            
             is
             the
             increated
             light
             of
             the
             intellectaull
             world
             ,
             shining
             from
             God
             to
             Angels
             and
             Men
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             
               Idea
               ,
            
             rule
             ,
             measure
             or
             Standard
             of
             Truth
             ,
             is
             God
             :
             his
             Will
             ,
             which
             I
             call
             
               Veritas
               Dei
               .
            
             Whereby
             he
             is
             ,
             what
             he
             is
             ,
             essentially
             ,
             simply
             ,
             immutably
             :
             by
             which
             he
             wils
             all
             things
             to
             be
             ,
             what
             indeed
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             knowes
             them
             to
             be
             ,
             such
             as
             they
             are
             most
             certainly
             .
             This
             Sunne
             of
             Truth
             is
             in
             God
             :
             never
             clouded
             ,
             spotted
             ,
             or
             
             eclipsed
             ;
             never
             setting
             or
             changing
             .
             Eternall
             light
             ,
             day
             ,
             noone
             ,
             a
             constant
             serenity
             .
          
           
             From
             this
             is
             the
             eradiation
             of
             
               Truth
               ;
            
             or
             shining
             forth
             of
             the
             Divine
             will
             by
             his
             Works
             and
             Word
             .
             Which
             we
             call
             
               Veritas
               Rei
               :
            
             and
             this
             is
             first
             
               Entitatis
               ,
            
             whereby
             things
             are
             such
             as
             God
             would
             have
             them
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             true
             and
             good
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
               Veritas
               mentis
               ;
            
             whereby
             things
             are
             known
             or
             believed
             by
             us
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             as
             indeed
             they
             are
             ,
             either
             made
             or
             revealed
             by
             God
             to
             us
             :
             this
             is
             the
             
               truth
            
             of
             science
             or
             faith
             ;
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Hence
             flows
             
               Veritas
               sermonis
               ,
            
             of
             
               dicti
               ;
            
             when
             our
             words
             and
             orall
             expressions
             are
             conformable
             to
             our
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             belief
             or
             things
             speaking
             the
             truth
             .
             
               Ephes.
            
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             
               Veritas
               facti
               &
               Vitae
               ;
            
             whereby
             our
             actions
             are
             conformable
             to
             what
             we
             say
             ,
             and
             seem
             to
             know
             ,
             judge
             ,
             or
             believe
             of
             things
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             doing
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
             1.
             
               Ioh.
            
             1.
             6.
             
             The
             
               Idea
            
             or
             pattern
             of
             our
             actions
             are
             our
             words
             ;
             of
             our
             words
             ,
             our
             minds
             and
             conceptions
             ;
             of
             our
             minds
             things
             themselves
             ;
             of
             all
             things
             the
             Divine
             will
             ,
             most
             wise
             ,
             powerfull
             ,
             and
             immutably
             good
             .
             All
             Truth
             as
             being
             ,
             is
             originally
             from
             God
             ,
             as
             a
             Sea
             and
             Sun
             derived
             ,
             and
             must
             by
             a
             right
             beam
             and
             clear
             stream
             be
             reduced
             to
             him
             again
             :
             and
             so
             it
             is
             ;
             when
             we
             do
             as
             we
             speak
             :
             when
             we
             speak
             as
             we
             think
             ,
             know
             or
             believe
             ;
             when
             we
             know
             or
             believe
             ,
             as
             things
             are
             either
             made
             ,
             or
             revealed
             by
             God
             :
             Then
             doth
             the
             ray
             or
             veyn
             of
             
               truth
            
             flow
             aright
             from
             God
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             reflect
             back
             
             again
             from
             us
             to
             him
             :
             When
             in
             any
             of
             these
             we
             fail
             :
             there
             comes
             in
             hypocrisie
             and
             simulation
             in
             our
             actions
             ;
             lying
             in
             our
             words
             ;
             error
             ,
             falsity
             and
             unbelief
             in
             our
             mindes
             ,
             when
             our
             actions
             contradict
             our
             words
             ,
             our
             words
             our
             mindes
             ,
             our
             mindes
             the
             nature
             and
             
               truth
            
             of
             things
             ,
             made
             ,
             or
             revealed
             by
             God
             :
             whose
             will
             in
             his
             works
             and
             word
             ,
             is
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             the
             rule
             of
             
               Truth
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             divers
             manifestations
             of
             
               truth
               ;
            
             though
             it
             be
             but
             one
             ,
             yet
             as
             light
             shining
             through
             divers
             pores
             ;
             or
             one
             Fountain
             derived
             in
             severall
             Conduits
             ,
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             rationall
             creatures
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             There
             is
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             naturall
             or
             physicall
             in
             the
             Works
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             by
             sense
             and
             discourse
             ,
             by
             art
             and
             science
             we
             learn
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             There
             is
             
               Truth
            
             morall
             ,
             politicall
             ,
             or
             civil
             ;
             which
             is
             in
             the
             enacting
             ,
             interpreting
             ,
             and
             executing
             of
             Laws
             according
             to
             the
             rules
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             truth
             Theologicall
             ,
             supernaturall
             or
             religious
             ;
             which
             chiefly
             concerns
             our
             Souls
             ,
             and
             is
             immediately
             taught
             from
             God
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             in
             the
             Works
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             in
             the
             laws
             and
             edicts
             of
             men
             agreeable
             to
             principles
             of
             reason
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             is
             in
             the
             sacred
             Scriptures
             ,
             the
             only
             foundation
             and
             rule
             of
             faith
             and
             religion
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             concerns
             us
             as
             creatures
             severally
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             as
             sociable
             creatures
             joyntly
             in
             a
             state
             or
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
           
             The
             third
             as
             
               Christians
               ,
            
             in
             a
             Church
             and
             neerer
             call
             or
             relation
             to
             God
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             requires
             our
             love
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             we
             love
             
               our selves
            
             in
             a
             naturall
             way
             :
             the
             second
             ,
             as
             wee
             love
             
               our
               Countrey
               ,
            
             relations
             and
             liberties
             :
             the
             third
             as
             we
             love
             
               our
               soules
               .
            
          
           
             By
             the
             first
             ,
             the
             health
             and
             welfare
             of
             our
             
               bodies
               ,
            
             and
             pleasure
             of
             our
             senses
             ,
             fancies
             ,
             and
             minds
             ,
             are
             maintained
             ,
             while
             we
             know
             and
             enjoy
             the
             true
             vertues
             ,
             power
             ,
             and
             use
             of
             creatures
             ;
             able
             to
             apply
             fit
             meanes
             to
             our
             ends
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             second
             ,
             the
             health
             of
             the
             state
             ,
             or
             
               body
               politick
            
             is
             preserved
             ;
             while
             
               Lawes
               ,
            
             which
             are
             the
             
               nerves
               and
               ligaments
            
             of
             civil
             societies
             ,
             are
             grounded
             upon
             innate
             ,
             infallible
             and
             eternall
             principles
             of
             
               equity
               ,
               reason
               ,
               and
               justice
               ,
            
             to
             which
             all
             men
             agree
             ;
             and
             being
             so
             constituted
             ,
             are
             truly
             interpreted
             and
             executed
             ;
             not
             wrested
             ,
             depraved
             ,
             obscured
             ,
             or
             violently
             broken
             :
             this
             is
             
               veritas
               justitiae
               &
               decisionis
               :
               the
               truth
               in
               judicature
               ,
            
             Zach.
             8.
             16.
             
             
               Execute
               the
               judgement
               of
               Truth
               and
               Peace
               in
               your
               gates
               .
            
          
           
             By
             the
             third
             ,
             
               our
               soules
               health
               and
               happinesse
            
             are
             maintained
             ;
             while
             we
             see
             ,
             know
             ,
             beleeve
             ,
             and
             rest
             upon
             those
             excellent
             and
             
               saving
               truths
               ,
            
             which
             God
             hath
             in
             his
             word
             revealed
             to
             us
             ,
             in
             the
             plainenesse
             and
             simplicity
             of
             the
             sense
             ,
             not
             denying
             or
             doubting
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             humbly
             and
             willingly
             embracing
             every
             
               truth
            
             revealed
             ,
             as
             it
             agrees
             to
             the
             generall
             
               rule
            
             and
             
               Analogy
               of
               Faith
               ,
            
             contained
             in
             the
             
               holy
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             this
             is
             
               Veritas
               fidei
               &
               religionis
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             first
             
               truth
            
             wee
             gaine
             by
             
               senses
            
             and
             
               discourse
               .
            
             The
             second
             by
             common
             
               notions
               ,
            
             or
             inbred
             
               principles
               of
               reason
               .
            
             The
             third
             by
             
               divine
               revelation
               ;
            
             depending
             upon
             the
             veracitie
             ,
             infa●libility
             and
             authority
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             No
             truth
             is
             to
             be
             neglected
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             a
             
               beame
               or
               lineament
               of
               God
               ;
            
             but
             those
             are
             most
             to
             bee
             loved
             and
             esteemed
             ,
             which
             discover
             God
             most
             cleerly
             to
             us
             ;
             bring
             us
             nearest
             ,
             and
             make
             us
             likest
             to
             him
             !
             This
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             excellent
             and
             usefull
             
               truth
               ,
            
             I
             chiefly
             here
             understand
             ;
             which
             exceeds
             all
             others
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             the
             soule
             doth
             the
             body
             ;
             or
             eternity
             a
             moment
             .
             And
             in
             this
             ,
             mens
             hearts
             are
             most
             prone
             to
             be
             negligent
             ,
             and
             coldly
             affected
             .
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             Peace
             .
          
           
             
               Peace
            
             in
             any
             kinde
             ,
             and
             under
             any
             notion
             is
             
               sweet
            
             and
             
               lovely
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               Naz.
            
             We
             can
             better
             tell
             what
             it
             is
             by
             the
             fruition
             ,
             than
             description
             of
             it
             :
             what
             
               health
            
             is
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             
               calmnesse
            
             to
             the
             sea
             ,
             and
             
               serenity
            
             to
             the
             day
             ,
             such
             is
             
               peace
               :
            
             which
             ariseth
             from
             the
             fit
             ,
             orderly
             ,
             and
             proportionable
             disposing
             of
             things
             .
             It
             is
             a
             kinde
             of
             sweet
             ,
             divine
             ,
             and
             heavenly
             
               concent
               ,
               harmony
            
             or
             
               beauty
            
             of
             things
             ,
             subordinate
             one
             to
             another
             .
          
           
             Such
             it
             is
             :
             
               first
               ,
               peace
               in
               nature
               ,
            
             and
             the
             greater
             World
             ,
             from
             the
             wise
             and
             apt
             
               combination
            
             of
             creatures
             ;
             by
             symbolicall
             qualities
             so
             contempered
             ,
             that
             all
             agree
             to
             make
             up
             one
             intire
             body
             ,
             the
             World
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             In
             the
             
               lesser
               worlds
            
             of
             mixt
             bodies
             ,
             
               Peace
            
             is
             that
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             due
             
               temper
            
             and
             
               moderation
            
             of
             humours
             and
             parts
             ,
             which
             keep
             their
             true
             place
             and
             proportion
             ;
             
               Quá
               quodlibet
               corpus
               non
               minus
               appetit
               unitatem
               suam
               quam
               entitatem
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             the
             
               rationall
               World
               ;
               Peace
               is
               that
               composednesse
               ,
            
             and
             tranquillity
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             whereby
             all
             the
             inferiour
             faculties
             ,
             and
             the
             populacy
             of
             affections
             or
             passions
             are
             regular
             ,
             and
             subject
             to
             the
             rule
             ,
             and
             soveraignty
             of
             
               reason
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             the
             spirituall
             world
             ,
             the
             regenerate
             soule
             ;
             
               Peace
            
             is
             the
             humble
             and
             willing
             
               subjection
               ,
            
             and
             sutablenesse
             of
             the
             conscience
             in
             all
             things
             to
             the
             Will
             and
             Spirit
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             the
             
               Politicall
            
             or
             
               civill
               world
               ,
            
             the
             State
             ,
             or
             Church
             ;
             
               Peace
            
             is
             the
             
               setling
            
             and
             due
             ordering
             of
             things
             by
             just
             
               Lawes
            
             of
             government
             ;
             and
             by
             true
             grounds
             or
             rules
             of
             Piety
             and
             Religion
             ;
             whereto
             all
             submit
             .
             It
             consists
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             in
             the
             right
             
               skill
            
             of
             governing
             ;
             and
             
               will
            
             to
             be
             governed
             .
             When
             all
             agree
             in
             one
             thing
             ,
             all
             think
             ,
             speak
             ,
             and
             do
             by
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             all
             conspire
             in
             one
             maine
             end
             ,
             the
             
               glory
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               publick
               good
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             supreame
             Law
             :
             when
             all
             are
             setled
             on
             one
             
               ground
               ,
            
             move
             by
             one
             
               rule
               ,
            
             and
             tend
             to
             one
             
               end
               .
               Truth
               ,
               Order
               ,
            
             and
             
               Iustice
               ,
            
             are
             the
             only
             foundation
             and
             pillars
             of
             
               Peace
               ,
            
             in
             both
             Church
             ,
             and
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             second
             consideration
             is
             
               the
               union
               of
               the
               two
               ,
               Truth
            
             and
             
               Peace
               ;
            
             In
             
               God
            
             they
             are
             united
             :
             and
             so
             in
             every
             
               good
               soule
               ,
            
             &
             well
             ordered
             
               Church
            
             or
             
               State
               ,
            
             
             they
             may
             ,
             and
             doe
             best
             agree
             together
             :
             no
             
               firme
               ,
            
             or
             durable
             
               peace
               ,
            
             which
             is
             not
             fastned
             and
             cemented
             with
             
               truth
               :
            
             so
             false
             and
             pernicious
             a
             
               principle
            
             is
             that
             of
             some
             ;
             that
             the
             lesse
             men
             know
             of
             
               truth
               ,
            
             the
             more
             easily
             they
             will
             bee
             kept
             in
             
               Peace
               ;
            
             that
             the
             way
             to
             subdue
             men
             to
             an
             
               asinine
               patience
               ,
            
             is
             to
             cast
             them
             into
             an
             
               asinine
               ignorance
               .
            
             Whereas
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             no
             men
             or
             minds
             are
             more
             obedientially
             disposed
             to
             an
             
               heroick
               patience
               ,
            
             as
             to
             the
             burthens
             ,
             pressures
             ,
             and
             exactions
             upon
             their
             states
             and
             liberties
             ,
             &c.
             than
             they
             ,
             who
             are
             best
             informed
             ,
             how
             little
             all
             these
             worldly
             things
             are
             to
             be
             valued
             ,
             having
             hopes
             of
             farre
             better
             .
             And
             no
             men
             are
             more
             stubbornely
             contumacious
             ,
             refractory
             and
             prone
             to
             flame
             ,
             to
             
               rebellion
            
             and
             
               munity
               ,
            
             than
             they
             ,
             who
             know
             ,
             and
             expect
             no
             better
             ,
             or
             higher
             good
             than
             those
             of
             sense
             and
             present
             life
             ,
             who
             think
             you
             robbe
             them
             of
             their
             heaven
             ,
             God
             ,
             and
             all
             happinesse
             ,
             if
             you
             injure
             them
             in
             their
             
               estates
               ,
               honours
               ,
            
             or
             
               liberties
               .
            
          
           
             Those
             
               subjects
            
             are
             most
             shie
             ,
             and
             prone
             to
             start
             from
             obedience
             ,
             and
             fall
             from
             
               peace
               ,
            
             who
             live
             by
             
               Moone-light
            
             of
             humane
             reason
             ,
             and
             senses
             onely
             ,
             which
             amazeth
             their
             minds
             with
             the
             
               shadowes
               of
               good
            
             in
             riches
             ,
             pleasures
             ,
             honours
             ,
             and
             liberties
             temporall
             ,
             and
             walke
             not
             by
             the
             
               Sunne-shine
            
             of
             
               divine
               truth
               ,
            
             which
             discovers
             the
             onely
             necessary
             ,
             excellent
             ,
             and
             satisfactory
             objects
             ,
             worthy
             of
             the
             soules
             love
             and
             acceptance
             ;
             for
             
               nothing
               is
               truly
               lovely
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               spirituall
               and
               eternall
               .
            
          
           
           
             No
             such
             
               bonds
               of
               peace
               and
               unity
               ,
            
             then
             ,
             as
             the
             
               spirit
            
             of
             
               truth
               ,
            
             which
             ties
             the
             conscience
             to
             obedience
             and
             patience
             ;
             
               The
               wisdome
               from
               above
               is
               first
               pure
               ,
               then
               peaceable
               ,
            
             James
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             So
             that
             they
             best
             may
             march
             together
             ;
             but
             first
             
               truth
               ,
            
             then
             
               peace
               .
               Truth
            
             must
             have
             the
             precedence
             :
             rather
             
               truth
               ,
            
             than
             
               peace
               .
               Truth
            
             wee
             owe
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             our
             soules
             immediately
             ;
             
               peace
            
             onely
             to
             our
             bodies
             and
             states
             ,
             &c.
             
             If
             one
             must
             be
             despensed
             withall
             ,
             it
             is
             
               peace
               ,
            
             not
             
               truth
               :
            
             better
             
               truth
            
             without
             publique
             
               peace
               ,
            
             than
             
               peace
            
             without
             saving
             
               truth
               .
               Truth
            
             alone
             will
             bring
             us
             peace
             ,
             the
             best
             peace
             ,
             Christs
             peace
             ,
             which
             the
             world
             can
             neither
             give
             nor
             take
             away
             .
             
               Pax
               est
               omni
               bello
               tristior
               ,
               quae
               veritatis
               &
               justitiae
               ruinâ
               constat
               .
            
             That
             
               peace
            
             is
             farre
             to
             deare
             ,
             which
             costs
             us
             the
             losse
             of
             
               truth
               ,
            
             I
             meane
             
               great
               ,
               saving
               ,
               necessary
               ,
            
             and
             
               fundamentall
            
             truth
             .
          
           
             2
             Where
             these
             
               truths
            
             are
             asserted
             ,
             study
             to
             adde
             
               peace
            
             to
             them
             ;
             that
             
               truth
            
             may
             root
             ,
             spread
             ,
             fasten
             ,
             and
             fructifie
             the
             more
             .
             Nor
             is
             the
             publique
             
               peace
            
             to
             bee
             violated
             for
             every
             
               truth
               ,
            
             such
             as
             neither
             tends
             to
             
               faith
               ,
            
             
             nor
             much
             to
             
               good
               manners
               .
               Dissidiis
               magnis
               ,
               &
               controversis
               non
               sunt
               redimendae
               minores
               istae
               veritates
               .
            
          
           
             Wee
             must
             not
             by
             contention
             of
             tongues
             ,
             or
             pens
             ,
             or
             hands
             ,
             so
             farre
             vindicate
             
               truths
               of
               lesser
               size
               ,
            
             and
             consequence
             ,
             as
             to
             break
             the
             
               peace
            
             of
             our
             affections
             ,
             words
             and
             conversations
             .
          
           
             Let
             
               truth
            
             and
             
               peace
            
             then
             goe
             together
             ,
             in
             our
             
               loves
            
             and
             
               lives
               .
               Truth
            
             as
             the
             root
             ,
             
               peace
            
             as
             the
             fruit
             :
             
               Truth
            
             as
             the
             light
             ,
             
               Peace
            
             as
             heat
             :
             
               truth
            
             
             as
             the
             foundation
             ,
             
               peace
            
             as
             the
             structure
             .
          
           
             And
             certainely
             in
             the
             
               Church
               ,
            
             those
             
               tenets
            
             and
             propositions
             are
             likeliest
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             tend
             to
             the
             
               peace
            
             of
             the
             
               Church
               ,
            
             
             as
             it
             was
             the
             
               true
            
             mother
             ,
             which
             pleaded
             against
             the
             dividing
             of
             the
             child
             .
             And
             that
             
               peace
            
             in
             the
             
               civill
               state
            
             is
             likeliest
             to
             be
             lasting
             and
             sound
             ,
             which
             is
             built
             on
             the
             
               Truth
            
             of
             
               Reason
            
             and
             
               Religion
            
             both
             ,
             and
             not
             upon
             the
             fancies
             ,
             opinions
             ,
             dictates
             ,
             traditions
             ,
             examples
             ,
             and
             tyranny
             of
             custome
             and
             men
             .
          
           
             Neither
             
               peace
            
             of
             
               Church
            
             nor
             
               State
            
             is
             to
             be
             purchased
             with
             the
             sale
             of
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             saving
             and
             necessary
             :
             nor
             yet
             are
             all
             
               truths
            
             to
             be
             prosecuted
             with
             such
             
               vehemencie
               ,
            
             heate
             ,
             and
             contention
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             
               Shipwrack
            
             of
             eithers
             
               peace
               .
            
             The
             
               windowes
            
             and
             
               lights
            
             of
             
               truth
            
             must
             not
             bee
             so
             enlarged
             as
             to
             weaken
             the
             firmenesse
             ,
             solidity
             ,
             and
             entirenesse
             of
             the
             building
             :
             Nor
             may
             the
             
               Walls
            
             be
             so
             thick
             ,
             close
             and
             compacted
             ,
             as
             to
             exclude
             or
             obscure
             the
             light
             :
             which
             the
             Turks
             doe
             ,
             who
             so
             farre
             
               secure
            
             their
             peace
             ,
             as
             they
             forbid
             the
             
               searching
            
             of
             Truth
             :
             neither
             
               darknesse
            
             may
             make
             the
             house
             of
             God
             uselesse
             ;
             nor
             
               breaches
               ,
            
             under
             pretence
             of
             letting
             in
             more
             light
             ,
             may
             bee
             made
             so
             wide
             ,
             as
             to
             render
             the
             edifice
             unsafe
             and
             tottering
             .
          
           
             As
             
               divine
               Truth
            
             of
             
               Religion
               ,
            
             so
             
               civill
               truth
            
             of
             Judicature
             and
             Peace
             must
             kisse
             each
             other
             .
             Here
             the
             
               veracity
            
             and
             conscience
             of
             
               Iudges
               ,
            
             and
             Magistrates
             is
             chiefely
             required
             ;
             that
             they
             bee
             
               Men
               of
               truth
               ,
               Exod.
            
             18.
             21.
             
             For
             ,
             
               false
               ,
               corrupt
               ,
            
             and
             
               unjust
               Iudges
               ,
            
             like
             
               Comets
               ,
            
             portend
             warres
             and
             commotions
             
             in
             a
             state
             ;
             scattering
             so
             malignant
             an
             influence
             into
             mens
             minds
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             had
             rather
             adventure
             the
             injuries
             of
             
               warre
            
             than
             suffer
             the
             injustice
             of
             
               peace
               .
            
          
           
             4
             The
             
               Lovelinesse
               of
               them
               ,
            
             which
             will
             best
             appeare
             by
             the
             
               benefits
            
             from
             them
             ,
             why
             
               truth
            
             and
             
               peace
            
             are
             to
             be
             
               loved
               .
            
          
           
             1
             
               Civill
            
             or
             
               Politicall
               truth
            
             is
             the
             
               mind
            
             of
             the
             
               Law
               ,
            
             the
             rule
             of
             
               Iustice
               ,
            
             the
             right
             measuring
             and
             distribution
             of
             things
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             according
             as
             
               equity
            
             and
             
               reason
            
             require
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             
               truth
            
             the
             propriety
             and
             enjoyment
             of
             what
             is
             our
             own
             are
             maintained
             ;
             fraud
             ,
             injuries
             ,
             and
             violence
             ,
             detected
             ,
             punished
             ,
             and
             restrained
             .
             Innocencie
             releeved
             ,
             industry
             maintained
             and
             incouraged
             ;
             due
             rewards
             to
             vertue
             and
             merit
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             punishments
             to
             sinne
             and
             vice
             are
             dispensed
             :
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             the
             
               safety
            
             of
             your
             persons
             ,
             wives
             ,
             children
             ,
             houses
             ,
             lands
             ,
             goods
             ,
             honours
             ,
             liberties
             ,
             lives
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             is
             deare
             to
             you
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             depends
             upon
             this
             
               truth
            
             in
             
               Iudicature
               ,
            
             without
             which
             no
             
               Society
            
             of
             men
             can
             subsist
             ,
             at
             least
             not
             flourish
             ;
             but
             degenerate
             to
             a
             poore
             and
             slavish
             
               vassalage
               ,
            
             and
             such
             a
             lazie
             despondency
             of
             minds
             ,
             which
             sink
             them
             next
             degree
             to
             beasts
             ;
             seeking
             no
             more
             but
             to
             live
             ,
             having
             no
             thoughts
             or
             designes
             generous
             ,
             noble
             ,
             or
             extending
             beyond
             the
             present
             supply
             of
             back
             and
             belly
             .
          
           
             See
             then
             how
             much
             
               they
            
             deserve
             
               publique
               hatred
               ,
            
             who
             through
             feare
             or
             flattery
             ,
             or
             base
             and
             sinister
             ends
             ,
             falsifie
             the
             minde
             of
             the
             
               Law
               ;
            
             at
             once
             
             
               cutting
            
             asunder
             that
             great
             
               Cable
            
             which
             holds
             the
             state
             from
             shipwrack
             :
             turning
             the
             
               sword
               of
               justice
            
             put
             into
             their
             unworthy
             hands
             ,
             to
             cut
             the
             
               throat
            
             of
             
               lawes
            
             and
             
               liberties
               .
            
          
           
             2
             The
             
               lovelinesse
               and
               benefit
               of
               Divine
               truth
            
             revealed
             ,
             whereon
             our
             Faith
             ,
             our
             Religion
             ,
             our
             Soules
             ,
             our
             Church
             depends
             ,
             is
             so
             great
             that
             no
             time
             or
             words
             serve
             to
             let
             it
             forth
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             light
             of
             
               sacred
               truth
               ,
               we
               know
               our selves
            
             in
             our
             worst
             ,
             lost
             ,
             sinfull
             ,
             and
             damnable
             estate
             ,
             wherein
             else
             as
             heathen
             or
             beasts
             we
             should
             stupidly
             and
             miserably
             die
             and
             perish
             .
             By
             this
             we
             
               know
               God
            
             in
             his
             infinite
             mercies
             through
             
               Christ
               ,
               which
               is
               life
               eternall
               ,
            
             Ioh.
             17.3
             .
             By
             this
             we
             discover
             his
             
               grace
            
             and
             
               love
            
             to
             us
             :
             for
             our
             free
             
               justification
            
             by
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             sanctification
             by
             his
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             
               truth
            
             the
             
               burthens
            
             of
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             our
             feares
             ,
             our
             miseries
             ,
             the
             horrour
             of
             death
             ,
             hell
             ,
             and
             eternity
             ,
             are
             disarmed
             and
             releeved
             :
             by
             this
             blessed
             
               light
            
             of
             
               truth
               ,
            
             wee
             have
             many
             sweet
             and
             precious
             
               promises
            
             to
             support
             us
             in
             all
             states
             ,
             and
             all
             tryals
             and
             temptions
             .
             But
             this
             as
             
               Moses
            
             from
             Mount
             
               Nebo
               ,
            
             we
             discover
             the
             pleasant
             and
             happy
             
               prospect
            
             of
             heaven
             and
             eternity
             :
             the
             joyes
             ,
             peace
             ,
             pleasure
             ,
             happinesse
             ,
             and
             security
             of
             that
             after-state
             wee
             expect
             in
             the
             other
             world
             :
             we
             see
             a
             full
             ,
             though
             future
             ,
             
               victory
            
             over
             sinne
             ,
             fatan
             ,
             flesh
             ,
             world
             ,
             men
             ,
             death
             ,
             hell
             ,
             and
             all
             ;
             a
             full
             
               tryumph
            
             and
             
               crowning
            
             of
             the
             soule
             and
             body
             in
             
               eternall
               glory
               .
            
             You
             may
             see
             then
             how
             little
             experience
             or
             
             knowledge
             they
             have
             of
             this
             
               truth
               ,
            
             and
             the
             comforts
             by
             it
             ,
             who
             are
             weary
             of
             it
             ,
             enemies
             ,
             or
             indifferent
             to
             it
             :
             
               Better
               not
               have
               the
               truth
               ,
               than
               having
               it
               to
               want
               the
               love
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             3
             The
             
               amiablenesse
               of
               peace
               ,
            
             publick
             and
             Nationall
             in
             Church
             or
             State
             ;
             it
             is
             like
             the
             
               smiling
               of
               a
               beautifull
               face
               ,
            
             when
             
               peace
            
             flourisheth
             with
             
               truth
               :
            
             O
             how
             
               lovely
            
             is
             it
             ,
             at
             once
             to
             serve
             God
             with
             purity
             and
             safety
             ;
             with
             sincerity
             and
             security
             ;
             to
             enjoy
             the
             blessings
             of
             Gods
             right
             and
             left
             hand
             together
             !
          
           
             
               To
               eat
               every
               man
               with
               joy
               and
               cheerfulness
               of
               heart
               the
               fruit
               of
               his
               owne
               vine
               and
               plantings
               ▪
            
             
             to
             reape
             the
             harvest
             hee
             hath
             sowed
             :
             to
             dwell
             in
             the
             house
             hee
             hath
             builded
             :
             to
             enjoy
             the
             wife
             he
             hath
             espoused
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             he
             hath
             begotten
             .
          
           
             Your
             owne
             long
             and
             happy
             
               experience
            
             may
             best
             teach
             you
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             beauty
             and
             sweetnesse
             of
             the
             breasts
             of
             
               peace
               :
            
             whence
             
               plenty
            
             flowes
             ;
             
               Learning
               ,
            
             Arts
             ,
             industry
             ,
             trading
             ,
             thrive
             and
             prosper
             ;
             your
             private
             and
             in
             them
             the
             publike
             strength
             ,
             honour
             ,
             and
             treasure
             increaseth
             .
          
           
             God
             grant
             you
             be
             not
             taught
             to
             
               prize
            
             and
             be
             thankfull
             for
             it
             ,
             by
             the
             want
             of
             it
             your selves
             :
             look
             over
             Sea
             on
             the
             sad
             and
             black
             Characters
             ,
             which
             
               fire
               ,
               famine
               ,
            
             and
             
               sword
               ,
            
             have
             wrot
             ,
             nay
             ingraven
             ,
             and
             ploughed
             upon
             the
             faces
             of
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             ;
             on
             their
             houses
             ,
             fields
             ,
             vineyards
             ,
             Cities
             ,
             Churches
             ,
             &c.
             and
             you
             may
             with
             weeping
             and
             amazed
             eyes
             reade
             this
             lesson
             ;
             
               O
               the
               sweet
               and
               lovely
               blessings
               of
               Truth
               and
               Peace
               !
               O
               the
               
               horrid
               ,
               hideous
               deformity
               of
               errours
               and
               warres
               !
            
          
           
             
               —
               En
               quo
               discordia
               gentes
            
             
               Perduxit
               miseras
               .
            
          
           
             3
             Wee
             come
             now
             to
             the
             
               third
               generall
               head
               :
            
             having
             seene
             what
             
               truth
            
             and
             
               peace
            
             are
             ;
             how
             well
             they
             
               agree
               ,
            
             how
             much
             
               they
               merit
               our
               love
               ;
            
             now
             we
             goe
             on
             to
             the
             
               last
               part
               ,
            
             which
             is
             
               our
               duty
               .
               Therefore
               love
               them
               .
            
             Here
             wee
             will
             inquire
             two
             
               particulars
               .
            
             1.
             
             
               What
               need
            
             there
             is
             that
             men
             should
             bee
             thus
             exhorted
             to
             
               love
            
             these
             ,
             which
             have
             so
             attractive
             a
             lovelinesse
             in
             them
             .
             2.
             
             
               Wherein
            
             most
             effectually
             wee
             must
             expresse
             our
             
               love
            
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             I
             Although
             nothing
             more
             deserve
             
               our
               love
               :
            
             yet
             such
             is
             the
             ignorance
             ,
             dulnesse
             ,
             or
             depravednesse
             of
             mens
             mindes
             ,
             affections
             ,
             and
             manners
             ,
             that
             few
             there
             are
             ,
             which
             truely
             
               love
            
             them
             .
             First
             ,
             some
             
               love
               neither
               Truth
               nor
               Peace
               ;
            
             of
             which
             temper
             the
             
               Iesuitick
               spirit
            
             seemes
             to
             be
             ,
             which
             
               deceives
            
             the
             Nations
             with
             the
             
               Cup
               of
               errour
               ,
            
             and
             
               scatters
               coales
               of
               fire
            
             and
             dissention
             among
             men
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             some
             
               love
               truth
               ,
               but
               not
               peace
               :
            
             zealously
             affected
             to
             
               truth
               ,
            
             but
             for
             want
             of
             sound
             and
             steddy
             knowledge
             ,
             or
             meeke
             and
             humble
             hearts
             ,
             they
             are
             full
             of
             violence
             and
             bitternesse
             ;
             so
             prone
             to
             strife
             and
             contention
             ,
             that
             from
             words
             and
             disputes
             they
             easily
             kindle
             to
             blowes
             :
             
               Some
               ,
               when
               you
               speak
               to
               them
               of
               peace
               ,
               prepare
               for
               war
               ,
               Quia
               multis
               utile
               bellum
               ;
            
             their
             best
             fishing
             being
             in
             troubled
             waters
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             some
             
               love
               peace
            
             but
             
               not
               truth
               ;
            
             as
             
               Ishachar
               ,
            
             sluggishly
             
               couching
               between
               the
               burthens
               of
               Superstition
               
               and
               Oppression
               ,
            
             rather
             than
             trouble
             their
             
               Peace
               ,
            
             in
             a
             land
             of
             
               plenty
               .
            
             Out
             of
             a
             lazie
             ,
             grosse
             ,
             and
             sensuall
             humour
             ,
             so
             addicted
             to
             the
             
               enjoyments
               of
               peace
               ,
            
             that
             they
             care
             not
             what
             
               encroachments
            
             are
             made
             on
             
               Truth
               .
            
             Fourthly
             ,
             many
             
               seeme
               to
               love
               them
               ,
            
             but
             not
             
               simply
               ,
               per
               se
            
             and
             
               propter
               se
               ;
            
             but
             corruptly
             and
             partially
             ,
             for
             by-ends
             and
             advantages
             to
             bee
             had
             by
             them
             ,
             of
             profit
             ,
             preferment
             ,
             applause
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             as
             
               Demas
            
             did
             2
             
               Tim.
            
             4.
             10.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             It
             is
             
               neither
               truth
               nor
               peace
            
             so
             much
             they
             love
             (
             though
             they
             stickle
             for
             both
             )
             but
             their
             
               bellies
               ,
            
             pleasures
             ,
             plenty
             ,
             and
             selves
             ,
             which
             they
             enjoy
             under
             the
             
               wings
               of
               truth
               and
               peace
               .
            
          
           
             5.
             
             Many
             
               love
               what
               they
               think
               truth
            
             (
             and
             happily
             is
             so
             )
             yet
             not
             because
             it
             is
             so
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             think
             so
             ;
             extreamely
             
               biased
            
             with
             selfe
             love
             and
             pride
             ;
             that
             they
             pertinaciously
             retaine
             ,
             what
             ever
             opinion
             they
             have
             once
             undertaken
             ,
             though
             they
             cannot
             maintaine
             it
             ;
             only
             on
             this
             ground
             ,
             
               Ne
               videantur
               errâsse
               ;
            
             so
             hardly
             drawne
             by
             overcomming
             themselves
             to
             
               triumph
            
             over
             their
             
               errours
               .
               Ita
               perit
               judicium
               ,
               ubi
               res
               transit
               in
               affectum
               ,
               &
               nostram
               qualemcunque
               praevalere
               volumus
               sententiam
               ,
               quia
               nostra
               est
               :
            
             so
             much
             doe
             our
             affections
             blinde
             ,
             bri●●
             ,
             corrupt
             ,
             and
             warpe
             our
             
               judgements
               .
            
          
           
             6.
             
             Many
             say
             they
             love
             truth
             ;
             but
             not
             
               universally
               ;
            
             not
             such
             truthes
             as
             crosse
             their
             credits
             ,
             opinions
             ,
             ends
             ,
             pleasures
             ,
             sinnes
             and
             lusts
             ;
             
               Nolunt
               id
               verum
               videri
               ,
               quod
               affectibus
               suis
               adversatur
               .
               He
               loves
               not
               any
               Truth
               ,
               that
               loves
               not
               all
               ;
            
             as
             he
             likes
             not
             the
             light
             or
             Sun
             ,
             who
             is
             offended
             with
             any
             beame
             of
             it
             .
          
           
           
             7.
             
             
               Veritas
               animae
               sponsa
               ;
               Truth
               is
               a
               pure
               Virgin
               ,
            
             which
             every
             soule
             should
             wooe
             and
             seeke
             to
             
               wed
            
             to
             it selfe
             ;
             Many
             
               pretend
               to
               love
               it
               ,
            
             but
             not
             
               casto
               &
               honesto
               amore
               sed
               meretricio
               &
               prudendo
               .
               Lascivientia
               ingenia
               ,
            
             such
             as
             fondly
             and
             
               wantonly
            
             out
             of
             a
             vanity
             and
             curiosity
             only
             
               court
            
             that
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             which
             they
             see
             is
             countenanced
             and
             shined
             upon
             by
             publick
             favour
             and
             authority
             ;
             ready
             enough
             to
             discountenance
             and
             forsake
             it
             ,
             if
             the
             streame
             of
             things
             should
             change
             :
             
               Venales
               animae
               ,
            
             vile
             and
             mercenary
             soules
             ,
             that
             
               buy
               and
               sell
               the
               truth
               ,
               prostituting
            
             it
             ,
             
               not
            
             intirely
             loving
             and
             
               wedding
            
             themselves
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Some
             to
             
               purchase
               their
               peace
               ,
            
             are
             ready
             to
             sell
             the
             Truth
             ,
             by
             flattering
             ,
             complying
             and
             mancipating
             their
             judgements
             to
             other
             mens
             opinions
             and
             errours
             ,
             either
             discovered
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             wicked
             ,
             or
             unsearched
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             weak
             ,
             
               Degenerate
               mindes
            
             which
             so
             easily
             
               enslave
            
             that
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             noblest
             and
             soveraigne
             faculty
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             
               understanding
               ,
            
             to
             other
             mens
             errours
             never
             so
             great
             ,
             if
             their
             power
             be
             so
             too
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             
               Veritas
               animae
               pabulum
               ,
            
             there
             is
             as
             great
             an
             aptitude
             and
             proportion
             betweene
             the
             
               minde
            
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             
               truth
               ,
            
             as
             is
             betweene
             the
             
               eye
            
             and
             the
             
               object
               ,
               meat
            
             and
             the
             
               stomack
               :
            
             now
             we
             know
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             a
             pure
             and
             unblemished
             
               eye
               ,
            
             that
             sees
             with
             certainty
             and
             constancie
             ;
             a
             cleare
             ,
             sound
             ,
             and
             undiseased
             
               stomack
               ,
            
             that
             desires
             ,
             likes
             ,
             and
             digests
             wholesome
             meats
             .
             Such
             must
             that
             minde
             bee
             which
             loves
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
             
               Wholesome
               Truths
               ,
               sound
               Doctrines
               .
            
          
           
           
             1.
             
             Many
             are
             so
             
               vitiated
            
             and
             distempered
             by
             sin
             ,
             the
             World
             ,
             their
             Lusts
             and
             Vanities
             ,
             that
             they
             wholely
             refuse
             to
             take
             downe
             any
             
               truth
               ;
            
             what
             the
             eare
             may
             receive
             sometime
             ,
             their
             heart
             
               casts
            
             up
             againe
             profanely
             and
             reproachfully
             ,
             by
             their
             words
             and
             actions
             .
             
               Ita
               veritas
               odium
               &
               nauseam
               parit
               .
            
             The
             speediest
             way
             to
             
               lose
            
             the
             
               love
            
             of
             many
             is
             ,
             freely
             to
             tell
             them
             that
             
               truth
               ,
            
             which
             might
             doe
             them
             most
             good
             ,
             
             for
             it
             seemes
             to
             them
             as
             
               Michaiahs
            
             words
             to
             
               Ahab
               ,
               odious
            
             and
             offensive
             ,
             although
             it
             gave
             him
             warning
             of
             his
             danger
             ,
             and
             shewed
             him
             the
             only
             way
             for
             his
             safety
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Many
             like
             choyse
             and
             
               wanton
               stomacks
               ,
            
             receive
             and
             digest
             indeed
             ,
             some
             
               truths
            
             in
             their
             minds
             and
             memories
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             
               morbum
               alere
               non
               hominem
               ;
            
             only
             thereby
             the
             better
             to
             nourish
             and
             strengthen
             their
             erroneous
             
               humours
            
             and
             
               conceits
               ;
            
             and
             what
             ever
             
               truth
            
             they
             meet
             with
             ,
             is
             presently
             
               swallowed
               without
               chewing
            
             by
             some
             
               monster
               of
               opinion
               ,
            
             which
             they
             maintaine
             .
             For
             
               errour
            
             is
             so
             
               feeble
            
             and
             unbottomed
             ,
             that
             it
             must
             have
             some
             buttresses
             and
             seeming
             
               basis
            
             of
             
               truth
            
             to
             support
             it
             .
             By
             this
             meanes
             
               detayning
               the
               truth
               of
               God
               in
               unrighteousnesse
               ,
               Rom.
            
             1.
             18.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Many
             are
             of
             so
             
               hot
               ,
            
             unquiet
             and
             
               cholerick
               stomacks
               ,
            
             that
             they
             love
             not
             
               truth
               sweetned
               with
               peace
               ;
            
             not
             calme
             and
             sober
             truths
             .
             Afraid
             to
             be
             thought
             
               coldly
               ,
            
             if
             
               peaceably
            
             religious
             ,
             even
             in
             matters
             of
             lesser
             moment
             .
             Interpreting
             that
             
               zeale
               ,
            
             which
             is
             but
             naturall
             
               passion
            
             and
             
               choler
               ,
            
             an
             humane
             feaverish
             and
             praedatorious
             ,
             not
             that
             holy
             ,
             gentle
             ,
             and
             propitious
             
               heate
               of
               love
               ,
            
             which
             only
             well
             
               digesteth
            
             sacred
             
               truths
               .
            
          
           
           
             So
             that
             most
             men
             we
             see
             had
             neede
             to
             be
             called
             upon
             to
             
               love
               truth
               and
               peace
               .
            
             In
             some
             ,
             
               hopes
            
             of
             preferment
             will
             doe
             much
             to
             pervert
             ,
             leaven
             ,
             and
             suppresse
             
               truth
               ,
            
             warping
             which
             way
             the
             Sunne
             of
             favour
             shines
             warmest
             .
             In
             others
             ,
             
               despaire
            
             of
             preferment
             ,
             and
             
               popular
            
             inclinations
             may
             doe
             as
             much
             to
             disturbe
             
               peace
               ,
            
             and
             
               established
               truth
               :
            
             Every
             way
             
               Pronus
               lapsus
               ,
               major
               sit
               cautela
               .
               Few
               are
            
             true
             ,
             sincere
             ,
             and
             hearty
             
               lovers
            
             of
             them
             ;
             by
             the
             
               Antiperistasis
            
             of
             others
             coldnesse
             ,
             let
             the
             heat
             of
             your
             
               love
            
             grow
             more
             intensive
             .
          
           
             2
             Which
             is
             the
             last
             particular
             :
             
               The
               way
               most
               effectually
               to
               expresse
               the
               love
               we
               owe
               to
               truth
               and
               peace
               :
            
             first
             to
             
               truth
               ,
            
             then
             to
             
               peace
               ,
            
             to
             
               both
            
             if
             possible
             .
             
               Amor
               est
               pondus
               animae
               :
               Love
            
             is
             the
             
               weight
            
             and
             motor
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             the
             
               Spring
            
             that
             sets
             all
             the
             wheeles
             on
             worke
             .
             It
             is
             a
             vehement
             ,
             active
             ,
             industrious
             ,
             unwearied
             ,
             invincible
             affection
             ;
             if
             rightly
             placed
             on
             worthy
             objects
             ,
             it
             workes
             wonders
             .
             
               Amor
               non
               potest
               abscondi
               ,
            
             the
             fire
             
               of
               love
            
             is
             impatient
             to
             be
             hid
             or
             smothered
             :
             
               Nescit
               nimium
               ,
            
             never
             thinks
             it
             hath
             done
             enough
             :
             
               Est
               extaticus
               ,
               nec
               sinit
               amantem
               esse
               sui
               juris
               :
            
             it
             hath
             a
             kinde
             of
             
               rapture
            
             and
             extatick
             power
             ,
             which
             
               transports
            
             the
             minde
             beyond
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             
               dispossesseth
            
             it
             of
             it selfe
             ,
             to
             bestow
             it selfe
             on
             that
             it
             loves
             .
             
               Delicata
               res
               est
               amor
               ;
            
             It
             is
             a
             
               tender
            
             affection
             ,
             impatient
             of
             any
             injury
             or
             dishonour
             cast
             on
             what
             we
             love
             .
             
               Et
               sibi
               lex
               est
               severissima
               :
               Love
            
             needs
             no
             
               motive
            
             but
             it selfe
             to
             carry
             it
             to
             the
             extremity
             of
             its
             power
             .
          
           
             If
             our
             
               love
            
             then
             to
             
               truth
            
             be
             reall
             ,
             it
             will
             shew
             it selfe
             .
          
           
           
             1
             In
             the
             serious
             and
             earnest
             
               searching
            
             for
             ,
             
               finding
               out
               ,
            
             and
             
               discovering
            
             of
             
               truth
               :
            
             for
             ,
             
               Veritas
               in
               profundo
               :
               Truth
               is
               not
               obvious
               in
               the
               surface
               of
               things
               ,
               but
               hath
               a
               depth
               ,
            
             being
             sunk
             and
             retired
             from
             us
             ,
             as
             now
             we
             are
             .
             There
             is
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             
               false
               and
               loose
               earth
               ,
               rubbish
               of
               Opinions
               ,
            
             probabilities
             ,
             and
             falsities
             to
             be
             cast
             away
             ,
             before
             wee
             come
             to
             the
             cleare
             
               streame
            
             of
             
               truth
               ,
            
             which
             by
             secret
             
               derivations
            
             flowes
             from
             the
             eternall
             
               Fountaine
               ,
               God
               .
            
             There
             are
             not
             only
             grosser
             
               clouds
               of
               errours
            
             and
             falsities
             ,
             which
             darken
             
               truth
               ;
            
             but
             
               parelii
            
             too
             ,
             
               verisimilia
               ,
               seeming
               sunnes
               of
               truth
               ,
            
             which
             are
             but
             apparences
             and
             probabilities
             ,
             of
             no
             long
             continuance
             .
             He
             then
             that
             will
             
               seeke
               and
               finde
            
             certaine
             ,
             and
             saving
             
               truth
               ,
            
             must
             apply
             himselfe
             to
             
               God
               ,
            
             his
             
               Word
               ,
            
             and
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             not
             take
             it
             upon
             
               trust
            
             and
             
               credit
            
             of
             humane
             
               fancie
               ,
            
             or
             
               reason
               :
               Multi
               taedio
               investigandae
               veritatis
               ad
               proximos
               divertunt
               errores
               :
            
             Many
             out
             of
             an
             easinesse
             ,
             lazinesse
             ,
             or
             presumption
             ,
             take
             up
             
               truths
            
             from
             custome
             ,
             education
             ,
             prepossessed
             conceits
             ,
             shew
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             excellency
             of
             mens
             parts
             ,
             &c.
             prone
             to
             count
             that
             
               truth
               ,
            
             which
             themselves
             or
             others
             have
             a
             long
             time
             beleeved
             to
             be
             such
             .
             
               Sed
               oculos
               à
               rebus
               omnibus
               abducas
               ,
               quae
               Deus
               non
               sunt
               si
               veritatem
               quaeras
               ,
            
             Esay
             8.
             20.
             
             
               To
               the
               Law
               and
               to
               the
               Testimony
               ,
            
             Joh.
             5.29
             .
             
               Search
               the
               Scriptures
               ;
            
             from
             these
             
               wells
            
             must
             we
             draw
             the
             
               waters
               of
               life
               ,
            
             purifying
             ,
             refreshing
             ,
             and
             saving
             
               truths
               ;
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             The
             
               Veyn
            
             and
             
               Mine
               of
               truth
               ,
            
             hath
             many
             windings
             ,
             and
             intricate
             turnings
             ,
             requiring
             a
             sagacious
             and
             industrious
             minde
             to
             follow
             it
             .
          
           
           
             2
             Shew
             your
             
               love
               to
               truth
               ,
            
             by
             
               propagating
               ,
            
             and
             
               imparting
            
             it
             to
             others
             ,
             when
             your selves
             have
             discovered
             it
             .
             
               Veritas
               nihil
               erubescit
               ,
               praeterquam
               abscondi
               ;
            
             
             
               Truth
               is
               onely
               ashamed
               to
               bee
               hidden
               ;
            
             as
             the
             Sunne
             to
             be
             clouded
             ,
             or
             eclipsed
             .
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             as
             light
             ,
             
               wasts
            
             not
             by
             communicating
             it selfe
             to
             others
             .
             
               Quò
               communius
               bonum
               eò
               divinitus
               .
            
             Shew
             your
             
               love
            
             to
             it
             and
             to
             men
             ,
             by
             
               teaching
            
             it
             to
             others
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             
               calme
            
             and
             unpassionate
             way
             ;
             
               truth
               is
               best
               seene
               in
               cleare
               and
               untroubled
               waters
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Ephes.
            
             4.
             15.
             
             
               Speaking
               the
               truth
               in
               love
               .
            
             Pittying
             not
             triumphing
             in
             others
             ignorance
             ,
             or
             reproaching
             their
             errors
             and
             weaknesse
             of
             judgement
             .
             Farther
             ,
             shew
             your
             
               love
               ,
            
             by
             using
             all
             meanes
             to
             
               plant
            
             and
             
               nourish
               truth
               ,
            
             by
             setting
             up
             the
             lights
             of
             good
             and
             painefull
             Preachers
             ,
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             and
             obscure
             corners
             of
             our
             Land
             ,
             where
             ,
             God
             knowes
             ,
             many
             poore
             
               soules
               perish
               for
               want
               of
               knowledge
            
             (
             such
             I
             meane
             )
             as
             
               can
               and
               will
               rightly
               divide
               the
               Word
               of
               truth
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               2.
               15.
               
            
             There
             is
             
               no
               engine
            
             you
             can
             invent
             so
             effectuall
             ,
             to
             batter
             down
             and
             demollish
             the
             adverse
             party
             ,
             or
             to
             
               secure
            
             the
             prosperitie
             of
             our
             Church
             and
             State
             .
             But
             this
             will
             hardly
             be
             done
             ,
             without
             encouraging
             men
             to
             the
             study
             and
             preaching
             of
             
               truth
            
             in
             the
             way
             of
             necessary
             ,
             competent
             ,
             and
             liberall
             maintenance
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             most
             certaine
             ,
             as
             Bishop
             
               lewell
            
             sometime
             told
             
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             in
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             
               Tenuitatem
               beneficiorum
               necessario
               sequitur
               ignorantia
               sacerdotum
               .
            
             Never
             flatter
             your selves
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Lampes
               of
               the
               Temple
            
             will
             burne
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             but
             very
             dimly
             ,
             and
             poorely
             ,
             if
             you
             supply
             them
             not
             with
             
               Oyle
            
             sufficient
             
             to
             enliven
             themselves
             and
             enlighten
             others
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Shew
             your
             
               love
               of
               truth
               ,
            
             by
             a
             zealous
             ,
             active
             ,
             and
             constant
             
               maintaining
            
             of
             it
             :
             
               Zeale
               ,
            
             is
             
               flamma
               amoris
               :
               Love
               raised
               to
               a
               flame
               :
            
             by
             all
             justifiable
             wayes
             asserting
             the
             honour
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             professors
             of
             it
             ,
             against
             the
             profanenesse
             ,
             idlenesse
             ,
             envy
             ,
             calumnies
             ,
             and
             oppositions
             of
             the
             enemies
             thereof
             ,
             either
             Atheists
             ,
             sensuall
             ,
             ignorant
             ,
             or
             superstitious
             ,
             2
             
               Cor.
            
             13.
             8.
             
             
               We
               can
               doe
               nothing
               against
               the
               truth
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               truth
               ,
            
             doe
             all
             you
             lawfully
             may
             :
             by
             severe
             ,
             and
             wholesome
             
               Edicts
               ,
               fencing
               in
               ,
               and
               fortifying
               truth
            
             against
             the
             Seminary
             incursions
             of
             those
             ,
             that
             seeke
             to
             encroach
             upon
             its
             ancient
             bounds
             :
             also
             against
             the
             bold
             ,
             and
             impudent
             Preaching
             ,
             Printing
             ,
             and
             Disputing
             for
             the
             contrary
             errors
             ,
             which
             have
             beene
             long
             agoe
             exploded
             and
             confuted
             ;
             which
             by
             misused
             power
             ,
             or
             tacit
             connivence
             ,
             seeke
             to
             creepe
             in
             ,
             and
             undermine
             our
             
               truth
               .
               Leakes
               may
               sinke
               us
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               rockes
               split
               us
               .
            
             Jude
             3.
             
             
               Contend
               then
               earnestly
               for
               the
               truth
               ;
            
             but
             with
             the
             
               power
               of
               Gods
               ,
            
             not
             mans
             arme
             of
             flesh
             ;
             with
             a
             
               contention
               of
               love
               ,
               not
               of
               force
               ;
            
             such
             as
             may
             not
             destroy
             men
             ,
             but
             their
             errors
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             will
             destroy
             them
             .
             
               Truth
            
             is
             so
             sufficiently
             
               armed
            
             with
             its
             owne
             
               power
               ,
            
             that
             it
             needes
             not
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             
               Sword
            
             or
             
               Canon
               ,
            
             which
             reach
             not
             the
             minds
             of
             men
             ;
             nor
             can
             divide
             them
             from
             their
             errors
             ,
             nor
             batter
             downe
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             strong
             holds
             of
             prepossessed
             false
             opinions
             ;
             That
             
               excellency
               if
               power
               which
               is
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
            
             and
             his
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             is
             onely
             able
             to
             subdue
             the
             understanding
             ?
             Yet
             must
             not
             the
             
               Magistrate
               ▪
            
             
             so
             farre
             be
             wanting
             to
             Gods
             glory
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             good
             ,
             as
             to
             faile
             to
             
               defend
               truth
            
             against
             those
             that
             by
             cunning
             or
             force
             seeke
             to
             subvert
             it
             ,
             setting
             up
             the
             just
             
               t
               〈…〉
               or
               of
            
             those
             
               Lawes
               ,
            
             which
             may
             chase
             away
             those
             
               Owles
               ,
               and
               Bats
               ,
               and
               ferall
               Birds
               ,
            
             that
             
               love
            
             darkenesse
             ,
             and
             portend
             a
             night
             ,
             where
             ever
             they
             appeare
             ;
             
               that
               cannot
               endure
               the
               light
               ,
               because
               their
               workes
               are
               evill
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             their
             doctrines
             false
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Shew
             your
             
               love
               to
               the
               Truth
               ,
            
             as
             by
             
               doing
               for
               it
            
             all
             you
             can
             ;
             so
             by
             
               obeying
               the
               truth
               from
               the
               heart
               ,
            
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             22.
             by
             
               living
               conformably
               to
               it
               :
            
             that
             there
             be
             no
             
               solaecisme
            
             in
             your
             lives
             ,
             that
             the
             
               truth
            
             of
             your
             doctrine
             be
             not
             
               confuted
               ,
            
             by
             the
             corruptnesse
             of
             your
             manners
             :
             not
             onely
             
               seeking
            
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             
               speaking
            
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             
               defending
            
             the
             truth
             ;
             but
             farther
             ,
             
               doing
               the
               Truth
               ,
               1
               John
               .
               1.
               6.
            
             which
             is
             the
             strongest
             vindication
             of
             its
             honour
             ,
             and
             your
             beleefe
             of
             it
             .
             There
             is
             a
             
               labour
            
             of
             
               love
               ,
               which
               loves
               its
               labour
               ;
            
             ready
             
               to
               deny
               our selves
               ,
            
             in
             any
             thing
             neere
             or
             deare
             to
             us
             ,
             
               rather
               than
               deny
            
             any
             saving
             
               truth
               :
            
             chearefully
             
               suffering
               for
               it
               ,
            
             rather
             than
             it
             should
             
               suffer
               ;
            
             a
             good
             minde
             ,
             that
             
               loves
               the
               truth
               ,
            
             suffers
             more
             in
             
               truthes
            
             suppression
             ,
             than
             its
             owne
             ;
             yea
             ,
             by
             
               dying
               for
               it
               ,
            
             if
             need
             be
             ;
             and
             God
             choose
             us
             out
             for
             his
             champions
             to
             
               crowne
               and
               improve
               the
               necessity
               of
               death
               ,
            
             with
             
               the
               glory
               of
               martyrdome
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             highest
             
               witnessing
               of
               our
               love
               to
               God
               and
               his
               Truth
               .
               Difficulties
            
             rather
             
               wh●●
            
             and
             twist
             to
             a
             firmer
             
               resolution
               ,
            
             than
             any
             way
             bl●t
             or
             discourage
             a
             well
             placed
             affection
             .
             The
             Heathen
             man
             set
             such
             a
             
               price
               
               on
               truth
               ,
            
             that
             he
             thought
             it
             worth
             our
             life
             ;
             
               
                 —
                 Vitamque
                 impendere
                 vero
                 ,
              
               
                 Nec
                 propter
                 vitam
                 vivendi
                 perdere
                 causam
                 .
              
            
             It
             is
             a
             
               blind
            
             &
             preposterous
             
               love
               ,
            
             that
             loves
             life
             better
             then
             that
             ,
             for
             which
             onely
             life
             is
             worth
             the
             having
             ;
             better
             we
             
               dye
               ,
            
             than
             
               truth
               decay
               ,
            
             which
             as
             a
             Phoe
             nix
             is
             wont
             to
             renew
             its
             life
             out
             of
             martyrs
             ashes
             .
          
           
             5
             ,
             Lastly
             ,
             what
             we
             come
             short
             in
             doing
             or
             suffering
             for
             the
             
               love
               of
               truth
               ,
            
             at
             least
             ,
             seeke
             to
             
               supply
            
             by
             our
             frequent
             and
             fervent
             
               prayers
            
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             so
             make
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             carry
             on
             his
             
               truth
            
             that
             it
             may
             
               prevalile
            
             upon
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             
               to
               a
               love
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             But
             in
             this
             variety
             of
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             Distraction
             of
             sides
             ,
             
               every
               one
               challenging
               truth
            
             to
             be
             on
             their
             party
             ,
             How
             shall
             we
             know
             ,
             
               what
               is
               that
               Truth
               ,
            
             which
             we
             ought
             to
             
               love
            
             and
             adhere
             unto
             ?
          
           
             I
             Answer
             ,
             the
             
               Truth
            
             of
             God
             ,
             like
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             is
             best
             knowne
             and
             distinguished
             from
             all
             other
             ,
             by
             the
             beauty
             and
             excellency
             of
             its
             
               effects
               ,
            
             of
             life
             ,
             heate
             ,
             and
             fertillity
             ;
             that
             is
             infallibly
             the
             
               saving
               and
               necessary
               truth
               of
               God
               ,
            
             most
             deserving
             our
             love
             and
             study
             ,
             which
             hath
             ,
             and
             alwayes
             had
             the
             greatest
             and
             best
             
               influence
            
             on
             mens
             hearts
             and
             lives
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Gods
               truth
            
             which
             makes
             men
             more
             
               godly
               ,
            
             more
             holy
             ,
             pure
             ,
             just
             ,
             good
             ,
             humble
             ,
             peaceable
             ,
             charitable
             ,
             selfe-denying
             ,
             and
             consciencious
             in
             all
             their
             wayes
             :
             What
             brings
             us
             nearest
             ,
             and
             makes
             us
             
               likest
               to
               God
               ,
            
             which
             conformes
             us
             most
             to
             that
             highest
             and
             divinest
             patterne
             of
             
               Christs
               minde
            
             and
             conversation
             .
          
           
           
             It
             hath
             beene
             alwayes
             the
             
               Seale
               of
               honour
            
             set
             upon
             Christian
             Religion
             :
             and
             that
             
               truth
               ,
            
             whereon
             it
             is
             founded
             ,
             that
             it
             
               most
               magnifies
               God
               and
               goodnesse
               .
            
             Those
             truths
             which
             have
             the
             greatest
             operation
             on
             mens
             mindes
             ,
             consciences
             ,
             and
             lives
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             amend
             them
             ,
             are
             set
             beyond
             all
             question
             and
             disputes
             :
             These
             let
             us
             chiefely
             study
             ,
             love
             ,
             and
             live
             by
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             our
             
               love
            
             be
             thus
             rightly
             set
             to
             
               Gods
               truth
               ,
            
             he
             will
             take
             care
             to
             
               settle
               our
               peace
               :
            
             to
             which
             we
             
               owe
               a
               love
               too
               ,
            
             and
             must
             shew
             it
             in
             the
             second
             place
             .
             First
             ,
             by
             
               praying
               heartily
               and
               constantly
               for
               it
               ,
               Psal.
               122.
               6.
               
            
             Every
             one
             should
             thinke
             himselfe
             called
             upon
             in
             those
             words
             .
             
               O
               pray
               for
               the
               peace
               of
               Ierusalem
               .
               Prayer
               engages
               God
               on
               our
               side
               ,
            
             and
             calls
             in
             an
             omnipotent
             arme
             to
             settle
             ,
             strengthen
             ,
             and
             secure
             our
             
               peace
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             by
             
               assisting
               really
               ,
            
             to
             the
             support
             and
             maintaining
             of
             it
             ,
             against
             the
             perturbers
             of
             it
             .
             1.
             
             By
             seasonable
             
               counsells
               ,
            
             and
             faithfull
             advise
             grounded
             on
             
               Truth
               and
               Iustice
               .
            
             2.
             
             By
             
               arming
               counsells
               with
               power
            
             and
             Subsidyes
             of
             purses
             and
             persons
             ;
             to
             suppresse
             all
             unjust
             and
             rebellious
             practises
             ,
             which
             seeke
             to
             violate
             our
             
               peace
               .
               Peace
               is
               not
               safe
               ,
               except
               there
               be
               power
               for
               warre
               ;
            
             which
             is
             
               the
               guard
               of
               peace
               ;
            
             as
             
               power
            
             without
             counsell
             is
             brutish
             ,
             and
             selfe
             confounding
             ;
             so
             
               counsell
            
             without
             power
             is
             feeble
             ,
             and
             subject
             to
             be
             despised
             .
             3.
             
             By
             
               living
               orderly
            
             in
             a
             way
             of
             meekenesse
             ,
             humility
             ,
             and
             subjection
             in
             the
             feare
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             obedience
             to
             the
             wholesome
             Lawes
             established
             ;
             which
             is
             that
             we
             are
             taught
             by
             the
             truth
             of
             God
             ,
             
               Rom.
               13.
               
               ●
               .
               
               Let
               every
               soule
               be
               subject
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             This
             I
             am
             sure
             will
             bring
             a
             man
             peace
             at
             the
             last
             .
             If
             not
             externall
             ,
             yet
             internall
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             eternall
             .
             4.
             
             By
             
               searching
               out
               ,
            
             and
             exemplary
             
               punishing
            
             those
             that
             are
             the
             
               perturbers
               of
            
             our
             
               peace
               ;
               justly
               troubling
            
             those
             
               that
               have
               troubled
               Israel
               ,
            
             as
             
               Ioshua
            
             to
             
               Achan
               .
               Psal.
               34.
               14
               ,
               Thus
               seeke
               peace
               and
               pursue
               it
               ;
            
             by
             pursuing
             those
             that
             would
             rob
             us
             of
             it
             .
             And
             certainely
             you
             will
             finde
             ,
             
               none
               are
            
             more
             enemies
             to
             ,
             and
             perturbers
             of
             our
             
               peace
               ,
            
             then
             those
             that
             are
             the
             perverters
             and
             opposers
             of
             our
             
               Truth
               :
            
             either
             in
             judicature
             ,
             or
             Religion
             ,
             for
             these
             scatter
             and
             blow
             the
             
               coales
            
             of
             
               discontent
            
             in
             every
             corner
             ,
             that
             the
             whose
             house
             must
             needes
             be
             set
             on
             fire
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             timely
             quenched
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             give
             me
             leave
             by
             way
             of
             
               Conclusion
               ,
            
             a
             little
             to
             apply
             to
             you
             and
             my selfe
             ,
             the
             weight
             and
             force
             of
             this
             Text
             .
          
        
         
           
             Therefore
             love
             the
             Truth
             and
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Had
             we
             in
             this
             Church
             and
             State
             (
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             )
             beene
             so
             happy
             in
             the
             
               love
               of
               truth
               and
               peace
               ,
            
             as
             we
             have
             beene
             in
             the
             long
             glorious
             injoying
             ,
             and
             the
             miraculous
             preservation
             of
             them
             among
             us
             ,
             certainely
             ,
             neither
             
               truth
            
             had
             this
             day
             beene
             so
             clouded
             and
             perplexed
             ,
             nor
             our
             
               peace
            
             so
             broken
             and
             distracted
             .
          
           
             The
             
               God
               of
               truth
               and
               peace
            
             declares
             his
             displeasure
             ,
             and
             high
             indignation
             against
             us
             ,
             for
             the
             negligence
             ,
             coldnesse
             ,
             and
             ingratitude
             of
             many
             ;
             for
             the
             profanenesse
             ,
             Atheisme
             ,
             and
             malice
             of
             some
             :
             for
             the
             superstition
             ,
             formality
             ,
             and
             backe-sliding
             of
             others
             .
             How
             many
             are
             there
             ,
             that
             deny
             ,
             or
             despise
             ,
             
             spise
             ,
             or
             suppresse
             ,
             or
             oppose
             ,
             or
             contemne
             ,
             scorne
             ,
             and
             deride
             ,
             and
             corrupt
             and
             belye
             the
             
               Truth
               ?
            
             That
             the
             Prophets
             complaint
             may
             come
             neare
             our
             times
             ,
             
               Esay
               59.
               15.
               
               Truth
               faileth
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               departeth
               from
               iniquiry
               maketh
               himselfe
               a
               prey
               :
            
             
               
                 Nos
                 patim●r
                 longae
                 pacis
                 mala
                 saevior
                 armis
                 ,
              
               
                 Luxuria
                 incumbit
                 —
              
            
             
               Long
               peace
               ,
            
             like
             faire
             weather
             ,
             hath
             raised
             up
             the
             vapours
             of
             sinnes
             to
             cloud
             our
             Sunne
             ,
             and
             trouble
             our
             Heaven
             withall
             ;
             which
             almost
             of
             us
             ,
             from
             highest
             to
             the
             lowest
             are
             not
             guilty
             of
             one
             or
             more
             of
             those
             forenamed
             degrees
             of
             
               neglect
               against
               truth
               :
            
             which
             shewes
             ,
             wee
             have
             either
             no
             love
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             a
             small
             love
             ,
             a
             tepid
             ,
             and
             
               Laodicean
               love
               ,
            
             a
             shamefaced
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             shamefull
             
               love
               ,
            
             or
             a
             false
             and
             base
             
               love
            
             of
             truth
             ,
             not
             for
             it selfe
             ,
             but
             for
             our selves
             :
             as
             our
             
               Diana
               ;
            
             the
             mystery
             ,
             by
             which
             our
             gaine
             or
             greatnesse
             are
             sustained
             .
             If
             wee
             have
             not
             
               loved
               truth
               in
               peace
               ,
            
             were
             it
             not
             just
             with
             God
             to
             make
             us
             
               want
               truth
               in
               warre
               ?
            
             And
             
               because
               men
               received
               not
               the
               love
               of
               the
               truth
               ,
               he
               should
               give
               them
               over
               to
               strong
               delusions
               ,
               to
               beleeve
               a
               lye
               ,
               2
               Thes.
            
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Certainely
             God
             will
             severely
             exact
             of
             this
             Church
             and
             Nation
             ,
             of
             Prince
             and
             People
             ,
             of
             Preachers
             and
             Hearers
             ,
             an
             account
             for
             our
             long
             enjoyed
             and
             undervalued
             
               truth
               and
               peace
               .
            
             Have
             wee
             so
             long
             beene
             a
             
               Vine
            
             planted
             ,
             and
             watered
             ,
             and
             fenced
             ,
             both
             to
             necessitie
             ,
             and
             omament
             ,
             by
             an
             excessive
             indulgence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             doe
             wee
             
               bring
               forth
               soure
               grapes
               ;
            
             that
             neither
             
               please
               God
               ,
               nor
               profit
               men
               ?
            
             May
             we
             not
             justly
             feare
             (
             what
             wee
             have
             deserved
             )
             
             to
             be
             laid
             wast
             and
             desolute
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             a
             
               hissing
               and
               astonishment
               to
               all
               Nations
               ▪
               ,
            
             that
             God
             should
             remove
             ,
             or
             extinguish
             the
             glorious
             Lampe
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             in
             whose
             
               light
            
             we
             have
             
               not
               rejoyced
               ,
            
             because
             we
             have
             not
             
               loved
            
             it
             ?
          
           
             
               Love
               is
               an
               affection
               of
               union
            
             and
             fruition
             .
             Doe
             we
             
               love
               the
               truth
            
             if
             we
             are
             
               weary
            
             of
             it
             ,
             tediously
             and
             peevishly
             affected
             to
             it
             ,
             willing
             to
             leave
             it
             ,
             and
             withdraw
             from
             it
             ?
             The
             
               loathing
            
             and
             nauseating
             of
             this
             
               Heavenly
               Manna
               ,
            
             as
             if
             we
             have
             had
             so
             much
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             necessary
             to
             recover
             and
             quicken
             mens
             appetites
             to
             it
             ,
             by
             a
             more
             scanty
             allowance
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             
               this
               to
               love
               the
               truth
               ?
            
             The
             
               tampering
            
             and
             essayes
             of
             someto
             clip
             ,
             or
             wash
             ,
             or
             new
             coyne
             ,
             or
             allay
             ,
             and
             abase
             ,
             with
             some
             
               Romish
               mixture
               ,
            
             the
             gold
             and
             puritie
             of
             our
             Doctrine
             ;
             
               is
               this
               to
               loue
               the
               truth
               ?
            
             That
             pure
             and
             refined
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             which
             hath
             passed
             the
             fiery
             triall
             ,
             hath
             beene
             baptized
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             many
             Martyrs
             ,
             sowne
             in
             a
             field
             ,
             made
             fruitfull
             with
             their
             ashes
             ;
             who
             
               loved
               not
               their
               lives
            
             so
             much
             as
             the
             Truth
             .
             To
             set
             up
             
               lying
               vanities
               ,
            
             Pictures
             ,
             and
             Images
             ,
             and
             to
             cry
             downe
             Praying
             and
             Preaching
             ,
             whereby
             those
             toyles
             may
             be
             usefull
             and
             necessary
             to
             the
             ignorant
             (
             because
             untaught
             )
             people
             ,
             
               Is
               this
               to
               love
               the
               truth
               ?
            
             To
             suffer
             
               Idolatry
               ,
            
             or
             superstitious
             formalities
             in
             serving
             God
             to
             get
             ground
             upon
             our
             Opinions
             and
             practises
             .
             Is
             
               this
               to
               love
               the
               truth
               ?
               Quae
               quo
               nudior
               ,
               eô
               venustior
               ;
            
             which
             
               the
               lesse
               it
               hath
               of
               painting
               ,
            
             the
             
               more
               it
               hath
               of
               true
               lovelinesse
               and
               native
               beauty
               .
            
             Are
             not
             the
             lengthen
             and
             increase
             of
             Ceremonious
             
               shadowes
               ,
            
             a
             presage
             and
             signe
             of
             the
             
             shortning
             of
             our
             
               Day
            
             and
             setting
             of
             our
             
               Sunne
               ,
            
             or
             diminishing
             of
             our
             
               Light
               .
            
          
           
             To
             
               quarrell
            
             at
             those
             
               Truths
               ,
            
             which
             have
             bin
             long
             ago
             determined
             by
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             in
             the
             publique
             confession
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Writings
             ,
             or
             Preachings
             of
             our
             gravest
             &
             learnedst
             Divines
             ,
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             others
             ;
             as
             in
             the
             points
             of
             
               Iustification
            
             by
             faith
             alone
             ;
             of
             
               Trasubstantiation
               ,
            
             of
             auricular
             
               Confession
               ;
            
             of
             
               prayer
               for
               the
               dead
               ;
            
             of
             
               worshipping
               before
               Images
               ;
            
             of
             fiduciary
             
               assurance
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             which
             some
             doting
             and
             superstitious
             
               Spirits
               ,
            
             dare
             to
             question
             ,
             and
             
               retractate
               ;
               Is
               this
               to
               love
               the
               truth
               ?
            
             What
             hath
             been
             done
             by
             Preaching
             and
             Printing
             ,
             by
             
               correcting
               ,
            
             or
             rather
             
               corrupting
            
             of
             Bookes
             (
             where
             the
             
               correctors
            
             themselves
             deserve
             to
             
               be
               corrected
            
             )
             your
             piety
             and
             wisedome
             may
             best
             finde
             out
             .
             Nay
             ,
             such
             hath
             beene
             the
             shamelesse
             impudence
             and
             effrontery
             of
             some
             ridiculous
             heads
             ,
             that
             plaine
             and
             honest
             mindes
             shall
             be
             scorned
             ,
             derided
             ,
             and
             in
             judgling
             fashion
             ,
             cheated
             out
             of
             
               truth
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               power
               of
               Religion
            
             (
             which
             is
             a
             holy
             life
             )
             if
             you
             doe
             not
             harden
             your
             faces
             ,
             and
             confirme
             your
             resolutions
             against
             ,
             
               supercilious
               vanity
            
             of
             such
             men
             :
             Whether
             they
             have
             any
             intent
             to
             
               reedifie
               Babels
               ruines
            
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             (
             some
             vehemently
             suspect
             it
             )
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             there
             is
             such
             a
             
               confussion
            
             and
             
               noveltie
            
             of
             Language
             affectated
             by
             some
             men
             of
             
               Altars
               ,
               Sacrifice
               ,
               Priests
               ,
               Corporiety
            
             of
             
               presence
               ,
               pennance
               ;
               auricular
               Confession
               .
               Absolute
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               blinde
               obedience
               ;
            
             the
             
               holy
            
             of
             
               holys
               ;
            
             and
             
               Adoration
               ,
            
             which
             
             must
             bee
             salved
             from
             a
             
               flat
               Idolatry
               ,
            
             or
             at
             best
             an
             empty
             
               formality
            
             by
             some
             distinction
             or
             notion
             that
             must
             be
             ready
             at
             hand
             ;
             that
             most
             people
             know
             not
             what
             they
             meane
             ,
             what
             they
             would
             have
             ,
             or
             what
             they
             intend
             to
             call
             for
             next
             .
          
           
             Not
             that
             I
             am
             ignorant
             how
             farre
             
               pious
               antiquity
            
             did
             use
             these
             and
             such
             like
             words
             
               innocently
               ,
            
             without
             ill
             mind
             or
             meaning
             ,
             and
             without
             offence
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             then
             times
             were
             :
             yet
             let
             mee
             tell
             you
             :
             1.
             
             Such
             
               swerving
            
             from
             the
             
               forme
               of
               sound
               words
            
             used
             in
             the
             Primitive
             and
             purest
             times
             ,
             occasioned
             and
             strengthened
             after
             errours
             .
             2.
             
             They
             were
             not
             then
             
               ingaged
            
             to
             mainetaine
             Truth
             against
             such
             erroneous
             and
             pernicious
             Doctrines
             as
             we
             now
             are
             of
             the
             
               reformed
               Church
               :
            
             which
             Doctrines
             are
             now
             eagerly
             maintained
             by
             a
             proud
             
               faction
               ,
            
             who
             seeke
             to
             abuse
             antiquity
             ,
             and
             patronize
             their
             owne
             errours
             ,
             by
             using
             those
             names
             and
             words
             to
             other
             intents
             ,
             and
             things
             ,
             than
             ever
             was
             dreamed
             of
             by
             the
             Ancient
             Church
             .
             3.
             
             By
             such
             
               dangerous
               symbolizing
            
             with
             them
             in
             words
             ,
             and
             some
             outward
             formalities
             ,
             we
             doe
             but
             
               prepare
            
             our
             mindes
             ,
             and
             sweeten
             them
             with
             lesse
             distaste
             to
             relish
             their
             Doctrines
             and
             Tenets
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             civill
             way
             wee
             complement
             our selves
             out
             of
             our
             Truth
             ;
             giving
             the
             adversaries
             strong
             hopes
             and
             presumptions
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             discovered
             ,
             that
             wee
             are
             inclining
             towards
             them
             :
             To
             bee
             
               ashamed
            
             of
             frequent
             ,
             serious
             and
             conscientious
             
               preaching
               ,
            
             which
             was
             the
             worke
             of
             
               Christ
            
             and
             the
             
               holy
               Apostles
               ;
            
             the
             honour
             and
             chiefe
             imployment
             of
             the
             
               Primitive
               and
               best
            
             Bishops
             
             and
             Ministers
             ,
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             as
             that
             deservedly
             famous
             Bishop
             
               Iewell
            
             in
             his
             Apologie
             prooves
             out
             of
             the
             Fathers
             sufficiently
             against
             the
             Popes
             ,
             and
             other
             idle
             bellyes
             ;
             which
             count
             preaching
             as
             a
             work
             below
             their
             greatnesse
             ,
             as
             indeede
             it
             is
             above
             their
             goodnesse
             .
             Is
             
               this
               to
               love
               the
               truth
               ?
            
             To
             
               preach
            
             ridiculous
             ,
             impertinent
             ,
             flattering
             or
             corrupt
             matter
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             
               shame
            
             of
             the
             
               Pulpit
            
             and
             
               foolishnesse
               of
               preaching
               ,
            
             in
             good
             earnest
             ;
             so
             as
             to
             bring
             an
             infinite
             
               contempt
               ,
               odium
            
             and
             
               envie
            
             upon
             the
             Sacred
             function
             of
             the
             
               Ministry
               ,
            
             that
             men
             
               abhorre
            
             the
             Services
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             daily
             
               separate
            
             by
             swarmes
             from
             our
             Church
             ;
             are
             these
             the
             
               fruites
               of
               our
               love
               of
               the
               Truth
               ?
               —
               Pudet
               haec
               opprobria
               nobis
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Sure
             there
             is
             
               something
               extreamely
               amisse
            
             and
             displeasing
             to
             God
             as
             well
             as
             men
             ,
             either
             in
             our
             Doctrine
             ,
             or
             manners
             ,
             or
             hearts
             ,
             or
             all
             .
             Else
             whence
             should
             that
             burthen
             of
             
               dishonour
               ,
            
             those
             loades
             of
             reproaches
             be
             cast
             upon
             the
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             which
             makes
             them
             drive
             so
             heavily
             :
             and
             this
             even
             among
             Christians
             ,
             and
             reformed
             Churches
             ;
             whereas
             naturally
             all
             men
             ,
             though
             otherwise
             barbarous
             ,
             and
             insolent
             ,
             yet
             are
             prone
             to
             pay
             a
             speciall
             reverence
             and
             double
             honour
             to
             their
             holy
             men
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             in
             a
             more
             immediate
             neerenesse
             and
             relation
             to
             their
             
               deitie
            
             or
             
               gods
               :
            
             Now
             
               truth
            
             carries
             a
             
               Divine
               Majesty
            
             and
             lustre
             with
             it
             ,
             casting
             a
             glory
             on
             every
             
               Moses
            
             or
             
               Man
            
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             converseth
             with
             it
             .
             The
             more
             
               truth
            
             there
             is
             in
             any
             religion
             ,
             the
             more
             love
             and
             honour
             will
             arise
             from
             the
             professours
             to
             the
             Preachers
             of
             it
             ;
             if
             they
             seriously
             
               affect
            
             the
             one
             ,
             
             they
             cannot
             scornefully
             
               neglect
            
             the
             other
             .
             God
             himselfe
             hath
             long
             agoe
             taught
             all
             men
             ,
             especially
             
               Church-men
            
             in
             
               Elyes
            
             heavy
             doome
             ,
             this
             lesson
             as
             an
             
               infallible
               maxime
            
             in
             point
             of
             True
             honour
             ,
             1
             
               Sam.
            
             2.
             30.
             
             
               Those
               that
               honour
               me
               I
               will
               honour
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               despise
               me
               shall
               be
               lightly
               regarded
               .
            
             Saint
             
               Paul
            
             gives
             a
             charge
             to
             
               Timothy
               ,
               1
               Tim.
            
             4.
             12.
             and
             to
             
               Titus
               ,
               Tit.
            
             2.
             15.
             both
             Bishops
             ,
             
               Let
               no
               man
               despise
               thee
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             One
             would
             think
             the
             Apostle
             should
             rather
             have
             charged
             the
             
               Ephesians
            
             and
             
               Cretians
            
             not
             to
             despise
             them
             ;
             but
             the
             Apostle
             shewes
             the
             true
             way
             for
             Ministers
             ,
             to
             be
             Masters
             of
             mens
             
               love
            
             and
             
               affections
               ,
            
             is
             to
             be
             a
             holy
             
               rule
            
             and
             
               example
            
             to
             mens
             life
             and
             actions
             .
             To
             
               Timothy
               ,
               But
               be
               thou
               an
               example
               in
               word
               in
               conversation
               ,
               in
               love
               ,
               in
               spirit
               ,
               in
               faith
               and
               in
               purenesse
               ,
            
             1
             
               Tim
            
             4.
             12.
             
             To
             
               Titus
               ,
               Shewing
               thy selfe
               a
               patterne
               ,
               Tit.
            
             2.
             7.
             
          
           
             Certainely
             had
             Divines
             both
             great
             and
             small
             ,
             beene
             more
             busied
             in
             preaching
             and
             practising
             those
             great
             weighty
             and
             necessary
             
               Truths
               ,
            
             that
             are
             
               able
               to
               save
               their
               owne
               and
               others
               soules
               ,
            
             they
             would
             not
             have
             had
             such
             leisure
             ,
             to
             have
             beene
             so
             inventive
             and
             operative
             in
             poore
             beggerly
             toyes
             and
             
               trifles
               ,
            
             which
             neither
             bring
             honour
             nor
             profit
             to
             God
             ,
             themselves
             or
             others
             .
             
               Nothing
            
             (
             I
             say
             )
             
               nothing
               ,
            
             will
             
               restore
            
             the
             Church
             and
             
               Church-men
            
             to
             their
             Pristine
             honour
             ,
             love
             and
             authority
             in
             mens
             hearts
             and
             minds
             ,
             but
             a
             
               serious
               setting
            
             of
             themselves
             to
             the
             study
             ,
             preaching
             and
             practising
             of
             
               Truth
            
             and
             
               Peace
               in
               a
               holy
               life
               .
            
             These
             ,
             these
             were
             the
             Arts
             ,
             these
             the
             
               Policies
               ,
            
             these
             the
             pious
             fraudes
             ,
             and
             
               stratagems
            
             
             by
             which
             anciently
             they
             won
             peoples
             hearts
             to
             love
             God
             ,
             his
             truth
             and
             of
             themselves
             the
             witnesse
             of
             it
             .
             To
             such
             a
             
               height
            
             of
             honour
             and
             
               extasie
            
             of
             love
             ,
             that
             they
             received
             them
             as
             
               Angels
               of
               God
               ,
               Embassadors
               from
               Heaven
               ;
            
             counting
             them
             deare
             as
             their
             right
             eyes
             .
             
               Humility
               ,
            
             Piety
             and
             industry
             ,
             layd
             the
             
               foundation
            
             of
             all
             those
             magnificent
             structures
             ,
             dignities
             ,
             titles
             ,
             places
             ,
             revenues
             ,
             priviledges
             wherwith
             Church-men
             were
             anciently
             indowed
             :
             what
             hath
             or
             is
             likely
             to
             wast
             and
             demolish
             them
             is
             easie
             to
             conjecture
             .
             
               Iisdem
               artibus
               retinenda
               quibus
               olim
               parabantur
               .
            
          
           
             O
             consider
             then
             (
             I
             beseech
             you
             )
             how
             precious
             a
             
               jewell
               ,
            
             how
             sweete
             and
             necessary
             a
             blessing
             we
             are
             like
             to
             loose
             by
             our
             want
             of
             love
             to
             it
             .
             
               Solem
               e
               mundo
               tollunt
               ;
            
             what
             the
             
               Sun
            
             is
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             is
             Gods
             
               Truth
            
             to
             our
             soule
             ,
             the
             light
             ,
             life
             ,
             joy
             ,
             day
             and
             soule
             of
             our
             soules
             .
             As
             the
             darkenesse
             ,
             barrennesse
             ,
             coldnesse
             and
             deformity
             of
             the
             earth
             would
             be
             ,
             if
             the
             Sunne
             were
             alwayes
             absent
             from
             it
             ,
             or
             clouded
             to
             it
             ,
             such
             will
             the
             state
             of
             our
             poore
             soules
             and
             our
             Church
             be
             ,
             if
             the
             healing
             
               wings
               of
               the
               Sun
               of
               righteousnesse
               ,
               Truth
               ,
            
             
             be
             quite
             removed
             ;
             or
             onely
             a
             
               winters
               Truth
               ,
            
             clouded
             ,
             deaded
             and
             obscured
             by
             many
             superstitious
             Doctrines
             and
             practifes
             .
             If
             (
             I
             say
             )
             such
             a
             truth
             content
             us
             ;
             where
             will
             be
             the
             chearefull
             light
             of
             the
             promises
             ,
             which
             now
             wee
             enjoy
             ?
             where
             that
             onely
             
               rock
               of
               the
               soules
            
             comfort
             ,
             which
             no
             temptation
             can
             shake
             or
             undermine
             ,
             the
             free
             
               Iustification
            
             of
             our
             soules
             by
             
               faith
            
             in
             the
             merits
             of
             Christ
             onely
             ?
             where
             the
             
             sound
             and
             well
             grounded
             peace
             of
             our
             consciences
             ?
             where
             the
             
               warmth
            
             of
             our
             zeale
             ,
             love
             and
             affections
             to
             God
             ,
             from
             the
             fiduciary
             apprehensions
             of
             his
             
               love
            
             to
             our
             soules
             ?
             where
             will
             be
             the
             ravishing
             
               joy
               ,
            
             hopes
             and
             expectation
             of
             a
             better
             life
             ?
             where
             the
             
               zealous
               care
            
             of
             leading
             here
             a
             holy
             life
             ?
             will
             not
             all
             these
             faile
             us
             ,
             if
             
               truth
            
             doth
             ?
             and
             is
             not
             
               truth
            
             like
             to
             faile
             if
             our
             
               love
            
             doth
             ?
             Are
             not
             all
             those
             flowers
             and
             beauties
             of
             our
             soules
             and
             Church
             
               heliotropia
               ,
            
             such
             as
             have
             their
             life
             and
             motion
             from
             the
             sunne
             ?
             following
             and
             depending
             upon
             that
             
               glorious
               truth
               ;
            
             which
             so
             much
             offends
             weaker
             eyes
             ,
             is
             so
             little
             seene
             or
             desired
             by
             blinde
             ,
             darkned
             and
             sensuall
             minds
             ?
             If
             this
             goe
             ,
             
               Ickabob
               ;
            
             
             
               The
               glory
               is
               departed
               from
               our
               land
               .
            
             Our
             
               Goshen
            
             will
             soone
             turne
             to
             an
             
               Egypt
               :
            
             Our
             
               fruitfull
               field
            
             and
             
               Garden
               of
               God
               ,
            
             where
             so
             many
             famous
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             zealous
             professours
             of
             Christianity
             have
             flourished
             ,
             will
             be
             changed
             to
             a
             
               barren
               howling
               ,
               and
               desolate
               wildernesse
               .
            
          
           
             If
             the
             
               love
            
             of
             our selves
             moove
             us
             not
             ;
             nor
             
               the
               love
               of
               truth
               and
               Peace
               ,
            
             which
             have
             happily
             dwelt
             together
             a
             long
             time
             with
             us
             ,
             yet
             let
             us
             not
             bee
             so
             barbarously
             cruell
             to
             
               posterity
               ,
            
             as
             to
             put
             out
             their
             
               soules
               eyes
            
             before
             they
             can
             
               see
               ,
            
             and
             deprive
             them
             of
             the
             
               light
            
             of
             the
             
               Gospell
               ,
            
             before
             they
             enjoy
             the
             
               light
               of
               the
               Sunne
               .
            
             What
             can
             you
             transmit
             to
             posterity
             more
             desireable
             than
             
               Truth
               and
               Peace
               ?
               Paix
               &
               peu
               .
               Peace
               and
               a
               little
               ,
            
             but
             
               Truth
               and
               lesse
               ,
            
             will
             doe
             very
             well
             ,
             and
             make
             you
             and
             them
             live
             and
             dye
             happily
             :
             what
             will
             your
             honours
             ,
             lands
             ,
             offices
             ,
             
             estates
             ,
             houses
             ,
             names
             doe
             them
             good
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             
               betrayed
            
             to
             ignorance
             ,
             superstition
             and
             slavery
             of
             conscience
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             the
             
               bottome
            
             and
             
               dregs
            
             of
             errour
             and
             confusion
             .
          
           
             O
             then
             let
             the
             first
             care
             bee
             to
             
               cleare
               ,
            
             and
             
               settle
               Truth
               among
               us
               ;
            
             and
             then
             
               Peace
               ;
            
             sweete
             and
             most
             desireable
             
               Peace
               ,
            
             which
             we
             have
             had
             to
             the
             
               envie
               ,
            
             wonder
             and
             astonishment
             of
             all
             our
             Neighbours
             ,
             enemies
             and
             friends
             .
             Alas
             !
             have
             we
             so
             
               long
               drunk
               of
               Peace
               ,
            
             as
             to
             become
             
               intoxicate
            
             with
             so
             sweete
             wine
             ,
             and
             now
             do
             we
             fall
             to
             
               quarrell
            
             with
             tongues
             ,
             pens
             and
             swords
             !
          
           
             That
             
               we
            
             in
             this
             
               Iland
            
             are
             
               divided
            
             from
             all
             Nations
             is
             our
             safety
             under
             God
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             providence
             of
             our
             gracious
             Soveraigne
             :
             but
             to
             be
             
               divided
               among
               our selves
            
             will
             be
             
               infallibly
               our
               ruine
               .
               Si
               collidimur
               ,
               frangimur
               :
            
             as
             
               two
               strong
               armes
            
             united
             to
             one
             body
             and
             under
             
               one
               head
            
             fighting
             against
             each
             other
             ;
             That
             censure
             of
             a
             great
             
               Captaine
            
             and
             
               Statesman
            
             is
             remarkeable
             which
             hee
             gives
             of
             our
             State
             .
             
               That
               it
               is
               a
               great
               and
               strong
               body
               which
               will
               never
               dye
               ,
            
             
             
               unlesse
               it
               kill
               it selfe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Civili
               in
               bello
               trist
               is
               victoria
               ,
               Civill
               warres
            
             can
             neither
             merit
             nor
             expect
             
               Laurells
               ,
            
             triumphs
             nor
             trophees
             :
             the
             memory
             and
             monuments
             of
             them
             are
             best
             ,
             when
             buried
             in
             oblivion
             ;
             
               victory
               it selfe
               is
               sad
               ,
            
             and
             ashamed
             of
             it selfe
             ;
             
               weeping
               ,
            
             dejected
             and
             blushing
             with
             its
             owne
             blood
             unnaturally
             and
             barbarously
             spilt
             ;
             as
             having
             fought
             not
             so
             much
             against
             enemies
             as
             
               humanity
               ;
            
             not
             so
             much
             conquering
             others
             ,
             as
             wasting
             and
             destroying
             it selfe
             .
             
             
               
                 —
                 Pax
                 una
                 triumphis
              
               
                 Innumeris
                 potior
                 .
                 —
              
            
             One
             faire
             and
             spotlesse
             
               Lilly
               of
               peace
            
             is
             a
             greater
             ornament
             to
             a
             Princes
             Diadem
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             it
             beset
             round
             with
             many
             red
             
               Roses
               of
               bloody
               triumphs
               ;
            
             especially
             in
             civill
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             most
             sanguinary
             wars
             .
             O
             then
             let
             us
             not
             so
             easily
             
               abandon
            
             so
             great
             ,
             so
             precious
             ,
             so
             hardly
             recoverable
             a
             blessing
             ,
             if
             once
             it
             be
             lost
             .
             The
             Orator
             said
             well
             :
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Any
             rash
             hand
             or
             furious
             head
             may
             inflict
             a
             
               wound
               ,
            
             or
             
               kindle
               a
               fire
               ,
            
             but
             it
             's
             God
             alone
             ,
             who
             can
             
               heale
               up
               the
               breaches
               ,
            
             or
             extinquish
             the
             flames
             of
             a
             state
             or
             Church
             .
             The
             
               miserable
               spectacles
            
             of
             other
             countries
             and
             Churches
             ,
             do
             they
             not
             ,
             as
             
               foyles
               ,
            
             sufficiently
             set
             forth
             the
             beauty
             and
             lovelinesse
             of
             this
             
               Iewell
               of
               Peace
               ?
            
             O
             then
             let
             us
             all
             take
             up
             thoughts
             ,
             words
             ,
             counsels
             ,
             resolutions
             ,
             prayers
             for
             
               Peace
               :
            
             away
             with
             all
             
               bitternesse
               ,
               strife
               ,
               malice
               ,
               jealousies
               ,
            
             and
             all
             those
             
               divelish
               maximes
            
             of
             severing
             the
             
               Interests
            
             of
             the
             Prince
             and
             the
             people
             as
             inconsistent
             ;
             whereas
             rightly
             considered
             they
             are
             ,
             as
             the
             head
             with
             the
             body
             ;
             united
             ,
             both
             are
             safe
             and
             firme
             ;
             severed
             ,
             both
             inevitably
             ruine
             .
             
               Divide
               &
               regnare
               desine
               :
               Devide
            
             them
             and
             you
             
               destroy
            
             them
             .
             
               Love
               and
               union
               are
               the
               mutuall
               safety
               of
               Prince
               and
               people
               .
            
          
           
             
               Counsells
               of
               Truth
               and
               Peace
               ,
            
             like
             light
             and
             fruitfull
             showers
             ,
             descend
             from
             above
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             from
             God
             :
             but
             
               falsity
            
             and
             
               dissension
               ,
            
             like
             tempestuous
             vapours
             and
             fiery
             exhalations
             ,
             come
             from
             the
             earth
             ,
             from
             the
             divellish
             hearts
             ,
             designes
             and
             practises
             of
             men
             .
          
           
           
             O
             consider
             then
             (
             as
             I
             know
             you
             doe
             )
             how
             
               large
               afield
               ,
            
             how
             ample
             a
             province
             the
             mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             favour
             of
             our
             King
             ,
             the
             love
             of
             your
             Country
             hath
             put
             into
             your
             hand
             ,
             where
             to
             shew
             your
             
               love
            
             of
             God
             ,
             his
             
               truth
               ,
            
             worship
             and
             religion
             ;
             your
             
               loyalty
            
             to
             your
             King
             ,
             his
             Throne
             ,
             dignity
             and
             succession
             ;
             your
             
               fidelity
            
             and
             zeale
             to
             your
             Country
             ,
             its
             peace
             ,
             liberty
             and
             prosperity
             .
             How
             great
             a
             
               disservice
            
             you
             must
             do
             them
             all
             (
             besides
             your selves
             in
             particular
             )
             if
             you
             faile
             or
             slaken
             by
             any
             meanes
             in
             your
             
               love
               to
               these
            
             two
             ,
             
               Truth
            
             and
             
               Peace
               .
            
          
           
             Imagine
             with
             your selves
             you
             heare
             daily
             ,
             your
             
               Noble
               and
               famous
               progenitors
            
             (
             who
             
               being
               dead
               yet
               speake
               ,
            
             by
             those
             blessings
             of
             
               Truth
            
             and
             
               Peace
               ,
            
             which
             by
             their
             studies
             ,
             prayers
             and
             endeavours
             they
             have
             bequeathed
             to
             you
             )
             
               Imagine
            
             (
             I
             say
             )
             these
             calling
             earnestly
             upon
             you
             all
             ,
             
               O
               love
               the
               Truth
               and
               Peace
               .
               Shame
            
             not
             our
             names
             ,
             and
             your selves
             by
             being
             wretchedly
             negligent
             of
             what
             we
             esteemed
             the
             most
             
               precious
               Iewels
               ,
            
             the
             honour
             and
             happinesse
             of
             our
             times
             :
             which
             were
             dearer
             to
             us
             than
             our
             lives
             :
             which
             we
             purchased
             for
             you
             with
             our
             blood
             ,
             with
             infinite
             expenses
             ,
             hazards
             and
             sufferings
             .
          
           
             
               Thinke
            
             you
             here
             the
             
               joynt
               prayers
            
             and
             importunities
             of
             all
             estates
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             the
             
               Nobles
               ,
            
             the
             
               Gentry
               ,
            
             the
             
               Commons
               ;
            
             your
             parents
             ,
             wives
             ,
             children
             ,
             friends
             ,
             alliances
             ,
             neighbours
             ,
             all
             with
             
               one
               voice
            
             calling
             to
             
               you
               ,
               Pacem
               te
               possimus
               omnes
               .
               O
               love
               the
               truth
               and
               Peace
               ,
            
             and
             by
             your
             love
             preserve
             them
             for
             us
             .
             
               Betray
            
             not
             us
             and
             your selves
             ,
             to
             the
             darknesse
             
             of
             errours
             ,
             to
             the
             miseries
             of
             warre
             .
             Be
             you
             as
             
               sunnes
               and
               shields
            
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             commonwealth
             :
             Your
             populous
             
               Cities
               and
               Townes
               ,
            
             your
             stately
             houses
             ,
             your
             fruitefull
             fields
             ,
             your
             pleasant
             gardens
             ,
             your
             costly
             cloathes
             ,
             your
             plentifull
             tables
             ,
             your
             ancient
             
               liberties
            
             and
             Noble
             immunities
             ,
             wherewith
             
               above
               all
               subjects
               in
               the
               world
            
             you
             are
             invested
             and
             honour'd
             ,
             all
             joyne
             in
             this
             voyce
             ,
             
               O
               love
               the
               truth
               and
               peace
               :
            
             which
             affords
             you
             all
             these
             sweet
             enjoyments
             and
             Noble
             ornaments
             of
             life
             .
             All
             complaints
             ,
             all
             grievances
             ,
             all
             petitions
             may
             be
             resolved
             into
             this
             lesson
             ,
             
               Love
               the
               truth
               and
               peace
               ,
            
             in
             so
             doing
             you
             shall
             
               remedy
               ,
               releeve
               and
               satisfie
            
             all
             .
          
           
             O
             have
             a
             care
             then
             ,
             that
             
               truth
            
             as
             the
             
               pillar
               of
               fire
            
             may
             goe
             before
             us
             to
             enlighten
             and
             direct
             our
             way
             to
             the
             
               heavenly
               Canaan
               ;
            
             and
             
               Peace
            
             as
             the
             
               pillar
               of
               the
               cloud
            
             may
             over-shadow
             ,
             and
             refresh
             us
             in
             our
             travailes
             ;
             through
             the
             tedious
             
               wildernesse
            
             of
             this
             life
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             to
             
               peace
            
             is
             by
             the
             
               paths
               of
               truth
               ,
               Never
               hope
               to
               recover
               and
               settle
               your
               former
               peace
               ,
               unlesse
               you
               returne
               to
               your
               first
               love
               of
               the
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Truth
            
             is
             but
             one
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Center
               ,
            
             and
             drawes
             all
             mindes
             to
             an
             
               unity
               ,
            
             which
             tend
             to
             it
             .
             
               Errours
            
             and
             falsities
             are
             
               various
            
             and
             full
             of
             crossings
             enterfirings
             ,
             and
             contentions
             both
             with
             
               truth
            
             and
             
               themselves
               :
            
             as
             severall
             
               Cards
               in
               a
               Map
               ,
            
             whose
             lines
             drawne
             out
             infinitely
             crosse
             ,
             cut
             ,
             and
             thwart
             each
             other
             .
          
           
             Here
             give
             me
             leave
             by
             way
             of
             short
             digression
             ,
             
             in
             so
             great
             and
             publique
             an
             Assembly
             ,
             to
             recommend
             to
             your
             favour
             ,
             the
             noble
             endeavours
             of
             two
             
               great
            
             and
             
               publique
               Spirits
               ,
            
             who
             have
             laboured
             much
             for
             
               Truth
               and
               Peace
               ,
            
             I
             meane
             ,
             
               Commenius
               ,
            
             and
             
               Duraeus
               :
            
             both
             famous
             for
             their
             learning
             ,
             piety
             and
             integrity
             ,
             and
             not
             unknowne
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             by
             the
             fame
             of
             their
             Works
             ,
             to
             many
             of
             this
             Honourable
             ,
             learned
             and
             pious
             Assembly
             .
          
           
             The
             one
             hath
             laid
             a
             faire
             designe
             and
             foundation
             for
             the
             raising
             up
             a
             
               Structure
               of
               Truth
               ,
            
             
             Humane
             and
             Divine
             ,
             of
             excellent
             use
             to
             all
             man-kinde
             ,
             for
             the
             easinesse
             and
             exquisitenesse
             of
             attaining
             the
             true
             knowledge
             of
             things
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             hath
             long
             studied
             ,
             
             and
             with
             great
             paines
             ,
             endeavoured
             and
             well
             advanced
             the
             
               peace
            
             and
             unity
             of
             the
             
               reformed
               Churches
            
             (
             a
             blessing
             that
             cannot
             be
             purchased
             at
             too
             dearea
             a
             rate
             )
             whereunto
             hee
             hath
             the
             suffrages
             and
             assistance
             of
             many
             learned
             Divines
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             our
             owne
             ,
             especially
             the
             
               reverend
               Bishop
               of
               Salisbury
               ,
            
             as
             you
             may
             see
             in
             his
             letters
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             late
             tractate
             ,
             
               De
               pace
               Ecclesiastica
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             But
             alas
             ,
             both
             these
             
               noble
               plants
            
             (
             to
             the
             infinite
             shame
             and
             reproach
             of
             the
             present
             age
             ,
             to
             the
             losse
             and
             detriment
             of
             the
             future
             )
             a
             〈…〉
             like
             to
             
               wither
            
             to
             a
             barrennesse
             for
             want
             of
             publique
             incouragement
             and
             aid
             to
             goe
             on
             in
             so
             noble
             ,
             great
             and
             usefull
             undertakings
             ;
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             your
             
               Wisedomes
               ,
            
             at
             your
             leysure
             to
             consider
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             not
             worthy
             the
             name
             and
             honour
             of
             this
             State
             and
             Church
             ,
             to
             invite
             these
             men
             to
             you
             ,
             to
             see
             and
             weigh
             their
             noble
             
             and
             excellent
             designes
             ;
             to
             give
             them
             all
             publike
             ayde
             and
             incouragement
             to
             goe
             on
             and
             perfect
             so
             happy
             Workes
             ,
             which
             tend
             so
             much
             to
             the
             advancing
             of
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             and
             
               Peace
               .
            
             
               *
            
          
           
             But
             to
             return
             to
             your
             particular
             and
             neerer
             
               concernements
               ;
            
             If
             
               you
               love
               your selves
               ,
            
             your
             relations
             ,
             wives
             ,
             children
             ,
             houses
             ,
             lands
             ,
             liberti●s
             ,
             lives
             and
             honours
             ;
             if
             you
             
               love
            
             your
             King
             ,
             your
             Country
             ,
             your
             Church
             ,
             your
             cōsciences
             ,
             your
             soules
             ,
             your
             Saviour
             ,
             your
             God
             ;
             
               Love
               the
               truth
               and
               Peace
               ;
            
             but
             
               heartily
               ,
               sincerely
               ,
               couragiously
               ,
               constantly
               .
            
             Let
             your
             
               faith
            
             in
             the
             
               truth
               ,
            
             worke
             and
             shew
             it selfe
             by
             an
             active
             
               love
               of
               the
               truth
               .
            
             Shall
             the
             Adversaries
             of
             our
             
               Truth
            
             and
             
               Peace
               ,
            
             be
             so
             bold
             ,
             vigilant
             and
             
               desperately
               active
               ,
            
             for
             the
             bringing
             in
             of
             their
             shaddowes
             ,
             lyes
             ,
             paintings
             and
             adulteries
             of
             Truth
             and
             Religion
             ;
             and
             shall
             we
             be
             cold
             ,
             remisse
             and
             timerous
             ?
             Shall
             they
             as
             
               Assasinates
               ,
            
             be
             prodigall
             of
             their
             owne
             and
             our
             bloods
             ,
             and
             shall
             we
             be
             sparing
             of
             our
             words
             ,
             estates
             or
             persons
             ?
             
               Hoc
               agite
               .
            
             
             Doe
             then
             
               Gods
            
             businesse
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Kings
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Countries
               ,
            
             and
             in
             them
             all
             your
             owne
             .
             Doe
             them
             worthy
             of
             
               your selves
               ,
            
             worthy
             of
             the
             honour
             of
             this
             
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
            
             worthy
             the
             memory
             and
             renowne
             of
             your
             
               Ancestors
               ,
            
             worthy
             the
             expectation
             of
             the
             
               world
               ,
            
             both
             at
             home
             and
             abroad
             ;
             the
             eyes
             of
             all
             
               Christendome
            
             being
             upon
             you
             especially
             the
             
               Reformed
               Churches
               ,
            
             whose
             hopes
             and
             prayers
             meete
             in
             you
             .
             Doe
             them
             worthy
             the
             Majesty
             and
             favour
             of
             our
             
               gracious
               King
               ;
            
             worthy
             of
             the
             
               truth
               ,
            
             worthy
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             our
             
               God
               ,
            
             and
             great
             
               Redeemer
               :
            
             At
             once
             shew
             yourselves
             good
             
               Subjects
               ,
            
             good
             
               Patriots
               ,
            
             good
             
               Counsellors
               ,
            
             good
             
               Men
               ,
            
             good
             
               Christians
               .
            
          
           
             You
             have
             long
             enjoyed
             
               Truth
               and
               Peace
               ,
               therfore
               love
               them
               ;
            
             No
             Nation
             under
             Heaven
             ,
             hath
             more
             cause
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             lesse
             excusable
             ,
             
               therefore
               love
               them
               ;
            
             none
             hath
             had
             a
             clearer
             light
             of
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             and
             a
             greater
             length
             of
             
               Peace
               ,
               therefore
               love
               them
               ;
            
             you
             and
             yours
             have
             long
             thrived
             by
             them
             ,
             
               therefore
               love
               them
               :
            
             you
             have
             
               Fasted
            
             and
             
               Prayed
            
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             them
             ,
             
               therefore
               love
               them
               :
            
             you
             are
             this
             day
             solemnely
             to
             renew
             your
             
               Covenant
            
             with
             God
             in
             the
             holy
             Sacrament
             ,
             the
             
               Seale
               of
               Gods
               love
            
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             yours
             to
             him
             ,
             
               therefore
               love
               the
               truth
               and
               peace
               ,
            
             for
             they
             are
             Gods
             .
             And
             upon
             the
             
               heate
            
             and
             
               sacred
               flames
               ,
            
             which
             by
             this
             dayes
             duties
             possesse
             your
             affections
             ,
             take
             up
             (
             I
             beseech
             you
             )
             serious
             
               resolutions
               ,
            
             and
             make
             tacit
             
               vowes
            
             in
             your selves
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             
               love
               the
               truth
               and
               peace
               ,
            
             and
             by
             all
             
               lawfull
               wayes
            
             (
             for
             other
             they
             neitherneed
             ,
             nor
             will
             allow
             )
             seeke
             to
             advance
             them
             .
          
           
           
             None
             are
             fit
             and
             
               prepared
               to
               receive
               ,
            
             but
             such
             as
             have
             hearts
             
               filled
            
             with
             this
             
               love
               ;
            
             none
             will
             have
             the
             comfort
             of
             
               worthy
               receiving
               ,
            
             but
             such
             as
             daily
             increase
             ,
             and
             
               persevere
               in
               this
               love
               .
            
          
           
             For
             Conclusion
             ,
             I
             will
             use
             the
             
               last
               and
               weightiest
               argument
               in
               the
               world
               ,
            
             which
             raised
             the
             victorious
             soule
             of
             that
             great
             Apostle
             Saint
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             to
             such
             an
             invincible
             
               patience
            
             and
             unwearied
             
               Activenesse
            
             for
             Gods
             glory
             and
             the
             Churches
             good
             ,
             2
             
               Cor.
               
            
             ●
             .
             14.
             
             
               O
               let
               the
               love
               of
               Christ
               constraine
               you
               ;
            
             that
             free
             ,
             preventive
             ,
             transcendent
             
               love
               ;
            
             that
             humbled
             ,
             sorrowing
             ,
             sweating
             ,
             bleeding
             ,
             crying
             ,
             crucified
             dying
             
               love
               ,
            
             which
             this
             day
             is
             presented
             to
             you
             ,
             who
             
               loved
            
             our
             soules
             more
             than
             his
             owne
             
               life
               :
               Greater
               love
               can
               no
               man
               expresse
               ,
            
             greater
             
               motive
            
             to
             love
             can
             no
             man
             desire
             .
          
           
             
               Quid
               amplius
               pro
               se
               facere
               aut
               pati
               potuit
               ,
               quam
               pro
               te
               &
               fecit
               &
               passus
               est
               Christus
               ?
            
             What
             could
             Christ
             have
             done
             ,
             or
             suffered
             more
             ,
             if
             hee
             had
             beene
             to
             
               redeeme
               himselfe
               ,
            
             then
             hee
             hath
             both
             done
             and
             suffered
             to
             
               ransome
            
             thee
             and
             me
             .
             Content
             to
             make
             himselfe
             the
             object
             of
             his
             Fathers
             
               wrath
            
             (
             whom
             he
             infinitely
             loved
             )
             that
             he
             might
             
               procure
               our
               peace
               .
            
          
           
             O
             what
             shall
             wee
             render
             to
             him
             againe
             for
             this
             
               excessive
               love
               ;
            
             but
             an
             unfained
             
               love
            
             of
             him
             and
             his
             Church
             ,
             his
             Truth
             and
             Glory
             ,
             an
             undaunted
             zeale
             for
             his
             Honour
             and
             Worship
             ,
             for
             the
             purity
             and
             peace
             of
             his
             Church
             ?
             
             
               These
               are
               the
               things
               you
               shall
               doe
               ,
               speake
               yee
               every
               man
               the
               truth
               to
               his
               neighbour
               .
               Execute
               the
               judgement
               of
               Truth
               &
               Peace
               in
               your
               gates
               .
            
             
             That
             so
             it
             may
             be
             fulfilled
             on
             you
             ,
             and
             us
             all
             which
             the
             Prophet
             prayes
             ,
             
               Esay
               .
               26.
               2.
               
               The
               gates
               of
               mercy
               and
               peace
               here
               ,
               of
               glory
               and
               happinesse
               hereafter
               may
               be
               opened
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               righteous
               nation
               which
               keepeth
               the
               truth
               may
               enter
               therein
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A42489e-650
           
             Acontius
             .
             straing
             .
             Sat.
             
          
           
             ●ing
             .
             3.
             25.
             
          
           
             Mich.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             22.
             
          
           
             T●rtul
             .
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             4.
             21.
             
          
           
             D.
             de
             
               Rohan
               .
            
             Interest
             des
             estates
             .
             Angle
             terre
             est
             ungrand
             animal
             ,
             qui
             ne
             mourira
             ja
             mais
             si
             lue
             se
             tue
             luymesme
             .
          
           
             Dur
             〈…〉
             s.
             
          
           
             Cousmenius
             .
          
           
             *
             Whereunto
             if
             it
             shall
             please
             God
             to
             encline
             any
             of
             your
             thoughts
             for
             the
             effectuall
             promoting
             of
             so
             commendable
             purpos●s
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             distances
             whereat
             they
             now
             are
             ,
             the
             one
             being
             in
             
               ●●land
               ,
            
             the
             other
             in
             
               De●marke
               ,
            
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             faire
             ,
             easie
             ,
             and
             safe
             way
             of
             addresses
             to
             them
             both
             ,
             opened
             by
             the
             industry
             and
             fidel●ty
             of
             Mr.
             
               Hartli●e
               ,
            
             whose
             house
             is
             in
             Dukes
             place
             in
             
               London
               ,
            
             a
             Gentleman
             who
             hath
             beene
             a
             constant
             furtherer
             ,
             and
             great
             coadjutor
             wit●
             them
             both
             ,
             in
             their
             Works
             :
             who
             hath
             correspondence
             with
             them
             ;
             whose
             learning
             ,
             pi●●y
             and
             unwearied
             industry
             towards
             the
             publike
             good
             ,
             are
             so
             well
             knowne
             to
             the
             learned
             world
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             your selves
             as
             well
             as
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             he
             needs
             not
             the
             farther
             testimony
             of
             my
             Pen
             .
          
           
             Zach.
             8.
             16.