A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edenburgh.
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             A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edenburgh.
             Gillespie, George, 1613-1648.
          
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           Coleman, Thomas, 1598-1647.
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           Before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           House
           of
           LORDS
           ,
           In
           the
           Abbey
           Church
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           27th
           .
           of
           
             August
             .
          
           1645.
           
           Being
           the
           day
           appointed
           for
           solemne
           and
           publique
           Humiliation
           .
           Whereunto
           is
           added
           A
           BROTHERLY
           EXAMINATION
           Of
           some
           Passages
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Colemans
          
           late
           Printed
           Sermon
           upon
           
             Job
             .
          
           11.20
           .
           In
           which
           he
           hath
           endeavoured
           to
           strike
           at
           the
           root
           of
           all
           Church-Government
           .
           By
           
             George
             Gillespie
          
           Minister
           at
           
             Edenburgh
             .
          
        
         
           Hieron
           ,
           in
           Epitaphio
           Fabiolae
           .
        
         
           Alie
           sunt
           leges
           Caesarum
           ,
           aliae
           Christi
           :
           aliud
           Papinianus
           ,
           aliud
           Paulus
           noster
           praecipit
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             F.
             Neile
          
           for
           
             Robert
             Bostock
          
           dwelling
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Kings
           Head
           .
           1646.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           CHRISTIAN
           READER
           .
        
         
           I
           Have
           in
           this
           Sermon
           applied
           my
           thoughts
           toward
           these
           three
           things
           ;
           1
           The
           soul-ensnaring
           Errour
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           choose
           to
           themselves
           such
           a
           way
           to
           the
           kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           as
           is
           broad
           ,
           and
           smooth
           ,
           and
           easie
           ,
           and
           but
           little
           or
           nothing
           at
           all
           displeasing
           to
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ;
           like
           him
           that
           tumbled
           down
           upon
           the
           grasse
           and
           said
           ,
           
             utinam
             hoc
             esset
             laborare
             .
          
           2
           The
           grumbling
           and
           unwillingnesse
           which
           appeareth
           in
           very
           many
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           submit
           to
           that
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           which
           is
           according
           to
           the
           minde
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           
           like
           them
           that
           said
           
             to
             the
             Seers
             ,
             See
             not
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             to
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             Prophecy
             not
             unto
             us
             right
             things
             ;
             speak
             unto
             us
             smooth
             things
          
           ;
           and
           again
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             break
             their
             lands
             asunder
             ,
             and
             cast
             away
             their
             cords
             from
             us
             .
          
           3
           The
           sad
           and
           desolate
           Condition
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           then
           calling
           for
           our
           prayers
           and
           tears
           ,
           and
           saying
           ,
           
           
             Call
             me
             not
             Naomi
          
           (
           pleasant
           )
           
             call
             me
             Morah
          
           (
           bitter
           )
           
             for
             the
             Almighty
             hath
             dealt
             very
             bitterly
             with
             me
             .
          
           We
           were
           
             pressed
             out
             of
             measure
             ,
             
             above
             strength
             ,
          
           and
           
             had
             the
             sentence
             of
             death
          
           in
           our selves
           ,
           
             that
             wee
             should
             not
             trust
             in
             our selves
             ,
             but
             in
             God
             which
             raiseth
             the
             dead
             ;
             who
             delivered
             us
             from
             so
             great
             a
             death
             ,
             and
             doth
             deliver
             ,
             
             in
             whom
             we
             trust
             that
             he
             will
             yet
             deliver
             us
          
           ;
           Our
           Brethren
           also
           
             helping
             together
             by
             prayer
             for
             us
             ,
          
           that
           for
           the
           mercy
           bestowed
           on
           us
           by
           means
           of
           the
           prayers
           of
           many
           ,
           
           
             thanks
             may
             be
             given
             by
             many
             on
             our
             behalf
             .
             The
             Lord
             liveth
             ,
             and
             blessed
             be
             our
             rock
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             let
             the
             God
             of
             our
             salvation
             be
             exalted
             .
             He
             is
             our
             God
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             prepare
             for
             him
             an
             habitation
             ;
             our
             Fathers
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             we
             will
             exalt
             him
             .
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             God
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             who
             onely
             doth
             wondrous
             things
             :
             and
             blessed
             be
             his
             glorious
             Name
             for
             ever
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             whole
             earth
             befilled
             with
             his
             glory
             .
          
           
           Scotland
           shall
           yet
           be
           
             a
             Crown
             of
             glory
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             a
             royall
             Diademe
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             our
             God
             ,
          
           and
           shall
           be
           called
           
             Hephzi-hah
          
           and
           
             Beulah
             .
          
           Only
           let
           us
           remember
           our
           evill
           wayes
           ,
           and
           be
           confounded
           ,
           and
           never
           open
           our
           mouth
           any
           more
           because
           of
           our
           shame
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           is
           pacified
           towards
           us
           .
           Now
           are
           both
           Kingdoms
           put
           to
           a
           triall
           ,
           whether
           their
           Humiliations
           be
           siliall
           ,
           and
           whether
           they
           can
           mourn
           for
           sin
           more
           then
           for
           Judgement
           .
           And
           let
           us
           now
           hear
           what
           the
           Spirit
           speaketh
           to
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           not
           turn
           again
           to
           folly
           .
           New
           provocations
           ,
           or
           the
           old
           unrepented
           ,
           will
           create
           new
           woes
           ;
           therefore
           
             sin
             no
             more
             ,
             lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             come
             unto
             us
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           House
           of
           PEERS
           ,
           at
           a
           late
           Solemn
           
             Fast
             ..
          
        
         
           
             MALACHI
             3.2
             .
          
           
             But
             who
             may
             abide
             the
             day
             of
             his
             coming
             ,
             and
             who
             shall
             stand
             when
             he
             appeareth
             ?
             For
             he
             is
             like
             a
             Refiners
             fire
             ,
             and
             like
             Fullers
             Sope.
             
          
        
         
           IF
           you
           ask
           ,
           
           
             Of
             whom
             speaketh
             the
             Prophet
             this
             ,
             of
             himselfe
             or
             of
             some
             other
             man
             ?
          
           It
           is
           answered
           ,
           both
           by
           Christian
           and
           Jewish
           Interpreters
           :
           The
           Prophet
           speaketh
           this
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Messenger
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           then
           much
           longed
           and
           looked
           for
           by
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           preceding
           Verse
           :
           And
           as
           it
           was
           fit
           that
           
             Malachi
          
           the
           last
           of
           the
           Prophets
           should
           shut
           up
           the
           old
           Testament
           with
           clear
           promises
           of
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           (
           which
           you
           find
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           following
           Chapter
           )
           so
           he
           takes
           the
           rather
           occasion
           from
           the
           corrupt
           and
           degenerate
           estate
           of
           the
           Priests
           at
           that
           time
           (
           which
           he
           had
           mentioned
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           )
           to
           hold
           forth
           unto
           the
           Church
           the
           promised
           Messiah
           ;
           who
           was
           to
           come
           unto
           them
           to
           purifie
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           ask
           again
           ,
           of
           what
           coming
           or
           appearing
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           doth
           the
           Prophet
           speak
           this
           ?
           Whether
           of
           the
           first
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           last
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           other
           ?
           The
           answer
           of
           Expositors
           is
           not
           so
           unanimous
           .
           Some
           understand
           the
           last
           coming
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           holy
           Angels
           ,
           to
           judge
           the
           quick
           and
           the
           dead
           .
           This
           cannot
           stand
           with
           ver.
           34.
           
           
             He
             shall
             purifie
             the
             sons
             of
             Levi
             ,
             and
             purge
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           But
           at
           the
           last
           judgement
           it
           will
           be
           too
           late
           for
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
          
           to
           be
           purified
           and
           purged
           ;
           or
           for
           
             Juda
          
           and
           
             Jerusalem
          
           to
           bring
           offerings
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           old
           .
        
         
           Others
           understand
           the
           first
           coming
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           of
           these
           ,
           some
           understand
           his
           Incarnation
           ,
           or
           appearing
           in
           the
           flesh
           :
           others
           
           take
           the
           meaning
           to
           be
           of
           his
           coming
           into
           the
           Temple
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           
           to
           drive
           out
           the
           buyers
           and
           sellers
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           all
           the
           City
           was
           moved
           at
           his
           coming
           .
           This
           Exposition
           hath
           better
           grounds
           then
           the
           other
           ,
           because
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           (
           here
           spoken
           of
           )
           did
           not
           precede
           ,
           but
           soon
           follow
           after
           the
           Ministery
           of
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           meant
           of
           our
           Saviours
           Incarnation
           ,
           but
           rather
           of
           his
           appearing
           with
           power
           and
           authority
           in
           the
           Temple
           .
           But
           this
           also
           falleth
           short
           ,
           and
           neither
           expresseth
           the
           whole
           ,
           nor
           the
           principall
           part
           of
           what
           is
           meant
           in
           this
           Text
           :
           For
           how
           can
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Prophecy
           which
           followeth
           ,
           Vers.
           3
           ,
           4.
           (
           which
           is
           all
           of
           a
           peece
           with
           Vers.
           2.
           )
           was
           fulfilled
           during
           Christs
           appearing
           and
           sitting
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ?
          
           Or
           how
           can
           it
           be
           conceived
           ,
           that
           the
           offerings
           of
           
             Juda
          
           and
           
             Jerusalem
          
           were
           pleasant
           to
           the
           Lord
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Gentiles
           were
           not
           ,
           and
           the
           Jews
           would
           not
           be
           brought
           in
           ,
           to
           offer
           unto
           the
           Lord
           an
           offering
           in
           righteousnesse
           ?
           So
           that
           whether
           we
           understand
           by
           
             Juda
          
           and
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           Christian
           ;
           this
           thing
           could
           not
           be
           said
           to
           be
           accomplished
           ,
           while
           Christ
           was
           yet
           upon
           earth
           .
           And
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           whether
           we
           understand
           by
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
             ,
          
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Levites
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           or
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           said
           that
           Christ
           did
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           his
           flesh
           purifie
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
             ,
          
           as
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           .
        
         
           I
           deny
           not
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           did
           then
           begin
           to
           set
           about
           this
           work
           .
           But
           that
           which
           is
           more
           principally
           here
           intended
           ,
           is
           Christs
           coming
           and
           appearing
           in
           a
           spiritual
           ,
           but
           yet
           most
           powerfull
           and
           glorious
           manner
           ,
           to
           erect
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           gather
           and
           govern
           his
           Churches
           ,
           by
           the
           Ministery
           of
           his
           Apostles
           and
           other
           Ministers
           ,
           whom
           he
           sent
           forth
           after
           his
           Ascension
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           coming
           he
           himself
           speaketh
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           16.28
           .
           
             Verily
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             There
             be
             some
             standing
             here
             which
             shall
             not
             taste
             of
             death
             ,
             till
             they
             see
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             coming
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
           
             Mark
          
           addeth
           
             with
             power
             .
          
           Neither
           was
           that
           all
           .
           He
           did
           not
           so
           come
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           as
           to
           put
           forth
           all
           his
           power
           ,
           or
           to
           do
           his
           whole
           work
           .
           He
           hath
           at
           divers
           times
           come
           ,
           and
           manifested
           himself
           to
           his
           Churches
           .
           And
           this
           present
           time
           is
           a
           time
           of
           the
           revelation
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           day
           of
           his
           coming
           .
           
           We
           look
           also
           for
           a
           more
           glorious
           coming
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           before
           the
           end
           be
           ;
           
             For
             the
             Redeemer
             shall
             come
             unt●
             Sion
             ,
             and
             turn
             a
             way
             ungodlinesse
             from
             Jacob
             .
          
           And
           he
           shall
           destroy
           Antichrist
           
             with
             the
             brightnesse
             of
             his
             coming
             ,
          
           2
           
             Thes.
          
           2.8
           .
           In
           which
           
           place
           the
           Apostle
           hath
           respect
           to
           
             Isai.
          
           11.4
           .
           where
           it
           is
           said
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             The
             rod
             of
             Jesse
             ,
             with
             the
             breath
             of
             his
             lips
             shall
             be
             slay
             the
             wicked
             .
          
           There
           withall
           ,
           you
           have
           the
           Churches
           tranquility
           ,
           the
           filling
           of
           the
           earth
           with
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           restoring
           of
           the
           dispersed
           Jews
           ,
           
           as
           you
           may
           read
           in
           that
           Chapter
           .
           Some
           have
           observed
           (
           which
           ought
           not
           passe
           without
           observation
           )
           that
           the
           Chaldee
           Paraphrase
           had
           there
           added
           ,
           the
           word
           
             Romilus
             :
             He
             shall
             slay
             the
             wicked
             Romilus
             :
          
           Wherupon
           ,
           they
           challenge
           
             Arias
             Montainus
          
           for
           leaving
           out
           that
           word
           to
           wipe
           off
           the
           reproach
           from
           the
           Pope
           .
           However
           ,
           the
           Scriptures
           teach
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           will
           be
           revealed
           mightily
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           bare
           his
           holy
           Arm
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           the
           confusion
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           before
           the
           last
           judgement
           ,
           and
           the
           end
           of
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           you
           may
           understand
           what
           is
           meant
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           by
           the
           day
           of
           Christs
           coming
           ,
           
           or
           
             coming
             in
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Septuagints
           read
           ,
           meaning
           his
           coming
           or
           entering
           into
           his
           Temple
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           first
           Verse
           :
           By
           which
           Temple
           ,
           
             Jerome
          
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           rightly
           understandeth
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           spirituall
           Temple
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           Temple
           is
           built
           Christ
           cometh
           into
           it
           ,
           to
           fill
           the
           house
           with
           the
           cloud
           of
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           seven
           Golden
           Candlesticks
           .
           The
           same
           thing
           is
           meant
           by
           his
           appearing
           ,
           
             When
             he
             appeareth
             ,
          
           saith
           our
           Translation
           :
           
             When
             he
             shall
             be
             revealed
             ,
          
           
           saith
           the
           Chaldee
           :
           Others
           read
           ,
           
             When
             he
             shall
             be
             seen
             ,
          
           or
           
             in
             seeing
             of
             him
             .
          
           The
           originall
           word
           I
           find
           used
           to
           expresse
           more
           remarkable
           ,
           divine
           ,
           and
           glorious
           sights
           ,
           as
           
             Gen.
          
           16.13
           .
           
             Have
             I
             also
             here
             looked
             after
             him
             that
             seeth
             me
             ?
          
           Gen.
           22.14
           .
           
             In
             the
             mount
             of
             the
             Lord
             it
             shall
             be
             seen
             .
          
           From
           this
           word
           had
           the
           Prophets
           the
           name
           of
           
             Seers
             ,
             1
             
               S●m
               .
               9.9
               .
            
             And
             from
             the
             same
             word
             came
             the
             name
             of
             Visions
             ,
             2
             
               Chron.
               26.5
               .
            
             Zechariah
             who
             had
             understanding
             in
             the
             visions
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           but
           what
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           might
           some
           think
           ?
           It
           Christ
           come
           ,
           it
           s
           well
           :
           He
           is
           the
           desire
           of
           all
           Nations
           .
           O
           but
           when
           Christ
           thus
           cometh
           into
           his
           Kingdom
           among
           men
           with
           power
           ,
           and
           is
           seen
           appearing
           with
           some
           beams
           of
           his
           glory
           ;
           
             Who
             may
             abide
             ,
             and
             who
             shall
             stand
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Text
           ?
           How
           shall
           sinners
           stand
           before
           the
           Holy
           One
           ?
           How
           shall
           dust
           and
           ashes
           have
           any
           fellowship
           with
           the
           God
           of
           glory
           ?
           How
           shall
           our
           weak
           eyes
           behold
           the
           Sun
           of
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           coming
           forth
           like
           a
           Bridegroom
           out
           of
           his
           Chamber
           ?
           Did
           not
           
             Ezekiel
          
           fall
           upon
           his
           face
           
             at
             the
             appearance
             of
             the
             likeness
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Lord
             ?
          
           
           Did
           not
           
             Isaiah
          
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Wo
             is
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             undone
             ,
             
             for
             mine
             eyes
             have
             seen
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             hosts
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           why
           is
           it
           so
           hard
           a
           thing
           to
           abide
           the
           day
           of
           Christs
           coming
           ,
           or
           to
           stand
           before
           him
           when
           he
           appeareth
           in
           his
           Temple
           ?
           If
           you
           ask
           of
           him
           as
           
             Joshua
          
           did
           ,
           
           
             Art
             thou
             for
             us
             ,
             or
             for
             our
             adversaries
             ?
          
           He
           will
           answer
           you
           ,
           
             Nay
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             Captain
             of
             the
             Hoste
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             am
             I
             now
             come
             .
          
           
           If
           you
           ask
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Elders
           of
           
             Bethlehem
          
           asked
           of
           
             Samuel
          
           (
           while
           they
           were
           trembling
           at
           his
           coming
           )
           
             Comest
             thou
             peaceably
             ?
          
           He
           will
           answer
           you
           as
           
             Samuel
          
           did
           ,
           
             Peaceably
             .
          
           What
           is
           there
           here
           then
           to
           trouble
           us
           ?
           Doth
           he
           not
           come
           to
           save
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           destroy
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           to
           save
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           to
           destroy
           the
           flesh
           .
           He
           will
           have
           the
           heart
           blood
           of
           sin
           ,
           that
           the
           soul
           may
           live
           for
           ever
           .
           This
           is
           set
           forth
           by
           a
           double
           metaphor
           :
           One
           taken
           from
           the
           Refiners
           fire
           ,
           which
           purifieth
           metals
           from
           the
           drosse
           .
           The
           other
           ,
           from
           the
           Fullers
           sope
           ;
           others
           read
           ,
           the
           Fullers
           grasse
           ,
           or
           the
           Fullers
           herb
           .
           Some
           have
           thought
           it
           so
           hard
           to
           determine
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           kept
           into
           the
           Translation
           ,
           
           the
           very
           Hebrew
           word
           
             Borith
             .
             Jerome
          
           tels
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Fullers
           herb
           which
           grew
           in
           the
           marish
           places
           of
           
             Palestina
             ,
          
           had
           the
           same
           vertue
           for
           washing
           and
           making
           white
           ,
           which
           nitre
           hath
           .
           Yet
           I
           suppose
           ,
           the
           Fullers
           sope
           hath
           more
           of
           that
           vertue
           in
           it
           ,
           
           then
           the
           herb
           could
           have
           .
           However
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           
             Borith
          
           cometh
           from
           a
           word
           which
           signifieth
           to
           make
           clean
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           ,
           
             Mark
          
           9.3
           .
           
             His
             raiment
             became
             shining
             ,
             exceeding
             white
             as
             snow
             :
             So
             as
             no
             Fuller
             on
             earth
             can
             white
             them
             .
          
        
         
           But
           to
           whom
           will
           Christ
           thus
           reveal
           himself
           ?
           And
           who
           are
           they
           whom
           he
           will
           resine
           from
           their
           drosse
           ,
           and
           wash
           from
           their
           filthinesse
           ?
           
           That
           we
           may
           know
           from
           the
           two
           following
           verses
           .
           He
           is
           not
           a
           Resiners
           fire
           to
           those
           that
           are
           
             reprobate
             silver
             ,
          
           and
           can
           never
           be
           refined
           :
           
           Neither
           is
           he
           as
           Fullers
           sope
           to
           those
           whose
           spot
           
             is
             not
             the
             spot
             of
             his
             children
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           Christ
           doth
           not
           thus
           lose
           his
           labour
           :
           But
           he
           refineth
           and
           maketh
           clean
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
             ,
          
           also
           
             Judah
          
           and
           
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           This
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           to
           aver
           )
           doth
           principally
           belong
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
           for
           to
           them
           pertain
           the
           promises
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           and
           the
           naturall
           branches
           shall
           be
           grafted
           into
           their
           own
           Olive-tree
           .
           But
           it
           belongeth
           also
           to
           us
           Gentiles
           ,
           who
           are
           cut
           out
           of
           the
           wilde
           Olive-tree
           ,
           and
           are
           grafted
           into
           the
           good
           Olive-tree
           ,
           God
           hath
           perswaded
           
             Japhet
          
           to
           dwell
           in
           the
           Tents
           of
           
             Sem.
             
          
           And
           so
           we
           are
           now
           the
           
             Judah
          
           and
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           and
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi.
             
          
           Gods
           own
           Church
           and
           people
           ,
           even
           the
           best
           of
           them
           have
           need
           of
           this
           Refiners
           fire
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           Fullers
           sope
           .
        
         
         
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           scope
           ,
           sence
           ,
           and
           coherence
           of
           the
           Text
           .
           The
           generall
           Doctrine
           which
           offereth
           it self
           to
           us
           from
           the
           words
           ,
           is
           this
           :
        
         
           
           
             The
             way
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             fellowship
             with
             him
             ,
             is
             very
             difficult
             and
             displeasing
             to
             our
             sinfull
             nature
             :
             And
             is
             not
             so
             easie
             a
             matter
             as
             most
             men
             imagine
          
        
         
           First
           of
           all
           ,
           
           this
           doth
           clearly
           arise
           out
           of
           the
           Text
           .
           As
           when
           the
           people
           said
           to
           
             Joshua
             ,
             God
             forbid
             that
             we
             should
             forsake
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             serve
             other
             gods
             .
             Joshua
          
           answered
           ,
           
             Ye
             cannot
             serve
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             an
             holy
             God
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             jealous
             God
             .
          
           Just
           so
           doth
           the
           Prophet
           here
           answer
           the
           Jews
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           very
           much
           desiring
           and
           longing
           for
           the
           Messiah
           ,
           promising
           to
           themselves
           comfort
           ,
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           prosperity
           ,
           and
           the
           restoring
           of
           all
           things
           according
           to
           their
           hearts
           desire
           ,
           if
           Christ
           were
           once
           come
           .
           Nay
           ,
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           not
           so
           :
           
             Who
             may
             abide
             the
             day
             of
             his
             coming
             ,
             and
             who
             shall
             stand
             when
             he
             appeareth
             ?
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           Other
           Scriptures
           do
           abundantly
           confirm
           it
           .
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           was
           such
           as
           made
           many
           of
           his
           Disciples
           say
           ,
           
             This
             is
             a
             hard
             saying
             ,
             who
             can
             hear
             it
             ?
          
           And
           from
           that
           time
           many
           of
           them
           
             went
             back
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             walked
             no
             more
             with
             him
             .
          
           A
           young
           man
           ,
           a
           ruler
           ,
           
           who
           came
           to
           him
           with
           great
           affection
           ,
           was
           so
           cooled
           and
           discouraged
           at
           hearing
           of
           the
           crosse
           ,
           and
           selling
           of
           all
           he
           had
           ,
           
           that
           he
           went
           away
           sad
           and
           sorrowfull
           .
           The
           Apostles
           themselves
           having
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             It
             is
             easier
             for
             a
             camel
             to
             go
             thorow
             the
             eye
             of
             a
             needle
             ,
             then
             for
             a
             rich
             man
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             kingdom
             of
             God
             ;
             They
             were
             exceedingly
             amazed
          
           at
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Who
             then
             can
             be
             saved
             ?
          
           As
           for
           his
           life
           and
           actions
           ,
           they
           were
           such
           ,
           
           not
           onely
           did
           the
           
             Gadarens
          
           beseech
           him
           to
           depart
           out
           of
           their
           coasts
           ;
           
           but
           his
           own
           friends
           and
           kinsfolks
           were
           about
           
             to
             lay
             hold
             on
             him
             ;
             for
             they
             said
             ,
             He
             is
             beside
             himself
             .
          
           His
           sufferings
           were
           such
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Disciples
           did
           forsake
           him
           ,
           and
           went
           away
           every
           man
           to
           his
           own
           home
           again
           .
           And
           what
           shall
           be
           the
           condition
           of
           those
           that
           will
           follow
           him
           ?
           
           If
           we
           will
           indeed
           be
           his
           disciples
           ,
           he
           hath
           forewarned
           us
           to
           sit
           down
           first
           ,
           
           and
           count
           our
           cost
           .
           He
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           It
           will
           cost
           us
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           bearing
           of
           the
           crosse
           ,
           the
           forsaking
           of
           all
           ,
           yea
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           hardest
           of
           all
           )
           the
           denying
           of
           our selves
           :
           
           We
           must
           even
           cease
           to
           be
           our selves
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           his
           ,
           except
           we
           leave
           off
           to
           be
           our
           own
           .
           And
           what
           shall
           the
           world
           think
           of
           us
           ,
           
           all
           this
           while
           ?
           
             Know
             ye
             not
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           
             James
          
           )
           
           
             that
             the
             friendship
             of
             this
             world
             is
             enmity
             with
             God
             ?
             Whosoever
             therefore
             will
             be
             a
             friend
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           
           
             is
             the
             enemy
             of
             God
             .
             Let
             no
             man
             deceive
             himself
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Paul
             :
             If
             any
             man
             among
             you
             seem
             to
             be
             wise
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             let
             him
             become
             a
             fool
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             wise
             .
          
           What
           do
           ye
           think
           now
           ?
           Are
           not
           all
           these
           hard
           sayings
           for
           flesh
           and
           blood
           to
           hear
           ?
           I
           might
           adde
           much
           more
           of
           this
           kinde
           .
           But
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           Thus
           it
           must
           be
           ,
           to
           set
           the
           higher
           value
           upon
           Christ
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           lot
           of
           Gods
           children
           .
           
             Will
             I
             offer
             burnt-offerings
             to
             the
             Lord
             my
             God
             ,
          
           saith
           
             David
             ,
             of
             that
             which
             doth
             cost
             me
             nothing
             ?
          
           And
           shall
           our
           lines
           fall
           to
           us
           in
           pleasant
           places
           ?
           Or
           shall
           we
           have
           a
           goodly
           heritage
           ,
           which
           doth
           cost
           us
           nothing
           ?
           How
           should
           the
           preciousnesse
           of
           the
           Saints
           portion
           be
           known
           ,
           if
           we
           lose
           nothing
           that
           is
           dear
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           come
           by
           it
           ?
           
             Phil.
             3.7
             .
             What
             things
             were
             gain
             to
             me
             ,
             those
             I
             counted
             losse
             for
             Christ
             .
          
           Matth.
           13.44
           ,
           45
           ,
           46.
           
           
             The
             kingdom
             of
             heaven
             is
             like
             unto
             a
             treasure
             hid
             in
             a
             field
             ,
             the
             which
             when
             a
             man
             hath
             found
             ,
             he
             hideth
             ,
             and
             for
             joy
             thereof
             ,
             goeth
             ,
             and
             selleth
             all
             that
             he
             hath
             ,
             and
             buyeth
             that
             field
             .
          
           Again
           ,
           
             The
             kingdom
             of
             heaven
             is
             like
             unto
             a
             merchant-man
             seeking
             goodly
             pearls
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             had
             found
             one
             pearl
             of
             great
             price
             ,
             he
             went
             and
             sold
             all
             that
             he
             had
             ,
             and
             bought
             it
             .
          
           
           
             Jacobs
          
           family
           must
           give
           away
           all
           the
           strange
           gods
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           ear-rings
           also
           ,
           before
           they
           get
           leave
           to
           build
           an
           Altar
           unto
           the
           Lord
           at
           
             Bethel
             .
             Abraham
          
           must
           get
           him
           out
           of
           his
           countrey
           ,
           and
           from
           his
           kinred
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           come
           unto
           the
           land
           which
           the
           Lord
           will
           shew
           him
           .
           
             Moses
          
           must
           forsake
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           if
           he
           will
           take
           him
           to
           the
           heritage
           of
           
             Jacob
          
           his
           father
           .
           The
           disciples
           must
           leave
           ships
           ,
           nets
           ,
           fathers
           ,
           and
           all
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           follow
           Christ
           .
           And
           as
           they
           who
           come
           in
           sight
           of
           the
           South-pole
           ,
           lose
           fight
           of
           the
           North-pole
           :
           So
           when
           we
           follow-Christ
           ,
           we
           must
           resolve
           to
           forsake
           somewhat
           else
           ,
           yea
           ,
           even
           that
           which
           is
           dearest
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           If
           it
           were
           not
           so
           ,
           there
           should
           be
           no
           sure
           evidence
           of
           our
           closing
           in
           covenant
           with
           Christ
           :
           For
           then
           (
           and
           never
           till
           then
           )
           doth
           the
           soul
           give
           it self
           up
           to
           Christ
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           and
           closeth
           with
           him
           in
           a
           covenant
           ,
           when
           it
           renounceth
           all
           other
           lovers
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           his
           onely
           .
           Shall
           a
           woman
           be
           married
           to
           a
           husband
           ,
           with
           the
           reservation
           of
           another
           lover
           ,
           or
           upon
           condition
           that
           she
           shall
           ever
           stay
           in
           her
           fathers
           house
           ?
           So
           the
           soul
           cannot
           be
           married
           to
           Christ
           ,
           except
           it
           not
           onely
           renounce
           its
           bosome-sins
           ,
           lusts
           ,
           and
           idols
           ;
           but
           be
           content
           also
           to
           part
           with
           
           the
           most
           lawfull
           creature-comforts
           for
           his
           sake
           .
           
             Forget
             thine
             own
             people
             ,
             and
             thy
             fathers
             house
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           
             Psal.
          
           45.10
           .
           The
           repudiating
           of
           creature-comforts
           ,
           and
           a
           covenant
           with
           Christ
           ,
           go
           hand
           in
           hand
           together
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           55.2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             Nahash
          
           would
           not
           make
           a
           covenant
           with
           the
           men
           of
           
             Jabesh-Gilead
             ,
          
           unlesse
           they
           would
           pluck
           out
           their
           right
           eyes
           ,
           intending
           (
           as
           
             Josephus
          
           gives
           the
           reason
           )
           to
           disable
           them
           from
           fighting
           ,
           or
           making
           war
           :
           For
           the
           buckler
           or
           shield
           did
           cover
           their
           left
           eye
           when
           they
           fought
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           had
           been
           hard
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           fight
           without
           the
           right
           eye
           .
           This
           was
           a
           cruell
           mercy
           in
           him
           :
           But
           it
           is
           a
           mercifull
           severity
           in
           Christ
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           make
           no
           covenant
           with
           us
           ,
           except
           the
           right
           eye
           of
           the
           old
           man
           of
           sin
           in
           us
           be
           put
           out
           .
        
         
           O
           then
           let
           us
           learn
           from
           all
           this
           ,
           
           how
           miserably
           many
           a
           poor
           soul
           is
           deluded
           ,
           imagining
           as
           the
           Jews
           did
           ,
           that
           Christ
           shall
           even
           satisfie
           their
           carnall
           and
           earthly
           desires
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           way
           of
           salvation
           is
           broad
           ,
           &
           easie
           enough
           .
           If
           the
           way
           of
           Christ
           be
           such
           as
           you
           have
           now
           heard
           ,
           then
           surely
           they
           are
           far
           from
           it
           ;
           
           who
           give
           loose
           reins
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           as
           
             David
          
           did
           to
           
             Adonijah
             ,
          
           who
           have
           not
           displeased
           their
           flesh
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           nor
           said
           ,
           
             Why
             hast
             thou
             done
             so
             ?
          
           Who
           do
           not
           withhold
           their
           heart
           from
           any
           joy
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           their
           eyes
           desire
           ,
           they
           keep
           it
           not
           from
           them
           :
           
           Who
           are
           like
           
             the
             wiide
             Asse
             used
             to
             the
             wildernesse
             ,
             that
             snuffeth
             up
             the
             winde
             at
             her
             pleasure
          
           ;
           and
           like
           
             the
             swift
             Dromedary
             ,
             traversing
             her
             wayes
          
           :
           Who
           cannot
           endure
           to
           be
           inclosed
           into
           so
           narrow
           a
           lane
           ,
           as
           Ministers
           describe
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           to
           be
           .
           These
           are
           like
           fed
           oxen
           ,
           which
           have
           room
           enough
           in
           the
           Meadows
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           appointed
           for
           slaughter
           ;
           when
           the
           labouring
           oxen
           which
           are
           kept
           under
           the
           yoke
           ,
           shall
           be
           brought
           home
           to
           the
           stall
           and
           fed
           there
           .
           
           Was
           it
           not
           so
           with
           the
           rich
           man
           and
           
             Lazarus
          
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           children
           of
           God
           fall
           into
           this
           same
           errour
           ,
           of
           making
           the
           way
           of
           Christ
           broader
           and
           easier
           then
           ever
           Christ
           made
           it
           ,
           and
           taking
           more
           libertie
           then
           ever
           he
           allowed
           .
           Therefore
           mark
           ye
           well
           our
           Saviours
           words
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           7.13
           ,
           14.
           
           
             Enter
             ye
             in
             at
             the
             strait
             gate
             ;
             for
             wide
             is
             the
             gate
             ,
             and
             broad
             is
             the
             way
             that
             leadeth
             to
             destruction
             ,
             and
             many
             there
             be
             which
             go
             in
             thereat
             .
             Because
             strait
             is
             the
             gate
             ,
             and
             narrow
             is
             the
             way
             which
             leadeth
             unto
             life
             ,
             and
             few
             there
             be
             that
             finde
             it
             .
          
           There
           be
           but
           few
           that
           seek
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           fewer
           that
           finde
           it
           ,
           
           but
           fewest
           of
           all
           that
           enter
           in
           at
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           doth
           all
           this
           agree
           with
           
             Matth.
          
           11.30
           .
           
             My
             yoke
             is
             
             easie
             ,
             and
             my
             burthen
             is
             light
          
           :
           and
           1
           
             Joh.
          
           5.3
           .
           
             His
             Commandments
             are
             not
             grievous
             ?
          
        
         
           I
           answer
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             That
             is
             spoken
             to
             poor
             souls
             that
             are
             labouring
             ,
             and
             heavy
             loaden
             ;
             a
             metaphor
             taken
             from
             Beasts
             drawing
             a
             ful
             Cart
             ,
             which
             both
             labour
             in
             drawing
             ,
             and
             are
             weary
             in
             bearing
             .
             But
             my
             Text
             speaketh
             to
             those
             that
             are
             like
             undantoned
             Heifers
             ,
             and
             like
             Bullocks
             unaccustomed
             to
             the
             yoke
             :
             The
             same
             Christ
             is
             a
             sweet
             and
             meek
             Christ
             to
             some
             ;
             but
             a
             sowre
             and
             severe
             Christ
             to
             others
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Christs
             yoke
             is
             easie
             in
             comparison
             of
             the
             yoke
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             which
             neither
             we
             ,
             nor
             our
             Fathers
             were
             able
             to
             bear
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             As
             wisdom
             is
             easie
             to
             him
             that
             understandeth
             ,
             so
             is
             Christs
             yoke
             easie
             ,
             &
             his
             burthen
             light
             to
             those
             that
             are
             well
             acquainted
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             have
             good
             experience
             of
             it
             ,
             
               Prov.
            
             4.12
             .
             
               When
               thou
               g●est
               ,
               thy
               steps
               shall
               not
               be
               straitned
               ,
               and
               when
               thou
               runnest
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               not
               stumble
            
             :
             This
             is
             spoken
             of
             the
             way
             of
             Wisdom
             ;
             but
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               When
               thou
               goest
               ,
            
             not
             ,
             
               when
               thou
               beginnest
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             
               when
               thou
               enterest
               .
            
             If
             thou
             art
             but
             once
             upon
             thy
             progresse
             ,
             going
             and
             running
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             finde
             the
             way
             still
             the
             easier
             ,
             and
             still
             the
             sweeter
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Mark
             Christs
             own
             words
             .
             It
             s
             a
             yoke
             though
             an
             easie
             one
             ;
             and
             a
             burthen
             ,
             though
             a
             light-one
             .
             A
             yoke
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             but
             easie
             to
             the
             Spirit
             :
             A
             burthen
             to
             the
             old
             man
             ;
             but
             light
             to
             the
             new
             man
             .
             He
             poureth
             in
             Wine
             and
             Oyl
             into
             our
             wounds
             .
             Oyl
             to
             cherish
             them
             ,
             and
             Wine
             to
             cleanse
             them
             .
             He
             can
             both
             plant
             us
             as
             Trees
             of
             righteousnesse
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             lay
             the
             Ax
             to
             the
             root
             of
             the
             old
             Tree
             .
             He
             will
             have
             mercy
             upon
             the
             sinner
             ,
             but
             no
             mercy
             upon
             the
             sin
             .
             He
             will
             save
             the
             soul
             ,
             but
             yet
             so
             as
             by
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           in
           generall
           of
           the
           difficulty
           and
           hardship
           of
           the
           way
           of
           Christ
           ;
           the
           great
           point
           held
           forth
           in
           this
           Text
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           the
           rather
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           as
           a
           necessary
           foundation
           for
           those
           particulars
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           to
           speak
           of
           .
           Were
           this
           principle
           but
           rightly
           apprehended
           ,
           it
           were
           easie
           to
           perswade
           you
           ,
           when
           we
           come
           to
           particulars
           .
        
         
           Some
           Papists
           have
           alledged
           this
           Text
           for
           their
           purgatory
           .
           Here
           is
           indeed
           a
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           a
           fire
           of
           purgatory
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           purgatory
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           needs
           go
           thorow
           it
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           come
           to
           Heaven
           :
           But
           this
           purgatory
           is
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
           The
           flesh
           must
           go
           through
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           soul
           separated
           :
           And
           it
           must
           purge
           us
           from
           mortall
           ,
           not
           from
           
           veniall
           sins
           :
           And
           by
           a
           spirituall
           ,
           not
           a
           materiall
           fire
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           come
           to
           the
           particulars
           .
           Christ
           is
           to
           us
           as
           a
           Refiners
           fire
           ,
           and
           as
           Fullers
           Sope
           ,
           three
           wayes
           :
           In
           respect
           of
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 Reformation
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 Tribulation
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 Mortification
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Which
           make
           not
           three
           different
           sences
           ,
           but
           three
           harmonious
           parts
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           sence
           .
        
         
           I
           begin
           with
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           concerning
           which
           I
           draw
           this
           Doctrine
           from
           the
           Text
           .
        
         
           
           The
           right
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           according
           to
           the
           minde
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           not
           without
           much
           molestation
           ,
           and
           displeasure
           to
           mens
           corrupt
           nature
           .
           It
           is
           a
           very
           purgatory
           upon
           earth
           :
           It
           s
           like
           the
           fire
           to
           drossy
           silver
           :
           And
           like
           Fullers
           Sope
           to
           slovenly
           persons
           ,
           who
           would
           rather
           keep
           the
           spots
           in
           their
           garments
           ,
           then
           take
           pains
           to
           wash
           them
           out
           .
        
         
           Look
           but
           upon
           one
           peece
           of
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           this
           prophecy
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           ,
           judge
           of
           the
           rest
           .
           When
           Christ
           cometh
           to
           
             Jerusalem
             meek
             ,
             and
             sitting
             upon
             an
             Asse
          
           (
           as
           the
           Prophet
           said
           )
           all
           the
           City
           is
           troubled
           at
           his
           coming
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           21.5
           ,
           10.
           
           When
           he
           had
           but
           cast
           out
           the
           Buyers
           and
           Sellers
           out
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           the
           Priests
           and
           Scribes
           begin
           to
           plot
           his
           death
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           19.45
           ,
           47.
           
           Nay
           ,
           where
           Christ
           and
           the
           Gospel
           cometh
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           shaking
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           
             Hag.
          
           2.6
           .
           The
           lesse
           wonder
           ,
           if
           I
           call
           
             Reformation
          
           like
           a
           Refiners
           fire
           .
           The
           drosse
           of
           a
           Church
           is
           not
           purged
           away
           without
           this
           violence
           of
           fire
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           manner
           of
           
             Reformation
          
           held
           forth
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           reference
           .
           1.
           
           To
           Magistrates
           and
           States
           men
           .
           2.
           
           To
           Ministers
           .
           3.
           
           To
           a
           people
           reformed
           .
           4.
           
           To
           a
           people
           not
           reformed
           .
        
         
           In
           reference
           to
           Magistrates
           and
           States-men
           ,
           
             Reformation
          
           is
           a
           fire
           that
           purgeth
           away
           the
           drosse
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           1.25
           ,
           ●6
           .
           
             And
             I
             will
             turn
             my
             hand
             upon
             thee
             ,
             and
             purely
             purge
             away
             the
             drosse
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             all
             thy
             tin
             .
          
           Here
           's
           the
           Refiners
           fire
           :
           And
           the
           
             Chaldee
          
           paraphrase
           addeth
           the
           Fullers
           
             Borith
             .
          
           Then
           followeth
           ,
           
             And
             I
             will
             restore
             thy
             Judges
             as
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             thy
             Counsellors
             as
             at
             the
             beginning
             :
             Afterward
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             be
             called
             the
             City
             of
             righteousnesse
             ,
             the
             faithfull
             City
             .
          
           Interpreters
           note
           upon
           that
           place
           ,
           that
           no
           effectuall
           
             Reformation
          
           can
           be
           looked
           for
           ,
           till
           Rulers
           and
           Magistrates
           be
           reformed
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           promiseth
           to
           purge
           away
           the
           drosse
           
           and
           tin
           of
           corrupt
           Rulers
           and
           Judges
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           his
           people
           such
           Judges
           and
           Rulers
           as
           they
           had
           of
           old
           ,
           
             Moses
             ,
             Joshua
             ,
          
           the
           Judges
           ,
           
             David
             ,
             Solomon
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           In
           reference
           to
           Ministers
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           is
           most
           clear
           .
           The
           next
           words
           after
           my
           Text
           ,
           tell
           you
           ;
           that
           this
           refining
           fire
           is
           specially
           intended
           for
           purifying
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi.
             
          
           The
           same
           thing
           we
           have
           move
           largely
           ,
           though
           more
           obscurely
           ,
           in
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           3.12
           .
           to
           ver.
           15.
           
           I
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostles
           there
           meaneth
           onely
           of
           times
           of
           
             Reformation
          
           :
           But
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           holdeth
           true
           ,
           and
           most
           manifestly
           too
           ,
           of
           times
           of
           
             Reformation
          
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           is
           not
           to
           be
           excluded
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           as
           a
           principall
           part
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghosts
           intendment
           in
           that
           Scripture
           .
           
           He
           is
           speaking
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           and
           their
           Ministery
           ,
           supposing
           alwayes
           that
           they
           build
           upon
           Christ
           ,
           and
           hold
           to
           that
           true
           foundation
           :
           Upon
           this
           foundation
           
             Some
             build
             gold
             ,
          
           
           
             silv
             er
             ,
             precious
             stones
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           such
           administration
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           such
           a
           Church-Discipline
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           life
           as
           is
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           favoureth
           of
           Christ
           :
           Others
           build
           
             wood
             ,
             hay
             ,
             stubble
             ,
          
           whereby
           is
           meant
           whatsoever
           in
           their
           Ministery
           is
           improfitable
           ,
           unedifying
           ,
           vain
           ,
           curious
           ,
           unbeseeming
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           for
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           must
           be
           purified
           ,
           not
           onely
           from
           Heresie
           ,
           
           Idolatry
           ,
           Prophanenesse
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           but
           even
           from
           that
           which
           is
           frothy
           and
           unedifying
           ,
           which
           favoureth
           not
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           of
           mans
           .
           Now
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Every
             mans
             work
             shall
             be
             made
             manifest
             ,
             for
             the
             day
             shall
             declare
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             shall
             be
             revealed
             by
             fire
             ,
             and
             the
             fire
             shall
             try
             every
             mans
             work
             of
             what
             sort
             it
             is
             .
          
           The
           Church
           shall
           not
           alwayes
           be
           deluded
           and
           abused
           with
           vanities
           that
           cannot
           profit
           .
           A
           time
           of
           Light
           and
           Reformation
           discovereth
           the
           unprofitablenesse
           of
           those
           things
           wherewith
           men
           did
           formerly
           please
           and
           satisfie
           themselves
           .
           There
           is
           a
           fire
           which
           will
           prove
           every
           mans
           work
           ,
           even
           an
           accurate
           trial
           and
           strict
           examination
           thereof
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           Christ
           :
           
           A
           narrow
           enquiry
           into
           ,
           and
           exact
           discovery
           of
           every
           mans
           work
           (
           for
           so
           do
           our
           Divines
           understand
           the
           fire
           there
           spoken
           of
           )
           whether
           this
           fiery
           triall
           be
           made
           by
           the
           searching
           and
           discovering
           light
           of
           the
           Word
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           or
           by
           Afflictions
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           mans
           own
           Conscience
           at
           the
           hour
           of
           death
           .
           If
           by
           some
           or
           all
           of
           these
           trials
           ,
           a
           Ministers
           work
           be
           found
           to
           be
           what
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           he
           shall
           receive
           a
           speciall
           reward
           &
           praise
           ;
           
           But
           if
           he
           have
           built
           wood
           ,
           hay
           ,
           and
           stubble
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           like
           a
           man
           whose
           house
           is
           set
           on
           fire
           about
           his
           ears
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           He
           shall
           suffer
           losse
           ,
           and
           his
           work
           shall
           be
           burnt
           ,
           yet
           himself
           shall
           escape
           ,
           and
           get
           his
           life
           for
           a
           prey
           ,
           
             so
             as
             by
             fire
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           So
           that
           he
           can
           abide
           that
           triall
           and
           examination
           ,
           whereby
           God
           distinguisheth
           between
           sincere
           ones
           and
           Hypocrites
           ;
           or
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           be
           found
           to
           have
           been
           otherwise
           a
           faithfull
           Minister
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           built
           upon
           a
           right
           foundation
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           third
           place
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           
             Reformation
          
           to
           be
           a
           refining
           fire
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           a
           people
           or
           Church
           reformed
           .
           
             He
             that
             is
             left
             in
             Zion
             shall
             be
             called
             holy
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             when
             the
             Lord
             shall
             have
             washed
             away
             the
             filth
             of
             the
             Daughters
             of
             Zion
             ,
             and
             shall
             have
             purged
             the
             blood
             of
             Jerusalem
             from
             the
             midst
             thereof
             ,
             by
             the
             spirit
             of
             Judgement
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             by
             the
             spirit
             of
             burning
             ,
             Isa.
          
           4.3
           ,
           4.
           
           Where
           you
           may
           understand
           by
           the
           filth
           of
           the
           daughters
           of
           
             Zion
             ,
          
           their
           former
           Idolatries
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           abominations
           against
           the
           first
           Table
           (
           which
           the
           Prophets
           call
           often
           by
           the
           name
           of
           filth
           and
           pollution
           )
           and
           by
           the
           blood
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           the
           sins
           against
           the
           second
           Table
           .
           These
           the
           Lord
           promiseth
           to
           purge
           away
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Reformation
           (
           according
           to
           that
           ,
           
             Joh.
          
           12.3
           .
           
             Now
             is
             the
             judgement
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             now
             shall
             the
             Prince
             of
             this
             world
             be
             cast
             out
             :
          
           )
           
           Which
           Spirit
           of
           Reformation
           is
           also
           a
           Spirit
           of
           burning
           ;
           even
           as
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           is
           elsewhere
           called
           fire
           ,
           
           and
           did
           come
           down
           upon
           the
           Apostles
           in
           the
           likenesse
           of
           cloven
           tongues
           of
           fire
           .
           The
           spirit
           of
           Reformation
           may
           be
           the
           rather
           called
           the
           Spirit
           of
           burning
           ,
           because
           ordinarily
           Reformation
           is
           not
           without
           tribulation
           (
           as
           we
           shall
           hear
           )
           and
           by
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           rod
           doth
           the
           Spirit
           speak
           to
           mens
           consciences
           .
           When
           the
           Lord
           hath
           thus
           washed
           away
           the
           filthy
           spots
           ,
           and
           burnt
           away
           the
           filthy
           drosse
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           then
           (
           
             Isa.
          
           4.5
           .
           )
           she
           becomes
           a
           glory
           or
           a
           praise
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           promise
           is
           ,
           That
           
             upon
             all
             the
             glory
             shall
             be
             a
             defence
             :
          
           But
           you
           see
           she
           is
           not
           brought
           to
           that
           condition
           ,
           till
           she
           go
           thorow
           the
           Refiners
           fire
           .
           It
           is
           no
           easie
           matter
           to
           cast
           Satan
           out
           of
           a
           person
           ;
           How
           much
           lesse
           to
           cast
           his
           kingdom
           out
           of
           a
           Land
           ?
           Another
           place
           for
           the
           same
           purpose
           we
           find
           ,
           
             Zech.
          
           13.9
           .
           When
           two
           parts
           of
           the
           Land
           are
           cut
           off
           ,
           the
           remnant
           whichescape
           ,
           the
           third
           part
           which
           is
           
             written
             to
             life
             in
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           even
           they
           must
           be
           brought
           thorow
           the
           fire
           
             I
             will
             bring
             the
             third
             part
             through
             the
             fire
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             and
             will
             refine
             them
             as
             
             silver
             is
             refined
             ,
             and
             will
             try
             them
             as
             gold
             is
             tried
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           fiery
           triall
           of
           affliction
           ,
           but
           the
           fruit
           of
           it
           is
           a
           blessed
           Reformation
           to
           make
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           most
           pure
           refined
           gold
           .
           
             They
             shall
             call
             on
             my
             Name
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             I
             will
             hear
             them
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           shall
           no
           longer
           worship
           Idols
           ,
           but
           me
           onely
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           offer
           to
           the
           Lord
           an
           offering
           in
           righteousnesse
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           accepted
           ;
           And
           what
           more
           ?
           
             I
             will
             say
             ,
             It
             is
             my
             people
             ;
             and
             they
             shall
             say
             ,
             The
             Lord
             is
             my
             God
          
           :
           Behold
           ,
           a
           reforming
           people
           ,
           and
           a
           covenanting
           people
           :
           But
           he
           that
           
             hath
             his
             fire
             in
             Zion
             ,
             and
             his
             furnace
             in
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           doth
           first
           refine
           them
           ,
           and
           purifie
           them
           .
           We
           are
           not
           reformed
           in
           Gods
           account
           ,
           till
           the
           refining
           sire
           have
           purged
           away
           our
           drosse
           ,
           till
           we
           be
           refined
           as
           silver
           is
           refined
           ,
           and
           tried
           as
           gold
           is
           tried
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           In
           reference
           to
           a
           people
           not
           reformed
           ,
           hear
           what
           the
           Prophet
           saith
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           6.28
           ,
           29
           ,
           30.
           
           
             They
             are
             brasse
             and
             iron
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             corrupters
             :
             The
             bellows
             are
             burnt
             ,
             the
             lead
             is
             consumed
             off
             the
             fire
             ,
             the
             founder
             melteth
             in
             vain
             ;
             for
             the
             wicked
             are
             not
             plucked
             away
             .
             Reprobate
             silver
             shall
             men
             call
             them
             ,
             because
             the
             Lord
             hath
             rejected
             them
             .
          
           The
           
             Chaldee
          
           Paraphrase
           expoundeth
           it
           of
           the
           Prophets
           who
           laboured
           in
           vain
           ,
           and
           spent
           their
           strength
           for
           nought
           ,
           speaking
           to
           the
           people
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           turn
           to
           the
           Law
           and
           to
           the
           Testimony
           ;
           but
           they
           would
           not
           turn
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           draw
           many
           
             Vses
          
           from
           this
           
             Doctrine
             :
          
           but
           I
           shall
           content
           my self
           with
           these
           few
           .
        
         
           First
           of
           all
           ,
           
           it
           reproveth
           that
           contrary
           Principle
           which
           carnal
           reason
           suggesteth
           :
           Reformation
           must
           not
           grieve
           ,
           but
           please
           it
           must
           not
           break
           nor
           bruise
           ,
           but
           heal
           and
           binde
           up
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           an
           acceptable
           thing
           ,
           not
           displeasing
           :
           it
           must
           be
           
             as
             the
             voice
             of
             harpers
             harping
             with
             their
             harps
             ,
          
           but
           not
           
             as
             the
             voice
             of
             many
             waters
             ,
          
           or
           
             as
             the
             voice
             of
             great
             thunders
             .
          
           Thus
           would
           many
           heal
           the
           wound
           of
           the
           daughter
           of
           
             Zion
          
           slightly
           ,
           and
           daub
           the
           wall
           with
           untempered
           morter
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           comply
           with
           the
           sinfull
           humours
           and
           inclinations
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           in
           effect
           to
           harden
           them
           in
           evil
           ,
           and
           to
           strengthen
           their
           hands
           in
           their
           wickednesse
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           men
           be
           moralized
           ,
           then
           to
           trouble
           them
           no
           further
           .
           Saith
           not
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             If
             I
             yet
             pleased
             men
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             be
             the
             servant
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             The
             carnall
             minde
             is
             enmity
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             subject
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             neither
             indeed
             can
             be
             .
          
           So
           that
           either
           we
           must
           have
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           displeasing
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           displeasing
           to
           men
           .
           It
           is
           not
           thright
           Reformation
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           displeasing
           to
           a
           
             Tobijah
             ,
          
           
           to
           a
           
             Sanballat
             ,
          
           to
           a
           
             Demetrius
             ,
          
           to
           the
           earthly-minded
           ,
           to
           the
           self-seeking
           Polititians
           ,
           to
           the
           carnal
           and
           profane
           .
           It
           s
           but
           the
           old
           enmity
           between
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           and
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Serpent
           .
           
           Nay
           ,
           what
           if
           Reformation
           be
           displeasing
           to
           good
           men
           ,
           in
           so
           far
           as
           they
           are
           unregenerate
           ,
           carnal
           ,
           earthly
           ,
           proud
           ,
           unmortified
           ?
           
           (
           For
           
             who
             can
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             made
             my
             heart
             clean
             ,
             I
             am
             pure
             from
             my
             sin
          
           ?
           )
           What
           if
           a
           
             Joshua
          
           envie
           
             Eldad
          
           and
           
             Medad
             ?
          
           What
           if
           an
           
             Aaron
          
           and
           a
           
             Miriam
          
           speak
           against
           
             Moses
             ?
          
           What
           if
           a
           religious
           
             Asa
          
           be
           wroth
           with
           the
           Seer
           ?
           What
           if
           a
           
             David
          
           will
           not
           alter
           his
           former
           judgement
           ,
           though
           very
           erroneous
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           (
           no
           ,
           not
           after
           better
           information
           )
           have
           it
           thought
           that
           he
           was
           in
           an
           errour
           ?
           
           What
           if
           a
           
             Jonah
          
           refuse
           to
           go
           to
           
             Nineveh
             ,
          
           when
           he
           is
           called
           ?
           
           What
           if
           the
           disciples
           of
           Christ
           must
           be
           taught
           to
           be
           more
           humble
           ?
           What
           if
           
             Peter
          
           must
           be
           reproved
           by
           
             Paul
          
           for
           his
           dissimulation
           ?
           What
           if
           
             Archippus
          
           must
           be
           admonished
           to
           attend
           better
           upon
           his
           Ministery
           ?
           What
           if
           Christ
           must
           tell
           the
           Angels
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           somewhat
           against
           them
           ?
           If
           Reformation
           displease
           both
           evil
           men
           ,
           and
           (
           in
           some
           respect
           )
           good
           men
           ;
           this
           makes
           it
           no
           worse
           then
           
             a
             refiners
             fire
          
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           must
           be
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           according
           to
           the
           minde
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           My
           second
           and
           chief
           Application
           shal
           be
           unto
           you
           ,
           my
           Noble
           Lords
           .
           
           If
           you
           be
           willing
           to
           admit
           such
           a
           Reformation
           as
           is
           according
           to
           the
           minde
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           is
           like
           the
           
             Refiners
             fire
          
           and
           
             Fullers
             Sope
          
           ;
           then
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           (
           who
           will
           say
           ,
           ere
           long
           ,
           to
           every
           one
           of
           you
           ,
           
             Give
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Stewardship
             ;
             for
             thou
             mayest
             be
             no
             longer
             Steward
          
           )
           I
           recommend
           these
           three
           things
           unto
           you
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           that
           you
           should
           make
           use
           of
           this
           
             refining
             fire
          
           in
           reference
           to
           three
           sorts
           of
           drosse
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             drosse
             of
             
               Malignancy
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             drosse
             of
             
               Heresie
               and
               Corruption
               in
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             drosse
             of
             
               Profanenesse
               .
            
          
        
         
           Touching
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           take
           the
           wise
           counsell
           of
           the
           wise
           man
           ,
           
           
             Prov.
          
           24.4
           ,
           5.
           
           
             Take
             away
             the
             drosse
             from
             the
             silver
             ,
             and
             there
             shall
             come
             forth
             a
             vessel
             for
             the
             finer
             .
             Take
             away
             the
             wicked
             from
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             his
             throne
             shall
             be
             established
             in
             Righteousnesse
             .
          
           Remember
           also
           the
           fourth
           Article
           of
           your
           solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           have
           obliged
           your selves
           ,
           with
           your
           hands
           lifted
           up
           to
           the
           most
           high
           God
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           the
           discovery
           ,
           triall
           ,
           and
           condign
           punishment
           of
           all
           such
           as
           have
           been
           or
           shall
           be
           Incendiaries
           ,
           
           Malignants
           ,
           or
           evil
           Instruments
           ,
           by
           hindering
           the
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           dividing
           the
           King
           from
           his
           people
           ,
           or
           one
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           from
           another
           ,
           or
           making
           any
           Faction
           or
           Parties
           among
           the
           people
           contrary
           to
           this
           Covenant
           .
           There
           was
           once
           a
           compliance
           between
           the
           Nobles
           of
           
             Judah
          
           and
           the
           
             Samaritanes
             ,
          
           which
           I
           hope
           you
           do
           not
           read
           of
           ,
           without
           abominating
           the
           thing
           :
           You
           find
           it
           ,
           
             Nehem.
          
           6.17.19
           .
           
             In
             those
             dayes
             ,
             the
             nobles
             of
             Judah
             sent
             many
             letters
             to
             Tobijah
             ,
             and
             the
             letters
             of
             Tobijah
             came
             unto
             them
             .
             Also
          
           (
           saith
           
             Nehemiah
             )
             they
             reported
             his
             good
             deeds
             before
             me
             ,
             and
             uttered
             by
             words
             to
             him
             .
          
           But
           you
           have
           also
           the
           errour
           of
           a
           godly
           man
           set
           before
           you
           as
           a
           rock
           to
           be
           avoided
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           19.2
           .
           
             Shouldst
             thou
             help
             the
             ungodly
             ,
             and
             love
             them
             that
             hate
             the
             Lord
             ?
             Therefore
             is
             wrath
             upon
             thee
             from
             before
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           I
           am
           not
           to
           dwell
           upon
           this
           Point
           :
           
             I
             speak
             as
             to
             wise
             men
             ,
             judge
             ye
             what
             I
             say
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           
           think
           of
           the
           extirpation
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           of
           unsound
           dangerous
           Doctrine
           ,
           such
           as
           now
           springeth
           up
           apace
           ,
           and
           subverteth
           the
           faith
           of
           many
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Heretick
           nor
           false
           Teacher
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           some
           one
           fair
           pretext
           or
           another
           :
           But
           bring
           him
           once
           to
           be
           tried
           by
           this
           refining
           fire
           ,
           he
           is
           found
           to
           be
           
             like
             a
             potsheard
             covered
             with
             silver
             drosse
             .
          
           
           
             What
             is
             the
             chaff
             to
             the
             wheat
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ?
           and
           what
           is
           the
           drosse
           to
           the
           silver
           ?
           If
           this
           be
           the
           way
           of
           Christ
           which
           my
           text
           speaketh
           of
           ,
           then
           (
           sure
           )
           that
           which
           now
           passeth
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
          
           is
           not
           the
           way
           of
           Christ
           .
           Much
           hath
           been
           written
           of
           this
           Question
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           for
           the
           present
           onely
           offer
           this
           one
           Argument
           :
           If
           
             Liberty
             of
             conscience
          
           ought
           to
           be
           granted
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           it
           ought
           also
           to
           be
           granted
           in
           matters
           Civil
           or
           Military
           .
           But
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           granted
           in
           matters
           Civil
           or
           Military
           ,
           as
           is
           acknowledged
           :
           Therfore
           neither
           ought
           it
           to
           be
           granted
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           .
           Put
           the
           case
           now
           there
           be
           some
           well-meaning
           men
           (
           otherways
           void
           of
           offence
           )
           who
           from
           the
           erroneous
           perswasion
           of
           their
           consciences
           ,
           think
           it
           utterly
           sinfull
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           take
           Arms
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           Service
           ,
           or
           to
           contribute
           to
           this
           present
           War
           ,
           or
           to
           obey
           any
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           which
           tendeth
           to
           the
           resisting
           of
           the
           Kings
           Forces
           :
           Now
           compare
           this
           case
           with
           the
           case
           of
           a
           Socinian
           ,
           Arminian
           ,
           Antinomian
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           :
           They
           both
           plead
           for
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           :
           They
           both
           say
           ,
           Our
           conscience
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           compelled
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           do
           against
           
           our
           Conscience
           ,
           we
           sin
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           how
           can
           you
           give
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           to
           the
           Heretick
           ,
           and
           yet
           refuse
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           to
           him
           that
           is
           the
           conscientious
           Recusant
           in
           point
           of
           the
           War
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           can
           be
           no
           answer
           given
           to
           this
           Argument
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           be
           resolved
           into
           this
           Principle
           .
           Mens
           Consciences
           may
           be
           compelled
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           .
           We
           must
           not
           suffer
           the
           State
           to
           sink
           ;
           but
           if
           Religion
           sink
           ,
           we
           cannot
           help
           it
           .
           This
           is
           the
           plain
           English
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           speak
           against
           libertie
           of
           conscience
           ,
           it
           is
           far
           from
           my
           meaning
           to
           advise
           any
           rigorous
           or
           violent
           course
           against
           such
           as
           being
           sound
           in
           the
           faith
           and
           holy
           in
           life
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           a
           turbulent
           factious
           cariage
           ,
           do
           differ
           in
           smaller
           matters
           from
           the
           common
           rule
           .
           
           
             Let
             that
             day
             be
             darknes
             ,
             let
             not
             God
             regard
             it
             from
             above
             ,
             neither
             let
             the
             light
             shine
             upon
             it
             ,
          
           in
           which
           it
           shall
           be
           said
           that
           the
           Children
           of
           God
           in
           
             Brittain
          
           are
           Enemies
           and
           persecutors
           of
           each
           other
           .
           He
           is
           no
           good
           Christian
           who
           will
           not
           say
           
             Amen
          
           to
           the
           prayer
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
           that
           all
           who
           are
           his
           may
           be
           one
           in
           him
           .
           If
           this
           be
           heartily
           wished
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           effectually
           endeavoured
           .
           And
           let
           those
           who
           will
           choose
           a
           dividing
           way
           ,
           rather
           then
           an
           Uniting
           way
           ,
           bear
           the
           blame
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           part
           of
           my
           Application
           shall
           be
           to
           stir
           you
           up
           (
           Right
           Honorable
           )
           to
           a
           willing
           condescending
           to
           the
           setling
           of
           Church-Government
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           
           as
           that
           neither
           ignorant
           nor
           scandalous
           persons
           may
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           holy
           Table
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           Let
           there
           be
           in
           the
           house
           of
           God
           Fullers
           sope
           to
           take
           off
           those
           who
           are
           
             spots
             in
             your
             feasts
             ,
          
           and
           a
           resining
           fire
           to
           take
           away
           the
           drosse
           from
           the
           silver
           .
           
           
             Thou
             puttest
             away
             all
             the
             wicked
             of
             the
             earth
             like
             drosse
             ,
          
           saith
           
             David
             .
          
           Take
           away
           therefore
           the
           wicked
           from
           before
           the
           King
           of
           glory
           ;
           
           for
           they
           shall
           not
           stand
           before
           him
           who
           hateth
           
             all
             workers
             of
             Iniquity
             .
          
           You
           see
           God
           puts
           all
           profane
           ones
           in
           one
           Categorie
           ,
           and
           so
           should
           you
           .
           There
           is
           a
           like
           reason
           against
           
             seven
             ,
          
           and
           against
           
             seventy
          
           scandals
           .
           Or
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           to
           make
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           seven
           ,
           you
           may
           ,
           provided
           itbe
           such
           as
           God
           himself
           makes
           in
           the
           fifth
           verse
           of
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           where
           seven
           sorts
           are
           reckoned
           forth
           (
           as
           some
           Interpreters
           compute
           )
           but
           the
           last
           of
           the
           seven
           ,
           is
           generall
           and
           comprehensive
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Septuagints
           have
           it
           ,
           
             and
             those
             that
             fear
             not
             me
          
           :
           those
           ,
           saith
           one
           ,
           who
           are
           called
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ungodly
           .
           
             Jerome
          
           noteth
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           that
           though
           men
           
           shall
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           aforementioned
           particulars
           ,
           yet
           God
           makes
           this
           crime
           enough
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           ungodly
           .
           Nay
           I
           dare
           undertake
           to
           draw
           out
           of
           
             Erastus
          
           himself
           (
           the
           great
           adversarie
           )
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           seven
           sorts
           of
           persons
           to
           be
           kept
           off
           from
           the
           Lords
           Table
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Catalogue
           as
           Godly
           Ministers
           can
           be
           content
           with
           .
           But
           of
           this
           elsewhere
           .
        
         
           Most
           horribly
           hath
           the
           Lords
           Table
           been
           prophaned
           formerly
           in
           this
           kingdom
           ,
           by
           the
           admission
           of
           scandalous
           persons
           ,
           God
           will
           wink
           at
           it
           no
           longer
           :
           now
           is
           the
           opportunity
           of
           Reformation
           .
           The
           Parliament
           of
           England
           (
           if
           any
           State
           in
           the
           world
           )
           oweth
           much
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           and
           he
           will
           take
           it
           very
           ill
           at
           your
           hands
           if
           ye
           do
           him
           not
           right
           in
           this
           .
           I
           say
           do
           him
           right
           ,
           for
           ,
           alas
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           to
           Ministers
           ,
           it
           were
           more
           for
           their
           ease
           ,
           and
           for
           pleasing
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           admit
           all
           :
           but
           a
           necessity
           is
           laid
           upon
           us
           that
           we
           dare
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           wo
           unto
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           it
           .
           And
           for
           your
           part
           ,
           should
           you
           not
           establish
           such
           a
           rule
           as
           many
           put
           a
           difference
           between
           the
           precious
           and
           the
           vile
           ,
           the
           clean
           and
           the
           unclean
           ;
           you
           shall
           in
           so
           far
           make
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           in
           a
           worse
           condition
           ,
           and
           more
           disabled
           to
           keep
           themselves
           pure
           ,
           then
           either
           they
           were
           of
           old
           under
           Pagan
           Emperours
           ,
           
           or
           now
           are
           under
           Popish
           Princes
           .
           You
           shall
           also
           strengthen
           instead
           if
           silencing
           the
           Objections
           both
           of
           Separatists
           and
           Socinians
           ,
           who
           have
           with
           more
           then
           a
           colour
           of
           advantage
           opened
           their
           mouthes
           wide
           against
           some
           Reformed
           Churches
           ,
           for
           their
           not
           exercising
           of
           Discipline
           against
           scandalous
           and
           prophane
           persons
           ,
           and
           particularly
           for
           not
           suspending
           them
           from
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           .
           Nay
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           ,
           if
           you
           should
           refuse
           that
           which
           I
           speak
           of
           ,
           you
           shall
           come
           short
           of
           that
           which
           Heathen●
           themselves
           in
           their
           way
           did
           make
           conscience
           of
           :
           for
           they
           did
           interdict
           and
           keep-off
           from
           their
           holy
           things
           all
           such
           as
           they
           
           esteemed
           prophane
           and
           scandalous
           ,
           whom
           therefore
           they
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           accused
           or
           delated
           persons
           :
           In
           this
           manner
           was
           
             Alcibiades
          
           excommunicate
           at
           
             Athens
             ,
          
           and
           
             Virginia
          
           at
           
             Rome
             :
          
           the
           former
           recorded
           by
           
             Plutarch
             ,
          
           the
           latter
           by
           
             Livius
             .
          
           I
           trust
           God
           shal
           never
           so
           far
           desert
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           that
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           Pagan
           and
           Popish
           Princes
           ,
           Separatills
           ,
           Socinians
           and
           Heathens
           shall
           rise
           up
           in
           judgement
           against
           you
           .
           I
           am
           perswaded
           better
           things
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           things
           that
           accompany
           salvation
           :
           and
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           not
           suffer
           the
           Name
           and
           Truth
           of
           God
           to
           be
           through
           you
           blasphemed
           and
           reproached
           .
        
         
           Do
           ye
           not
           remember
           the
           sad
           sentence
           against
           
             Eli
          
           and
           his
           house
           ,
           
             Because
             his
             sons
             made
             themselves
             vile
             ,
             and
             he
             restrained
             them
             not
             ,
          
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           3.13
           .
           The
           Apostle
           tels
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Judgement
           of
           God
           abideth
           not
           onely
           those
           that
           commit
           sin
           ,
           but
           those
           also
           who
           consent
           with
           them
           :
           
             Roms.
          
           1.32
           .
           
             Aquinas
          
           upon
           that
           place
           saith
           we
           may
           consent
           to
           the
           sins
           of
           others
           two
           waies
           .
           1.
           
           Directly
           by
           counselling
           ,
           approving
           ,
           &c.
           2.
           
           Indirectly
           ,
           by
           not
           hindering
           when
           we
           can
           .
           And
           so
           did
           
             Eli
          
           consent
           to
           the
           vilenesse
           of
           his
           sons
           ,
           because
           though
           he
           reproved
           them
           he
           did
           not
           restrain
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           Law
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           21.29
           .
           
             If
             an
             ox
             were
             wont
             to
             push
             with
             his
             horn
             in
             time
             past
             ,
             and
             it
             hath
             been
             testified
             to
             his
             owner
             ,
             and
             he
             hath
             not
             kept
             him
             in
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             hath
             killed
             a
             man
             or
             a
             woman
             ,
             the
             ox
             shall
             be
             stoned
             ,
             and
             his
             owner
             also
             shall
             be
             put
             to
             death
             .
          
           It
           could
           be
           no
           excuse
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           intended
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           grief
           of
           heart
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           such
           mischief
           is
           done
           .
           That
           which
           I
           ayme
           at
           ,
           is
           this
           .
           The
           
             Directory
          
           which
           you
           have
           lately
           established
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             ignorant
             and
             the
             sca●d●lous
             are
             not
             fi●
             to
             receive
             this
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           Ministers
           are
           appointed
           to
           warn
           all
           such
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           they
           presume
           not
           to
           come
           to
           that
           holy
           Table
           .
           It
           is
           now
           desired
           ,
           that
           this
           (
           which
           you
           have
           alreadie
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           and
           nature
           of
           that
           holy
           Ordinance
           )
           may
           be
           made
           effectuall●
           and
           for
           that
           end
           that
           the
           power
           of
           Discipline
           be
           added
           to
           the
           power
           of
           Doctrine
           :
           otherwise
           you
           are
           guilty
           in
           Gods
           sight
           of
           not
           restraining
           those
           that
           make
           themselves
           vile
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           third
           and
           last
           place
           ,
           
           I
           shall
           apply
           my
           Doctrine
           to
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           a
           twofold
           consideration
           .
           1
           Actively
           .
           2
           Passively
           .
        
         
           Actively
           ,
           because
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           like
           our
           Master
           ,
           even
           followers
           of
           
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           or
           partakers
           of
           his
           unction
           ,
           then
           our
           Ministery
           will
           have
           not
           onely
           light
           ,
           but
           fire
           in
           it
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           burning
           as
           well
           as
           shining
           lights
           ;
           not
           onely
           shining
           with
           the
           light
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           which
           is
           according
           to
           godlinesse
           ,
           
           but
           burning
           also
           with
           zeal
           for
           reforming
           abuses
           ,
           and
           purging
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           the
           drosse
           thereof
           .
           
           Which
           made
           
             Ang●s●ine
          
           to
           apply
           propologically
           to
           Ministers
           that
           which
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Angels
           of
           heaven
           ,
           
             Psal.
             104.4
             .
             Who
             maketh
             his
             Angels
             spirits
             ,
             and
             his
             Ministers
             a
             flaming
             fire
             .
          
           Sathan
           hath
           many
           Incendiaries
           against
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           .
           O
           that
           we
           were
           Christs
           Incendiaries
           against
           the
           kingdom
           of
           Sathan
           .
           If
           we
           will
           indeed
           appear
           zealous
           for
           the
           Lord
           ,
           let
           it
           not
           seem
           strange
           if
           the
           Adversaries
           of
           Reformation
           say
           of
           us
           as
           they
           said
           of
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           .
           
             These
             that
             have
             turned
             the
             world
             upside
             down
             ,
             are
             come
             hither
             also
             .
          
           Yet
           it
           shall
           be
           no
           grief
           of
           heart
           to
           us
           afterward
           ,
           but
           peace
           and
           joy
           unspeakable
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           do
           our
           duty
           faithfully
           .
        
         
           
             Passively
          
           also
           the
           Application
           must
           be
           made
           ,
           because
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
          
           must
           in
           the
           first
           place
           go
           through
           this
           refining
           fire
           themselves
           ,
           and
           they
           most
           of
           all
           other
           men
           have
           need
           to
           be
           and
           must
           be
           refined
           from
           their
           drosse
           .
           I
           find
           in
           Scripture
           that
           these
           three
           things
           had
           a
           beginning
           among
           the
           Priests
           and
           Prophets
           .
           I
           Sin
           ,
           error
           ,
           and
           scandall
           beginneth
           at
           them
           .
           
             Jer.
             50.6
             .
             Their
             Shepherds
             have
             caused
             them
             to
             go
             astray
             .
          
           And
           
             Jer.
          
           23.15
           .
           
             From
             the
             Prophets
             of
             Jerusalem
             is
             prophanenesse
             gone
             out
             into
             all
             the
             Land
             .
          
           2
           Judgement
           begins
           at
           them
           .
           
             Ezek.
          
           9.6
           .
           
             Slay
             utterly
             old
             and
             young
             ,
             and
             begin
             at
             my
             sanctuary
             .
          
           3.
           
           The
           refining
           work
           of
           Reformation
           beginneth
           or
           ought
           to
           begin
           at
           the
           purging
           and
           refining
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
             ,
          
           So
           you
           have
           it
           in
           the
           next
           words
           after
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           29.
           4
           ,
           5.
           &c.
           where
           
             Hezekiah
          
           beginneth
           his
           Reformation
           at
           the
           sa●ctifying
           of
           the
           Priests
           and
           Levites
           .
           
           But
           as
           it
           was
           then
           in
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           it
           s
           now
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           some
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
          
           are
           more
           upright
           to
           sanctifie
           themselves
           then
           others
           .
           The
           fire
           that
           I
           spake
           of
           before
           will
           prove
           every
           man
           and
           his
           work
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sorrie
           I
           have
           occasion
           to
           adde
           a
           third
           Application
           But
           come
           on
           and
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           greater
           things
           than
           these
           .
           What
           will
           you
           say
           ,
           if
           any
           be
           found
           among
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
             ,
          
           that
           will
           neither
           be
           active
           nor
           passive
           in
           the
           establishing
           of
           the
           Church-refining
           and
           sin-censuring
           Government
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           but
           will
           needs
           appear
           upon
           the
           Stage
           against
           it
           .
           This
           was
           done
           in
           a
           late
           
           Sermon
           now
           come
           abroad
           ,
           which
           hath
           given
           no
           small
           scandal
           ,
           and
           offence
           .
           I
           am
           confident
           every
           other
           godly
           Minister
           will
           say
           ,
           let
           my
           tongue
           cleave
           to
           the
           roof
           of
           my
           mouth
           ,
           before
           I
           do
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           done
           with
           that
           which
           the
           Text
           holds
           forth
           concerning
           Reformation
           .
           The
           second
           way
           how
           Christ
           is
           like
           a
           refiners
           fire
           ,
           and
           like
           fullers
           sope
           ,
           is
           in
           respect
           of
           tribulation
           which
           either
           followeth
           ,
           or
           accompanieth
           his
           coming
           into
           his
           Temple
           .
           Affliction
           is
           indeed
           a
           refining
           fire
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           66.10
           .
           
             For
             thou
             O
             God
             hast
             proved
             us
             :
             thou
             hast
             tried
             us
             as
             silver
             is
             tried
             ,
          
           vers.
           12.
           
           
             We
             went
             through
             fire
             and
             through
             water
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           1.6
           ,
           7.
           
           
             Ye
             are
             in
             heavinesse
             through
             manifold
             temptations
             ,
             that
             the
             triall
             of
             your
             faith
             being
             much
             more
             precious
             then
             of
             gold
             that
             perisheth
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             tried
             with
             fire
             ,
             might
             be
             found
             unto
             praise
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Affliction
           is
           also
           the
           fullers
           sope
           to
           purifie
           and
           make
           white
           ,
           
             Dan.
          
           11.35
           .
           and
           12.10
           .
           
             Many
             shall
             be
             purified
             and
             made
             white
             ,
             and
             tried
          
           :
           where
           the
           same
           word
           is
           used
           from
           which
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           the
           fullers
           sope
           hath
           its
           name
           .
        
         
           The
           Doctrine
           shall
           be
           this
           .
           
           
             Tribulation
             doth
             either
             accompany
             or
             follow
             after
             the
             work
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             or
             purging
             of
             the
             house
             of
             God
             .
          
           So
           it
           was
           when
           Christ
           himself
           came
           into
           his
           Temple
           .
           
             Luk.
          
           12.49
           .
           
             I
             am
             come
             to
             send
             fire
             on
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           vers.
           51.
           
           
             Suppose
             ye
             that
             I
             am
             come
             to
             send
             peace
             on
             earth
             ,
             I
             tell
             you
             nay
             ;
             but
             rather
             divis●●on
             .
          
           So
           it
           was
           when
           the
           Apostles
           were
           sent
           forth
           into
           the
           world
           .
           
             Peter
          
           applieth
           to
           that
           time
           the
           words
           of
           
             Joel
             .
             And
             I
             will
             shew
             wonders
             in
             heaven
             above
             ,
             and
             signes
             in
             earth
             beneath
             ,
             blood
             and
             fire
             ,
             and
             vapour
             of
             smoke
             ,
             the
             Sun
             shall
             be
             turned
             into
             darknesse
             ,
             and
             the
             Moon
             into
             blood
             .
          
           Acts
           2.19
           ,
           20.
           
           The
           meaning
           is
           ,
           such
           tribulation
           shall
           follow
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           like
           the
           darkening
           of
           the
           great
           lights
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           a
           putting
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           out
           of
           their
           course
           ,
           so
           great
           a
           change
           and
           calamity
           shall
           come
           .
           The
           experience
           both
           of
           the
           ancient
           and
           now-reformed
           Churches
           doth
           also
           abundantly
           confirm
           this
           Doctrine
           .
           Neither
           must
           we
           think
           that
           all
           the
           calamities
           of
           the
           Church
           are
           now
           overpast
           .
           Who
           can
           be
           assured
           that
           that
           houre
           of
           greatest
           darknesse
           ,
           the
           killing
           of
           the
           witnesses
           is
           past
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           sad
           prophecie
           ,
           
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           fulfilled
           .
           And
           if
           some
           be
           not
           much
           mistaken
           ,
           it
           is
           told
           ,
           
             Dan.
          
           12.1
           .
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           greater
           tribulation
           about
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Jews
           conversion
           ,
           then
           any
           we
           have
           yet
           seen
           .
           At
           that
           time
           ,
           saith
           the
           Angel
           to
           
             Daniel
             ,
             there
             shall
             be
             a
             time
             of
             trouble
             ,
             such
             as
             never
             was
             since
             there
             was
             a
             nation
             ,
             even
             to
             
             that
             same
             time
             :
             and
             at
             that
             time
             thy
             people
             shall
             be
             delivered
             ,
             every
             〈◊〉
             that
             shall
             be
             found
             written
             in
             the
             book
             .
          
        
         
           I
           make
           haste
           to
           the
           Uses
           ,
           and
           first
           ,
           let
           me
           give
           unto
           God
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           truth
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           been
           deceived
           ,
           surely
           he
           hath
           not
           deceived
           us
           ,
           for
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           plain
           warning
           in
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           kept
           up
           from
           us
           ,
           the
           worst
           things
           which
           ever
           have
           or
           ever
           shall
           come
           upon
           his
           Church
           .
           And
           now
           when
           the
           sword
           of
           the
           Lord
           hath
           gotten
           a
           charge
           against
           these
           three
           covenanting
           and
           reforming
           Kingdoms
           ,
           is
           this
           any
           other
           then
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           when
           Christ
           cometh
           into
           his
           Temple
           ,
           
             who
             may
             abide
             the
             day
             of
             his
             coming
             ,
             and
             who
             shall
             stand
             ,
             when
             he
             appeareth
             ?
             so
             he
             is
             like
             a
             refiners
             fire
             ,
             and
             like
             fullers
             sope
             .
          
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           invasion
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           by
           such
           an
           enemy
           after
           a
           reformation
           ,
           is
           it
           any
           new
           thing
           ?
           May
           we
           not
           say
           that
           which
           is
           ,
           hath
           been
           ?
           Did
           not
           
             Senacherib
          
           invade
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           after
           
             Hezekiahs
          
           reformation
           .
           2
           
             Chro●
             .
          
           32.1
           .
           And
           though
           after
           the
           reformation
           of
           
             Asa
             ,
          
           
           and
           after
           the
           reformation
           of
           
             Jehosaphat
          
           also
           ,
           the
           land
           had
           a
           short
           rest
           and
           a
           breathing
           time
           ,
           yet
           not
           long
           after
           a
           forrain
           invasion
           followed
           both
           upon
           the
           one
           reformation
           and
           the
           other
           .
           Nay
           ,
           look
           what
           is
           the
           worst
           thing
           which
           hath
           befallen
           to
           
             Scotland
          
           as
           yet
           ,
           as
           much
           ,
           yea
           worse
           hath
           formerly
           befallen
           to
           the
           Church
           &
           people
           of
           God
           toward
           whom
           the
           Lord
           had
           thoughts
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           evil
           ;
           to
           give
           them
           an
           expected
           end
           .
           I
           say
           it
           not
           for
           diminishing
           any
           thing
           either
           from
           the
           sin
           or
           shame
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           ;
           the
           Lord
           forbid
           ,
           we
           will
           bear
           the
           indignation
           of
           the
           Lord
           because
           we
           have
           sinned
           against
           him
           ,
           we
           will
           lay
           our
           hand
           upon
           our
           mouth
           ,
           and
           accept
           the
           punishment
           of
           our
           iniquity
           ,
           we
           will
           bear
           our
           shame
           for
           ever
           ,
           because
           our
           Father
           hath
           spit
           in
           our
           face
           ,
           our
           Rock
           hath
           sold
           us
           ,
           and
           our
           strength
           hath
           departed
           from
           us
           .
           But
           I
           say
           it
           by
           way
           of
           answering
           him
           ,
           that
           reproacheth
           in
           the
           gates
           ,
           and
           by
           way
           of
           pleading
           for
           the
           truth
           of
           God
           .
           Some
           have
           objected
           to
           our
           reproach
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Lord
           required
           the
           Israelites
           to
           appear
           before
           him
           in
           
             Jerusalem
          
           thrice
           a
           yeer
           ,
           he
           promised
           that
           no
           man
           should
           invade
           their
           habitations
           in
           their
           absence
           ,
           
           
             Exod.
          
           34.23.24
           .
           
             which
             gracious
             providence
             of
             his
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
          
           saies
           one
           ,
           
             continues
             still
             protecting
             all
             such
             as
             are
             employed
             by
             his
             command
          
           ;
           yet
           thath
           not
           been
           so
           with
           Scotland
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           their
           armies
           being
           in
           England
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           besides
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           said
           already
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           ,
           the
           word
           and
           work
           of
           God
           do
           
           well
           agree
           ,
           
           and
           that
           Scripture
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           so
           applyed
           to
           us
           ,
           except
           the
           
             Canaanites
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Am●rites
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Jebusites
          
           of
           our
           time
           had
           been
           all
           cast
           out
           of
           our
           borders
           ,
           (
           we
           find
           this
           day
           too
           many
           of
           them
           lurking
           there
           ,
           and
           waiting
           their
           opportunity
           )
           for
           the
           Septuagints
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           interpreters
           read
           that
           Text
           thus
           ,
           
             For
             when
             I
             shall
             cast
             out
             the
             nations
             before
             thee
             ,
             and
             enlarge
             thy
             borders
             ,
             no
             man
             shall
             desire
             thy
             land
             ,
             when
             thou
             shall
             go
             up
             to
             appear
             before
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             thrice
             in
             the
             yeer
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           the
           true
           sence
           ,
           read
           it
           as
           you
           will
           .
           For
           the
           promise
           is
           limited
           to
           the
           time
           of
           casting
           out
           the
           Nations
           and
           inlarging
           their
           borders
           ,
           (
           which
           came
           not
           to
           passe
           till
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Solomon
          
           )
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           from
           the
           time
           of
           making
           that
           promise
           ,
           the
           people
           had
           not
           ever
           libertie
           and
           protection
           for
           keeping
           the
           three
           solemne
           Feasts
           in
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           :
           as
           might
           be
           proved
           from
           divers
           forrain
           invasions
           and
           spoylings
           of
           that
           Land
           for
           some
           yeers
           together
           ,
           whereof
           we
           read
           in
           the
           book
           of
           the
           Judges
           .
           But
           I
           go
           on
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           let
           God
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           just
           &
           righteous
           dealings
           .
           Let
           us
           say
           with
           
             Job
             ,
             I
             will
             leave
             my
             comp●aint
             upon
             my self
             ,
          
           and
           say
           unto
           God
           ,
           
             Shew
             me
             wherefore
             thou
             contendest
             with
             me
             .
          
           But
           by
           all
           means
           take
           heed
           you
           conceive
           not
           an
           ill
           opinion
           of
           the
           Covenant
           and
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           tribulation
           which
           followeth
           thereupon
           .
           Say
           not
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           good
           old
           world
           when
           we
           burnt
           incense
           to
           the
           Queen
           of
           heaven
           ,
           
             for
             then
             we
             were
             well
             ,
             and
             saw
             no
             evil
             .
          
           But
           (
           said
           the
           people
           to
           
             Jeremiah
          
           )
           
             Since
             we
             left
             off
             to
             burn
             incense
             to
             the
             Queen
             of
             heaven
             ,
             and
             to
             poure
             out
             drink-offerings
             to
             her
             ,
             we
             have
             been
             consumed
             by
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             famine
             ,
             Jer.
          
           44.17
           ,
           18.
           
           
           To
           such
           I
           answer
           in
           the
           words
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Say
             not
             thou
             ,
             what
             it
             is
             the
             cause
             that
             the
             former
             times
             were
             better
             then
             these
             ,
             for
             thou
             diest
             not
             enquire
             wisely
             concerning
             this
             .
          
           Was
           the
           peoples
           coming
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           the
           cause
           why
           their
           carcasses
           did
           fall
           in
           the
           windernesse
           ?
           or
           was
           it
           their
           murmuring
           and
           rebelling
           against
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           brought
           that
           wrath
           upon
           them
           .
           If
           thou
           wilt
           enquire
           wisely
           concerning
           this
           thing
           ,
           read
           
             Zephaniah
             ,
             cap.
          
           1.
           
           In
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             I
             siah
             ,
          
           even
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Judahs
          
           best
           reformation
           ,
           the
           Lord
           sent
           this
           message
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           I
           
             will
             utterly
             consume
             all
             things
             from
             off
             the
             Land
             .
          
           v.
           2.
           
           
             And
             I
             will
             bring
             distresse
             upon
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             walk
             like
             blind
             men
             ,
             and
             their
             bloud
             shall
             be
             poured
             out
             as
             dust
             ,
             and
             their
             flesh
             as
             dung
             ,
             vers.
          
           17.
           
           What
           was
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ?
           It
           is
           plainly
           told
           them
           ,
           (
           and
           let
           us
           take
           it
           
           all
           home
           to
           our selves
           )
           because
           notwithstanding
           of
           that
           publick
           reformation
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           remnant
           of
           
             Baal
          
           in
           the
           land
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Chemarins
             ,
          
           and
           those
           who
           halt
           between
           two
           opinions
           ,
           who
           swear
           by
           the
           Lord
           (
           or
           to
           the
           Lord
           which
           is
           expounded
           of
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Covenant
           in
           
             Josiahs
          
           time
           )
           but
           they
           swear
           by
           
             Malcham
          
           also
           
             v.
          
           4.5
           .
           There
           are
           others
           who
           do
           not
           seek
           the
           Lord
           nor
           enquire
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           many
           that
           turn
           back
           from
           the
           Lord
           in
           a
           course
           of
           back-sliding
           ,
           
             v.
          
           6.
           other
           clothed
           with
           strange
           apparell
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           8.
           others
           exercising
           violence
           and
           deceit
           ,
           
             vers
          
           9.
           a
           number
           of
           Atheists
           also
           living
           among
           Gods
           people
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           12.
           
           For
           these
           and
           the
           like
           causes
           doth
           the
           land
           mourn
           .
           It
           is
           not
           the
           Covenant
           but
           the
           broken
           Covenant
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           but
           the
           want
           of
           a
           reall
           and
           personall
           Reformation
           ,
           that
           hath
           drawn
           on
           the
           Judgment
           .
           Blessed
           are
           they
           who
           shall
           keep
           their
           garments
           clean
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           
           
             All
             this
             is
             come
             up
             on
             us
             ,
             yet
             have
             we
             not
             forgotten
             thee
             ,
             nor
             dealt
             falsely
             in
             thy
             Covenant
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
           give
           God
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           wisdom
           ,
           many
           are
           now
           crying
           ,
           
             how
             long
             Lord
             wilt
             thou
             hide
             thy self
             for
             ever
             ?
             Shall
             thy
             wrath
             burn
             like
             fire
             ?
          
           Your
           answer
           from
           God
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           rod
           shall
           be
           indeed
           removed
           ,
           and
           even
           cast
           into
           the
           fire
           in
           your
           stead
           ,
           but
           when
           ?
           it
           shall
           be
           
             when
             the
             Lord
             hath
             performed
             his
             whole
             work
             upon
             Mount
             Zion
             ,
             and
             on
             Jerusalem
             .
             Isa.
          
           1
           0
           12.
           
           If
           the
           Iudgement
           have
           not
           yet
           done
           all
           the
           work
           it
           was
           sent
           for
           ,
           
           then
           
             they
             shall
             go
             out
             from
             on
             fire
             ,
             and
             another
             fire
             shall
             devoure
             them
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Lord
           .
           God
           is
           a
           wise
           refiner
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           take
           the
           silver
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           till
           the
           drosse
           be
           purged
           away
           from
           it
           .
           He
           is
           a
           wise
           Father
           who
           will
           not
           cast
           the
           rod
           of
           correction
           ,
           till
           it
           have
           driven
           away
           all
           that
           folly
           which
           is
           bound
           up
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           children
           .
           
             Behold
             ,
          
           therefore
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             I
             will
             gather
             you
             into
             the
             midst
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             as
             they
             gather
             silver
             and
             brasse
             ,
             and
             iron
             ,
             and
             lead
             ,
             and
             tinne
             into
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             furnace
             ,
             to
             blow
             the
             fire
             upon
             it
             ,
             to
             melt
             it
             :
             so
             will
             I
             gather
             you
             in
             mine
             anger
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             fury
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             leave
             you
             there
             ,
             and
             melt
             you
             .
          
           He
           speaks
           it
           to
           those
           who
           had
           escaped
           the
           captivity
           of
           
             Jeboiakim
             ,
          
           and
           also
           the
           captivity
           of
           
             Jehoiachin
             ,
          
           and
           thought
           they
           should
           be
           safe
           and
           secure
           in
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           when
           their
           brethren
           were
           in
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           I
           will
           gather
           you
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           and
           when
           thou
           think
           you
           are
           out
           of
           one
           furnace
           ,
           you
           shall
           fall
           into
           another
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           will
           not
           be
           refined
           from
           your
           drosse
           ,
           you
           shall
           never
           come
           out
           of
           that
           furnace
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           melt
           
           you
           there
           ,
           and
           leave
           you
           there
           ,
           which
           did
           so
           come
           to
           passe
           ;
           for
           the
           residue
           that
           escaped
           to
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           and
           thought
           to
           shelter
           themselves
           there
           ,
           as
           likewise
           these
           that
           remained
           in
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           and
           held
           out
           that
           siege
           with
           
             Zedekias
             ,
          
           even
           all
           these
           did
           fall
           under
           the
           sword
           ,
           and
           the
           famine
           ,
           and
           the
           pestilence
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           consumed
           ;
           
             Jer.
          
           24.8.10
           .
           Let
           those
           that
           are
           longest
           spared
           ,
           take
           heed
           they
           be
           not
           ●orest
           smitten
           .
           Say
           not
           with
           
             Agag
             ,
             the
             bitternesse
             of
             death
             is
             past
             .
          
           The
           child
           chast●ed
           in
           the
           afternoon
           ,
           weeps
           as
           sore
           as
           the
           child
           chastised
           in
           the
           forenoon
           .
           Remember
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           take
           away
           the
           judgement
           till
           he
           have
           performed
           his
           work
           ;
           yea
           his
           whole
           work
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           Mount
           
             Zion
          
           and
           
             Jerusalem
          
           it self
           .
           It
           is
           no
           light
           matter
           ,
           the
           rod
           must
           be
           very
           heavy
           before
           our
           uncircumcised
           heart
           can
           be
           humbled
           ,
           and
           the
           furnace
           very
           hot
           ,
           before
           our
           drosse
           depart
           from
           us
           .
           We
           have
           need
           of
           all
           the
           ●ore
           strokes
           which
           we
           mourn
           under
           ,
           and
           if
           one
           lesse
           could
           do
           the
           turn
           it
           should
           be
           spared
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           doth
           not
           afflict
           willingly
           ;
           we
           our selves
           rive
           every
           stroke
           out
           of
           his
           hand
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           fourth
           and
           last
           place
           ,
           
           let
           us
           give
           God
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           mercy
           also
           ,
           he
           means
           to
           do
           us
           good
           in
           our
           latter
           end
           .
           It
           is
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           father
           ,
           not
           of
           an
           enemy
           :
           It
           is
           a
           refining
           ,
           not
           a
           consuming
           fire
           .
           
           The
           poor
           
             mourners
             in
             Zion
          
           are
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Our
             bones
             are
             dried
             ,
             and
             our
             hope
             is
             lost
             ,
             we
             are
             cut
             off
             for
             our
             parts
          
           :
           we
           are
           like
           to
           lie
           in
           this
           fire
           and
           furnace
           for
           ever
           ,
           because
           our
           drosse
           is
           is
           not
           departed
           from
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           stil
           an
           unhumbled
           ,
           an
           unbroken
           ,
           an
           unmortified
           generation
           ;
           yea
           ,
           many
           like
           
             Ahaz
          
           in
           the
           time
           of
           affliction
           trespassing
           yet
           more
           against
           the
           Lord
           ,
           many
           thinking
           of
           going
           back
           again
           to
           
             Egypt
             .
          
           To
           such
           I
           have
           these
           two
           things
           to
           say
           for
           their
           comfort
           :
           First
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           remnant
           which
           shall
           not
           onely
           be
           delivered
           ,
           but
           purified
           ,
           and
           shall
           come
           forth
           as
           gold
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           .
           The
           third
           part
           shall
           be
           refined
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           shall
           say
           ,
           
             It
             is
             my
             people
             ,
             Zach.
          
           13.9
           .
           And
           a
           most
           sweet
           promise
           there
           is
           after
           the
           saddest
           denunciation
           of
           judgement
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           14.22
           ,
           23.
           
           
             Yet
             behold
             therein
             shall
             be
             left
             a
             remnant
             that
             shall
             be
             brought
             both
             sons
             and
             daughters
             ,
             ●ehold
             they
             shall
             come
             forth
             unto
             you
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             see
             their
             way
             and
             their
             doings
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             comforted
             concerning
             the
             evill
             that
             I
             have
             brought
             upon
             Jerusalem
             ,
             even
             concerning
             all
             that
             I
             have
             brought
             upon
             it
             .
             And
             they
             shall
             comfort
             you
             when
             you
             see
             their
             wayes
             and
             their
             doing●
             :
             and
             ye
             shall
             know
             that
             I
             have
             not
             done
             without
             cause
             all
             that
             I
             have
             done
             in
             it
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             .
          
           Dan.
           12.10
           .
           
             Many
             shall
             be
             purified
             and
             made
             
             and
             tried
             :
             but
             the
             wicked
             shall
             do
             wickedly
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             understand
             ,
             but
             the
             wise
             shall
             understand
             ,
             Jer.
          
           24.7
           .
           After
           the
           promise
           of
           delivering
           those
           that
           were
           carried
           away
           to
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           there
           is
           a
           nother
           promise
           added
           of
           that
           which
           was
           much
           better
           :
           
             I
             will
             give
             an
             heart
             to
             know
             me
             that
             I
             am
             thy
             Lord
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             my
             people
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             be
             their
             God
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             return
             unto
             me
             with
             their
             whole
             heart
             ,
          
           Psal.
           130.8
           
             He
             shall
             redeem
             Israel
             from
             all
             his
             iniquities
             ,
             Zebp
             .
          
           3.12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             I
             will
             also
             leave
             in
             the
             mid●●
             them
             an
             afflicted
             and
             poore
             people
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             trust
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
             The
             remnant
             of
             Israel
             shall
             not
             do
             iniquity
             ,
             not
             speak
             lies
             ,
             neither
             shall
             a
             deceitfull
             tongue
             be
             found
             in
             their
             mouth
             .
          
           Let
           your
           souls
           now
           apply
           these
           and
           the
           like
           promises
           ,
           and
           cry
           ,
           Lord
           remember
           thy
           promise
           ,
           and
           let
           not
           a
           jot
           of
           thy
           good
           word
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             .
          
           as
           the
           promises
           of
           spirituall
           and
           eternall
           blessings
           ,
           so
           the
           promises
           of
           peace
           and
           temporall
           deliverances
           ,
           are
           not
           legall
           but
           even
           Evangelicall
           :
           If
           we
           be
           not
           refined
           and
           purged
           as
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           humiliation
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           also
           a
           matter
           of
           magnifying
           the
           riches
           of
           free
           mercy
           ,
           Isa.
           48.9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           
             For
             my
             Names
             sake
             will
             I
             deferre
             mine
             anger
             ,
             and
             for
             my
             praise
             will
             ●refrain
             for
             thee
             .
             Behold
             ,
             I
             have
             refined
             thee
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             silver
             ,
             I
             have
             chosen
             thee
             in
             the
             fornance
             of
             affection
             ,
             for
             mine
             own
             sake
             ,
             yea
             for
             mine
             own
             sake
             will
             I
             do
             it
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           is
           there
           arguing
           with
           his
           people
           ,
           to
           humble
           them
           ,
           to
           convince
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           cut
           off
           all
           matter
           of
           glorying
           from
           them
           .
           And
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           left
           they
           should
           glory
           in
           this
           ,
           
           that
           what
           ever
           they
           were
           before
           ,
           they
           became
           afterward
           as
           silver
           refined
           seven
           times
           in
           the
           fornace
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           refined
           you
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           but
           notas
           silver
           ,
           not
           so
           as
           that
           you
           are
           clean
           from
           your
           drosse
           :
           but
           I
           have
           chosen
           you
           ,
           and
           set
           my
           love
           upon
           you
           ,
           even
           while
           you
           are
           in
           the
           fornace
           not
           yet
           refined
           :
           and
           I
           will
           deliver
           you
           even
           for
           my
           own
           names
           sake
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           owe
           your
           deliverance
           for
           ever
           to
           free
           mercy
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           your
           own
           repentance
           and
           amendment
           .
           A
           land
           is
           accepted
           ,
           and
           a
           peoples
           peace
           made
           with
           God
           ,
           not
           by
           their
           repentance
           and
           humiliation
           ,
           but
           by
           Christ
           beleeved
           on
           ,
           
             Micah
          
           5
           :
           5.
           
           
             This
             man
             shall
             be
             the
             peace
             when
             the
             Assyrian
             shall
             come
             into
             our
             Land
             .
          
           There
           were
           Sin-offerings
           ,
           and
           Burnt-offerings
           appointed
           in
           the
           Law
           for
           a
           Nationall
           atonement
           ,
           
             Levit.
          
           4.13.21
           .
           
             Num.
          
           15.25
           ,
           26.
           which
           did
           typifie
           pardoning
           of
           Nationall
           sins
           through
           the
           merit
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           We
           must
           improve
           the
           office
           of
           the
           Mediator
           ,
           and
           the
           promise
           of
           free
           grace
           ,
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           as
           well
           
           as
           of
           our
           own
           souls
           ,
           which
           (
           if
           it
           be
           indeed
           done
           )
           will
           not
           hinder
           ,
           but
           further
           a
           great
           mourning
           ,
           and
           deep
           humiliation
           in
           the
           Land
           .
           And
           so
           much
           of
           tribulation
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           thing
           held
           forth
           in
           this
           Text
           (
           of
           which
           I
           must
           be
           very
           short
           )
           is
           Mortification
           :
           This
           also
           is
           a
           refining
           fire
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           3.11
           .
           
             He
             shall
             baptize
             you
             with
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             and
             with
             fire
             ,
             Mark
          
           9.49
           .
           
             For
             every
             one
             shall
             be
             salted
             with
             fire
             ;
             and
             every
             Sacrifice
             shall
             be
             salted
             with
             salt
             .
          
           He
           hath
           been
           before
           speaking
           of
           mortification
           ,
           of
           the
           placking
           out
           of
           the
           right
           eye
           ,
           the
           cuting
           off
           the
           right
           hand
           ,
           or
           the
           right
           foot
           ,
           
           and
           now
           he
           presseth
           the
           same
           thing
           by
           a
           double
           allusion
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           necessity
           both
           of
           fire
           and
           salt
           ,
           the
           Sacrifice
           was
           seasoned
           with
           salt
           ,
           
           and
           the
           fire
           upon
           the
           Altar
           was
           not
           to
           be
           put
           out
           ,
           but
           every
           morning
           the
           wood
           was
           burnt
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           burnt
           offering
           laid
           upon
           it
           .
           So
           if
           we
           will
           present
           our selves
           as
           a
           holy
           and
           acceptable
           Sacrifice
           to
           God
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           seasoned
           with
           the
           salt
           ,
           and
           our
           corruptions
           burnt
           up
           with
           the
           fire
           of
           mortification
           .
        
         
           The
           Doctrine
           shall
           be
           this
           :
           
           
             It
             is
             not
             enough
             to
             joyn
             in
             publick
             Reformation
             ,
             yea
             to
             suffer
             tribulation
             for
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             except
             we
             also
             endeavour
             mortification
             .
          
           This
           mortification
           is
           a
           third
           step
           distinct
           from
           the
           former
           two
           ;
           and
           without
           this
           ,
           the
           other
           two
           can
           make
           us
           but
           
             almost
             Christians
             ,
          
           
           or
           ,
           
             not
             far
             from
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
          
           In
           the
           parable
           of
           the
           Sower
           and
           the
           seed
           ,
           
           as
           we
           find
           it
           both
           in
           
             Matthew
             ,
             Mark
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             Luke
             ,
          
           this
           method
           may
           be
           observed
           ,
           That
           of
           the
           four
           sorts
           of
           ground
           ,
           the
           second
           is
           better
           then
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           third
           better
           then
           the
           second
           ;
           but
           the
           fourth
           onely
           is
           the
           good
           ground
           ,
           which
           is
           fruitfull
           ,
           and
           getteth
           a
           blessing
           .
           Some
           mens
           hearts
           are
           like
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           hard
           beaten
           road
           ,
           where
           every
           soul
           spirit
           ,
           and
           every
           lust
           hath
           walked
           and
           converted
           ,
           their
           consciences
           through
           the
           custome
           of
           sin
           ,
           are
           as
           it
           were
           
             seared
             with
             a
             hot
             Iron
             :
          
           In
           these
           the
           Word
           takes
           no
           place
           ,
           but
           all
           that
           they
           hear
           doth
           presently
           slip
           from
           them
           .
           Others
           receive
           the
           Word
           with
           a
           present
           good
           affection
           and
           delight
           ,
           but
           have
           no
           depth
           of
           earth
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           neither
           having
           had
           a
           work
           of
           the
           Law
           upon
           their
           consciences
           for
           deep
           humiliation
           ,
           nor
           being
           rooted
           and
           grounded
           in
           love
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           nor
           paradventure
           so
           much
           as
           grounded
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           nor
           having
           counted
           their
           cost
           ,
           and
           solidly
           resolved
           for
           sufferings
           ;
           thereupon
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           when
           suffering
           times
           come
           ,
           these
           wither
           away
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           nothing
           .
           
           thing
           .
           There
           is
           a
           third
           sort
           ,
           who
           go
           a
           step
           further
           ,
           they
           have
           some
           root
           ,
           and
           some
           more
           solid
           ground
           then
           the
           former
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           can
           suffer
           many
           things
           ,
           and
           not
           fall
           away
           because
           of
           persecution
           ,
           yet
           they
           perish
           through
           want
           of
           mortification
           .
           One
           may
           suffer
           persecution
           for
           Christ
           ,
           not
           being
           sore
           tried
           in
           that
           which
           is
           his
           Idol
           lust
           ,
           yet
           enduring
           great
           losses
           and
           crosses
           in
           other
           things
           .
           
           Of
           such
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             that
             the
             cares
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             deceitfulnesse
             of
             riches
             ,
             and
             the
             lusts
             of
             other
             things
             entering
             in
             ,
             choke
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             it
             becometh
             unfruitfull
             .
          
           Mark
           that
           ,
           
             the
             lusts
             of
             other
             things
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           the
           lust
           of
           the
           eyes
           ,
           or
           the
           lust
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           or
           the
           pride
           of
           life
           ;
           and
           he
           speaks
           of
           the
           
             entring
          
           in
           ,
           meaning
           of
           some
           strong
           tentation
           coming
           upon
           a
           man
           to
           catch
           him
           in
           that
           which
           is
           the
           great
           Idol
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           his
           beloved
           lust
           ,
           what
           ever
           it
           be
           ,
           such
           a
           tentation
           he
           never
           found
           before
           ,
           and
           therefore
           thought
           the
           lust
           had
           been
           mortified
           ,
           which
           was
           but
           lurking
           .
           Did
           not
           
             Judas
          
           suffer
           many
           things
           with
           Christ
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           his
           publike
           Ministery
           ?
           Did
           not
           
             Ananias
          
           and
           
             Saphira
          
           suffer
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           with
           the
           Apostles
           and
           Church
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             ?
          
           What
           was
           it
           then
           that
           lost
           them
           ?
           They
           neither
           made
           defection
           from
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           nor
           did
           they
           fall
           away
           because
           of
           persecution
           :
           But
           having
           shined
           in
           the
           light
           a
           sound
           profession
           ,
           having
           also
           taken
           up
           the
           crosse
           ,
           and
           born
           the
           reproach
           of
           Christ
           ,
           they
           make
           shipwrack
           at
           last
           upon
           an
           unmortified
           lust
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           enlarge
           the
           Doctrine
           nofurther
           ,
           
           but
           touch
           upon
           some
           few
           Uses
           ,
           and
           so
           an
           end
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           let
           all
           and
           every
           one
           ofus
           be
           convinced
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           our
           further
           endeavouring
           after
           mortfication
           .
           The
           best
           silver
           which
           cometh
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           hath
           drosse
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           needeth
           the
           Refiners
           fire
           ;
           and
           the
           whitest
           garment
           that
           is
           worn
           ,
           will
           touch
           some
           unclean
           thing
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           need
           the
           Fullers
           sope
           .
           The
           best
           of
           Gods
           children
           have
           the
           drosse
           of
           their
           inherent
           corruptions
           to
           purge
           away
           ,
           which
           made
           
             Paul
          
           say
           ,
           
             I
             keep
             under
             my
             body
             ,
             and
             bring
             it
             into
             subiection
             ;
             lest
             that
             by
             any
             means
             when
             I
             have
             preached
             to
             others
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             my self
             should
             be
             a
             castaway
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           spee●h
           borrowed
           from
           reprobate
           silver
           which
           is
           not
           refined
           from
           drosse
           ,
           
           and
           so
           is
           the
           word
           used
           by
           the
           
             Septuagints
             ,
             Isa.
          
           1.22
           .
           
             Thy
             silver
             is
             become
             drosse
             .
          
           The
           Apostle
           therefore
           sets
           himself
           to
           the
           study
           of
           mortification
           ,
           lest
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           been
           refining
           and
           purifying
           others
           ,
           I
           my self
           be
           found
           to
           be
           drossie
           silver
           .
           And
           as
           there
           is
           
             inherent
          
           drosse
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           
             adherent
          
           uncleannesse
           in
           the
           
           best
           ,
           and
           who
           can
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           kept
           his
           garments
           so
           clean
           that
           he
           is
           
             unspotted
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           
           or
           that
           he
           hath
           so
           separate
           himself
           from
           the
           pollutions
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           hath
           touched
           no
           unclean
           thing
           .
           So
           that
           there
           is
           an
           universall
           necessity
           of
           making
           use
           both
           of
           the
           refiners
           fire
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Fullers
           sope
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
           let
           us
           once
           become
           willing
           and
           contented
           ,
           yea
           desirous
           to
           be
           throughly
           mortified
           .
           A
           mans
           lus●s
           and
           corruptions
           are
           indeed
           so
           strongly
           interested
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           sin
           is
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           corruptions
           are
           his
           members
           ,
           therfore
           when
           we
           leave
           off
           sin
           ,
           we
           are
           said
           to
           live
           no
           more
           
             to
             our selves
             .
          
           
           And
           morification
           is
           the
           greatest
           violence
           that
           can
           be
           done
           to
           nature
           ,
           therefore
           it
           is
           called
           a
           cutting
           off
           of
           the
           chief
           members
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           
             Mark
          
           9.43.45.47
           .
           a
           salting
           with
           salt
           ,
           and
           a
           burning
           with
           fire
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           49.
           a
           ciccumcision
           ,
           
             Col.
          
           2.11
           .
           a
           crucifying
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           6.6
           .
           So
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           difficult
           or
           displeasing
           ;
           yea
           ,
           a
           greater
           torment
           to
           flesh
           and
           blood
           .
           Yet
           now
           art
           thou
           willing
           ,
           notwithstanding
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           to
           take
           Christ
           on
           his
           own
           terms
           ,
           to
           take
           him
           not
           only
           for
           rightousnesse
           and
           life
           ,
           but
           to
           take
           him
           as
           a
           refiners
           fire
           ,
           &
           as
           fullers
           sope
           ?
           O
           that
           there
           were
           such
           a
           heart
           in
           thee
           .
           When
           Christ
           bids
           thee
           pluck
           out
           thy
           right
           eye
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           thy
           right
           hand
           ,
           say
           not
           in
           thy
           heart
           ,
           how
           shall
           I
           do
           without
           my
           right
           eye
           ,
           and
           my
           right
           hand
           .
           Nay
           thou
           shalt
           do
           well
           enough
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           even
           enter
           into
           life
           without
           them
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           a
           gainer
           ,
           and
           no
           looser
           .
           Say
           not
           thou
           ,
           how
           shall
           I
           go
           through
           this
           refining
           fire
           :
           fear
           not
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           lose
           nothing
           but
           thy
           drosse
           .
           Thus
           get
           thy
           heart
           wrought
           to
           a
           willingnesse
           ,
           and
           a
           condesending
           ,
           in
           the
           point
           of
           mortification
           .
        
         
           
             Lastly
             ,
          
           
           if
           you
           say
           ,
           But
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           how
           shall
           I
           attain
           unto
           it
           ?
           put
           thy self
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           trust
           him
           with
           the
           work
           ,
           if
           you
           mark
           the
           Text
           here
           ;
           and
           the
           verse
           that
           followeth
           ,
           Christ
           is
           both
           the
           refiner
           ,
           and
           the
           refiners
           fire
           :
           thou
           shalt
           be
           refined
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           thou
           shalt
           be
           refined
           in
           him
           .
           Thou
           deceivest
           thy self
           if
           thou
           thinkest
           to
           be
           refined
           any
           other
           way
           but
           by
           this
           refiner
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           refiners
           fire
           .
           The
           blood
           of
           Christ
           doth
           !
           not
           onely
           wash
           us
           from
           guilt
           ,
           but
           
             purge
             our
             consciences
             from
             dead
             works
             to
             serve
             the
             living
             God
             ,
          
           Heb.
           9.10
           .
           and
           
             they
             that
             are
             Christs
             ,
             have
             crucified
             the
             flesh
             with
             the
             affections
             and
             lusts
             ,
             Gal.
          
           5.24
           .
           Here
           you
           may
           see
           the
           thing
           is
           feceable
           and
           attainable
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           by
           an
           Apostle
           or
           some
           extraordinary
           man
           ,
           but
           by
           all
           that
           are
           Christs
           .
           Being
           his
           and
           in
           him
           ,
           they
           are
           inabled
           through
           his
           strength
           to
           crucifie
           the
           flesh
           with
           the
           affections
           and
           lusts
           thereof
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           Brotherly
           Examination
           of
           some
           passages
           of
           Mr.
           
             Colemans
          
           late
           Sermon
           upon
           
             Job
          
           11.20
           .
           as
           it
           is
           now
           Printed
           and
           published
           :
           By
           which
           he
           hath
           to
           the
           great
           offence
           of
           very
           many
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           strike
           at
           the
           very
           root
           of
           all
           Spiritual
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           Government
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           other
           reformed
           Churches
           ,
           and
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           Honourable
           Houses
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           after
           advice
           had
           with
           the
           Reverend
           and
           Learned
           Assembly
           of
           
             Divines
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           before
           touched
           this
           purpose
           in
           the
           third
           branch
           of
           the
           third
           Application
           of
           my
           second
           Doctrine
           :
           and
           did
           in
           my
           Sermon
           in
           the
           
             Abbey
             Church
             ,
          
           expresse
           my
           thoughts
           of
           it
           at
           some
           length
           .
           But
           as
           I
           was
           then
           unwilling
           to
           fall
           upon
           such
           a
           Controversie
           so
           publickly
           ,
           &
           especially
           in
           a
           Fast
           Sermon
           ,
           if
           that
           which
           I
           intend
           to
           examine
           had
           not
           been
           as
           publikly
           and
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           delivered
           :
           So
           now
           in
           the
           publishing
           ,
           I
           have
           thought
           good
           to
           open
           my
           mind
           ,
           concerning
           this
           thing
           distinctly
           ,
           and
           by
           itselfe
           .
           That
           which
           had
           been
           too
           late
           to
           be
           preached
           after
           Sermon
           ,
           is
           not
           too
           late
           to
           be
           Printed
           after
           Sermon
           .
           Others
           (
           upon
           occasion
           offred
           )
           have
           given
           their
           testimony
           against
           his
           Doctrine
           ;
           And
           I
           should
           think
           my self
           unfaithful
           in
           the
           Trust
           put
           upon
           me
           ,
           if
           upon
           such
           an
           occasion
           I
           should
           be
           silent
           in
           this
           businesse
           :
           and
           I
           beleeve
           no
           man
           will
           think
           it
           strange
           ,
           that
           a
           peece
           of
           this
           nature
           and
           strain
           get
           an
           Answer
           :
           and
           I
           go
           about
           it
           ,
           without
           any
           disrespect
           either
           to
           the
           person
           or
           parts
           of
           my
           Reverend
           Brother
           .
           Onely
           I
           must
           give
           a
           testimony
           to
           the
           truth
           when
           I
           hear
           it
           spoken
           agai●st
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           his
           Objections
           have
           made
           no
           such
           impression
           in
           any
           mans
           mind
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           him
           unwilling
           to
           hear
           an
           Answer
           .
           Come
           we
           therefore
           to
           the
           particulars
           .
        
         
           Foure
           rules
           were
           offered
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Brother
           ,
           as
           tending
           to
           Unity
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           healing
           of
           the
           present
           Controversies
           about
           Church-Government
           .
           But
           in
           truth
           his
           cure
           is
           worse
           than
           the
           
           disease
           :
           and
           instead
           of
           making
           any
           agreement
           ,
           he
           is
           like
           to
           have
           his
           hand
           against
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           every
           mans
           hand
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Rule
           was
           this
           .
           
             Est●blish
             as
             few
             things
             Jure
             Divino
             as
             can
             well
             be
             .
          
           Which
           is
           by
           Interpretation
           ,
           as
           little
           fine
           gold
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           drosse
           as
           can
           well
           be
           .
           
           
             The
             words
             of
             the
             Lord
             are
             pure
             words
             ,
             as
             silver
             tried
             in
             a
             furnace
             of
             earth
             ,
             purified
             seven
             times
             .
          
           What
           you
           take
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           
             fine
             gold
             tried
             in
             the
             fire
             .
          
           
           But
           an
           holy
           thing
           of
           mans
           devising
           is
           the
           drosse
           of
           silver
           .
           Can
           he
           not
           be
           content
           to
           have
           the
           drosse
           purged
           from
           the
           silver
           ,
           except
           the
           silver
           it self
           be
           cast
           away
           ?
           The
           very
           contrary
           rule
           is
           more
           sure
           and
           safe
           ,
           which
           I
           prove
           thus
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           a
           sin
           to
           diminish
           or
           take
           ought
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           it
           is
           forbiden
           under
           pain
           of
           taking
           away
           a
           mans
           part
           out
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           Life
           and
           out
           of
           the
           holy
           City
           :
           then
           as
           many
           things
           as
           are
           to
           be
           established
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
          
           as
           can
           well
           be
           .
           But
           it
           is
           a
           sin
           to
           diminish
           or
           take
           ought
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           it
           is
           forbiden
           under
           pain
           of
           taking
           away
           a
           mans
           part
           out
           of
           the
           book
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           holy
           City
           .
           Therefore
           as
           many
           things
           are
           to
           be
           established
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
          
           as
           can
           well
           be
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           be
           remembred
           withall
           .
           1.
           
           That
           the
           question
           is
           not
           now
           whether
           this
           or
           that
           form
           of
           Church-Government
           be
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ?
          
           but
           whether
           a
           Church-Government
           be
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ?
          
           Whether
           Jesus
           Christ
           have
           thus
           far
           revealed
           his
           will
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           to
           be
           Church-censures
           ,
           and
           those
           to
           be
           dispenced
           by
           Church-Officers
           ?
           The
           Brother
           is
           for
           the
           Negative
           of
           this
           Question
           .
           2
           Neither
           is
           it
           stood
           upon
           by
           any
           (
           so
           far
           as
           I
           know
           )
           that
           what
           the
           Parliament
           shall
           establish
           concerning
           Church-Government
           ,
           must
           be
           established
           by
           them
           
             Jure
             divino
             .
          
           If
           the
           Parliament
           shall
           in
           a
           Parliamentary
           and
           Legislative
           way
           establish
           that
           thing
           which
           really
           and
           in
           it self
           is
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           not
           declare
           it
           to
           be
           the
           will
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           I
           am
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           so
           are
           others
           .
           This
           I
           confesse
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           incumbent
           to
           Parliament-Men
           ,
           to
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           other
           Christians
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           vocation
           and
           interest
           ,
           to
           search
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           info●●
           their
           own
           and
           other
           mens
           Consciences
           ,
           so
           as
           they
           may
           do
           in
           faith
           what
           they
           do
           in
           point
           of
           Church-Government
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
           that
           they
           may
           know
           they
           are
           not
           sinning
           ,
           but
           doing
           the
           will
           of
           God
           :
           And
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           prejudice
           nor
           exception
           against
           a
           Form
           of
           Church-Government
           that
           many
           learned
           and
           godly
           Divines
           do
           assert
           it
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           will
           of
           God
           .
           And
           why
           should
           
             Jus
             divinum
          
           be
           such
           a
           
             Noli
             me
             tangere
             ?
          
           The
           reason
           was
           given
           :
           
             This
             was
             the
             onely
             thing
             that
             kindered
             union
             in
             the
             Assembly
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             Two
             parties
             came
             biased
             ,
             The
             Reverend
             Commissioners
             from
             Scotland
             ,
             were
             for
             the
             Jus
             Divinum
             of
             the
             Presbyteriall
             ;
             The
             Independents
             for
             the
             Congregationall
             Government
             .
             How
             should
             either
             move
             ?
             Where
             should
             they
             both
             meet
             ?
          
           If
           it
           was
           thus
           ,
           how
           shall
           he
           make
           himself
           blamelesse
           ,
           who
           made
           union
           in
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           yet
           more
           difficult
           ,
           because
           he
           came
           byased
           a
           third
           way
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Erastian
          
           Tenents
           ?
           And
           where
           he
           asketh
           ,
           where
           the
           Independents
           and
           we
           should
           meet
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           in
           holding
           a
           Church-Government
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Pastors
           and
           Elders
           ought
           to
           suspend
           or
           excommunicate
           (
           according
           to
           the
           degree
           
             ofthe
             
               of
               the
            
          
           offence
           )
           scandalous
           sinners
           .
           Who
           can
           tell
           ,
           but
           the
           purging
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           scandals
           ,
           and
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           pure
           (
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           actually
           seen
           to
           be
           the
           great
           thing
           endeavoured
           on
           both
           sides
           )
           may
           make
           union
           between
           us
           and
           the
           Independents
           more
           easie
           than
           many
           imagine
           .
           As
           for
           his
           exception
           against
           us
           ,
           who
           are
           Commissioners
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           
           I
           thank
           God
           it
           s
           but
           such
           ,
           yea
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           
             Arminians
          
           did
           object
           against
           the
           forrai●ne
           Divines
           who
           came
           to
           the
           Synod
           of
           
             Dorti
             .
          
           They
           complained
           that
           those
           Divines
           were
           pre-ingaged
           and
           byased
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           judgement
           of
           those
           Churches
           from
           which
           they
           came
           :
           And
           that
           therefore
           they
           did
           not
           help
           but
           hinder
           union
           in
           that
           Assembly
           .
           And
           might
           not
           the
           
             Arrians
          
           have
           thus
           excepted
           against
           
             Alexander
             ,
          
           who
           was
           ingaged
           against
           them
           before
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Nice
             ?
          
           Might
           not
           the
           
             N●storians
          
           have
           made
           the
           same
           exception
           against
           
             Cyrill
             ,
          
           because
           he
           was
           under
           an
           engagement
           against
           them
           ,
           before
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ?
          
           Nay
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Jewish
           .
           Zealots
           ,
           the
           very
           same
           objection
           to
           make
           against
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Barnabas
             ,
          
           who
           were
           ingaged
           (
           not
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           one
           Nation
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           )
           against
           the
           imposition
           of
           the
           Mosaicall
           
           Rites
           ,
           and
           had
           so
           declared
           themselves
           at
           
             Antioch
             ,
          
           before
           they
           came
           to
           the
           Synod
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             ?
             Act.
          
           15.2
           .
           It
           's
           not
           fault
           to
           be
           engaged
           for
           the
           truth
           ,
           but
           against
           the
           truth
           :
           It
           's
           not
           blame-worthy
           ,
           but
           praise-worthy
           to
           hold
           fast
           so
           much
           as
           we
           have
           already
           attain'd
           unto
           .
           
           Nothwithstanding
           we
           ,
           for
           our
           part
           ,
           have
           also
           from
           the
           beginning
           professed
           ,
           
             That
             we
             are
             most
             willing
             to
             hear
             and
             learn
             from
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             what
             needeth
             futher
             to
             be
             reformed
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Scotland
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           second
           rule
           which
           was
           offered
           in
           that
           Sermon
           ,
           was
           this
           ;
           
             Let
             all
             precepts
             ,
             held
             out
             as
             divine
             Institutions
             ,
             have
             clear
             Scriptures
             ,
             &c.
             let
             the
             Scripture
             speak
             expressely
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           he
           .
           )
           I
           answer
           ;
           The
           Scripture
           speaks
           in
           that
           manner
           ,
           which
           seemed
           fittest
           to
           the
           wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           so
           as
           it
           must
           cost
           us
           much
           searching
           of
           the
           Sripture
           ,
           as
           men
           search
           for
           a
           hid
           treasure
           ,
           before
           we
           find
           out
           what
           is
           the
           good
           and
           acceptable
           and
           perfect
           will
           of
           God
           concerning
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Church
           .
           Will
           any
           Divine
           in
           the
           world
           deny
           that
           it
           is
           a
           divine
           truth
           ,
           which
           by
           necessarie
           consequence
           is
           drawn
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           that
           which
           in
           expresse
           words
           and
           syllables
           is
           written
           in
           Scripture
           ?
           Are
           not
           divers
           Articles
           of
           our
           profession
           ,
           for
           instance
           the
           Baptisme
           of
           Infants
           necessarily
           and
           certainly
           proved
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           although
           it
           make
           no
           expresse
           mention
           thereof
           in
           words
           and
           syllables
           ?
           But
           let
           us
           hear
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           concerning
           some
           Scriptures
           (
           for
           he
           names
           but
           two
           of
           them
           )
           upon
           which
           the
           Acts
           of
           Spirituall
           or
           Ecclesiasticall
           Government
           have
           been
           grounded
           .
           
             That
             place
             ,
          
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           5.
           
             takes
             not
             hold
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             on
             my
             conscience
             for
             excommunication
             ,
             and
             I
             admire
             that
             Mat.
          
           18.
           
             so
             should
             upon
             any
             .
          
           It
           's
           strange
           that
           he
           should
           superciliously
           passe
           them
           over
           without
           respect
           to
           so
           great
           a
           cloud
           of
           witnesses
           in
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ,
           or
           without
           so
           much
           as
           offering
           any
           answer
           at
           all
           to
           the
           arguments
           which
           so
           many
           learned
           and
           godly
           Divines
           of
           old
           and
           of
           late
           have
           drawn
           from
           these
           places
           for
           excommunication
           ;
           which
           if
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           he
           should
           not
           want
           a
           Reply
           .
           In
           the
           meantime
           ,
           he
           intermixeth
           a
           politick
           consideration
           into
           this
           debate
           of
           divine
           right
           .
           
             I
             could
             never
             yet
             see
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             how
             two
             co-ordinate
             governments
             exempt
             from
             superiority
             and
             inferioritie
             ,
             can
             be
             in
             one
             State
             .
          
           I
           suppose
           he
           hath
           seen
           the
           co-ordinate
           Governments
           of
           a
           Generall
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           Admirall
           ;
           or
           if
           we
           shall
           come
           lower
           ,
           the
           Governments
           of
           parents
           over
           their
           children
           ,
           
           and
           masters
           over
           their
           servants
           ,
           though
           it
           fall
           often
           out
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           is
           subject
           to
           one
           man
           as
           his
           master
           ,
           is
           subject
           to
           another
           man
           as
           his
           father
           .
           In
           one
           ship
           there
           may
           be
           two
           co-ordinate
           Governments
           ,
           the
           Captain
           governing
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           the
           Master
           governing
           the
           Mariners
           .
           In
           these
           and
           such
           like
           cases
           ,
           you
           have
           two
           co-ordinate
           governments
           ,
           when
           the
           one
           Governor
           is
           not
           subordinate
           to
           the
           other
           .
           There
           is
           more
           subordination
           in
           the
           Ministers
           and
           other
           Church-Officers
           toward
           the
           civil
           Magistrate
           .
           For
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           must
           be
           in
           subjection
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ;
           &
           if
           he
           be
           not
           ,
           he
           is
           punishable
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           as
           well
           as
           any
           other
           Subject
           .
           The
           persons
           and
           estates
           of
           Church-officers
           and
           all
           that
           they
           have
           in
           this
           world
           is
           subject
           to
           civill
           Authoritie
           .
           But
           that
           which
           is
           Chri●s
           and
           not
           ours
           ,
           the
           royall
           prerogative
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Saints
           ,
           in
           governing
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           own
           will
           ,
           is
           not
           subject
           to
           the
           pleasure
           of
           any
           man
           living
           .
           But
           the
           Reverend
           Brother
           might
           well
           have
           spared
           this
           .
           It
           isnot
           the
           Independency
           of
           the
           Church-Government
           upon
           the
           civil
           Government
           ,
           which
           he
           intended
           to
           speak
           against
           .
           It
           is
           the
           very
           thing
           it self
           ,
           a
           Church-Government
           ,
           as
           is
           manifest
           by
           his
           other
           two
           rules
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           therefore
           to
           his
           next
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           third
           rule
           ,
           
             Lay
             no
             more
             ●urthen
             of
             government
             upon
             the
             shoulders
             of
             Ministers
             ,
             then
             Christ
             hath
             plainly
             laid
             upon
             them
             .
          
           He
           means
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           is
           manifest
           not
           onely
           by
           his
           fourth
           rule
           ,
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           finds
           no
           institution
           of
           other
           Governments
           beside
           Magistracy
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           the
           next
           words
           ,
           
             The
             Ministers
             have
             other
             work
             to
             do
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             and
             such
             as
             will
             take
             up
             the
             whole
             man
             :
          
           He
           might
           have
           added
           this
           one
           word
           more
           ,
           that
           without
           the
           power
           of
           Church-government
           ,
           when
           Ministers
           have
           done
           all
           that
           ever
           they
           can
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           keep
           themselves
           nor
           the
           Ordinances
           from
           pollution
           .
           Before
           I
           proceed
           any
           further
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           remembred
           when
           he
           excludes
           Ministers
           from
           Government
           :
           First
           ,
           it
           is
           from
           spirituall
           or
           ecclesiasticall
           Government
           ,
           for
           the
           question
           is
           not
           of
           civill
           Government
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           he
           excludes
           ruling
           Elders
           too
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           have
           mentioned
           them
           with
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           are
           to
           draw
           the
           same
           yoke
           together
           ,
           rather
           then
           to
           tell
           us
           of
           an
           
             innate
             enmity
             between
             the
             Clergie
             and
             the
             Laity
             .
          
           The
           keeping
           up
           of
           the
           names
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           Laity
           savoureth
           more
           of
           a
           domineering
           power
           ,
           then
           any
           thing
           the
           Brother
           can
           charge
           upon
           
           Presbyteries
           .
           
           It
           is
           a
           point
           of
           Controversie
           between
           
             Bellarmine
          
           and
           those
           that
           writ
           against
           him
           ,
           he
           holding
           up
           ,
           and
           they
           crying
           down
           those
           names
           ,
           because
           the
           Christian
           people
           are
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           heritage
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Ministers
           .
           Thus
           much
           by
           the
           way
           of
           that
           distinction
           of
           names
           .
           And
           for
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           to
           object
           an
           innate
           enmity
           between
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           and
           those
           that
           are
           not
           Ministers
           ,
           is
           no
           lesse
           then
           a
           dishonouring
           and
           aspersing
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           To
           return
           ,
           you
           see
           his
           words
           tend
           to
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           all
           Church-Government
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           Church-Officers
           .
           Now
           may
           we
           know
           his
           reasons
           ?
           He
           fetcheth
           the
           ground
           of
           an
           Argument
           out
           of
           his
           own
           heart
           ;
           
             I
             have
             a
             heart
          
           (
           faith
           he
           )
           
             that
             knews
             better
             how
             to
             be
             governed
             ,
             then
             govern
             .
          
           I
           wish
           his
           words
           might
           hold
           true
           in
           a
           sence
           of
           plyablenesse
           and
           yeelding
           to
           Government
           .
           How
           he
           knows
           to
           govern
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           it
           should
           seem
           in
           this
           particular
           he
           knows
           not
           how
           to
           be
           governed
           :
           For
           after
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           have
           concluded
           ,
           
             That
             many
             particular
             Congregations
             shall
             be
             under
             one
             Presbyteriall
             Government
          
           ;
           he
           still
           acknowledgeth
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           Presbyteriall
           Government
           .
           I
           dare
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           He
           is
           the
           first
           Divine
           in
           all
           the
           Christian
           world
           that
           ever
           advised
           a
           State
           to
           give
           no
           government
           to
           Church-Officers
           ,
           after
           the
           State
           had
           resolved
           to
           establish
           Presbyterian
           Government
           .
           But
           let
           us
           take
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           Argument
           as
           he
           pretendeth
           it
           .
           He
           means
           not
           of
           an
           humble
           p●iablenesse
           and
           subjection
           (
           for
           that
           should
           ease
           him
           from
           his
           fear
           of
           an
           ambitious
           ensnarement
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           contrary
           to
           his
           intention
           )
           but
           of
           a
           sinfull
           infirmity
           and
           ambition
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           fitter
           for
           him
           and
           others
           to
           be
           kept
           under
           the
           yoke
           ,
           then
           to
           govern
           .
           And
           thus
           his
           Argumentation
           runs
           ,
           
             Might
             I
             measure
             others
             by
             my self
             ,
             and
             I
             know
             not
             why
             I
             may
             not
             (
             God
             fashions
             mens
             hearts
             alike
             ;
             and
             as
             in
             water
             face
             answers
             face
             ,
             so
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             to
             man
             )
             I
             ingeniously
             professe
             ,
             I
             have
             a
             heart
             that
             knows
             better
             how
             to
             be
             governed
             ,
             then
             govern
             :
             I
             fear
             an
             ambitious
             ensnarement
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             cause
             ;
             I
             see
             what
             raised
             Prelacy
             and
             Papacy
             to
             such
             a
             height
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           two
           Scriptures
           will
           not
           prove
           what
           he
           would
           .
           The
           first
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           33.15
           .
           
             He
             fashioneth
             their
             hearts
             alike
             ,
          
           gives
           him
           no
           ground
           at
           all
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           the
           homonomy
           of
           the
           English
           word
           
             alike
             ,
          
           which
           in
           this
           place
           noteth
           nothing
           else
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           all
           mens
           hearts
           are
           alike
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           God
           fashioneth
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           therefore
           knoweth
           them
           all
           
             aeque
          
           or
           alike
           (
           that
           
           is
           the
           scope
           of
           the
           place
           .
           
           )
           The
           Hebrew
           
             Jachad
          
           is
           used
           in
           the
           same
           sence
           ,
           
             Ezra
          
           4.3
           .
           
             We
             our selves
             together
             will
             build
          
           ;
           they
           mean
           not
           they
           will
           all
           build
           in
           the
           like
           fashion
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           will
           build
           all
           of
           them
           together
           ,
           one
           as
           well
           as
           another
           .
           So
           
             Psal.
          
           2.2
           .
           
             The
             rulers
             take
             counsell
             together
             ,
             Jer.
          
           46.12
           ,
           
             they
             are
             fallen
             both
             together
             .
          
           The
           other
           place
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           27.19
           .
           if
           you
           take
           it
           word
           by
           word
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           is
           thus
           ,
           
             As
             in
             water
             faces
             to
             faces
             ,
             so
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             to
             man
             .
          
           Our
           Translators
           adde
           the
           word
           
             answereth
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Hebrew
           will
           suffer
           the
           negative
           reading
           ,
           
             As
             in
             waters
             faces
             answer
             not
             to
             faces
             .
          
           The
           Septuagints
           read
           ,
           
             As
             faces
             are
             not
             like
             faces
             ,
             so
             neither
             are
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             alike
             .
          
           The
           Chaldee
           paraphrase
           thus
           ,
           
             As
             waters
             and
             as
             countenances
             which
             are
             not
             like
             one
             another
             ,
             so
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             sons
             of
             men
             are
             not
             alike
             .
          
           Thus
           doth
           Master
           
             Cartwright
          
           in
           his
           judicious
           Commentary
           give
           the
           sense
           ,
           As
           in
           the
           water
           face
           doth
           not
           answer
           fully
           to
           face
           ,
           but
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           so
           there
           may
           be
           a
           conjecture
           ,
           but
           no
           certain
           knowledge
           of
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           .
           
           But
           let
           the
           Text
           be
           read
           affirmatively
           ,
           not
           negatively
           ,
           what
           shall
           be
           the
           sence
           ?
           Some
           take
           it
           thus
           ,
           A
           mans
           heart
           may
           be
           someway
           seen
           in
           his
           countenance
           ,
           as
           a
           face
           in
           the
           water
           .
           
           Others
           thus
           ,
           As
           a
           face
           in
           the
           water
           is
           various
           and
           changeable
           to
           him
           that
           looketh
           upon
           it
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           inconstant
           to
           a
           friend
           that
           trusteth
           in
           him
           .
           
           Others
           thus
           ,
           As
           a
           man
           seeth
           his
           own
           face
           in
           the
           water
           ,
           so
           he
           may
           see
           himself
           in
           his
           own
           heart
           or
           conscience
           .
           Others
           thus
           ,
           As
           face
           answereth
           face
           in
           the
           water
           ,
           so
           he
           that
           looketh
           for
           a
           friendly
           affection
           from
           others
           ,
           must
           shew
           it
           in
           himself
           .
           It
           will
           never
           be
           proved
           that
           any
           suchthing
           is
           intended
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           as
           may
           warrant
           this
           argumentation
           :
           There
           is
           such
           a
           particular
           corruption
           in
           one
           mans
           heart
           ,
           for
           instance
           ,
           Ambition
           ,
           which
           makes
           him
           unfit
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           Government
           ;
           therefore
           the
           same
           corruption
           is
           in
           all
           other
           mens
           hearts
           :
           even
           as
           the
           face
           in
           the
           water
           answereth
           the
           face
           out
           of
           the
           water
           so
           just
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           spot
           or
           blemish
           in
           the
           one
           but
           it
           is
           in
           the
           other
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           
             Pan
             !
          
           taught
           us
           not
           so
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             In
             lowlinesse
             of
             minde
             let
             each
             esteeme
             other
             better
             then
             themselves
             ,
             Phil.
          
           2.3
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Brother
           himself
           ha●h
           taken
           off
           the
           edge
           of
           his
           own
           Argument
           (
           if
           it
           had
           any
           )
           in
           his
           Epistle
           printed
           before
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           where
           speaking
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           from
           whose
           judgement
           he
           dissenteth
           in
           point
           of
           Government
           ,
           he
           hath
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Whose
             wisdom
             and
             humility
             (
             I
             
             speak
             it
             confidently
             )
             may
             safely
             be
             trusted
             with
             as
             large
             a
             share
             of
             Government
             as
             they
             themselves
             desire
             .
          
           Well
           ,
           but
           suppose
           now
           the
           same
           corruption
           to
           be
           in
           other
           mens
           hearts
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           in
           great
           danger
           of
           an
           ambitious
           insnarement
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           trusted
           with
           Government
           .
           Is
           this
           corruption
           onely
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           is
           it
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           other
           men
           ?
           I
           suppose
           he
           will
           say
           in
           all
           mens
           hearts
           ;
           and
           then
           his
           Argument
           will
           conclude
           against
           all
           civill
           Government
           .
           Last
           of
           all
           ,
           admit
           that
           there
           be
           just
           fears
           of
           abusing
           the
           Power
           and
           Government
           Ecclesiasticall
           ;
           let
           the
           persons
           to
           be
           intrusted
           with
           it
           be
           examined
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           it self
           bounded
           according
           to
           the
           strictest
           rules
           of
           Christ
           .
           Let
           abuses
           be
           prevented
           ,
           reformed
           ,
           corrected
           .
           The
           abuse
           cannot
           take
           away
           the
           use
           ,
           where
           the
           thing
           it self
           is
           necessary
           .
           Why
           might
           he
           not
           have
           satisfied
           himself
           without
           speaking
           against
           the
           thing
           it self
           .
           Once
           indeed
           he
           seemeth
           to
           recool
           ,
           and
           faith
           ,
           
             Onely
             I
             would
             have
             it
             so
             bounded
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             said
             ,
             Hitherto
             shalt
             thou
             come
             ,
             and
             here
             shalt
             thou
             stay
             thy
             proud
             waves
          
           ;
           yet
           by
           and
           by
           he
           passeth
           his
           own
           bounds
           ,
           and
           totally
           renounceth
           the
           Government
           to
           the
           civill
           Power
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           speak
           to
           anon
           .
           But
           I
           must
           first
           ask
           ,
           Whence
           is
           this
           fear
           of
           the
           proud
           swelling
           waves
           of
           Presbyteriall
           Government
           ?
           where
           have
           they
           done
           hurt
           ?
           Was
           it
           upon
           the
           coast
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           or
           upon
           the
           coast
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           or
           upon
           the
           coast
           of
           
             Scotland
             ?
          
           or
           where
           was
           it
           ?
           Or
           was
           the
           dashing
           upon
           
             Terra
             in
             cognita
             ?
          
           He
           that
           would
           forewarn
           men
           to
           beware
           of
           Presbyteriall
           usurpations
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           the
           Brother
           speaking
           to
           the
           present
           Controversie
           about
           Church-Government
           must
           be
           apprehended
           )
           and
           to
           make
           good
           what
           he
           ●aith
           ,
           fals
           upon
           the
           stories
           of
           Pope
           
             Paul
          
           the
           5.
           and
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           is
           not
           a
           little
           wide
           from
           the
           mark
           .
           I
           should
           have
           expected
           some
           examples
           of
           evils
           and
           mischiefs
           which
           Presbyteriall
           Government
           hath
           brought
           upon
           other
           reformed
           Churches
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           the
           Reverend
           Brother
           hath
           not
           done
           ,
           but
           he
           proceedeth
           thus
           ;
           
             I●n
             as
             the
             King
             of
             Sodomes
             speech
             to
             Abraham
             ,
             Give
             me
             the
             persons
             ,
             ta●eth
             ●
             the
             goods
             ;
             So
             say
             I
             ,
             Give
             us
             Doctrine
             ,
             take
             you
             the
             Government
             as
             〈◊〉
             said
             :
             Right
             Honourab
             .
             c
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             make
             this
             request
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Ministery
             ,
             give
             us
             two
             things
             and
             we
             shall
             do
             well
          
           ;
           1
           
             Give
             us
             earning
             ;
             And
          
           2
           
             Give
             us
             a
             competency
             .
          
        
         
           This
           cals
           to
           ●inde
           a
           Story
           which
           
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
          
           tells
           us
           ;
           
           When
           one
           had
           painted
           
             Helena
          
           with
           much
           gold
           ,
           
             Apelles
          
           looking
           
           upon
           it
           ,
           
             Friend
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             when
             you
             could
             not
             make
             her
             fair
             ,
             you
             have
             made
             her
             rich
          
           ;
           Learning
           and
           competency
           do
           inrich
           :
           The
           Jesuites
           have
           enough
           of
           both
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           maketh
           a
           visible
           Ministeriall
           Church
           to
           be
           
             beautifull
             as
             Tirzah
             ,
             comely
             as
             Jerusalem
             :
          
           That
           which
           maketh
           fair
           the
           outward
           face
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           is
           
             Government
          
           and
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           the
           removing
           of
           scandals
           ,
           the
           preserving
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           from
           pollution
           .
           He
           had
           spoken
           more
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           power
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           said
           this
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           It
           were
           better
           for
           us
           to
           want
           competency
           and
           helps
           to
           learning
           ,
           then
           to
           partake
           with
           other
           mens
           sins
           ,
           by
           admitting
           the
           scandalous
           and
           prophane
           to
           the
           Lords
           Table
           ;
           his
           way
           which
           he
           adviseth
           ,
           will
           perhaps
           
             get
             ●s
             an
             able
             Ministery
             ,
             and
             procure
             us
             honour
             enough
             ,
          
           as
           he
           speaketh
           ,
           but
           (
           sure
           )
           it
           can
           neither
           preserve
           the
           purity
           ,
           nor
           advance
           the
           power
           of
           Religion
           ,
           because
           it
           putteth
           no
           black
           mark
           upon
           prophanesse
           and
           scandall
           in
           Church
           Members
           ,
           more
           then
           in
           any
           others
           :
           The
           King
           of
           
             Sodoms
          
           Speech
           cannot
           serve
           his
           turn
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           turned
           over
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           will
           serve
           him
           as
           just
           as
           any
           thing
           ,
           thus
           ,
           Give
           us
           the
           goods
           ,
           take
           you
           the
           persons
           ,
           (
           or
           the
           souls
           ,
           as
           the
           
             He●rew
          
           and
           the
           
             Chaldee
          
           hath
           it
           )
           
             Give
             us
             a
             competency
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           here
           he
           asketh
           the
           goods
           ,
           
             Take
             you
             the
             Government
             ,
          
           here
           he
           quitteth
           the
           persons
           or
           souls
           to
           be
           governed
           onely
           by
           the
           civill
           power
           ;
           however
           ,
           as
           at
           that
           time
           
             Abraham
          
           would
           take
           nothing
           that
           was
           not
           his
           own
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           he
           answered
           the
           King
           of
           
             Sodome
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             will
             not
             take
             from
             a
             thred
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             shoe
             latchet
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             not
             take
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             thine
          
           :
           So
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           trust
           ,
           shall
           be
           so
           counselled
           and
           guided
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           leave
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           Churches
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           Christ
           what
           is
           Christs
           :
           
           And
           as
           
             A●raham
          
           had
           lift
           up
           his
           hand
           to
           the
           most
           high
           God
           ,
           to
           doe
           that
           ;
           so
           have
           the
           Honourable
           Houses
           ,
           with
           hands
           lifted
           up
           to
           the
           most
           high
           God
           ,
           promised
           to
           do
           this
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           seeing
           I
           have
           touched
           upon
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           I
           wish
           the
           Reverend
           Brother
           may
           seriously
           consider
           ,
           whether
           he
           hath
           not
           violated
           the
           Oath
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           advising
           the
           Parliament
           to
           lay
           no
           burden
           of
           Government
           upon
           Church
           Officers
           ,
           but
           to
           take
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           wholly
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           .
           In
           the
           first
           Article
           of
           the
           solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           there
           is
           thrice
           mention
           made
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           namely
           ,
           That
           we
           shall
           indeavour
           the
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           
           in
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           Worship
           ,
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           example
           of
           the
           best
           reformed
           Churches
           .
           Where
           observe
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               extirpation
               of
               Church-Government
               is
               not
               the
               Reformation
               of
               it
               .
               The
               second
               Article
               is
               indeed
               of
               things
               to
               be
               extirpated
               ;
               but
               this
               of
               things
               to
               be
               preserved
               and
               reformed
               .
               Therfore
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               Covenant
               Prelacy
               was
               not
               to
               be
               reformed
               ,
               but
               to
               be
               abolished
               :
               so
               by
               the
               same
               Covenant
               Church
               Government
               was
               not
               to
               be
               abolished
               ,
               but
               to
               be
               reformed
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Church-Government
               is
               mentioned
               in
               the
               Covenant
               as
               a
               Spirituall
               ,
               not
               a
               Civill
               thing
               .
               The
               matters
               of
               Religion
               are
               put
               together
               ;
               
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 Worship
                 ,
                 Discipline
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Government
                 :
              
               The
               
                 Priviledges
                 of
                 Parliament
              
               come
               after
               ,
               in
               the
               third
               Article
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               Clause
               ,
               
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               implieth
               ,
               that
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               holdeth
               forth
               such
               light
               unto
               us
               ,
               as
               may
               guide
               and
               direct
               us
               in
               the
               Reformation
               of
               Church-Government
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               And
               will
               the
               Brother
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               example
               of
               the
               best
               reformed
               Churches
               leadeth
               us
               his
               way
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               To
               have
               no
               Church-Government
               at
               all
               distinct
               from
               the
               Civil
               Government
               ?
            
          
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           concerning
           his
           third
           Rule
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           was
           this
           :
           
             A
             Christian
             Magistrate
             ,
             as
             a
             Christian
             Magistrate
             ,
             is
             a
             Governor
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           And
           who
           denieth
           this
           ?
           The
           Question
           is
           ,
           Whether
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           other
           Government
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           beside
           that
           of
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           .
           That
           which
           he
           driveth
           at
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           should
           leave
           no
           power
           of
           Spirituall
           Censures
           to
           the
           Elderships
           .
           He
           would
           have
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           do
           like
           the
           rich
           man
           in
           the
           Parable
           ,
           who
           had
           exceeding
           many
           Flocks
           and
           Herds
           ,
           and
           yet
           did
           take
           away
           the
           little
           ewe-lamb
           from
           the
           poor
           man
           ,
           who
           had
           nothing
           save
           that
           .
           The
           Brother
           saith
           ,
           
             Of
             other
             Governments
             besides
             Magistracie
             ,
             I
             finde
             no
             institution
             ;
             of
             them
             I
             d●
             ,
          
           Rom.
           13.1
           ,
           2.
           
           I
           am
           sor●y
           he
           sought
           no
           better
           ,
           else
           he
           had
           found
           more
           .
           Subjection
           and
           obedience
           is
           commanded
           ,
           as
           due
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           Civil
           ,
           but
           to
           Spirituall
           Governors
           ,
           to
           those
           
             that
             are
             over
             us
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           1
           Thes.
           5.12
           .
           So
           1
           Tim.
           5.17
           .
           
             Let
             the
             Elders
             that
             ru●e
             well
             ,
             be
             counted
             worthy
             of
             double
             honour
             .
          
           Heb.
           13.7
           .
           
             Remember
             them
             which
             have
             the
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             who
             have
             spoken
             to
             you
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             .
          
           Vers.
           17.
           
           
             Obey
             them
             that
             have
             the
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             and
             submit
             your selves
             ;
             for
             they
             watch
             for
             your
             souls
             .
          
           And
           what
           understandeth
           he
           by
           him
           that
           ruleth
           ,
           
             R●m
             .
          
           12.8
           ?
           
           If
           the
           judgement
           of
           
             Gua●ther
          
           and
           
             Bullinger
          
           have
           any
           weight
           with
           him
           (
           as
           I
           suppose
           it
           hath
           )
           they
           do
           not
           there
           exclude
           ,
           but
           take
           in
           ,
           under
           that
           word
           ,
           the
           ruling
           Officers
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           in
           the
           close
           ,
           let
           the
           Reverend
           Brother
           take
           heed
           he
           hath
           not
           split
           upon
           a
           Rock
           ,
           and
           taken
           from
           the
           Magistrate
           more
           then
           he
           hath
           given
           him
           .
           He
           saith
           ,
           Christian
           Magistrates
           
             are
             to
             manage
             their
             Office
             under
             Christ
             ,
             and
             for
             Christ
             .
             Christ
             hath
             placed
             governments
             in
             his
             Church
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           12.28
           ,
           &c.
           
             I
             finde
             all
             Government
             given
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             Christ
             as
             Mediator
             (
             I
             desire
             all
             to
             consider
             it
             )
          
           Eph.
           1.3
           .
           last
           vers.
           
             and
             Christ
             as
             Head
             of
             these
             given
             to
             the
             Church
             .
          
           If
           this
           be
           good
           Divinity
           ,
           then
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           will
           be
           the
           hardest
           task
           which
           ever
           he
           took
           in
           hand
           ,
           to
           uphold
           and
           assert
           the
           Authority
           either
           of
           Pagan
           or
           Christian
           Magistrates
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           he
           lets
           the
           Pagan
           or
           Infidel
           Magistrate
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           as
           an
           Usurper
           who
           hath
           no
           just
           title
           to
           reign
           ,
           because
           all
           Government
           is
           given
           to
           Christ
           and
           to
           him
           as
           Mediator
           :
           But
           which
           way
           was
           the
           Authority
           of
           Government
           derived
           from
           Christ
           ,
           and
           from
           him
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           to
           a
           Pagan
           Prince
           or
           Emperour
           ?
        
         
           Next
           ,
           he
           will
           make
           it
           to
           fare
           little
           better
           with
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           :
           For
           if
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           be
           the
           Vice-gerent
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           of
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           be
           to
           manage
           his
           office
           under
           and
           for
           Christ
           ;
           then
           the
           Reverend
           Brother
           must
           either
           prove
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           Christ
           ,
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           hath
           given
           such
           a
           Commission
           of
           Vice-gerent-ship
           and
           Deputy-ship
           to
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           ;
           or
           otherwise
           acknowledge
           that
           he
           hath
           given
           a
           most
           dangerous
           wound
           to
           Magistracie
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           an
           empty
           title
           ,
           claiming
           that
           power
           which
           it
           hath
           no
           warrant
           to
           assume
           .
        
         
           God
           and
           Nature
           hath
           made
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           given
           them
           great
           Authority
           :
           But
           from
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           they
           have
           it
           not
           .
        
         
           I
           finde
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           Church-Officers
           have
           their
           power
           from
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           to
           manage
           their
           Office
           under
           and
           for
           Christ
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           do
           we
           assemble
           our selves
           together
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           18.
           20.
           in
           his
           Name
           do
           we
           preach
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           24.47
           .
           
             Acts
          
           4.17
           ,
           18.
           and
           5.28.44
           .
           and
           9.27
           .
           In
           his
           Name
           do
           we
           baptize
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           2.38
           .
           and
           4.12
           ,
           16.
           and
           19.5
           .
           In
           his
           Name
           do
           we
           excommunicate
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           5.5
           .
           But
           I
           do
           not
           find
           in
           Scripture
           that
           the
           Magistrate
           is
           to
           rule
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           Laws
           ,
           or
           to
           manage
           any
           part
           of
           his
           Office
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           
           Christ
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Mediator
           hath
           not
           anywhere
           given
           such
           a
           Commission
           and
           power
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           :
           so
           ,
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           he
           had
           it
           not
           to
           give
           :
           For
           he
           was
           not
           made
           a
           Judge
           in
           Civil
           affairs
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           12.14
           and
           his
           Kingdom
           is
           not
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           
             Job
             .
          
           18.36
           .
           How
           can
           that
           power
           which
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           hath
           not
           received
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           be
           derived
           from
           Christ
           to
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           ?
           I
           know
           that
           Christ
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           eternall
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           
             thought
             it
             no
             robbery
             to
             be
             equall
             with
             God
             ,
          
           doth
           with
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           reign
           and
           rule
           over
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           men
           .
           He
           that
           is
           Mediator
           ,
           being
           God
           ,
           hath
           ,
           as
           God
           ,
           all
           power
           in
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ,
           (
           and
           this
           power
           was
           given
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           28.18
           .
           both
           by
           the
           eternall
           Generation
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           declaration
           of
           him
           to
           be
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           with
           power
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           raised
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           1.4
           .
           even
           as
           he
           said
           to
           be
           begotten
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           raised
           again
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           13.33
           .
           he
           had
           relinquished
           and
           laid
           aside
           his
           Divine
           Dominion
           and
           Power
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           made
           himself
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           servant
           ;
           but
           after
           his
           Resurrection
           it
           's
           gloriously
           manifested
           .
           )
           And
           so
           he
           that
           is
           Mediator
           ,
           being
           God
           ,
           hath
           power
           to
           subdue
           his
           and
           his
           Churches
           enemies
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           his
           foes
           his
           footstool
           .
           
           But
           as
           Mediator
           he
           is
           onely
           the
           Churches
           King
           ,
           Head
           and
           Governor
           ,
           and
           hath
           no
           ,
           other
           Kingdom
           .
           The
           
             Phatinians
          
           have
           defined
           the
           Kingly
           Office
           of
           Christ
           thus
           .
           
             It
             is
             an
             Office
             committed
             to
             him
             by
             God
             ,
             to
             govern
             with
             the
             highest
             authority
             and
             power
             all
             creatures
             endued
             with
             understanding
             ,
             and
             especially
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             gathered
             of
             them
             .
          
           But
           those
           that
           have
           written
           against
           them
           have
           corrected
           their
           definition
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           because
           Christ
           is
           properly
           King
           of
           his
           Church
           onely
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           those
           two
           Scriptures
           which
           the
           Brother
           citeth
           ,
           they
           are
           extremely
           misapplied
           .
           He
           citeth
           .
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.28
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           
           Christ
           hath
           placed
           Civil
           Governments
           in
           his
           Church
           .
           If
           by
           the
           Governments
           or
           Governors
           there
           mentioned
           ,
           be
           understood
           the
           Civil
           Magistrates
           ;
           yet
           that
           place
           saith
           not
           that
           Christ
           hath
           placed
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           hath
           done
           it
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           of
           such
           Governors
           as
           the
           Church
           had
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           but
           at
           that
           time
           the
           Church
           had
           no
           godly
           nor
           Christian
           Magistrates
           .
           This
           is
           
             Calvins
          
           argument
           ,
           whereby
           he
           proves
           that
           Ecclesiasticall
           ,
           not
           Civil
           Governors
           ,
           are
           there
           meant
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           I
           ask
           ,
           How
           can
           we
           conceive
           that
           Civil
           Government
           can
           come
           into
           the
           Catalogue
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Spiritual
           Administrations
           ?
           for
           such
           are
           all
           the
           rest
           there
           reckoned
           forth
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           the
           Brother
           ,
           after
           second
           thoughts
           ,
           may
           think
           he
           hath
           done
           another
           disservice
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           in
           making
           the
           Magistracy
           to
           be
           below
           and
           behinde
           the
           Ministery
           .
           The
           Apostle
           puts
           them
           in
           this
           order
           :
           
             God
             hath
             set
             some
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             first
             Apostles
             ,
             secondly
             Prophets
             ,
             thirdly
             Teachers
             ,
             after
             that
             Miracles
             ,
             then
             gifts
             of
             Healings
             ,
             Helps
             ,
             Governments
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           How
           makes
           the
           Brother
           this
           to
           agree
           with
           his
           Interpretation
           ?
        
         
           Next
           ,
           he
           citeth
           
             Eph.
          
           1.21
           ,
           22
           ,
           33.
           to
           prove
           that
           all
           Government
           is
           given
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           him
           as
           Mediator
           ;
           and
           Christ
           ,
           as
           head
           of
           these
           ,
           given
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           this
           place
           maketh
           more
           against
           him
           then
           for
           him
           :
           for
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           not
           that
           Christ
           is
           given
           to
           the
           Church
           as
           the
           Head
           of
           all
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           .
           The
           Brother
           saith
           so
           ;
           and
           in
           saying
           so
           ,
           he
           makes
           Christ
           a
           Head
           to
           those
           that
           are
           not
           of
           his
           Body
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           saith
           far
           otherwise
           ,
           that
           God
           gave
           Christ
           
             to
             be
             the
             Head
             over
             all
             things
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             his
             Body
          
           ;
           which
           the
           Syriack
           readeth
           more
           plainly
           ,
           
             And
             him
             who
             is
             over
             all
             ,
             he
             gave
             to
             be
             the
             Head
             to
             the
             Church
             .
          
           He
           is
           a
           Head
           to
           none
           but
           the
           Church
           :
           but
           he
           who
           is
           Head
           to
           the
           Church
           
             is
             over
             all
             ,
             God
             l●●sed
             forever
             ,
          
           Rom.
           9.5
           .
           yea
           ,
           even
           as
           man
           ,
           he
           is
           over
           or
           above
           all
           .
           The
           very
           Humane
           nature
           of
           Christ
           which
           was
           raised
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           being
           set
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           Majesty
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           exalted
           to
           a
           higher
           degree
           of
           honour
           and
           glory
           ,
           then
           either
           man
           or
           Angel
           ever
           was
           ,
           or
           ever
           shall
           be
           :
           So
           that
           he
           that
           is
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           over
           all
           ,
           because
           he
           doth
           not
           onely
           excell
           his
           own
           members
           ,
           but
           excell
           all
           creatures
           that
           ever
           God
           made
           .
           It
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           say
           that
           Christ
           is
           exalted
           to
           a
           dignity
           ,
           excellency
           ,
           preeminence
           ,
           majesty
           ,
           and
           glory
           ,
           far
           above
           all
           Principality
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           
           Might
           ,
           and
           Dominion
           :
           Another
           thing
           to
           say
           that
           Christ
           is
           head
           of
           all
           Principalities
           and
           Governments
           ,
           and
           as
           Mediator
           excerciseth
           his
           Kingly
           Office
           over
           these
           .
           The
           Apostle
           saith
           the
           former
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           latter
           .
        
         
           Shall
           I
           need
           to
           illustrate
           this
           distinction
           ?
           Is
           there
           any
           thing
           more
           known
           in
           the
           world
           ?
           Will
           any
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           excels
           other
           men
           in
           dignity
           ,
           splendor
           ,
           honour
           ,
           and
           glory
           ,
           must
           therefore
           reign
           and
           rule
           over
           all
           those
           whom
           he
           thus
           excels
           ?
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           saith
           indeed
           ,
           in
           another
           sense
           ,
           that
           Christ
           
             is
             the
             Head
             of
             all
             Principality
             and
             Power
             ,
          
           Col.
           2.10
           .
           But
           that
           is
           spoken
           of
           Christ
           not
           as
           he
           is
           Mediator
           ,
           but
           onely
           as
           he
           is
           God
           :
           And
           the
           Apostles
           meaning
           in
           those
           words
           is
           nothing
           but
           this
           ;
           That
           Christ
           is
           true
           God
           ,
           saith
           
             Tosanus
          
           ;
           That
           he
           is
           Omnipotent
           ,
           saith
           
             Gualther
          
           ;
           That
           he
           ,
           being
           the
           naturall
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           together
           with
           the
           Father
           Lord
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           saith
           
             Bullinger
             .
          
        
         
           That
           this
           is
           the
           meaning
           ,
           will
           soon
           appear
           :
           
             
               1.
               
               From
               the
               scope
               of
               the
               place
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               teach
               the
               
                 Colossians
              
               not
               to
               worship
               Angels
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               but
               servants
               ,
               and
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               is
               their
               Lord
               and
               Head
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Apostle
               expounds
               himself
               ,
               how
               Christ
               is
               the
               Head
               of
               all
               Principality
               and
               power
               ,
               
                 Col.
              
               1.15
               ,
               16
               ,
               17.
               
               
                 Who
                 is
                 the
                 image
                 of
                 the
                 invisible
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 first-born
                 of
                 every
                 creature
                 :
                 For
                 by
                 him
                 were
                 all
                 things
                 created
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 visible
                 and
                 invisible
                 ,
                 whether
                 they
                 be
                 thrones
                 ,
                 ord●minions
                 ,
                 or
                 principalities
                 or
                 powers
                 :
                 All
                 things
                 were
                 created
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 is
                 before
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 him
                 all
                 things
                 consist
                 .
              
               Now
               all
               this
               is
               without
               controversie
               ,
               to
               be
               understood
               ,
               not
               of
               the
               Office
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Person
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               not
               of
               his
               governing
               and
               Kingly
               Office
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               Midiator
               ,
               but
               to
               prove
               that
               he
               is
               true
               and
               very
               God
               .
               Therefore
               
                 Beza
                 ,
                 Zanchius
                 ,
                 Gualther
                 ,
                 Bullinger
                 ,
                 T●ssanus
                 ,
              
               M.
               
                 Bayne
                 ,
              
               and
               divers
               other
               Interpreters
               upon
               the
               place
               ,
               do
               generally
               agree
               ,
               that
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               vers.
               15.16
               ,
               17
               ,
               speaks
               of
               the
               dignity
               and
               excellency
               of
               the
               Person
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               proving
               him
               to
               be
               true
               God
               ;
               and
               that
               vers.
               17.
               he
               cometh
               to
               speak
               of
               his
               Office
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               Mediator
               :
               
                 And
                 be
                 is
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               So
               that
               we
               may
               distinguish
               a
               twofold
               Headship
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
               One
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               his
               Godhead
               ;
               and
               so
               he
               is
               Head
               of
               all
               Principality
               and
               Power
               :
               Another
               in
               regard
               of
               his
               Office
               of
               Mediatorship
               ;
               and
               so
               he
               is
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
               onely
               .
               The
               present
               Question
               is
               of
               the
               later
               ,
               not
               of
               
               the
               former
               .
               The
               former
               is
               common
               to
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               with
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               :
               The
               latter
               is
               proper
               to
               Christ
               God
               and
               man
               .
               The
               former
               shall
               continue
               for
               ever
               :
               The
               latter
               shall
               not
               continue
               for
               ever
               .
               The
               former
               doth
               not
               necessarily
               suppose
               the
               latter
               ;
               but
               the
               latter
               doth
               necessarily
               suppose
               the
               former
               .
               Christ
               can
               reign
               as
               God
               ,
               though
               he
               reign
               not
               as
               Mediator
               ;
               but
               he
               cannot
               reign
               as
               Mediator
               ,
               and
               not
               reign
               as
               God
               .
               The
               object
               of
               the
               former
               is
               every
               creature
               :
               the
               object
               of
               the
               latter
               is
               the
               Church
               gathered
               out
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           digression
           concerning
           the
           Headship
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           may
           for
           the
           future
           prevent
           divers
           Objections
           .
           So
           I
           shall
           return
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           (
           I
           desire
           all
           to
           consider
           it
           )
           there
           is
           not
           one
           word
           in
           those
           three
           last
           verses
           of
           
             Eph.
          
           1.
           
           which
           will
           give
           any
           ground
           for
           that
           which
           the
           Brother
           with
           so
           much
           confidence
           averreth
           .
           Vers.
           21.
           affordeth
           this
           Argument
           against
           him
           .
           The
           Honour
           and
           Dignity
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           there
           spoken
           of
           ,
           hath
           place
           
             not
             onely
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             in
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             .
          
           But
           the
           Kingdom
           and
           Government
           which
           is
           given
           to
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           shall
           not
           continue
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           (
           for
           when
           Christ
           hath
           put
           his
           enemies
           under
           his
           feet
           ,
           he
           shal
           deliver
           up
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           reign
           no
           longer
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           15.24
           ,
           25.
           )
           Therefore
           the
           Government
           given
           to
           Christ
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           Mediator
           ,
           cannot
           be
           meant
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           but
           the
           dignifying
           ,
           honouring
           ,
           preferring
           and
           exalting
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           a
           higher
           degree
           of
           glory
           then
           either
           man
           or
           Angel
           .
        
         
           Come
           on
           now
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           vers.
           22.
           maketh
           any
           whit
           more
           for
           him
           ;
           
             He
             hath
             put
             all
             things
             under
             his
             feet
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           saith
           
             Zanchius
             ,
          
           all
           things
           but
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           Body
           .
           But
           this
           must
           be
           meant
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Decree
           and
           foreknowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           
             Hierome
          
           expounds
           the
           place
           ;
           and
           so
           doth
           the
           Scripture
           expound
           it self
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           2.8
           .
           
             But
             now
             we
             see
             not
             yet
             all
             things
             put
             under
             him
             .
          
           1.15.25
           .
           
             He
             must
             reign
             till
             he
             hath
             put
             all
             his
             enemies
             under
             his
             feet
             .
          
           Acts
           2.34
           ,
           35
           
             Sit
             thou
             on
             my
             right
             hand
             till
             I
             make
             thy
             foes
             thy
             footstool
             .
          
           Now
           when
           Christ
           shall
           have
           put
           down
           all
           Rule
           ,
           and
           all
           Authority
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           shall
           put
           his
           enemies
           under
           his
           feet
           ;
           then
           he
           shall
           cease
           to
           reign
           any
           more
           as
           Mediator
           (
           which
           I
           have
           even
           now
           proved
           :
           )
           But
           before
           that
           be
           done
           ,
           he
           reigns
           as
           Mediator
           .
           So
           that
           it
           can
           never
           be
           proved
           ,
           that
           the
           meaning
           of
           these
           words
           ,
           
             He
             hath
             put
             all
             things
             under
             his
             feet
             ,
          
           is
           ,
           That
           all
           Government
           in
           this
           world
           is
           given
           to
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           :
           And
           whoever
           saith
           
           so
           ,
           must
           needs
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           Christs
           exercising
           of
           government
           (
           as
           he
           is
           Mediator
           )
           over
           all
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           ,
           shall
           continue
           after
           all
           things
           shall
           be
           put
           under
           his
           feet
           ;
           Or
           that
           Christ
           shall
           not
           govern
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           till
           all
           things
           be
           put
           under
           his
           feet
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           Apostles
           meaning
           ,
           that
           Christ
           shall
           then
           cease
           to
           reign
           as
           Mediator
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           words
           ,
           
             And
             he
             gave
             him
             to
             be
             the
             Head
             over
             all
             things
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           do
           furnish
           another
           Argument
           against
           him
           .
           Christs
           Headship
           and
           his
           Government
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           are
           commensurable
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           equall
           extent
           .
           Christ
           is
           a
           Head
           to
           none
           but
           to
           his
           Church
           :
           Therfore
           no
           Government
           is
           given
           to
           him
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           but
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           verse
           doth
           further
           confirm
           that
           which
           I
           say
           :
           For
           the
           Apostle
           continuing
           his
           speech
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             Which
             is
             his
             Body
             ,
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             him
             that
             f●lleth
             all
             in
             all
             .
          
           He
           cals
           the
           Church
           Christ
           fulnesse
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           his
           Headship
           ,
           that
           which
           makes
           him
           full
           and
           compleat
           so
           far
           as
           he
           is
           a
           Head
           or
           King
           :
           Having
           his
           Church
           fully
           gathered
           ,
           he
           hath
           his
           compleat
           Kingdom
           ,
           his
           perfect
           Body
           ;
           and
           this
           being
           done
           ,
           he
           wants
           nothing
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           he
           is
           Mediator
           .
           So
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           doth
           here
           as
           it
           were
           on
           purpose
           anticipate
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           lest
           any
           should
           think
           all
           C●●●l
           Government
           is
           given
           to
           Christ
           as
           Mediator
           .
           Though
           ,
           as
           God
           ,
           he
           filleth
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ;
           yet
           ,
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           his
           filling
           of
           all
           in
           all
           extends
           no
           further
           then
           his
           Body
           ,
           his
           Church
           ▪
           which
           is
           therefore
           called
           his
           fulnesse
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           mistake
           of
           this
           place
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ;
           let
           these
           three
           things
           be
           well
           distinguished
           ,
           in
           the
           Mediator
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           1.
           
           His
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           his
           eminence
           and
           highnesse
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           glory
           and
           majesty
           he
           is
           exalted
           to
           ,
           far
           above
           whatsoever
           is
           highest
           among
           all
           the
           creatures
           .
           2.
           
           His
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           power
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           can
           ,
           and
           doth
           by
           degrees
           ,
           and
           will
           more
           and
           more
           subdue
           his
           and
           his
           Churches
           enemies
           ,
           and
           dash
           them
           in
           pieces
           like
           a
           potters
           vessel
           ,
           and
           break
           them
           with
           a
           rod
           of
           Iron
           .
           3.
           
           His
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           his
           Kingly
           Power
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           exerciseth
           acts
           of
           Government
           .
           These
           three
           are
           distinguished
           in
           an
           earthly
           King
           ,
           the
           first
           two
           being
           of
           a
           larger
           extent
           then
           the
           third
           .
           The
           conclusion
           of
           that
           prayer
           which
           our
           Lord
           taught
           his
           disciples
           ,
           doth
           distinguish
           the
           same
           three
           in
           God
           .
           
             Thine
             is
             the
             kingdom
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             .
          
           Now
           these
           being
           distinguished
           
           in
           the
           Mediator
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           I
           conclude
           with
           these
           three
           distinct
           Assertions
           (
           the
           truth
           whereof
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           made
           to
           appear
           .
           )
           1.
           
           As
           Mediator
           ,
           he
           is
           exalted
           and
           dignified
           above
           all
           creatures
           ,
           and
           his
           glory
           is
           above
           all
           the
           earth
           .
           2.
           
           As
           Mediator
           ,
           he
           exerciseth
           acts
           of
           divine
           power
           and
           omnipotency
           over
           all
           creatures
           ,
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           restraineth
           ,
           or
           diverteth
           ,
           or
           destroyeth
           all
           his
           Churches
           enemies
           .
           3.
           
           As
           Mediator
           ,
           he
           is
           King
           ,
           Head
           ,
           and
           Governour
           to
           none
           but
           his
           Church
           :
           Neither
           was
           all
           Government
           put
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           but
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           onely
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           enlarge
           my self
           further
           against
           that
           most
           dangerous
           Principle
           ,
           
             That
             all
             Government
             ,
             even
             that
             which
             is
             Civil
             ,
             is
             given
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             him
             as
             Mediator
             .
          
           But
           let
           these
           things
           suffice
           for
           the
           present
           .
           The
           Reverend
           Brothers
           opinion
           will
           finde
           better
           entertainment
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           who
           expect
           a
           Temporall
           Monarchy
           of
           the
           Messiah
           ;
           and
           among
           Papists
           ,
           who
           desire
           to
           uphold
           the
           Popes
           Temporall
           Authority
           over
           Kings
           ,
           as
           Christs
           Vicegerent
           upon
           earth
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             Die
             Iovis
             
               28.
               
            
             Aug.
             
               1645.
               
            
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           this
           day
           Ordered
           by
           the
           Lords
           in
           Parliament
           assembled
           ,
           That
           Mr
           
             Gillespie
          
           who
           preached
           yesterday
           before
           their
           Lordships
           in
           the
           Ab'ey
           Church
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           it
           being
           the
           day
           of
           the
           publique
           Fast
           ,
           is
           hereby
           thanked
           for
           his
           great
           pains
           he
           took
           in
           the
           said
           Sermon
           :
           And
           desired
           to
           Print
           and
           publish
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           is
           onely
           to
           be
           done
           by
           Authority
           under
           his
           hand
           .
        
         
           
             Jo.
             Brown
             Cleric
             .
             Parliament
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           I
           Appoint
           
             Robert
             Bostock
          
           to
           Print
           this
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           
             Geo.
             Gillespie
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A42767e-180
           
             Isa.
             30.10
             .
             Psal.
             2.3
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             2.3
             .
          
           
             Ruth
             1.20
             .
          
           
             Cor.
             1.8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             18.46
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             15.2
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             72
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             
          
           
             Isa.
             62.3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             16.63
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A42767e-510
           
             Act.
             8.34
             .
          
           
             The
             meaning
             of
             the
             Text
             searched
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             21.10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Mark
             9.1
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             59.20
             .
             Rom.
             11
             26.
             
          
           
             
               Brought
               on
            
             Revel
             9.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Ezek.
             1
             28
             ,
             Isa.
             6.5
             .
          
           
             Iosh.
             5.13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             16.4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             In
             Ier.
             2.2
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Ier.
             6.30
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             32.5
             
          
           
             Rom.
             9.4
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             11.24
             .
          
           
             
               Doctrine
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Proved
             first
             from
             the
             Text
             Iosh.
             24.16
             .
             Iosh
             6.19
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             From
             other
             Scriptures
             .
          
           
             Ioh
             6.60
             .
          
           
             Mar
             10.21.22
             
          
           
             Mat.
             19.24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Matth
             8.34
             .
          
           
             Mark
             3.21
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             14.28
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             v.
             26
             ,
             2
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             16
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Iames
             44.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3.18
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             From
             the
             excellency
             of
             Christ
             .
             1
             Sam.
             24.24
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             35.4
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             From
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Use
               .
            
          
           
             1
             King.
             1.6
             .
             Eccles.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             2.23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.
             ●5
             .
          
           
             An
             Objection
             answered
             four
             wayes
             .
          
           
             2
             Doctrine
             .
             
               Cleared
               in
               four
               branches
               thereof
               .
               Gualt.
               hom
               8.
               
               In
               Malach.
            
             Vult
             enim
             docere
             propheta
             ,
             venturum
             quidem
             Christum
             ,
             sed
             Reformatorem
             fore
             ,
             &
             accrrimum
             divini
             cultum
             vindicum
             .
          
           
             
               Gualther
            
             on
             the
             place
             .
             
               Martyr
            
             on
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             
               Accessione
               temporis
               declarantur
               .
               Experimur
               hodie
               retegicōplura
               quae
               á
               multis
               annis
               la●uer
               unt
               .
            
             Gualther
             .
          
           
             
               Orietur
               dies
               ,
               id
               est
               ,
               clarior
               lux
               veritatis
               ,
               quae
               omnia
               protrabet
               .
            
             Tossanus
             .
             
               Mundus
               tandē
               agnoscet
               vanitatem
               traditionum
               humanarū
            
          
           
             
               Chamier-Panst.
               Tom.
            
             3.
             
               lib.
            
             26.
             
               cap.
            
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Bullinger
            
             on
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             Act.
             2.3
             .
          
           
             
               Ribera
            
             upon
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             application
             to
             the
             opposers
             of
             Reformation
             .
             Revel.
             14.2
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             3.11
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             20.7
             .
             Num.
             11
             28
             ,
             29.
             
             &
             12.1
             ,
             2.
             2
             Chron.
             16.10
             2
             Sam.
             19.29
             .
          
           
             Ionah
             1.3
             .
          
           
             Mark
             9.33
             ,
             34
             ,
             35.
             
             Gal.
             2.11
             .
             Col.
             4.17
             .
             Revel.
             2.
             
             &
             3.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Application
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             4
             ,
             particulars
             .
             Luk.
             16.2
             .
          
           
             1
             Touching
             connivence
             a●
             or
             correspondence
             with
             Malignants
             .
          
           
             2
             Touching
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             Prov.
             26
             23.
             
             Ier.
             3.28
             .
          
           
             Iob
             3.4
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             17
             .
             2●
             .
          
           
             3
             Touching
             the
             restraint
             of
             scandalous
             persons
             from
             the
             sacrament
             
          
           
             Psal.
             119.119
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             5.5
             .
          
           
             
               Grotius
               annot.
               in
               Malac
               :
            
             3.
             
          
           
             See
             Mr.
             
             
               Robinsons
            
             Apology
             ,
             
               cap.
            
             12.
             
             
               Faustus
               Socinus
            
             wrote
             a
             Book
             to
             prove
             that
             all
             those
             in
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             of
             
               Poland
            
             who
             desire
             ●o
             be
             truly
             godly
             ,
             ought
             to
             separate
             themselves
             and
             oyn
             with
             the
             Assemblies
             who
             (
             faith
             h●
             )
             are
             falsly
             called
             
               Arrians
            
             and
             
               Abioniles
               .
            
             One
             of
             his
             arguments
             is
             this
             ,
             because
             in
             those
             reformed
             Churches
             there
             is
             a
             great
             neglect
             of
             Church
             Discipline
             ,
             whereby
             it
             cometh
             to
             passe
             that
             scandalous
             persons
             are
             admitted
             to
             the
             Lords
             Table
             The
             same
             argument
             is
             pressed
             against
             some
             Lutheran
             Churches
             by
             
               Schlichringius
               Disput
               pro
               Socino
               contra
               Ms
               Sacrum
               .
               p●
               .
               484
               L●et
               〈◊〉
               dolendum
               sit
               ta●a
               promissed
               passimque
               fieri
               ,
               &
               abiiss●
               in
               ●orem
               :
               pejus
               tamen
               adhue
               est
               quodmalis
               is●
               is
               ,
               praeter
               concienes
               interdum
               aliquas
               ,
               quibusdam
               in
               locis
               ,
               nulla
               adh●beatur
               medcina
               ,
               ne●
               rectores
               Ecelesiarum
               haec
               cura
               tangat
               ,
               ut
               vitia
               tam
               latè
               grassantia
               ,
               discipliná
               &
               censurá
               Ecclesiasticá
               ,
               ab
               ipso
               Christo
               &
               Apostolis
               institutacoercean●ur
               .
               Vnde
               sactum
               est
               ut
               non
               solum
               ista
               peccata
               ,
               qu●
               lev●
               ora
               videntur
               ,
               sed
               c●iam
               alia
               graviora
               ,
               put
               a
               comessati
               ones
               ,
               compotationes
               ,
               ebrietrates
               ,
               scorrationes
               ,
               libidines
               ,
               ira
               ,
               in
               〈◊〉
               ,
               nine
               ,
               obtrectationes
               ,
               caedes
               ac
               bella
               ,
               di●
               uvio
               quodam
               Ecclesiastico
               nundarins
               .
            
          
           
             3
             application
             to
             Ministers
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             5.35
             .
          
           
             
               Enar
               ,
               in
               Psal.
               104.
               
               Cum
               audis
               ,
               ignis
               ●st
               minister
               Dei
               ,
               incensurum
               illam
               putas
               ?
               incendat
               licet
               sed
               foenn●●
               tuum
               ,
               id
               est
               ,
               car
               .
               nalia
               omnia
               tua
               desideria
               .
            
             Act.
             17.
             6.
             
          
           
             ●
             C●ron
             .
             29.34
             .
          
           
             3
             
               Doctrine
            
             ▪
             
          
           
             
               Brightman
            
             &
             
               Alstod
               .
               in
               Dan.
            
             1●
             .
             ●
             .
          
           
             ●
             Chron.
             14.9
             .
             and
             20.1
             .
          
           
             An●wer
             to
             Mr.
             
               Prynnes
            
             12
             Questions
             .
          
           
             
               Cajetan
               in
               Exod.
            
             34.24
             .
             
               non
               obligabat
               (
               praeceptum
               apparendi
               ●er
               in
               anno●
               )
               usque
               ad
               '
               di●tatos
               terminos
               terrae
               promissae
               ,
               qu●do
               secura
               unive
               saregio
               sutura
               erat
               D
               Riv.
               
               ●
               .
               comme●t
               in
               illum
               loc.
               tum
               quia
               Deus
               ●jecturus
               ●rat
               hos●es
               ex
               corum
               terminus
               :
               tum
               quia
               di●atatus
               ernt
               fines
               populi
               sui
               ,
               ut
               vicinosnon
               tam
               haberent
               hostes
               .
               quam
               subditos
               &
               tributarios
               .
            
             2
             
               Vse
               .
            
             Iob
             10.1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             ●
             .
             10
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             44.17
             .
          
           
             3
             
               Use
               .
            
             Psal.
             89.46
             .
          
           
             Ezech.
             15.7
             .
          
           
             4
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             Ezek.
             37.
             
             ●●
             .
          
           
             
               Bulling
               Gualt.
            
             &
             
               A.
               cularius
            
             on
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             Levit.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             Lev.
             6.12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             4
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             Matth
             13.
             
          
           
             Mark
             4.
             
          
           
             Luk
             8.
             
          
           
             Mark
             4.19
             .
          
           
             I
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.27
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Isa
             1.27
             .
          
           
             2
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.15
             .
          
           
             3
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A42767e-6530
           
             Psal
             12.6
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             3.18
             .
          
           
             
               Grotii
               Apologet
               .
               cap.
               5.
               
               Extranci
               autem
               quorum
               maximus
               ●sse
               debu●rat
               usus
               in
               p●ce
               conciliandâ
               ,
               ex
               partium
               alicrâ
               erant
               conqus●sit●
               .
               Et
               infra
               ●osa
               mandata
               externis
               data
               damma
               ionum
               Remonstrantium
               prae
               se
               serebant
               ,
               ut
               &
               orationes
               habitae
               ante
               ●aulum
               cognitam
               .
            
             The
             
               Arminians
            
             in
             their
             
               Examen
               censurae
               cap.
               25
               p.
            
             86.
             ●87
             .
             hold
             this
             as
             a
             necessarie
             qualification
             of
             those
             that
             are
             admitted
             into
             Synods
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             not
             stricted
             to
             any
             Church
             ,
             nor
             to
             any
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             .
          
           
             In
             our
             first
             paper
             presented
             to
             the
             Grand
             Committee
             .
          
           
             
               Bellarm.
               de
               Cler.
               l.
            
             3.
             
               c.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               una
               simul
               From
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               u●ire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Maldonat
               &
               Mercerus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Melanchton
               .
            
          
           
             
               Jansenius
               Diodati
               .
               D.
               Jermin
               .
            
          
           
             
               Paedag.
               lib.
            
             2.
             
               cap.
            
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             14.23
             .
          
           
             Vers.
             32.
             
          
           
             
               Religion●s
               Christianae
               b●evis
               Institutio
               ,
               ●nno
               ,
            
             1634.
             ca.
             23.
             
             
               Qud
               ●st
               regium
               munus
               ?
               Ref.
               Est
               munus
               ipsi
               à
               Deo
               commissum
               omnes
               creaturas
               intelligentia
               praeditas
               ,
               as
               imprimis
               homines
               &
               ex
               iis
               collectam
               ,
               summa
               c●in
               auctoritate
               〈◊〉
               potestate
               gubernandi
               .
            
             Iac.
             Martini
             
               Synops.
               relig.
               Photin
               .
            
             cap.
             23
             
               〈◊〉
               non
               negomus
               Christo
               jam
               ad
               dextr●m
               Dei
               sedenti
               subjecta
               esse
               omnia
               ,
               inimicosque
               ipsi
               subjici●
               〈◊〉
               siab
               ellum
               pedum
               suorum
               ,
               &c.
               
               Praprie
               tamen
               d●citur
               Rex
               suae
               Ecc●esiae
               ,
               uti
               etiam
               Ecclesia
               ,
               proprie
               Joquendo
               ejus
               regnum
               est
               Sic
               enim
               de
               ipso
               vat
               cinatus
               est
            
             Zecharias
             ,
             
               cap.
            
             9.
             
               v
            
             9.
             
               &c.
               Vnde
               〈◊〉
               cum
               Me●e●r
               ferro
               osstium
               Christi
               Regium
               defiaimus
               ,
               quo
               Christus
               ciues
               suos
               Verbi
               〈◊〉
               vio
               usque
               ad
               mundi
               fiacra
               colligit
               ,
               consque
               praeclaris
               donis
               ornat
               ,
               contra
               hostes
               (
               in
               quorum
               medio
               domitatur
               )
               sortiter
               defendis
               ,
               as
               ●and●
               aeterna
               gloria
               &
               honore
               coronat
               .
            
             Fr.
             Gomar
             .
             
               Aral
               .
               prop.
            
             Obad.
             
               vers
               ult.
               Is
               autem
               Jesus
               Christus
               ,
               in
               N.T.
               exhibitus
               Rex
               .
               Qui
               ut
               cum
               Patre
               habet
               〈◊〉
               generale
               omnipotentiae
               :
               it
               a
               habet
               speciale
               ,
               de
               quo
               bic
               agitur
               ,
               mediationis
               .
            
          
           
             P.
             Martyr
             .
             
               loccom
               class
               2.
               cap.
               17
               p.
               293.
               regnare
               interdum
               accipi
               quasi
               sit
               ,
               excellere
               ,
               eminere
               prae
               caeteris
               ,
               &
               summum
               locum
               tenere
               .
               Ac
               ista
               significatione
               Christus
               perpetuo
               regnabit
               .
               Sin
               vero
               dicamus
               regnare
               idom
               quod
               officia
               Regis
               exercere
               ,
               &c.
               
               Christus
               non
               semper
               reguabit
               Zanchius
               in
               Eph.
            
             1.271
             .
             expounds
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             that
             verse
             of
             the
             eternity
             of
             Christs
             Kingd●me
             :
             but
             he
             addes
             ,
             
               F●●crit
               regnand
               .
               hoc
               modo
               quo
               j●●
               ;
               egnat
               ,
               tanquam
               Mediator
               .